Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Lepidochelys kempii

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Lepidochelys kempii

Main Ref.	Shaver, D.J., 1991
Fish stage	recruits/juv.	Mean length	none
Sample size	5	Percent empty
Country	USA	Locality	southern Texas, USA
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Lepidochelys kempii

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name
17.65 %	plants	other plants	benthic algae/weeds	n.a./others	vegetation
11.77 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	crabs	juv./adults	crabs
23.52 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	n.a./other mollusks	juv./adults	molluscs
47.06 %	others	others	n.a./others	juv./adults	other materials