The Monachus Guardian 11 (1): June 2008. The Internet journal dedicated to the Mediterranean, Hawaiian and Caribbean monk seals, Monachus monachus, Monachus schauinslandi, Monachus tropicalis


Vol. 11 / No. 1	Published by Friends of the Monk Seal	June 2008

Guest Editorial: Twenty Years of Action

by Vangelis Paravas

including: Know your flagship from your keystone

including: Extinct monk seal tells of once-teeming Caribbean reefs

including: Protection turns to volunteers

– including:

• Greece
Monk seal massacred in the Cyclades

• Mauritania & Western Sahara
Productivity remains high at Cabo Blanco

• Turkey
Badem wanders freely in Gökova Bay

Cover Story: The changing face of marine litter

by Constantinos Triantafillou

In Focus: Orphan Returns to ‘Mother’ Sea… but researchers are still waiting for her call

by William M. Johnson

Monachus Science: So many seals, so little time: The rapid extinction of the Caribbean monk seal

by Kyle Baker

including: Question mark over monk seal pup in Turkey?

Cover Story: Marine litter; a great and growing threat

In Focus: Viktoria: Still waiting for your call

Monachus Science: Caribbean extinction

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