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Mediterranean monk seal fact files

Fact Files at your fingertips. Explore the history, biology and behaviour of Europe's most endangered marine mammal, and the threats to its survival.

The Monachus Guardian

In the current issue, Vol. 12 (1), June 2009

Courtesy NOAA/NMFSMonk seal: metaphor for the Mediterranean ecosystem, by Ali Cemal Gücü… Freedom at last for KP2, by David Schofield… Artemis diary, by Eugenia Androukaki… Our monk seal ambassador, ‘Desertinha’, dies in Madeira, by Rosa Pires… Our Sea, Our Life, by Konstantinos Mentzelopoulos… 1st International Conference for MPAs: a long overdue workshop on both Monachus species, by Spyros Kotomatas, Vangelis Paravas, Harun Güçlüsoy and Rosa Pires… Plus, International, Mediterranean and Hawaiian news… Recent Publications… Letters to the Editor…

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Monk Seal Fact Files

Fact sheets on the Mediterranean (Monachus monachus) Hawaiian (Monachus schauinslandi) and Caribbean (Monachus tropicalis) monk seals, their biology, behaviour and habitat, their history and decline…

Monk Seal Library

Monk seal publications available for download: Indexed Library Catalogue, Back Issues of The Monachus Guardian, Recommended Reading and News Archive

Monk Seal Network

monk seal katerina © Matthias SchnellmannContact info for organisations involved in the conservation of monk seals…

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 Latest News

16 May 2009

Artemis found dead

© MOm/Alexandros KaramanlidisOrphaned monk seal pup 'Artemis' has been found dead on Skiathos in the Northern Sporades. The body was discovered on 14 May 2009, floating in Skiathos harbour… [more…]

 

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