Table 1.
Dietary preferences of adult sea turtles and information on individual specimens used in this study
| Species | Common name | Preferred food | Specimen information | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Carapace length (cm) | Sex | |||
| Chelonia mydas | Green | Sea grass, algae | CM-1 | 52.5 | Female |
| CM-2 | 58.5 | Unknown | |||
| CM-3 | 50 | Unknown | |||
| CM-4 | 55 | Male | |||
| Caretta caretta | Loggerhead | Benthic invertebrates | CC-1 | 55 | Male |
| CC-2 | 66.5 | Unknown | |||
| CC-3 | 62 | Female | |||
| CC-4 | 57 | Unknown | |||
| Lepidochelys olivacea | Olive ridley | Fish, salps | LO-1 | 61 | Unknown |
| LO-2 | 57 | Unknown | |||
| LO-3 | 61.5 | Unknown | |||
| LO-4 | 53 | Unknown | |||
Source: Richardson et al. (2009)