Ontogenetic diet shifts of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in a mid-ocean developmental habitat

CM Burgett, DA Burkholder, KA Coates, VL Fourqurean… - Marine Biology, 2018 - Springer
Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) arrive on the geographically isolated Bermuda platform
as small juveniles and remain until they are approaching sexual maturity, at which point …

Ontogenetic changes in diet and habitat use in green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) life history

KE Arthur, MC Boyle, CJ Limpus - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2008 - int-res.com
Green turtles Chelonia mydas are endangered, long-lived marine reptiles that display an
ontogenetic shift in diet and habitat use during development. During their early life stage …

Trophic ecology of juvenile green turtles in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: insights from stable isotope analysis and niche modelling

LR Gama, MMPB Fuentes, TH Trevizani… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
Determining the diet and trophic status of endangered species can provide insights into their
key habitats and predator-prey relationships, both essential for conservation. Integrating …

Stable isotopes confirm a foraging dichotomy in juvenile loggerhead sea turtles

CM McClellan, J Braun-McNeill, L Avens… - Journal of Experimental …, 2010 - Elsevier
Differential habitat use and foraging behaviors at various life-stages within a population can
have profound consequences for survivorship, stage duration, and time to maturity. While …

Investigating diet and diet switching in green turtles (Chelonia mydas)

B Prior, DT Booth, CJ Limpus - Australian Journal of Zoology, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
Understanding the dietary ecology of animals provides information about their habitat
requirements, facilitating informed conservation. We used last-bite diet and stable isotope …

Asynchrony between dietary and nutritional shifts during the ontogeny of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Mediterranean

L Cardona, P Campos, Y Levy… - Journal of Experimental …, 2010 - Elsevier
Young green turtles (Chelonia mydas) spend their early lives as oceanic omnivores, which
consume primarily animal prey. Once they settle into neritic habitats (recruitment), they …

Diet and recruitment of green turtles in Fiji, South Pacific, inferred from in-water capture and stable isotope analysis

S Piovano, GE Lemons, A Ciriyawa… - Marine Ecology …, 2020 - int-res.com
Green turtles Chelonia mydas are listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, yet in the
South Pacific few conservation-relevant data are available for the species, especially …

Foraging ecology of leatherback sea turtles in the Western North Atlantic determined through multi-tissue stable isotope analyses

KL Dodge, JM Logan, ME Lutcavage - Marine Biology, 2011 - Springer
Leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, are highly migratory, spending most of their lives
submerged or offshore where their feeding habits are difficult to observe. In order to …

Trophic ecology of green sea turtles in a highly urbanized bay: insights from stable isotopes and mixing models

G Lemons, R Lewison, L Komoroske, A Gaos… - Journal of Experimental …, 2011 - Elsevier
The green turtle, Chelonia mydas, is a circumglobal species that is susceptible to
overexploitation as a food resource, incidental mortality in fisheries, and coastal foraging …

Inferring long-term foraging trends of individual juvenile loggerhead sea turtles using stable isotopes

AG Hall, L Avens, JB McNeill, B Wallace… - … Ecology Progress Series, 2015 - int-res.com
Individual variation in diet composition has important evolutionary, ecological, and
conservation implications. However, few studies of marine turtles have examined long-term …