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Article: Diet of oceanic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the central North Pacific.
- Article from:
- Fishery Bulletin
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Abstract--Diet analysis of 52 loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) collected as bycatch from 1990 to 1992 in the high-seas driftnet fishery operating between lat. 29.5[degrees]N and 43[degrees]N and between long. 150[degrees]E and 154[degrees]W demonstrated that these turtles fed predominately at the surface; few deeper water prey items were present in their stomachs. The turtles ranged in size from 13.5 to 74.0 cm curved carapace length. Whole turtles (n=10) and excised stomachs (n=42) were frozen and transported to a laboratory for analysis of major faunal components. Neustonic species accounted for four of the five most common prey taxa. The most common prey items ...
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