Marine living resources are diminishing in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean Sea and
marine biological diversity is facing various threats such as overfishing, ship originated …

Stomach contents and intestines of two species of cetaceans from the superfamily toothed
whales (Odontoceti), collected in the western part of the Black Sea during the period 2020 …

Sighting data deriving from the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative (ASI), conducted through the
CeNoBS project, enabled the investigation of the habitat preferences for three different …

The spatial and temporal occurrence of cetaceans in the Black Sea and particularly along its
southwestern coastline is poorly studied. Based on a total of 609 encounters, we present the …

This study investigated whether there is evidence of widespread niche partitioning based on
environmental factors in the Black Sea and tested the hypothesis that physiographic factors …

AbstractOpportunistic observations of small cetacean species were made on board of fishing
vessels and the 55-m research vessel" Akademik" during 20 surveys, carried out between …

Opportunistic sightings from various surveys wereas used as an alternative to produce an
overall recent estimationpicture of the cetacean occurrence and distribution owing to the …

Piebaldism is one of three types of hypopigmentation of animals, when some areas on the
skin have no pigments. Anomalously white cetaceans are rare, although they have been …

The present study provides information on the stranding of cetaceans along the Bulgarian
Black Sea Coast during 2017. Observations were made trough covering transects along the …

Three species-harbour porpoise, common dolphin and bottlenose dolphin-represent the
cetacean fauna in the Black Sea and require monitoring and protection by EU member …