Dugong and sea turtle poo sheds new light on the Great Barrier Reef's seagrass meadows

Dugong and sea turtle poo sheds new light on the Great Barrier Reef's seagrass meadows

5 years ago
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https://phys.org/news/2018-05-dugong-sea-turtle-poo-great.html

Why is this important for turtles and dugong?

Green sea turtles and dugong are iconic animals on the reef, and seagrass is their food. Dugong can eat as much as 35 kilograms of wet seagrass a day, while sea turtles can eat up to 2.5% of their body weight per day. Without productive seagrass meadows, they would not survive.