• DOI:10.1023/A:1007639324360
Corpus ID: 31232421

Predation by White Sharks Carcharodon carcharias (Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae) Upon Chelonians, with New Records from the Mediterranean Sea and a First Record of the Ocean Sunfish Mola mola (Osteichthyes: Molidae) as Stomach Contents

@article{Fergusson2004PredationBW,
  title={Predation by White Sharks Carcharodon carcharias (Chondrichthyes: Lamnidae) Upon Chelonians, with New Records from the Mediterranean Sea and a First Record of the Ocean Sunfish Mola mola (Osteichthyes: Molidae) as Stomach Contents},
  author={Ian K. Fergusson and L. Compagno and M. A. Marks},
  journal={Environmental Biology of Fishes},
  year={2004},
  volume={58},
  pages={447-453}
}

• Ian K. Fergusson, L. Compagno, M. A. Marks
• Published 2004
• Biology
• Environmental Biology of Fishes

The occurrence of marine turtles in the diet of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, is reviewed worldwide. Four records of chelonians eaten by white sharks in the Mediterranean Sea are described, which on the basis of carapace remnants confirmed both the loggerhead Caretta caretta and green turtle Chelonia mydas to be preyed upon in those waters. The condition of these remains indicates that large white sharks can ingest turtles essentially intact. As well as falling prey to white sharks, we… Expand

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