Green turtle

Herbarium

Hand in hand with Kelonia and Ifremer, the Mayotte team and the Strasbourg CNRS have developed programs aimed at better understanding the feeding behaviour of the herbivorous green turtles and the interactions with the sea-grasses upon which they forage. In 2006 one of these program received financial backing from the Region.

Tour operator such as « Le Jardin Maoré »
are partners in this programme

PUBLICATION

Foraging rythms of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) on seagrass beds in N’Gouja Bay, Mayotte (Indian Ocean) determined by acoustic transmitters and listening stations.
Taquet C., Taquet M., Dempster T., Soria M.,
Ciccione S., Roos D., Dagorn L. (2006)
Mar Ecol Prog Serv, Vol.306 : 295-302.

Aerial and snorkelling Census Techniques (observations) for estimating green turtle abundance on foraging areas: a pilot study
in Mayotte Island (Indian Ocean).
Roos D., Pelletier D., Ciccione S., Taquet M. & Hughes G. (2005). Aquat Living Resour. 18, 193-198.