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Aquatic Mammals, Volume 37, Number 3, 2011
ISSN 0167-5427
Aquatic Mammals
Contents
A. A. Karamanlidis & T. D. Schofield: Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
J. K. Schultz: Population Genetics of the Monk Seals (Genus Monachus): A Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
G. Mo: Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) Sightings in Italy (1998-2010) and Implications for Conservation. . . 236
A. P. Scheinin, O. Goffman, M. Elasar, A. Perelberg, & D. H. Kerem: Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)
Resighted Along the Israeli Coastline After More than Half a Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
T. Gomerčić, Đ. Huber, M. Đ. Gomerčić, & H. Gomerčić: Presence of the Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)
in the Croatian Part of the Adriatic Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
G. Mo, H. Bazairi, A. Bayed, & S. Agnesi: Survey on Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) Sightings in
Mediterranean Morocco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
S. Adamantopoulou, E. Androukaki, P. Dendrinos, S. Kotomatas, V. Paravas, M. Psaradellis, E. Tounta, &
A. A. Karamanlidis: Movements of Mediterranean Monk Seals (Monachus monachus) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea . . . . . 256
G. Muñoz, A. A. Karamanlidis, P. Dendrinos, & J. A. Thomas: Aerial Vocalizations by Wild and Rehabilitating
Mediterranean Monk Seals (Monachus monachus) in Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
A. A. Karamanlidis, A. Kallianiotis, M. Psaradellis, & S. Adamantopoulou: Stomach Contents of a Subadult
Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) from the Aegean Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
G. J. Pierce, G. Hernandez-Milian, M. B. Santos, P. Dendrinos, M. Psaradellis, E. Tounta, E. Androukaki, &
A. Edridge: Diet of the Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) in Greek Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
R. Hale, R. Pires, P. Santos, & A. A. Karamanlidis: Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus): Fishery Interactions
in the Archipelago of Madeira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
M. N. Trivourea, A. A. Karamanlidis, E. Tounta, P. Dendrinos, & S. Kotomatas: People and the Mediterranean
Monk Seal (Monachus monachus): A Study of the Socioeconomic Impacts of the National Marine Park of Alonissos,
Northern Sporades, Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
E. Brown, G. Hughes, R. Watanuki, T. C. Johanos, & T. Wurth: The Emergence of an Important Hawaiian Monk Seal
(Monachus schauinslandi) Pupping Area at Kalaupapa, Moloka‘i, in the Main Hawaiian Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
W. G. Gilmartin, T. C. Johanos, D. P. DeMaster, & J. R. Henderson: Hawaiian Monk Seals (Monachus schauinslandi)
at Kure Atoll: Some Life History Effects Following Effort to Enhance Pup Survival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
W. G. Gilmartin, A. C. Sloan, A. L. Harting, T. C. Johanos, J. D. Baker, M. Breese, & T. J. Ragen: Rehabilitation and
Relocation of Young Hawaiian Monk Seals (Monachus schauinslandi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
T. A. Norris, C. L. Littnan, & F. M. D. Gulland: Evaluation of the Captive Care and Post-Release Behavior and Survival
of Seven Juvenile Female Hawaiian Monk Seals (Monachus schauinslandi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
T. D. Schofield, G. Levine, F. M. D. Gulland, C. L. Littnan, & C. M. H. Colitz: The First Successful Hand-Rearing of a
Neonate Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) and Post-Release Management Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
C. Curtice, R. S. Schick, D. C. Dunn, & P. N. Halpin: Home Range Analysis of Hawaiian Monk Seals
(Monachus schauinslandi) Based on Colony, Age, and Sex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
T. M. Williams, B. Richter, T. Kendall, & R. Dunkin: Metabolic Demands of a Tropical Marine Carnivore, the Hawaiian
Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi): Implications for Fisheries Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
L. N. Kissel, M. J. Bankowski, T. L. S. Koyamatsu, R. Y. Nagai, S. E. Seifried, & G. L. Crow: Aerobic Microorganisms
Identified Over a Fourteen-Month Period from the Upper Respiratory Tract of Captive
Hawaiian Monk Seals (Monachus schauinslandi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
T. K. Watson, J. N. Kittinger, J. S. Walters, & T. D. Schofield: Culture, Conservation, and Conflict: Assessing the Human
Dimensions of Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
L. F. Lowry, D. W. Laist, W. G. Gilmartin, & G. A. Antonelis: Recovery of the Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi):
A Review of Conservation Efforts, 1972 to 2010, and Thoughts for the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Historical Perspectives
S. Holt: Science, Politics, and Economics in the International Whaling Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Book Review
L. F. Lowry: Caribbean Monk Seals: Lost Seals of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. J. Hairr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Aquatic Mammals publishes hard copies on-demand, CDs, and online peer-reviewed scientific articles related to
marine mammals (whales, dolphins, seals, fur seals, sea lions, walrus, dugongs, manatees, sea otters, and polar bears).
