Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Chelonia mydas

Main Ref.	Ferreira, B., M. Garcia, B.P. Jupp and A. Al-Kiyumi, 2006
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	Oman	Locality	Ra's Al Hadd area
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Chelonia mydas

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
15.50 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	seagrasses	15% seagrasses.
50.50 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	algae	49% algae.
26.80 %	detritus	detritus	carcasses	n.a./others	animal matter	26% animal matter.
7.20 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	litter	7% litter.