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Range-wide genetic connectivity of the Hawaiian monk seal and implications for translocation.
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology - 1 Feb 2011
Schultz Jennifer K, Baker Jason D, Toonen Robert J, Harting Albert L, Bowen Brian W
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The Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) is one of the most critically endangered marine mammals. Less than 1200 individuals remain, and the species is declining at a rate of approximately 4% per year as a result of juvenile starvation, shark predation, and entanglement in marine debris. Some of these problems may be alleviated by translocation; however, if island breeding aggregates are effectively...
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