Feeding ecology of wild and head started Kemp's ridley sea turtles /
and on the bottom, and consume a wide variety of items.
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1994.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | and on the bottom, and consume a wide variety of items. being < 40 cm straight carapace length. Fecal matter was categories. Young Kemp's ridleys forage both at the surface collected from 86 ridleys (74 wild and 12 head start). Six crab) yielded the highest percent dry mass (61.57%) while describe this species'foraging habits in nearshore waters. Entanglement netting during April through November 1993 Fecal material from Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys food categories (crab, fish, mollusc, vegetation, debris, and frequency of occurrence (91.86%). No significant difference kenipii) captured at a Sabine Pass index habitat, adjacent to other) comprised ridley fecal material. Crab (primarily blue regard to frequency of occurrence of individual food the southwest Texas-Louisiana border, was examined to vegetation (primarily Sargassum) exhibited the highest was detected between wild and head started turtles with yielded 79 wild and 13 head started ridleys with the majority |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 65 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |