Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 61(3), 339-345 (1995)
胃内温変化からみた産卵期アカウミガメの摂餌
Analysis of possibility of feeding loggerhead turtles during internesting periods based on stmach temperature mesurements
H. Tanaka, K. Sato, Y. Matsuzawa, W. Sakamoto, Y. Naito, and K. Kuroyanagi
The presence of feeding was examined in loggerhead turtles during interesting periods from 1989 through 1993 off southen Japan using the Time Temperature Recorder (TTR). The TTR was insert into the stomach and temperature data was obtained from the nine free-ranging female loggerheads. The pattern of tempetature fluctuation which consisted of rapid drop and subsequent gradual rise were recorded in the stomch temperature data. This typical pattern proved to be caused by drinking or feeding. The pattern counted 5 to 19 times in the first 24 hours after nesting decreased afterwards gradually. The loggerhead seemed to drink sea water just after nesting and not to feed during interesting periods.
TU95-2
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