Diet of oceanic loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the central North Pacific.

From: Fishery Bulletin | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Balazs, George H.; Cooke, William J.; Parker, Denise M. | Copyright information

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 stomac...

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