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Biogeography and taxonomy of extinct and endangered monk seals illuminated by ancient DNA and skull morphology

ZooKeys, 2014
Extinctions and declines of large marine vertebrates have major ecological impacts and are of critical concern in marine environments. The Caribbean monk seal, Monachus tropicalis, last definitively reported in 1952, was one of the few marine mammal ...
Dirk-Martin Scheel, Graham Slater, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Charles Potter, David Rotstein, Kyriakos Tsangaras, Alex Greenwood, Kristofer M. Helgen   +7 more
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First demographic parameter estimates for the Mediterranean monk seal population at Madeira, Portugal

Endangered Species Research, 2023
We provide the first comprehensive demographic assessment of the Endangered Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus population residing in the Madeira Archipelago to identify factors that may impede population growth.
R Pires, F Aparicio, JD Baker, S Pereira, N Caires, MA Cedenilla, AL Harting, D Menezes, P Fernández de Larrinoa   +8 more
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Distribution of mammals in Albania

Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 1996
<strong>Abstract</strong> Some 63 species have been recorded in Albania from 1950 to 1994, with the exclusion of Cetacea. Another 15 species, including 5 found on the eastern border between Albania and Greece, are considered probably present.
Claudio Prigioni
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Atypical Toxoplasmosis in a Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) Pup

, 2021
The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is the rarest species of pinniped in the world. Necropsy of a Mediterranean monk seal pup that stranded alive on the southern Adriatic Italian coast and died a few hours later revealed co-infection by ...
Casalone C., Centelleghe C., Audino T., Petrella A., Di Francesco G., Di Guardo G., Di Renzo L., Tripodi L., Di Francesco C. E., Beverelli M., Marcer F., Mazzariol S., Aduino T.   +12 more
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Report on the brain of the monk seal (Monachus monachus, Hermann, 1779) [PDF]

, 2023
The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus, Hermann, 1779) is an endangered species of pinniped endemic to few areas of the Mediterranean Sea. Extensive hunting and poaching over the last two centuries have rendered it a rare sight, scattered mainly ...
Casalone C., Centelleghe C., Gili C., Cozzi B., Petrella A., Graic J. -M., Orekhova K., Mazzariol S., Gerussi T.   +8 more
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Towards a strategy for the recovering of the Mediterranean monk seal in the Adriatic-Ionian Basin

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Occasional but recurrent sightings indicate that the endangered Mediterranean monk seal is still present in most of its historical range within the Adriatic-Ionian region in the central Mediterranean Sea.
Aliki Panou, Marianna Giannoulaki, Dušan Varda, Lorela Lazaj, Giulio Pojana, Luigi Bundone, Luigi Bundone   +6 more
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Stable Isotopes Confirm a Coastal Diet for Critically Endangered Mediterranean Monk Seals [PDF]

, 2014
Understanding the ecology and behaviour of endangered species is essential for developing effective management and conservation strategies.We used stable isotope analysis to investigate the foraging behaviour of critically endangered Mediterranean monk ...
Karamanlidis, Alexandros A., Hirons, Amy, Curtis, P. Jeff, Psaradellis, Marianna, Hirons, Amy C., Hopkins III, John B., Dendrinos, Panagiotis, Hopkins, John B., III   +7 more
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Gathering data on Mediterranean monk seal past presence in Italy [PDF]

, 2023
The Mediterranean monk seal is one of the first pinniped species studied by humankind. However, several aspects of its biology, ecology, and distribution have yet to be unveiled.
Enrico Maria Perlini, Fausto Tinti, Luigi Bundone, Giulio Pojana, Philippe Gaubert   +4 more
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Spatial and temporal patterns of occurrence of the vulnerable Mediterranean monk seal in the Tyrrhenian Sea via seawater eDNA

Global Ecology and Conservation
The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), one of the world’s most endangered pinnipeds and the only seal endemic to the Mediterranean, was historically widespread in the Tyrrhenian Sea but declined sharply in the 20th century due to habitat loss ...
Caterina Giovannetti, Marialetizia Palomba, Armando Macali, Gianpasquale Chiatante, Martina Mazzetti, Roberta Bisconti, Leonardo Forbicioni, Adriana Bellati, Emanuele Coppola, Daniele Canestrelli   +9 more
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Some Proposed Places as Marine Protected Areas in the Syrian Coast, and Their Topographical & Biological Properties

Syrian Journal for Science and Innovation, 2023
This research was carried out along the Syrian coast during the period from October 2018 to January 2021, with the aim of studying some factors that help in suggesting the best places to declare them as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Amir Ibrahim, Chirine Hussein
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