The role of historical dolphin takes and habitat degradation in shaping the present status of northern Adriatic cetaceans

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 363-379

  Bearzi, Giovanni ^a   Holcer, Drasko ^b,c   Di Sciara, Giuseppe Notarbartolo ^a  

^a Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

^b Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation   (Croatia)

^c CROATIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Anthropogenic impact; Cetaceans; Delphinus delphis; Habitat degradation; Historical takes; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DOLPHIN; HABITAT LOSS; LOCAL EXTINCTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DELPHINUS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 3242668970     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.626     Document Type: Review

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