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Aversive Conditioning and Monk Seal–Human Interactions in the Main Hawaiian Islands Workshop November 10-11, 2009

The critically endangered monk seal, is found in tropical and subtropical waters of the central Pacific and Mediterranean Sea. Currently, the majority of the estimated 1161 Hawaiian monk seals are distributed throughout the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
December 09, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Social Media as a Data Resource for #Monkseal Conservation

Researchers examine Instagram posts for human interactions with the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.
October 23, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Establishing Hematology and Serum Chemistry Reference Intervals for Wild Hawaiian Monk Seals (Neomonachus schauinslandi)

This study builds on the number of parameters from previous efforts by using samples collected between 2004 and 2015 from Hawaiian monk seals.
December 13, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Survey for Placental Disease and Reproductive Pathogens in the Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal

The lack of reproductive pathogens identified in the sampled population indicates that factors other than reproductive pathology, such as resource limitation or other external stressors, may drive the observed variability in monk seal reproductive rates.
March 30, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Implementation and Evaluation of a Network-Informed Vaccination Effort for Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals

We evaluate the efficacy of model recommendations in this real-world vaccination project to aid the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.
January 10, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Comparative Application of Trophic Ecosystem Models To Evaluate Drivers of Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal Populations

Trophic models compare ecosystem structure and energy flow that supports two subpopulations (on Laysan Island and French Frigate Shoals atoll), each with varied rates of decline (1998–2015).
November 06, 2017 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Estimating Population Size for Hawaiian Monk Seals Using Haulout Data

A new method for obtaining abundance estimates of Hawaiian monk seals that relies upon the proportion of the non-pup population observed in standardized counts at other sites with known abundance.
July 21, 2017 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Movements and Home Ranges of Monk Seals in the Main Hawaiian Islands

From 2007 to 2014 we deployed GPS phone tags on three of the main Hawaiian Islands to study movements and dive behavior of Hawaiian monk seals.
June 27, 2017 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Integrating Multiple Technologies To Understand the Foraging Behaviour of Hawaiian Monk Seals

Investigation and description of the foraging behavior of monk seals in the main Hawaiian Islands, including a metric to classify foraging behavior from telemetry instruments.
March 08, 2017 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

An Integrated Approach for Assessing Translocation as an Effective Conservation Tool for Hawaiian Monk Seals

To assess the efficacy of translocating seals to areas of greater prey availability, 12 weanling monk seals were translocated with pre-release health screening and post-release monitoring.
February 07, 2017 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands