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. 2009 Jul 22;58(1):183–193. doi: 10.1007/s00244-009-9360-5

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)