The recent decline in the Mediterranean population of short‐beaked common dolphins
Delphinus delphis has been the subject of scientific controversy and political indifference …

Interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea are probably as old
as the first human attempts to catch fish with a net. Countless leports and artefacts from the …

Owing to the increase of boat‐traffic in the ocean many studies have been conducted to
determine the response of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) to this kind of …

Habitat modeling is an important tool to investigate the quality of the habitat for a species
within a certain area, to predict species distribution and to understand the ecological …

Populations of the once common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Argentina have
precipitously declined throughout the country in the past decades. Unfortunately, local …

Anthropogenic food patches in the marine environment, such as aquaculture farms and
active trawlers, may impact on the behavior of marine mammals through modification of …

This paper represents the first quantitative assessment of the distribution and abundance of
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) inhabiting the waters around Lampedusa Island …

Geospatial models are used to predict the distribution of terrestrial and marine species,
according to their ecological and ethological habits. The bottlenose dolphin is a …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Boat and land-based surveys and photo-identification
techniques were used to examine movements and behaviour of individuals over a three …

Since 1996, a population study has been conducted in Lampedusa Island (Mediterranean
Sea, Italy), whose objectives were: a) assess the eventual degree of recidency of bottlenose …