A review of impacts of marine dredging activities on marine mammals

VLG Todd, IB Todd, JC Gardiner… - ICES Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Marine dredging is an excavation activity carried out worldwide by many industries. Concern
about the impact dredging has on marine life, including marine mammals (cetaceans …

Health Assessments of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Past, Present, and Potential Conservation Applications

A Barratclough, RS Wells, LH Schwacke… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a global marine mammal species for
which some populations, due to their coastal accessibility, have been monitored diligently by …

Microplastics in the stomach contents of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) stranded on the Galician coasts (NW Spain, 2005–2010)

A Hernandez-Gonzalez, C Saavedra, J Gago… - Marine Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Plastic debris is currently recognised as one of the major global threats to marine life.
However, few data exist on the presence and abundance of microplastics (plastics< 5 mm in …

Diet of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Gulf of Cadiz: Insights from stomach content and stable isotope analyses

J Giménez, A Marçalo, F Ramírez, P Verborgh… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The ecological role of species can vary among populations depending on local and regional
differences in diet. This is particularly true for top predators such as the bottlenose dolphin …

[图书][B] Trophic ecology

JE Garvey, M Whiles - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
This book is a bridge between ecological paradigms–organismal/community approaches to
food web dynamics and ecosystem-level approaches to production. The unification of …

Structure and functioning of the Bay of Biscay ecosystem: A trophic modelling approach

X Corrales, I Preciado, D Gascuel… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Characterizing the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems requires a deep
understanding of the dynamics of its populations and the biotic interactions among them. To …

The conservation of the endangered Mediterranean common dolphin (Delphinus delphis): Current knowledge and research priorities

A Vella, S Murphy, J Giménez… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Preservation of endangered species is now recognized as a relevant component of regional
and global conservation actions achieved through the maintenance of the remaining …

Cetacean–fishery interactions in Galicia (NW Spain): results and management implications of a face-to-face interview survey of local fishers

S Goetz, FL Read, MB Santos, C Pita… - ICES Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Galicia (NW Spain) is an important fishing region with a high potential for cetacean–fishery
interactions. Cetacean depredation on catch and damage to fishing gear can potentially …

Feeding ecology of Mediterranean common dolphins: The importance of mesopelagic fish in the diet of an endangered subpopulation

J Giménez, A Marçalo, M García‐Polo… - Marine Mammal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Mediterranean subpopulation of common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is classified as
endangered by the IUCN. Still, information about their diet in the Mediterranean is scarce …

Quantifying the predation on sardine and hake by cetaceans in the Atlantic waters of the Iberian peninsula

MB Santos, C Saavedra, GJ Pierce - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Construction of ecosystem models requires detailed information on trophic interactions
which may not be readily available, especially for top predators such as cetaceans. Such …