Diving development and behavior of a rehabilitated Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 387-397

  Dendrinos, Panagiotis ^a   Karamanlidis, Alexandros A ^a   Androukaki, Evgenia ^a   McConnell, Bernie J ^b  

^a MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diving development; Greece; Mediterranean monk seal; Monachus monachus; Rehabilitation; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; JUVENILE; MARINE PARK; PINNIPED; SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM; SHORELINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALONNISOS MARINE PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MAGNESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPORADES; THESSALY;

ANIMALIA; MONACHUS; MONACHUS MONACHUS;

EID: 33947680274     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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