The Monachus Guardian – Headlines - News - Articles » research http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress Dedicated to Monk Seals and their Threatened Habitats Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:25:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A tribute to Didier Marchessaux and the monk seals of the Western Sahara http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/10/03/a-tribute-to-didier-marchessaux-and-the-monk-seals-of-the-western-sahara/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/10/03/a-tribute-to-didier-marchessaux-and-the-monk-seals-of-the-western-sahara/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:38:59 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1961 Spanish filmmaker Rafa Herrero Massieu has released a brief film tribute to biologist Didier Marchessaux and his colleagues Alain Argiolas, Gerard Vuignier and Ely ould Elmine, who were killed in a landmine explosion on 16 October 1988 while researching the important Mediterranean monk seal colony in the disputed Western Sahara.

A tribute to Didier Marchessaux and the monk seals of the Western Sahara]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/10/03/a-tribute-to-didier-marchessaux-and-the-monk-seals-of-the-western-sahara/feed/ 2 Reflections on closed access journals http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/08/31/reflections-on-closed-access-journals/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/08/31/reflections-on-closed-access-journals/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:56:43 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1881 Media Watch, The Lairds of Learning, by George Monbiot, The Guardian, 29 August 2011

Editor’s Note: Despite oft-reapeated calls for monk seal conservation and science to find a wider public audience — thereby spurring efforts to save the species and its habitat — most research continues to be published in closed access “subscription-only” scientific Continue reading: Reflections on closed access journals]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/08/31/reflections-on-closed-access-journals/feed/ 0 Identification of ciguatoxins in Hawaiian monk seals http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/05/20/identification-of-ciguatoxins-in-hawaiian-monk-seals/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/05/20/identification-of-ciguatoxins-in-hawaiian-monk-seals/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 10:42:04 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1684 Recent Publications

Marie-Yasmine Dechraoui Bottein, Lizabeth Kashinsky, Zhihong Wang, Charles Littnan, and John S. Ramsdell. 2011. Identification of Ciguatoxins in Hawaiian Monk Seals Monachus schauinslandi from the Northwestern and Main Hawaiian Islands. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/es2002887. [Abstract]

]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/05/20/identification-of-ciguatoxins-in-hawaiian-monk-seals/feed/ 0 Hawaiian monk seal scoping report available http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/02/02/hawaiian-monk-seal-scoping-report-available/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/02/02/hawaiian-monk-seal-scoping-report-available/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:31:34 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1453 NOAA announcement, 1 February 2011

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) has published the Scoping Summary Report for the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Actions PEIS, which presents a public record and summary of the scoping activities that occurred from October 1, 2010 through November Continue reading: Hawaiian monk seal scoping report available]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/02/02/hawaiian-monk-seal-scoping-report-available/feed/ 0 Musings: Trails and Seals http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/01/28/musings-trails-and-seals/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/01/28/musings-trails-and-seals/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:10:26 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1443 Media Watch, Joan Conrow, KauaiEclectic, 26 January 2011

[...] After swimming at the northern end of the beach, I was heading back when I spotted four men and two women mugging an endangered Hawaiian monk seal that I’d previously seen sleeping peacefully among the rocks. The seal’s face was covered with a net, but Continue reading: Musings: Trails and Seals]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2011/01/28/musings-trails-and-seals/feed/ 0 Cell phone tag charts seal’s foraging behaviour http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/12/22/cell-phone-tag-charts-seals-foraging-behaviour/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/12/22/cell-phone-tag-charts-seals-foraging-behaviour/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:37:32 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=1380 NOAA researchers have released a video compilation depicting the foraging movements of the Hawaiian monk seal code-named RO18, equipped with a mobile phone tag.

“This is a video of an adult male monk seal that NOAA researchers tracked using a cellphone tag,” writes NOAA scientist Charles Littnan. “The tag recorded dive behavior and fine Continue reading: Cell phone tag charts seal’s foraging behaviour]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/12/22/cell-phone-tag-charts-seals-foraging-behaviour/feed/ 0 First comprehensive genetic study of the Mediterranean monk seal in the eastern Mediterranean http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/17/first-comprehensive-genetic-study-of-the-mediterranean-monk-seal-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/ http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/17/first-comprehensive-genetic-study-of-the-mediterranean-monk-seal-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:21:51 +0000 Editor http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/?p=811 by Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, MOm

The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is the most endangered seal in the world and in urgent need of immediate and effective conservation and management measures. One of the key factors hampering recovery of this threatened species is the substantial lack of information on the animals’  biology and population Continue reading: First comprehensive genetic study of the Mediterranean monk seal in the eastern Mediterranean]]> http://www.monachus-guardian.org/wordpress/2010/07/17/first-comprehensive-genetic-study-of-the-mediterranean-monk-seal-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/feed/ 2