The Mediterranean Sea is a marine biodiversity hot spot. Here we combined an extensive
literature analysis with expert opinions to update publicly available estimates of major taxa …

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 …

Aim A large body of knowledge exists on individual anthropogenic threats that have an
impact on marine biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea, although we know little about how …

'Erich Hoyt's handbook is an admirable, timely and highly welcome contribution.'Michael
Stachowitsch, Marine Ecology What does it mean to save the whales if their habitat is left …

Abstract The Mediterranean Sea has been strongly influenced by human activities for
millennia. Although the environmental history of its surrounding terrestrial ecosystems has …

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 …

In February 2002, France, Italy and Monaco agreed to establish an international sanctuary
for Mediterranean marine mammals. The resulting Pelagos Sanctuary encompasses over …

Despite the recognized important ecological role that cetaceans play in the marine
environment, their protection is still scarcely enforced in the Mediterranean Sea even though …

The “ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative”(ASI) is a pilot programme aimed at establishing an
integrated and coordinated monitoring system for cetaceans across the Agreement on the …

Nine cetacean species have been reliably reported to occur in the shallow northern Adriatic
Sea since the 17th century. However, only two species were considered regular there until …