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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Reich KJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2391226 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biology letters 20071201 6
Ignorance of the location or inaccessible locations of lifestages can impede the study and management of species. We used stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen to identify the habitats and diets and to estimate the duration of a 'missing' lifestage: the early juvenile stage of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Stable isotopes in scute from young herbivorous green turtles in shallow-water habitats revealed that they spend 3-5 years as carnivores in oceanic habitats before making a rapid ontogene ...[more]