Diet Overlap

Calidris maritima (Purple Sandpiper)
Lepidochelys kempii (Atlantic Ridley, Kemp’s Ridley Seaturtle)

Common Diet

Mytilus edulis (Blue mussel)

Common Habitat

Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve
Cumberland Island National Seashore
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Gateway National Recreation Area
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve
Virginia Coast Biosphere Reserve

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1R. W. Summers , S. Smith , M. Nicoll & N. K. Atkinson (1990) Tidal and sexual differences in the diet of Purple Sandpipers Calidris maritima in Scotland, Bird Study, 37:3, 187-194
♦ 2HISTORICAL DIET ANALYSIS OF LOGGERHEAD (CARETTA CARETTA) AND KEMP’S RIDLEY (LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPI) SEA TURTLES IN VIRGINIA, Erin E. Seney, A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the School of Marine Science The College of William and Mary in Virginia (2003)