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First Description of the Underwater Sounds in the Mediterranean Monk Seal Monachus monachus in Greece: Towards Establishing a Vocal Repertoire [PDF]

Animals, 2023
The Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus is one of the most endangered pinnipeds in the world, and is classified as “Endangered” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
Isabelle Charrier, Chloé Huetz, Léa Prevost, Panagiotis Dendrinos, Alexandros A. Karamanlidis   +4 more
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Playing “hide and seek” with the Mediterranean monk seal: a citizen science dataset reveals its distribution from molecular traces (eDNA) [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2023
Animal conservation relies on assessing the distribution and habitat use of species, but for endangered/elusive animals this can prove difficult. The Monk Seal, Monachus monachus, is one of the world's most endangered species of pinniped, and the only ...
Elena Valsecchi, Giacomo Tavecchia, Ginevra Boldrocchi, Emanuele Coppola, Denise Ramella, Livia Conte, Monica Blasi, Antonia Bruno, Paolo Galli   +8 more
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Understanding the Interactions between Small-Scale Fisheries and the Mediterranean Monk Seal Using Fishermen’s Ecological Knowledge [PDF]

Animals, 2023
Interactions between fisheries and marine mammals have been well documented in almost all existing fishing gears around the world, often associated with detrimental consequences.
Marios Papageorgiou, Anastasis Karonias, Athena Eftychiou, Louis Hadjioannou   +3 more
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Cetacean Morbillivirus and Toxoplasma gondii Co-infection in Mediterranean Monk Seal Pup, Italy [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
A Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) pup from the southern Adriatic coast of Italy showed cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) and disseminated Toxoplasma gondii co-infection, which probably resulted from CeMV-induced immunosuppression.
Antonio Petrella, Sandro Mazzariol, Iolanda Padalino, Gabriella Di Francesco, Cristina Casalone, Carla Grattarola, Giovanni Di Guardo, Camilla Smoglica, Cinzia Centelleghe, Claudia Gili   +9 more
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First Report of Uncinaria hamiltoni in Orphan Eastern Mediterranean Monk Seal Pups in Greece and Its Clinical Significance [PDF]

Pathogens, 2021
The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is classified by the IUCN as “endangered,” with a global population estimated to number fewer than 800 individuals.
Anastasia Th. Komnenou, George A. Gkafas, Evangelia Kofidou, Joanne Sarantopoulou, Athanasios Exadactylos, Eleni Tounta, Kimon Koemtzopoulos, Panagiotis Dendrinos, Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, Frances Gulland, Elias Papadopoulos   +10 more
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Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) and leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) de novo genomes to study the demographic history and genetic diversity of southern seals [PDF]

BMC Biology
Background The Monachinae, or southern seals, are one of two subfamilies within the Phocidae and are home to iconic pinnipeds such as the leopard seal, a fierce Antarctic top predator, and the Mediterranean monk seal, one of the world’s most endangered ...
Marcel Nebenführ, Alexander Ben Hamadou, Alex Aguilar, Asunción Borrell, Georgios A. Gkafas, Axel Janke   +5 more
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Genetic and demographic history define a conservation strategy for earth’s most endangered pinniped, the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2021
The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a flagship species for marine conservation, but important aspects of its life history remain unknown.
Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, Tomaž Skrbinšek, George Amato, Panagiotis Dendrinos, Stephen Gaughran, Panagiotis Kasapidis, Alexander Kopatz, Astrid Vik Stronen   +7 more
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), an IUCN Vulnerable species [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]

Open Research Europe
The Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus, is the only pinniped that lives in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the rarest marine mammals in the world. The species was recently classified as “vulnerable” by the IUCN, considering an improvement in its
Ignas Bunikis, Christian Tellgren-Roth, Mai-Britt Mosbech, Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Panagiotis Dendrinos, Costas S. Tsigenopoulos, Xenia Sarropoulou, Nuria Escudero, Thanos Dailianis, Nikitas Vogiatzis, Rosa Fernández, Katerina Vasileiadou, Eleni Tounta, Astrid Böhne, Rita Monteiro, Chiara Bortoluzzi, Anastasia Komnenou, Guilherme B. Dias, Tereza Manousaki   +18 more
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First Documented Uses of Caves along the Coast of Albania by Mediterranean Monk Seals (Monachus monachus, Hermann 1779): Ecological and Conservation Inferences [PDF]

Animals, 2022
Information on the habitat use of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) along the coast of Albania (Adriatic and Ionian Sea) has so far been limited to vague and generalised data.
Luigi Bundone, Gema Hernandez-Milian, Nexhip Hysolakoj, Rigers Bakiu, Tatjana Mehillaj, Lorela Lazaj, Hua Deng, Amy Lusher, Giulio Pojana   +8 more
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An Observatory to monitor range extension of the Mediterranean monk seal based on its eDNA traces: collecting data and delivering results in the “Open Science” era [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal
The monk seal is the most endangered pinniped in the world and the only one found in the Mediterranean, where its distribution and abundance have suffered a drastic decline in the last few decades.
Elena Valsecchi, Alessandro Gabbiadini
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