Growth rates of wild green turtles,Chelonia mydas, at a temperate foraging habitat in the northern Gulf of Mexico: assessing short‐term effects of cold‐stunning on growth

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (43-44) ◽  
pp. 2793-2807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin McMichael ◽  
Jeffrey Seminoff ◽  
Raymond Carthy
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Foraging Habitat ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Northern Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Green Turtles ◽  
Short Term Effects

scholarly journals Home range and habitat use of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the northern Gulf of Mexico

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Lamont ◽  
Ikuko Fujisaki ◽  
Brail S. Stephens ◽  
Caitlin Hackett
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Northern Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Green Turtles

scholarly journals Foraging Habits of Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyndsey N. Howell ◽  
Donna J. Shaver
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Green Turtle ◽  
Carapace Length ◽  
Foraging Ecology ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Foraging Habitat ◽  
Seagrass Meadows ◽  
Green Sea Turtles ◽  
Green Turtles

Knowledge of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) foraging ecology in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is critical as populations begin to recover from heavy harvesting in prior centuries. We present a comprehensive long-term assessment of green turtle diets from carcasses salvaged from 1987 to 2014 along the Texas coast. Digestive tract contents were examined from 420 green turtles, ranging in size from 7.3 to 86.0 cm in straight carapace length (SCLmax). Green turtles as small as 16.2 cm SCLmax recruit from the oceanic environment to nearshore foraging habitat in the northwestern GOM and consume macroalgae principally. A successive shift in diet and habitat to inshore seagrasses was evident by the seagrass-dominated diet of turtles larger than 30 cm SCLmax. Animal matter remained a frequently ingested diet item suggesting these immature green turtles are better classified as omnivores. The overall evidence indicates that Texas’ recovering green turtle assemblage is exhibiting foraging plasticity within seagrass meadows changing species composition and density.

Sex Ratio and Sex-Specific Growth Rates of Immature Green Turtles, Chelonia mydas, in the Southern Bahamas

Copeia ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 1992 (4) ◽  
pp. 1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan B. Bolten ◽  
Karen A. Bjorndal ◽  
Janice S. Grumbles ◽  
David W. Owens
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Specific Growth ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Green Turtles ◽  
Specific Growth Rates

Genetic Diversity and Natal Origins of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Western Gulf of Mexico

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel D. Anderson ◽  
Donna J. Shaver ◽  
William J. Karel
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Green Turtles

Growth Rates of Wild Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a Temperate Foraging Area in the Gulf of California, México

Copeia ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 2002 (3) ◽  
pp. 610-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey A. Seminoff ◽  
Antonio Resendiz ◽  
Wallace J. Nichols ◽  
T. Todd Jones
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Gulf Of California ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Green Turtles ◽  
Foraging Area

scholarly journals Somatic growth rates of immature green turtles Chelonia mydas inhabiting the foraging ground Akumal Bay in the Mexican Caribbean Sea

2017 ◽  
Vol 487 ◽  
pp. 68-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Labrada-Martagón ◽  
Fernando A. Muñoz Tenería ◽  
Roberto Herrera-Pavón ◽  
Ana Negrete-Philippe
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Somatic Growth ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Green Turtles ◽  
Mexican Caribbean
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