Population Viability Analysis (PVA) of the Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus Hermann, 1779) inhabiting in the Northeastern Mediterranean

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2006-08-22

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Ok, Meltem
Gücü, Ali Cemal

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Northeastern Mediterranean coasts of Turkey host critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal. In this study, the vital parameters of the monk seal colony which have been obtained since 1994 were evaluated by using population viability analysis to evaluate the risk of extinction of the species in the eastern Mediterranean, and their expected chances for recovery. This study also aims to compare the effect of Marine Protected Area established in 1999 on the conservation of the species. Annual survival rate of the colony was estimated as 0.926 and annual fecundity of the colony was estimated as 0.182 pups per adults. With these parameters, risk of extinction of the colony was estimated as 0.5% for next 20 years. Besides, scenarios like “what if the MPA has not been established” and “to what extent MPA has contributed to the conservation of the species” was tested using model parameters estimated for the period before the establishment of MPA (1994-1999) and the following period (2000-2005). With pre-MPA parameter estimates (1994-1999) probability of falling below 2 individuals at least once during the next 20 years is 27.8%. Whereas after MPA the probability is reduced to 0.17% supporting significantly positive effect of the protection.

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M. Ok and A. C. Gücü, “Population Viability Analysis (PVA) of the Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus Hermann, 1779) inhabiting in the Northeastern Mediterranean,” 2006, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/88718.