From common to rare: The case of the Mediterranean common dolphin

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2490-2498

  Piroddi, Chiara ^a,b   Bearzi, Giovanni ^b   Gonzalvo, Joan ^b   Christensen, Villy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Ecosystem modelling; Fisheries management; Food web; Ionian Sea; Marine biodiversity; Short beaked common dolphin

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLOSURE; DOLPHIN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING EFFORT; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OVERFISHING; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RARE SPECIES; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAWLING;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84860421838     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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