Dear All,
Apologies for cross posting.
We would like to inform you that the new paper on a stranding case of Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus has been published in Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment.
The pdf copy is available online via the following link:
Danyer, E., Aytemiz, I., Gücü, A.C., Tonay, A.M. 2014. Preliminary study on a stranding case of Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) on the Eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. J. Black Sea/Mediterr. Environ. 20(2): 152-157.
http://www.blackmeditjournal.org/pdf/152-157-Vol20No2-Danyer.pdf
Abstract
The Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) is one of the critically endangered species in the world and in the northeast Mediterranean Sea there is a continuously breeding population. On 28 February 2014, 3-3.5 months old, male Mediterranean monk seal stranded near Yasilovacık Harbour, Mersin. Gross necropsy was carried out one day later. The seal was emaciated and lungs were pneumonic. This paper summarizes the preliminary findings of the gross necropsy.
Regards
Arda M. TONAY Ph.D
Faculty of Fisheries, İstanbul University
Marine Biology Dep.
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