Overfishing and the disappearance of short-beaked common dolphins from western Greece

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Bearzi, Giovanni ^a   Agazzi, Stefano ^a   Gonzalvo, Joan ^a   Costa, Marina ^a   Bonizzoni, Silvia ^a   Politi, Elena ^a   Piroddi, Chiara ^a,b   Reeves, Randall R ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Okapi Wildlife Associates Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fishing; Mediterranean sea; Prey depletion; Short beaked common dolphin

Indexed keywords

DOLPHIN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RED LIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS;

EID: 48249093066     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00103     Document Type: Article

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