Coastal habitat degradation and green sea turtle diets in Southeastern Brazil

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1297-1302

  Santos, Robson G ^a   Martins, Agnaldo Silva ^a   Farias, Julyana da Nobrega ^b   Horta, Paulo Antunes ^b   Pinheiro, Hudson Tercio ^a   Torezani, Evelise ^c   Baptistotte, Cecília ^c   Seminoff, Jeffrey A ^d   Balazs, George H ^e   Work, Thierry M ^f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c Projeto TAMAR ICMBio   (Brazil)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonia mydas; Coastal environments; Diet; Environmental degradation; Feeding preference; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGAE; CHELONIA MYDAS; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL HABITATS; GREEN ALGA; GREEN SEA; MACRO-ALGAE; RED ALGAE; SEAGRASSES; SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; ULVA SPP; URBANIZATION;

ALGAE; ECOSYSTEMS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; NUTRITION;

DEGRADATION;

BROWN ALGA; COASTAL ZONE; DEGRADATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GREEN ALGA; HABITAT; MACROALGA; RED ALGA; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOMACH CONTENT; TURTLE; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CAULERPA MEXICANA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOPTERIS DELICATULA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GREEN ALGA; HABITAT DEGRADATION; MACROALGA; RED ALGA; SEA POLLUTION; SEAGRASS; SEASHORE; SPECIES HABITAT; STOMACH CONTENT; TURTLE; ULVA; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CHLOROPHYTA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEAWEED; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTION;

BRAZIL;

CAULERPA MEXICANA; CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; CHLOROPHYTA; DICTYOPTERIS DELICATULA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA; TESTUDINES; ULVA;

EID: 79958770469     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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