Stomach contents of two Mediterranean monk seals (Monachus monachus) from the Aegean Sea, Turkey

Alp Salman; Murat Bilecenoglu; Harun Güçlüsoy

doi:10.1017/S0025315401004519

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This study provides a description of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) diet from the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey. A total of 23 prey items belonging to five species were identified from the two stomachs examined. Cephalopods constitute the dominant prey group by weight (94·01%). Sarcotragus sp. (Porifera) and Posidonia oceanica (Magnoliophyta) are assumed to be incidental prey. Of the cephalopods identified, Eledone moschata and Bathypolypus sponsalis were encountered for the first time in a monk seal stomach.

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