G Bearzi, C Fortuna, R Reeves - Mammal Review, 2009 - researchgate.net
Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus are amongst the best-known cetaceans. In the Mediterranean Sea, however, modern field studies of cetaceans did not start until the late …
Marine debris has been found in marine animals since the early 20th century, but little is known about the impacts of the ingestion of debris in large marine mammals. In this study …
JV Redfern, MC Ferguson, EA Becker… - Marine Ecology …, 2006 - int-res.com
Cetacean–habitat modeling, although still in the early stages of development, represents a potentially powerful tool for predicting cetacean distributions and understanding the …
A Cañadas, R Sagarminaga… - Aquatic conservation …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
As part of a project to identify marine protected areas (MPAs) in Spanish Mediterranean waters, habitat preference models were developed using 11 years of survey data to provide …
The lack of comprehensive sighting data sets precludes the application of standard habitat suitability modeling approaches to predict distributions of the majority of marine mammal …
The recent decline in the Mediterranean population of short‐beaked common dolphins Delphinus delphis has been the subject of scientific controversy and political indifference …
T Morato, DA Varkey, C Damaso, M Machete… - Marine Ecology …, 2008 - int-res.com
It has been suggested that seamounts hold higher abundances of some 'visiting'animals, such as tuna, sharks, billfishes, marine mammals, sea-turtles and even seabirds, but this has …
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus habitat preferences are still poorly understood in the Mediterranean, despite the population being classified as 'Endangered'by the IUCN …
A Azzellino, S Gaspari, S Airoldi, B Nani - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2008 - Elsevier
The physical habitat of cetaceans occurring along the continental slope in the western Ligurian Sea was investigated. Data were collected from two different sighting platforms, one …