Abstract:An attempt was made in October 1988 to more accurately estimate the population of monk seals Monachus monachus living along the western coast of the Cap Blanc peninsula, Mauritania.
Seals were only observed close to three of the four caves shown on figure 1. We were able for the first time to enter two of these caves (1 and 3) from the sea, but failed to do so for cave 4 : however, we ascertained that cave 4 also harboured some seals. No seals were observed elsewhere along the penisula in 1988, except at… Show more
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