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Cultural and socio-economic impacts of Mediterranean marine protected areas [PDF]
, 2000 Marine protected areas (MPAs) may be important for protecting the marine environment, but they may also have substantial socio-cultural impacts about which very little is currently known, or acknowledged.
Badalamenti, Fabio +9 more
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Hydrobiology, 2022 With a current global estimation of 600–700 individuals, Monachus monachus is considered among the most threatened seal species globally and is ranked as “Endangered” by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
G. Pietroluongo +9 more
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Does absence of charismatic species impact the ecotourism potential of Central Mediterranean islands? [PDF]
, 2018 Central Mediterranean Islands tend to be devoid of large terrestrial charismatic fauna which usually serve as target species for ecotourism. This has raised questions on the potential of ecotourism in such destinations.
Agius, Karl, Deidun, Alan, Theuma, Nadia
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On Prophoca and Leptophoca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Miocene of the North Atlantic realm : redescription, phylogenetic affinities and paleobiogeographic implications [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Prophoca and Leptophoca represent the oldest known genera of phocine seals, dating from the latest early to middle Miocene. Originally, Prophoca rousseaui and Prophoca proxima were described based on fragmentary remains from the Miocene of ...
Dewaele, Leonard +2 more
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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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Phocine distemper Virus: Current knowledge and future directions [PDF]
, 2014 Phocine distemper virus (PDV) was first recognized in 1988 following a massive epidemic in harbor and grey seals in north-western Europe. Since then, the epidemiology of infection in North Atlantic and Arctic pinnipeds has been investigated.
Baker, J.D. (Jason) +29 more
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bioRxivSocial and news media are increasingly recognised as valuable sources of species distribution data, particularly for rare and endangered species.
Andry Castro, César Capinha
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Bioinvasions are considered mostly as a biodiversity and conservation hazard, but in specific situations, introduced species can bring ecological or socioeconomic benefits. We assessed the social–ecological role of marine introduced species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea—a global hotspot of bioinvasions and extirpations—and their potential ...
Stelios Katsanevakis +7 more
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Ecological Trap in the Nest: Human Hair Causes the Death of Breeding Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica)
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.The prevalence of anthropogenic materials in barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) nests and their association with entanglement injury or mortality was studied. We report for the first time that hair incorporated into nests can cause entanglement mortality in barn swallows.
Cong Peng, Kui Yan, Sidan Lin, Wei Liang
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Social values of biodiversity conservation for the endangered loggerhead turtle and monk seal [PDF]
, 2007 The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) and the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) are two species on the priority list for conservation in Greece due to their dwindling populations worldwide. Hence the issue of estimating willingness to pay for
Kaval, Pamela +2 more
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