Long-term changes in loggerhead sea turtle diet indicate shifts in the benthic community associated with warming temperatures

Long-term studies of marine communities are critical to understanding shifts in marine ecosystems in response to ecological change. We examined the diet of stranded loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in New York waters between 1995 and 2014 using stomach content analysis, and quantified variability in loggerhead diet using Non-Metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS). Our results provide compelling evidence for a shift in the benthic...