@article{article_121751, title={Preliminary study on a stranding case of Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) on the Eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey}, journal={Journal of Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment}, volume={20}, pages={152–157}, year={2014}, author={Danyer, Erdem and Aytemiz, İşıl and Gücü, Ali Cemal and Tonay, Arda M.}, keywords={Key words: Mediterranean monk seal, Monachus monachus, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, deliberate killing, emaciation}, abstract={Abstract The Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) is one of the critically endangered species in the world and in the northeast Mediterranean Sea there is a continuously breeding population. On 28 February 2014, 3-3.5 months old, male Mediterranean monk seal stranded near Yasilovacık Harbour, Mersin. Gross necropsy was carried out one day later. The seal was emaciated and lungs were pneumonic. This paper summarizes the preliminary findings of the gross necropsy.}, number={2}, publisher={Türk Deniz Araştırmaları Vakfı}