Selective feeding in the hawksbill turtle, an important predator in coral reef ecosystems

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 245, Issue , 2002, Pages 249-258

  León, Yolanda M ^a,b   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean coral reefs; Hawksbill turtle; Indirect effects; Selective feeding; Sponges

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREY PREFERENCE; SPONGE; TURTLE;

CARIBBEAN SEA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

AMPHIBIA; ANTHOZOA; CHONDRILLA NUCULA; COCCOIDEA; CORALLIMORPHARIA; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; GEODIA; GEODIA NEPTUNI; MYRIASTRA; MYRIASTRA KALITETILLA; NUCULA; PORIFERA; REPTILIA; RICORDEA FLORIDA; SPIRASTRELLA COCCINEA; TESTUDINES; TETHYA CRYPTA;

EID: 0037132718     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps245249     Document Type: Article

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