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Vol. 5 / No. 2 |
Published by Friends of the Monk Seal |
November 2002 |
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Guest Editorial: Monk seal apocalypse Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara explains how his chance encounter with a monk seal on Patmos has forever changed his perspective of the "Revelation" island. Cover Story: Virus threats to monk seals An interview with Professor Ab Osterhaus, of Erasmus Medical Centre's Institute of Virology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In Focus: Conservation actions on the Cabo Blanco peninsula – a new approach by Pablo Fernández de Larrinoa, Ingrid Mozetich and Miguel Angel Cedenilla. Perspectives: Mediterranean monk seal behaviour – can we afford to discard anecdotal accounts? by Harun Güçlüsoy, William M. Johnson and Alexandros A. Karamanlidis. Bree, P.J.H. van. On a young monk seal that lost its way in 1927. Moutou, F. Monk seals in the Indian Ocean? Karamanlidis, A.A., R. Pires, N.C. Silva and H.C. Neves. The habitat of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) in the archipelago of Madeira. 16th European Cetacean Society Conference, Liege, Belgium, 7-11 April, 2002. Including – Which Park? by Dr. Daniel Cebrian. |
Cover Story: Morbillivirus, seen through an electron microscope 
In Focus: Conservation and community aid comes to Mauritania 
Perspectives: The fisherman's tale: filtering scientific evidence from groundless myth |
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