Category: Diet
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Diet-related selectivity of macroplastic ingestion in green turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) in the eastern Mediterranean
“Understanding the drivers of key interactions between marine vertebrates and plastic pollution is now considered a research priority. Sea turtles are primarily visual predators, with the ability to discriminate according to colour and shape; therefore these factors play a role in feeding choices. Classification methodologies of ingested plastic currently do not record these variables, however…
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Dietary analysis of two sympatric marine turtle species in the eastern Mediterranean
“Dietary studies provide key insights into threats and changes within ecosystems and subsequent impacts on focal species. Diet is particularly challenging to study within marine environments and therefore is often poorly understood. Here, we examined the diet of stranded and bycaught loggerhead ( Caretta caretta) and green turtles ( Chelonia mydas) in North Cyprus (35.33° N, 33.47° E) between…