Diet selection by immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Bahía Magdalena foraging ground in the Pacific Coast of the Baja California Peninsula, México

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 641-647

  López Mendilaharsu, Milagros ^a,d   Gardner, Susan C ^a   Riosmena Rodriguez, Rafael ^b   Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d CID CEUR Karumbe   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Chelonia midas; Diet; M xico; Sea grass; Seaweed; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD SELECTION; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWEED; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMACH CONTENT; TURTLE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MAGDALENA BAY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; CODIUM; TESTUDINES;

EID: 43649085840     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408001057     Document Type: Article

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