Unveiling the Secrets of the Mediterranean monk seal
Spot the Monk was possible thanks to the collaboration and enthusiasm of associations and people who supported us in different forms.
Conceptual partner
Gruppo Foca Monaca (Emanuele Coppola) has enthusiastically supported the original idea of identifying a molecular method for monitoring the monk seal from the very beginning, and ever since is actively acting aside Spot the Monk.
Associations involved in sample collection
- Area11 Diving Center
- Associazione Paolo Pinto Gallipol
- BaseOne Sardinia Diving
- C.K.C.S Kayak Salento
- Centro Ricerca Cetacei
- Circolo Ibis
- Circolo Nautico di Rimini
- Corsica and Sardinia Ferries
- Diving Pomonte and Outdoor
- Gruppo Foca Monaca APS – Care4Seals
- Eco Marine Malta
- Fondazione Cetacea
- Filicudi Wildlife Conservation
- Gibraltar National Museum
- Global Underwater Explorers
- IMEDEA
- Marine Reserve of the Balearic Islands
- Museo di Storia Naturale del Salento
- Moby Diving Lampedusa
- LIFE-CONCEPTU MARIS
- One Ocean Foundation
- Oasi WWF Bosco del Pantano Policoro
- Progetto Mediterranea
- Project Manaia
- River Clean Up Albania
- Jonian Dolphin Conservation
- Sud-Est Diving Otranto
- Tramuntana Diving and Scuba Mallorca
- Himara Seas The Da
- Marlin Tremiti Diving
- Area11 Diving Center
The Spot the Monk network
Spot the Monk is infinitely grateful to the many passionate people who contributed to the success of the project with their involvement. Each one contributed in different ways: samples’ collection and its logistic (A), samples’ filtration (B), samples’ transportation and storage (C), lab work assistance (D), literature search and historic and bibliographic knowledge on historical observations (E), providing material, logistic and technological support, facilities and supplies (F), data analysis (G). They are (listed by alphabetical order):
- Alliri Andrea (A, B)
- Arcangeli Antonella (F)
- Atztori Fabrizio (A)
- Avellà Francisco (E)
- Azzolin Marta (A)
- Bacchetta Micaela (A)
- Barbaccia Eleonora (A)
- Bellomo Stefano (A, B)
- Bettinetti Roberta (A, F)
- Bettinetti Roberta (F)
- Boldrocchi Ginevra (A, B, F)
- Bonicalza Sofia (A, B, C, D, G)
- Bruno Antonia (A, B, F)
- Bruno Chiara (A)
- Cartarrasa Salvatore (A, C)
- Capotorto Luciano (A)
- Carlino Piero (A, B, C)
- Carlotto Sofia (B)
- Carnì Gianfranco (A)
- Carniel Sandro (A, B, C)
- Caronni Sarah (A, B, C)
- Carroll Meredith (A, F)
- Catapano Valeria (B, D)
- Coda Claudio (A)
- Col. Quilghini Giovanni (A, B, F)
- Colom Emili (A)
- Colucci Tonino (A, C)
- Cota Francesco (A)
- D’Urso Franco (F)
- Del Pra Stefania (B)
- Delli Santi Francesco (A, C)
- Di Gioia Andromeda (A, B, C)
- Di Natale Antonio (F)
- Falcone Marco (A, B, C)
- Fersini Luigi (A, B)
- Finlayson Stewart (A, B, F)
- Galluzzo Giovanni (A, B, C)
- Giusti Laura (A, C)
- Gjyli Laura (B)
- Gomes Calatayud Pilar (A)
- Gregorietti Martina (B, C)
- Haskocela Pudrila (A)
- Hendriks Iris (A)
- Hysolakoy Nexhip (A, B, F)
- Iemma Aaron (B)
- Ingargiola Domenico (A, C)
- La Magra Giovanni (A, C)
- Lapomarda Vincenzo (A)
- Lombardi Roberto (A, B, C)
- Lopez Cortes Maria Francesca (A)
- Mannino Filippo (A, C)
- Marangi Marianna (B, C)
- Marassich Andrea (A, B)
- Marco Cecchini (A, B)
- Marino Luciana (A, B)
- Martinelli Manuel (A, C)
- Mazza Gianfranco (A, C)
- Meniko Nikolla (A)
- Mennuni Filippo (A, C)
- Monelli Sara (B)
- Montefusco Ines (A, B)
- Navarro Oliver (A)
- Navone Augusto (C)
- Orme Alessandro (A, B)
- Panzalis Pier (C)
- Panzera Enrico (A, B)
- Paolo Galli (F)
- Pari Alice (A)
- Pari Sauro (A)
- Parmegiani Andrea (A, B, C, D)
- Parretta Girolamo (A)
- Patti Patrizia (A, B, C)
- Pavan Gianni (A, B, F)
- Perellò Jaume Gelalbert (A)
- Perotti Simone (A, C)
- Pignata Eleonora (A, B)
- Pintore Laura (A, B)
- Pizzutti Cristina (A)
- Pupillo Graziella (A, B, C, D)
- Pupillo Mario (A, B)
- Quilghini Giovanni, Colonnello Mario (A, C)
- Ramos Ivan (A)
- Renzoni Ivan (A, B, C, D)
- Rossi Eleonora (B)
- Rota Alessia (A, B, C, D, G)
- Rutigliano Roberto (A, C)
- Santolini Carlotta (A, B, C)
- Santolini Gianfranco (A)
- Scaduto Alice (A)
- Scaffidi Piero (A, B, C)
- Simone Francesco (A, B)
- Sorci Adelmo (A, B)
- Spreafico Sofia (A)
- Susca Umberto (A, B)
- Tavecchia Giacomo (A, B, C, G)
- Tolve Livia (A)
- Tranchina Antonio (A)
- Tringali Mario (A, C)
- Virzi Davide (A, B, F)
- Wurz Erik (A, B)
- Xhyheri Sokol (A)
- Zacà Giuseppe (A, B)
Involved marine protected areas (MPAs)
Communication and web
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