Mediterranean Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation

This volume of the Advances in Marine Biology series covers all areas of Mediterranean marine mammal ecology and conservation, both applied and basic

Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara (Volume editor), Michela Podestà (Volume editor), Barbara E. Curry (Volume editor)

9780128051528

Hardback, published 28 October 2016

458 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.8 cm, 0.63 kg

Approx.428 pages

1. Marine Mammals in the Mediterranean Sea: An Overview G. Notarbartolo Di Sciara 2. Mediterranean Sperm Whales, Physeter Macrocephalus: The Precarious State of a Lost Tribe L. Rendell and A. Frantzis 3. Fin Whales (Balaenoptera Physalus): At Home in a Changing Mediterranean Sea? G. Notarbartolo Di Sciara, M. Castellote, J.-N. Druon and S. Panigada 4. Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Ziphius Cavirostris, Distribution and Occurrence in the Mediterranean Sea: High-Use Areas and Conservation Threats M. Podestà, A. Azzellino, A. Cañadas, A. Frantzis, A. Moulins, M. Rosso, P. Tepsich and C. Lanfredi 5. Conservation Status of Killer Whales, Orcinus Orca, in the Strait of Gibraltar R. Esteban, P. Verborgh, P. Gauffier, D. Alarcón, J.M. Salazar-Sierra, J. Giménez, A.D. Foote and R. de Stephanis 6. Conservation Status of Long-Finned Pilot Whales, Globicephala Melas, in the Mediterranean Sea P. Verborgh, P. Gauffier, R. Esteban, J. Giménez, A. Cañadas, J. M. Salazar and R. de Stephanis 7. Risso’s Dolphin, Grampus Griseus, in the Western Ligurian Sea: Trends in Population Size and Habitat Use A. Azzellino, S. Airoldi, S. Gaspari, C. Lanfredi, A. Moulins, M. Podestà, M. Rosso and P. Tepsich 8. The Rough-Toothed Dolphin, Steno Bredanensis, in the Eastern Mediterranean: A Relict Population? D. Kerem, O. Goffman, M. Elasar, N. Hadar, A. Scheinin and T. Lewis 9. The Gulf of Ambracia’s Common Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops Truncatus: A Highly Dense and Yet Threatened Population J. Gonzalvo, G. Lauriano, P.S. Hammond, K.A. Viaud-Martinez, M.C. Fossi, A. Natoli and  L. Marsili 10. Dolphins in a Scaled-Down Mediterranean: The Gulf of Corinth's Odontocetes G. Bearzi, S. Bonizzoni, N.L. Santostasi, N.B. Furey, L. Eddy, V.D. Valavanis and O. Gimenez 11. Harbour Porpoises, Phocoena Phocoena, in the Mediterranean Sea and Adjacent Regions: Biogeographic Relicts of the Last Glacial Period M. C. Fontaine 12. Are Mediterranean Monk Seals, Monachus Monachus, Being Left to Save Themselves from Extinction? G. Notarbartolo Di Sciara and S. Kotomatas 13. The International Legal Framework for Marine Mammal Conservation in the Mediterranean Sea T. Scovazzi

Subject Areas: Applied ecology [RNC], Marine biology [PSPM], Fisheries & related industries [KNAF]