Human impacts on ecological heritage - Mediterranean monk seal in the Cilician Basin

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1997-01-01

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Yediler, A
Gücü, Ali Cemal

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As a direct consequence of the human impacts on the Mediterranean, inhabiting populations of certain species, like Mediterranean Monk Seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779), have suffered from a dramatic decline. The Cilician Basin is one of the last regions of the Mediterranean, where a small monk seal population still regularly reproductive, is present. In this study, ill possible factors which may adversely affect the population, have been evaluated and immediate protection measures specifically adressed to the region are suggested.

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Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus, Conservation, Cilician Basin

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/55655

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FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN

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A. Yediler and A. C. Gücü, “Human impacts on ecological heritage - Mediterranean monk seal in the Cilician Basin,” FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, pp. 1–8, 1997, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/55655.