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TI Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, feeding on Synapta maculata (Holothuroidea: Synaptidae) on a seagrass bed (Syringodium isoetifolium) at Reunion Island, western Indian Ocean
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AF Mulochau, Thierry
   Jean, Claire
   GOGENDEAU, Pierre
   Ciccione, Stéphane
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:2;
FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-RBE-DOI;4:;
C1 BIORECIF, 3 ter rue d l’albatros 97434 La Réunion, France
   KELONIA, 46 rue du G. De Gaulle 97436 Saint Leu La Réunion, France
   IFREMER, 1 rue J. Bertho BP 60 97822 Le Port Cedex La Réunion, France
C2 BIORECIF, FRANCE
   KELONIA, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI LA REUNION
SE PDG-RBE-DOI
TC 0
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00685/79700/82486.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB Young green turtles, Chelonia mydas, frequent the Syringodium isoetifolium seagrass beds on Reunion’s inner reef flats of fringing reefs, where they come to feed. Photographs of a green turtle looking for and eating the snake sea cucumber. Synapta maculata, were taken for the first time at Reunion Island. S. maculata is a sea cucumber species that was frequently observed on the inner reef flats and on the back-reef depression, but these abundances seem to be decreasing in recent years. Studies of S. maculata populations are needed to monitor changes in densities of this species, which has an important ecosystem role, as well as other observations to determine whether this case of green sea turtle predation is an isolated one or whether S. maculata may occasionally be part of the diet of young C. mydas in Reunion. 
PY 2021
PD MAR
SO Bêche-de-mer - information bulletin
SN 1025-4943
PU Pacific Community / Communauté du Pacifique
IS 41
BP 37
EP 39
ID 79700
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