Ecology and conservation of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Mediterranean Sea

Mammal Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 92-123

  Bearzi, Giovanni ^a   Fortuna, Caterina Maria ^b,c   Reeves, Randall R ^d  

^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 INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^d Okapi Wildlife Associates Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Cetaceans; Conservation status; Fisheries; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DOLPHIN; MORTALITY; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CETACEA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 62849089343     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2008.00133.x     Document Type: Review

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