Table 2 in Of turtles and trees: Nutritional analysis of tree heliotrope (Heliotropium foertherianum) leaves consumed by green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Hawaiʻi

Table 2. Comparison of nutritional content of senescent leaves of Heliotropium foertherianum and some other foods reported in Hawaiian green turtle diets. C:N = carbon:nitrogen ratio. Values are mean values. Carbon, nitrogen, protein, fat, and lignin values are based on dry weight of the plant material. Energy values are based on ash-free dry weight. NM = not measured.
% H 2 O content% Nitrogen C:N% Crude Protein% Fat% LigninEnergy, Kcal/kg SourceH. foertherianum, senescent leaves, seasons combined87.90.64547.55.452.2213.764603This paperAhnfeltiopsis concinna thalli68.01.721.510.81.90.622846McDermid et al. 2007, 2015Pterocladiella capillacea thalli77.82.714.216.92.33.73220McDermid et al. 2007, 2015Paspalum vaginatum leaves77.52.223.217.2NM11.54006McDermid et al. 2015Halophila hawaiiana leaves90.32.3NM14.43.8NM1696McDermid et al. 2007