Jellyfish support high energy intake of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea): video evidence from animal-borne cameras.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Susan G Heaslip, Sara J Iverson, W Don Bowen, Michael C James
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Breton Island; Canada
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033259; https://doaj.org/article/ef505f25ab1f4e87b7798be71cca4b50

The endangered leatherback turtle is a large, highly migratory marine predator that inexplicably relies upon a diet of low-energy gelatinous zooplankton. The location of these prey may be predictable at large oceanographic scales, given that leatherback turtles perform long distance migrations (1000...