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TI Habitat use of a multispecific seagrass meadow by green turtles Chelonia mydas at Mayotte Island
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AF BALLORAIN, Katia
   CICCIONE, Stephane
   BOURJEA, Jerome
   GRIZEL, Henri
   ENSTIPP, Manfred
   GEORGES, Jean-Yves
AS 1:1,2,3;2:4;3:5;4:5;5:1,2;6:1,2;
FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-DOP-DCM-HMT-RHREUNION;4:PDG-DOP-DCM-SREU;5:;6:;
C1 Univ Strasbourg, IPHC, F-67087 Strasbourg, France.
   CNRS, UMR7178, F-67037 Strasbourg, France.
   Univ La Reunion, Ecole Doctorale Interdisciplinaire, F-97715 St Denis Messag, France.
   Observ Tortues Marines La Reunion, KELONIA, St Leu 97898, Reunion.
   Inst Francais Rech Exploitat Mer La Reunion, Le Port 97822, Reunion.
C2 UNIV STRASBOURG, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   UNIV REUNION, FRANCE
   OBSERV TORTUES MARINES LA REUNION, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI LA REUNION
SE PDG-DOP-DCM-HMT-RHREUNION
   PDG-DOP-DCM-SREU
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-univ-france
IF 2.011
TC 31
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00018/12918/10201.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB We investigated the habitat use in green turtles exploiting a 13-ha multispecific seagrass meadow at Mayotte Island, south-western Indian Ocean. A phytoecological survey shows the occurrence of eight seagrass species, dominated by Halodule uninervis and Syringodium isoetifolium, distributed according to four distinct seagrass communities along the depth gradient. Direct underwater censuses show that green turtles occurred all over the meadow. Yet when community relative surface area was taken into account green turtles preferentially frequented the most seaward, biomass-richer S. isoetifolium-dominated community, suggesting that green turtles compensate for their intrinsically nutrient-poor herbivorous diet. Additionally, smaller (\80 cm standard curved carapace length, SCCL) individuals also preferentially occurred in the most shoreward H. univervis-dominated community where no larger ([80 cm SCCL) individuals were sighted, suggesting habitat use is indicative of diet selection and may reflect size-specific food requirements and physiology.
PY 2010
PD DEC
SO Marine Biology
SN 0025-3162
PU Springer
VL 157
IS 12
UT 000284161900001
BP 2581
EP 2590
DI 10.1007/s00227-010-1520-7
ID 12918
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