Age estimation, growth and age-related mortality of Mediterranean monk seals Monachus monachus

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-163

  Murphy, Sinéad ^a   Spradlin, Trevor R ^a,b   Mackey, Beth ^a   McVee, Jill ^c   Androukaki, Evgenia ^d   Tounta, Eleni ^d   Karamanlidis, Alexandros A ^d   Dendrinos, Panagiotis ^d   Joseph, Emily ^d   Lockyer, Christina ^e   Matthiopoulos, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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

^e Age Dynamics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Conservation; Endangered species; Growth layer groups; Mediterranean monk seal; Monachus monachus; Mortality; Teeth

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH; MORTALITY; PINNIPED; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOOTH;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MONACHUS; MONACHUS MONACHUS;

EID: 84859877841     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00392     Document Type: Article

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