Dear All,

Apologies for cross posting.

We would like to inform you that the new paper on stomach content of a Mediterranean Monk Seal finding of Green Turtle remains has been published in the Zoology in the Middle East.

The paper is available online at the following page. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09397140.2016.1202947

Alternatively, pdf requests can be sent to atonay@istanbul.edu.tr

Tonay, A.M., Danyer, E., Dede, A., Öztürk, B., Öztürk, A.A. 2016. The stomach content of a Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus): finding of Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) remains. Zoology in the Middle East. doi: 10.1080/09397140.2016.1202947

Abstract

The stomach contents of an adult Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) found stranded on the Turkish eastern Mediterranean coast near Antalya in May 2013 were analysed. In total, 69 individual food items were counted and nine taxa were identified to species or family level. Of the identified taxa, Sparidae was the most highly represented family of prey fish, and one cephalopod species, Octopus vulgaris, was found. Ariosoma balearicum and Argyrosomus regius were encountered for the first time in the diet of a Monk Seal in the Mediterranean. Several body parts (three heads, six forelimbs, neck bones and fractured upper forelimb bones) of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) were also identified, which is the first record of this species in the Monk Seal’s diet.

Regards

Arda

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