The Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus: Status, biology, threats, and conservation priorities

Mammal Review

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 92-105

  Karamanlidis, Alexandros A ^a   Dendrinos, Panagiotis ^a   de Larrinoa, Pablo Fernández ^b   Gücü, Ali Cemal ^c   Johnson, William M ^d   Kiraç, Cem O ^e   Pires, Rosa ^f  

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

^b Monk Seal Conservation Program   (Spain)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d The Monachus Guardian   (Switzerland)

^e Underwater Research Society Mediterranean Seal Research Group   (Turkey)

^f Parque Natural da Madeira   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endangered species; Marine mammals; Monachus monachus; Pinnipeds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PINNIPED; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE BLANC; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

MAMMALIA; MONACHUS; MONACHUS MONACHUS; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84959330099     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mam.12053     Document Type: Review

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