Dear MARMAM subscribers,
We are pleased to announce the two publications of the following papers in Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment.
· Öztürk, A.A. Tonay, A.M., Dede, A. 2013. Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sightings in the Aegean and Mediterranean part of Turkish waters. J. Black Sea/Mediterr. Environ. 19(2): 168-176.
Full text is available at:
http://www.blackmeditjournal.org/pdf/169-177%20Vol19No2Ayaka.pdf
Abstract
Between 1994 and 2012, 43 sightings of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) were reported in the Turkish part of the Aegean and Mediterranean Sea. Most of the sightings were located near the Fethiye Canyon which is one of the deepest parts of the Mediterranean Sea. The eastern limit of the sperm whale sighting in the Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea is Alanya and the northern limit is Gökçeada in the northern Aegean Sea.
· Danyer, E., Özgür Özbek, E., Aytemiz, I., Tonay, A.M. 2013. Preliminary report of a stranding case of Mediterranean Monk Seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) on Antalya coast, Turkey, April 2013. J. Black Sea/Mediterr. Environ. 19(2): 181-185.
Full text is available at:
http://www.blackmeditjournal.org/pdf/278-282%20Vol19No2Erdem.pdf
Abstract
The Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779), which lives on the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea coast of Turkey, is one of the critically endangered species in the world. On 30 April 2013, an adult male monk seal was found dead on the coast of Antalya. Evidence of deliberate killing was found as a result of gross necropsy carried out after two days. This paper summarizes the preliminary findings of the gross necropsy.
Best regards,
Arda M. TONAY Ph.D
Faculty of Fisheries, İstanbul University
Marine Biology Dep.
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