Direct Evidence for Gradual Ontogenetic Dietary Shift in the Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas

被引：20

作者：

Morais, Renato Araujo ^{[1
,2
]}

dos Santos, Robson Guimaraes ^{[3
]}

Longo, Guilherme Ortigara ^{[1
,2
]}

Estevam Yoshida, Eduardo Tadashi ^{[2
]}

Stahelin, Gustavo David ^{[4
]}

Horta, Paulo Antunes ^{[1
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Fed Santa Catarina, Programa Posgrad Ecol, BR-88010970 Florianopolis, SC, Brazil

[2] Univ Fed Santa Catarina, Ctr Ciencias Biol, Lab Biogeog & Macroecol Marinha, BR-88010970 Florianopolis, SC, Brazil

[3] Univ Fed Espirito Santo, Dept Oceanog & Ecol, BR-29075910 Vitoria, ES, Brazil

[4] Fundacao Protamar, BR-88040970 Florianopolis, SC, Brazil

[5] Univ Fed Santa Catarina, Dept Bot, BR-88040900 Florianopolis, SC, Brazil

来源：

CHELONIAN CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY | 2014年 / 13卷 / 02期

关键词：

SEA-TURTLE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY; HABITAT USE; LOGGERHEAD; CALIFORNIA; ESTUARY; MARINE; REGION; ISLAND;

D O I：

10.2744/CCB-1058.1

中图分类号：

Q95 [动物学];

学科分类号：

071002 ;

摘要：

Here we provide information on the diet of juvenile green turtles from neritic developmental habitats in the South Atlantic that indicates the existence of a gradual dietary shift from a primarily carnivorous to a primarily herbivorous diet. Linear regression showed a relation between the size of turtles (n = 22) and the proportion of vegetal matter in the diet, with smaller animals being predominantly carnivorous. We propose 3 hypotheses that could explain these observations.

引用

页码：260 / U172

页数：7

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