Vol. 10 / No. 1

Published by Friends of the Monk Seal

June 2007 

This issue in Acrobat-PDF format [2.7MB].

Guest Editorial: A joyful loss

by İlksen D. Baş

International News

Hawaiian News

Mediterranean News

• Stop press… Orphan’s behaviour provoking concerns in Turkey

Cover Story: Mediterranean: Making a blue sea green

by William M. Johnson

In Focus: Pup rescue in Samandag

by Ali Cemal Gücü, Evrim Erbil, Meltem Ok, Serdar Sakinan and Billur Celebi

Research:

• Possible seal pox in the Monachus monachus Cyprus colony – Is stress and hunger a contributing factor? by Huseyin Cihan, Nilufer Aytug and Ali Cemal Gücü

• Monk seal (Monachus monachus) sightings in the Croatian part of the Adriatic with a special reference to the population of open-sea islands, by J. Antolović, M. Antolović, N. Antolović, B. Furlan, Lj. Adamić-Antolović, R. Antolović and I. Čok

Monachus Science:

Results of a research and information campaign on the possible presence of monk seals on the west coast of Algeria – First recorded instance of a hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) in Algeria, by M. Bouderbala, D. Bouras, D. Bekrattou, K. Doukara, M.F. Abdelghani and Z. Boutiba

Monachus Science Posters:

Conservation status and priorities of the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus in the archipelago of Madeira, by Rosa Pires, Henrique C. Neves and Alexandros A. Karamanlidis

Letters to the Editor

Recent Publications

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