Yayın: The stomach content of a Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus): Finding of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) remains
Tarih
Kurum Yazarları
Yazarlar
Tonay, Arda Mehmet
Danyer, Erdem
Dede, Ayhan
Öztürk, Bayram
Öztürk, Ayaka A.
Danışman
Dil
Türü
Yayıncı:
Taylor & Francis
Dergi Başlığı
Dergi ISSN
Cilt Başlığı
Özet
The stomach contents of an adult Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) found stranded on the Turkish eastern Mediterranean coast near Antalya in May 2013 were analysed. In total, 69 individual food items were counted and nine taxa were identified to species or family level. Of the identified taxa, Sparidae was the most highly represented family of prey fish, and one cephalopod species, Octopus vulgaris, was found. Ariosoma balearicum and Argyrosomus regius were encountered for the first time in the diet of a Monk Seal in the Mediterranean. Several body parts (three heads, six forelimbs, neck bones and fractured upper forelimb bones) of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) were also identified, which is the first record of this species in the Monk Seal's diet.
Açıklama
Kaynak:
Anahtar Kelimeler:
Konusu
Zoology, Mediterranean monk seal, Stomach content, Green turtleeastern mediterranean, Aegean sea, Atlantic, Turkey, Diet, Mediterranean coast [Turkey], Argyrosomus regius, Ariosoma balearicum, Cephalopoda, Chelonia mydas, Monachus, Monachus monachus, Octopus vulgaris, Sparidae, Testudines, Cephalopod, Coastal zone, Morphology, New record, Stomach content, Turtle
Alıntı
Tonay, A. M. vd. (2016). "The stomach content of a Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus): Finding of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) remains". Zoology in the Middle East, 62(3), 212-216.