Mediterranean Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation

✍ Scribed by Giuseppe Notarbartolo Di Sciara, Michela Podest`and Barbara E. Curry (Eds.)

Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Leaves: 446
Series: Advances in Marine Biology Volume 75
Edition: 1st Edition
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Mediterranean Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation, the latest edition of the Advances in Marine Biology series providing in-depth and up-to-date reviews on all aspects of marine biology since 1963, presents the latest information on Mediterranean marine mammal ecology and conservation.

The series is well known for its excellent reviews and editing, and is now edited by Barbara E. Curry (University of Central Florida, USA), along with an internationally renowned Editorial Board. This serial will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology, and biological oceanography.

Volumes cover all areas of marine science, both applied and basic, a wide range of topical areas from all areas of marine ecology, oceanography, fisheries management, molecular biology, and the full range of geographic areas from polar seas to tropical coral reefs.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Series PagePage ii
CopyrightPage iv
Contributors to Volume 75Pages v-vii
Series Contents for Last Fifteen Years*Pages xv-xxviii
PrefacePages xxix-xxxGiuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Michela Podest, Barbara E. Curry Chapter One - Marine Mammals in the Mediterranean Sea: An OverviewPages 1-36G. Notarbartolo di Sciara Chapter Two - Mediterranean Sperm Whales, Physeter macrocephalus: The Precarious State of a Lost TribePages 37-74L. Rendell, A. Frantzis Chapter Three - Fin Whales, Balaenoptera physalus: At Home in a Changing Mediterranean Sea?Pages 75-101G. Notarbartolo di Sciara, M. Castellote, J.-N. Druon, S. Panigada Chapter Four - Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Ziphius cavirostris, Distribution and Occurrence in the Mediterranean Sea: High-Use Areas and Conservation ThreatsPages 103-140M. Podest, A. Azzellino, A. Cañadas, A. Frantzis, A. Moulins, M. Rosso, P. Tepsich, C. Lanfredi
Chapter Five - Conservation Status of Killer Whales, Orcinus orca, in the Strait of GibraltarPages 141-172R. Esteban, P. Verborgh, P. Gauffier, D. Alarcón, J.M. Salazar-Sierra, J. Giménez, A.D. Foote, R. de Stephanis
Chapter Six - Conservation Status of Long-Finned Pilot Whales, Globicephala melas, in the Mediterranean SeaPages 173-203P. Verborgh, P. Gauffier, R. Esteban, J. Giménez, A. Cañadas, J.M. Salazar-Sierra, R. de Stephanis
Chapter Seven - Risso's Dolphin, Grampus griseus, in the Western Ligurian Sea: Trends in Population Size and Habitat UsePages 205-232A. Azzellino, S. Airoldi, S. Gaspari, C. Lanfredi, A. Moulins, M. Podest`, M. Rosso, P. Tepsich
Chapter Eight - The Rough-Toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis, in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: A Relict Population?Pages 233-258D. Kerem, O. Goffman, M. Elasar, N. Hadar, A. Scheinin, T. Lewis
Chapter Nine - The Gulf of Ambracia's Common Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus: A Highly Dense and yet Threatened PopulationPages 259-296J. Gonzalvo, G. Lauriano, P.S. Hammond, K.A. Viaud-Martinez, M.C. Fossi, A. Natoli, L. Marsili
Chapter Ten - Dolphins in a Scaled-Down Mediterranean: The Gulf of Corinth's OdontocetesPages 297-331G. Bearzi, S. Bonizzoni, N.L. Santostasi, N.B. Furey, L. Eddy, V.D. Valavanis, O. Gimenez
Chapter Eleven - Harbour Porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in the Mediterranean Sea and Adjacent Regions: Biogeographic Relicts of the Last Glacial PeriodPages 333-358M.C. Fontaine
Chapter Twelve - Are Mediterranean Monk Seals, Monachus monachus, Being Left to Save Themselves from Extinction?Pages 359-386G. Notarbartolo di Sciara, S. Kotomatas
Chapter Thirteen - The International Legal Framework for Marine Mammal Conservation in the Mediterranean SeaPages 387-416T. Scovazzi
Subject IndexPages 417-426
Taxonomic IndexPages 427-428

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