Historical Diet Analysis of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta Caretta) in Virginia

By Erin E. Seney, J. Musick. Copeia, 2007

116 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Aquatic Science, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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2. J. Musick

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1. M. Botton

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2. AC Broderick
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Citations in the corpus

• The diet composition of immature loggerheads: Insights on trophic niche, growth rates, and fisheries interactions (2009, background): “These changes tracked concurrent pattern of landings of each target species (first horseshoe crabs, then blue crabs) over this time period, and the dietary shift to fish by loggerheads probably reflected dietary supplementation with fishery discards due to the decline in their typical prey items (Se”
• Polymodal foraging in adult female loggerheads (Caretta caretta) (2010, background): “In neritic habitats, loggerheads shift to a diet primarily composed of hard-shelled, benthic invertebrates (Bjorndal 1997; Seney and Musick 2007).”
• The Ecological Importance of Horseshoe Crabs in Estuarine and Coastal Communities: A Review and Speculative Summary (2009, background): “…turtles (C. caretta) may be the only predator with a substantial consumption of adult horseshoe crabs, and it is notable that temporal shifts in their food preference from Limulus to blue crabs and fishes coincided with a decreased population of horseshoe crabs in Virginia (Seney and Musick 2007).”
• Conservation status of the American horseshoe crab, (Limulus polyphemus): a regional assessment (2017, background): “Metapopulations may exist in the Gulf of Maine (Maine and New Hampshire collections), the entire Mid-Atlantic region (with some substructure within), the upper Chesapeake Bay collections (MDT, MDF), the Southeast assemblage (SBB, SBE, GSA, and GSI), southwest Florida Gulf of México (FMI, FCH, FTB),”
• Plastic and marine turtles: a review and call for research (2016, background): “Western Mediterranean (Spain) Tomás et al. (2002) n.”
• Satellite tracking reveals a dichotomy in migration strategies among juvenile loggerhead turtles in the Northwest Atlantic (2009, background): “may be due, in part, to changes in mortality rates, changes in sources of mortality, and/or changes in turtle distribution patterns as a result of recent declines in blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) prey availability within the Chesapeake Bay (Lipcius and Stock”