Dear MARMAM members, (sorry for cross-postings!)
I am pleased to share with you a new publication in "Journal of Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment" regarding Stranding records of Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) on the Aegean and Mediterranean Sea coasts of Turkey between 2012 and 2018. Danyer E., Danyer Aytemiz I., Tonay A.M., Erol U., Dede A. 2018. Stranding records of Mediterranean monk seal *Monachus monachus* (Hermann, 1779) on the Aegean and Mediterranean Sea coasts of Turkey between 2012 and 2018. J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment 24(2): 128-139. Abstract: The Mediterranean monk seal, *Monachus monachus* (Hermann, 1779), is an endangered species according to International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. Therefore it is of high importance to monitor mortality/survival of all individuals to ensure the sustainability of the population. Eighteen monk seals were found dead on the Turkish coasts of the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas between February 2012 and April 2018. This paper reviews those strandings during the seven-year period with the preliminary necropsy findings of three new records; a female pup found in Antalya on 25 November 2017, an adult female found in Muğla on 7 March 2018, and an adult female stranded on 16 April 2018 on the coast of İzmir. There are various illness causes, virological, parasitological, or microbiological, which effect monk seals, thus systematic necropsies must be performed as soon as possible on carcasses. This is an *Open Access* paper, which is *freely available online* here: http://www.blackmeditjournal.org/index.php/component/k2/item/612 If you have any problem with the above links, please feel free to contact me directly for a PDF copy at erdemdan...@gmail.com Best wishes, -- Erdem DANYER,*PhD, **DVM* Central Veterinary Control and Research Institute, Parasitology and Bee Diseases Department 06020 Etlik, Ankara,Turkey Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV) P.O. Box 10 Beykoz, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: 0090 312 326 00 90 Fax: 0090 312 321 17 55 Cell: 0090 536 255 76 66 *Çevreye olan sorumluluğumuzu düşünerek gerekmedikçe çıktı almayınız.Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing*
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