Report of a new Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) breeding colony in the Aegean Sea, Greece

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-361

  Dendrinos, Panagiotis ^a   Karamanlidis, Alexandros A ^a   Kotomatas, Spyros ^a   Paravas, Vaggelis ^a   Adamantopoulou, Stella ^a  

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

Author keywords

Behavior; Conservation; Cyclades Islands; Distribution; Endangered species; Greece; Gyaros; Mediterranean monk; Monachus monachus; Seal; Status

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT USE; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MONACHUS; MONACHUS MONACHUS;

EID: 59949087495     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.34.3.2008.355     Document Type: Article

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