Hawaiian Monk Seal and Green Turtle at Pearl and Hermes Reef, 1988.

摘要

The Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi, and the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, were studied at Pearl and Hermes Reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands from 17 May to 3 July 1988. Atoll-wide beach counts of seals excluding pups ranged from 34 to 62 animals; counts including pups ranged from 48 to 77 seals. Eighteen weaned pups were tagged, and four seals with broken or lost tags were retagged. Nine monk seal injuries were seen, and no entanglements or deaths noted. Seventy-six green turtles were newly tagged, and 10 green turtles tagged in previous years were resighted.