Topics of publication on both captive animals and wild marine mammals include aspects of husbandry; behavior;
conservation; veterinary medicine; anatomy; physiology; training; population trends; and the effects of pollution,
climate change, and noise. In addition, Aquatic Mammals has the Historical Perspectives feature, which includes essays and
high definition DVDs of interviews with prominent marine mammal scientists. The journal also publishes Book Reviews.
Editor and Copyright: Kathleen M. Dudzinski
Co-Editors: Justin D. Gregg and Robin D. Paulos
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Volume 37, Number 3, 2011
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Editorial Board
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Manuel E. dos Santos, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisboa, Portugal
Manuel García Hartmann, Marineland Antibes, France
Heidi Harley, Division of Social Sciences, New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida, USA
A. Rus Hoelzel, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK
Christina Lockyer, North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, Tromsø, Norway
Lee A. Miller, Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Paul E. Nachtigall, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kailua, Hawaii, USA
Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Tethys Research Institute, Milano, Italy
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Cover Photo Credit
Juvenile Mediterranean monk seal in the area of Northern Sporades, Greece (Photo by P. Dendrinos/MOm)
A Hawaiian monk seal mother (5AY) with her one-week old pup on Kahuku observed in 2008.
NOAA Research Permit #932-1905.
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Board of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals (EAAM)
www.eaam.org
President: Claudia Gili, Acquario di Genova, president@eaam.org
President-Elect: Jesús Fernández Morán, Zoo Aquarium Madrid, Parques Reunidos, S.A.,
president_elect@eaam.org
Past President (2008-2009): Birgitta Mercera, Parc Asterix, past_ president@eaam.org
Secretary/Treasurer: Camino Herreros Paris, Dolfinarium Harderwijk, secretary@eaam.org
Information Committee: Dani Barchana, Chris Ireland, Ann-Louise Jensen, information@eaam.org
Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums (AMMPA)
www.ammpa.org
Executive Director: Marilee Menard
Westminster, Colorado, USA; E-mail: ammpa@aol.com
2011 Board of Directors
President: Dave Blasko, The Mirage Dolphin Habitat, dablasko@mirage.com
Immediate Past President: Mark Swingle, Virginia Aquarium, mswingle@virginiaaquarium.com
Vice President: Billy Hurley, Georgia Aquarium, bhurley@georgiaaquarium.org
Treasurer: Bill Hughes, SeaWorld Orlando, bill.hughes@seaworld.com
Secretary: Patrick Berry, Disney’s Animal Programs at The Seas, patrick.berry@disney.co
Director-at-Large: Kevin Willis, Minnesota Zoo, kbwillis@aol.com
Director-at-Large: Suzanne Gendron, Ocean Park, suzanne.gendron@oceanpark.com.hk
International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association (IMATA)
www.imata.org
c/o John G. Shedd Aquarium, 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA
2011 Board of Directors
President: Michael Osborn, Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration, president@imata.org
President-Elect: Shelley Wood, Dolphin Discovery, presidentelect@imata.org
Past President: Dave Roberts, SeaWorld San Diego, pastpresident@imata.org
Secretary: Laura Yeates, National Marine Mammal Foundation, secretary@imata.org
Treasurer: Patty Schilling, New England Aquarium, treasurer@imata.org
First Vice President: Bill Wolden, Dolphin Quest, Inc., firstvp@imata.org
Second Vice President: Grant Abel, Ocean Park Hong Kong, secondvp@imata.org
Third Vice President: Michele Sousa, Aquarium of the Pacific, thirdvp@imata.org
Director-at-Large: Chris Davis, A to Z Animal Management, director@imata.org
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