What is the diet of sea turtles in the Mediterranean?
Loggerhead turtles generally feed on both plants and animals but they are mainly carnivorous. Their diet contains various species of algae, including Sargassum weed, which as hatchlings they also utilize as a ‘float’. After emerging from their nests, leaving the beach, and moving into the open sea, they drift into deeper water which carries them into the Sargassum weed. This weed provides them with cover from would be predators and collects floating objects including zoo and phytoplankton which they feed on.
Loggerhead turtles generally feed on both plants and animals but they are mainly carnivorous. Their diet contains various species of algae, including Sargassum weed, which as hatchlings they also utilize as a ‘float’. After emerging from their nests, leaving the beach, and moving into the open sea, they drift into deeper water which carries them into the Sargassum weed. This weed provides them with cover from would be predators and collects floating objects including zoo and phytoplankton which they feed on.
