Using gut contents to assess foraging patterns of juvenile green turtles Chelonia mydas in the Paranaguá Estuary, Brazil

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-143

  Guebert Bartholo, F M ^a   Barletta, M ^a,b   Costa, M F ^a,b   Monteiro Filho, E L A ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Ecologia e Gerenciamento de Ecossistemas Aquaticos IEGEA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d IPeC Instituto de Pesquisas Cananéia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Feeding; Green turtle; Gut content analysis; Plastic ingestion; Seasonal changes; Sheltered ecosystems

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; SHELTER; STOMACH CONTENT; TURTLE;

BRAZIL; PARANA; PARANAGUA BAY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; AVICENNIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; HALODULE WRIGHTII; TESTUDINES; ULVA;

EID: 79955593588     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00320     Document Type: Article

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