Diet of the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) at Ra's Al Hadd, Sultanate of Oman

Abstract

Digestive tract contents of stranded green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Ra's Al Hadd area, Oman, were examined. In decreasing order of importance, the food items (dry weight) comprised 19 taxa of algae (49%), 22 taxa of animal matter (26%), 2 seagrasses (15%), litter (7%), and substrate (3%).