Population resilience of the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus at Cabo Blanco peninsula

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 461, Issue , 2012, Pages 273-281

  Martinez Jauregui M ^a   Tavecchia, G ^b   Cedenilla, M A ^c   Coulson, T ^d   Fernandez De Larrinoa P ^c   Munoz M ^c   Gonzalez L M ^e  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c Monk Seal Conservation Program   (Spain)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Ministerio de Agricultura Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Catastrophic event; Demography; Marine mammals; Photo identifications; Small population

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MASS MORTALITY; PINNIPED; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

CAPE BLANC; MAURITANIA; MOROCCO;

EID: 84864881345     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09811     Document Type: Article

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