[HTML][HTML] A global review of green turtle diet: sea surface temperature as a potential driver of omnivory levels

N Esteban, JA Mortimer, HJ Stokes, JO Laloë… - Marine Biology, 2020 - Springer
To better understand dietary requirements, trophic shifts, and trophic interactions of the
threatened green turtle (Chelonia mydas), we conducted a comprehensive global review …

Beyond trophic morphology: stable isotopes reveal ubiquitous versatility in marine turtle trophic ecology

C Figgener, J Bernardo, PT Plotkin - Biological Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The idea that interspecific variation in trophic morphology among closely related species
effectively permits resource partitioning has driven research on ecological radiation since …

Synergistic use of UAV surveys, satellite tracking data, and mark‐recapture to estimate abundance of elusive species

HJ Stokes, JA Mortimer, JO Laloë, GC Hays… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Estimating population abundance is central to many ecological studies and important in
conservation planning. Yet the elusive nature of many species makes estimating their …

Ectothermic omnivores increase herbivory in response to rising temperature

P Zhang, CHA van Leeuwen, D Bogers, M Poelman… - Oikos, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Higher temperatures as a consequence of global climate change may considerably alter
trophic interactions. Ectothermic herbivores and carnivores generally ingest more food with …

Decadal Monitoring in Bermuda Shows a Widespread Loss of Seagrasses Attributable to Overgrazing by the Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas

JW Fourqurean, SA Manuel, KA Coates, SC Massey… - Estuaries and …, 2019 - Springer
The condition of seagrass habitat and the marine environment on the Bermuda Platform, a
mid-oceanic shallow water habitat in the northwest Atlantic, has been monitored since 2006 …

Sequential overgrazing by green turtles causes archipelago-wide functional extinctions of seagrass meadows

M Gangal, AB Gafoor, E D'Souza, N Kelkar… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
After centuries of decline, green turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations are showing handsome
localized recoveries due to dedicated conservation efforts. This calls into question how …

[HTML][HTML] A half-century of demographic changes in a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) foraging aggregation during an era of seagrass decline

PA Meylan, RF Hardy, JA Gray, AB Meylan - Marine Biology, 2022 - Springer
To understand the demographic responses of green turtles to seagrass decline, we
examined a data set from study of a mixed-stock foraging aggregation of immature green …

Diet and foraging niche flexibility in green and hawksbill turtles

CE Clyde-Brockway, M Heidemeyer, FV Paladino… - Marine Biology, 2022 - Springer
We used stable isotopes to investigate isotopic niche size, overlap, and diet composition in
green (black and yellow morphotype Chelonia mydas; 50.0 to 95.0 cm curved carapace …

[HTML][HTML] Variation in species composition, size and fitness of two multi-species sea turtle assemblages using different neritic habitats

MM Lamont, D Johnson - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The neritic environment is rich in resources and as such plays a crucial role as foraging
habitat for multi-species marine assemblages, including sea turtles. However, this habitat …

[HTML][HTML] Green turtle diet is dominated by seagrass in the Western Indian Ocean except amongst gravid females

HJ Stokes, JA Mortimer, GC Hays, RKF Unsworth… - Marine Biology, 2019 - Springer
Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) are key herbivores of tropical and subtropical neritic habitats
and play a major role in structuring seagrass meadows. We present the first detailed …