Ecology, status and conservation of short-beaked common dolphins Delphinus delphis in the Mediterranean Sea

By G. Bearzi, R. Reeves, G. Notarbartolo‐Di‐Sciara, Elena Politi, A. Cañadas, A. Frantzis, B. Mussi. 2003

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change

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Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus in the Mediterranean Sea (2011, background): “In the Mediteranean Sea predation is considered a minor cause of mortality for mall cetaceans generally (Aguilar, 2000; Bearzi et al., 2003, 2008) nd it is unlikely to be significant for Risso’s dolphins.”
The Mediterranean Sea under siege: spatial overlap between marine biodiversity, cumulative threats and marine reserves (2012, background): “Threats that occur in the open sea are especially important to the diversity of marine mammals, marine turtles and large predatory fish, which are under high pressure in the entire Mediterranean Basin (e.g. Bearzi et al., 2003; Abdulla, 2004).”
An approach for regional threat assessment under IUCN Red List criteria that is robust to uncertainty: The Fiordland bottlenose dolphins are critically endangered (2009, background): “Examples include common dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea (Bearzi et al., 2003), dusky dolphins off Peru (Van Waerebeek et al.”
Occurrence and present status of coastal dolphins (Delphinus delphis and Tursiops truncatus) in the eastern Ionian Sea (2005, unknown): “…commonest species in the Mediterranean Sea, the short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis; hereinafter referred to as common dolphin) has experienced a generalized and major decline throughout the region during the last 30–40 yr, for reasons that remain poorly understood (Bearzi et al., 2003).”
Ecology and conservation of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Mediterranean Sea (2009, background): “Associations with other cetacean species are uncommon, although in some areas mixed aggregations with short-beaked common dolphins (Notarbartolo di Sciara et al., 1993; Bearzi & Notarbartolo di Sciara, 1995; Cañadas et al., 2002; Bearzi et al., 2003) and long-finned pilot whales Globicephala melas (”
The status and distribution of cetaceans in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea (2006, background): “For additional detail, readers are referred to Bearzi et al. (2003).”
Potential impacts of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions on Mediterranean marine ecosystems and cetaceans (2008, background): “In addition, cephalopods, which represent the main food supply for numerous Mediterranean cetacean species (Wurtz & Marrale, 1991; Bompar, 2000; Bearzi et al., 2003) seem to be particularly vulnerable to environmental changes including pH and temperature (Sims et al., 2001; Pierce & Boyle 2003;…”
The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats (2010, background): “Nine species of marine mammals are encountered regularly in the Mediterranean (File S2) [92,93,94,97].”
From common to rare: The case of the Mediterranean common dolphin (2011, background): “…Sea, increased overexploitation of small pelagic fish (sardines and anchovies) has been suggested to be one of the major reasons of the decline of common dolphins throughout the region (Bearzi et al., 2003, 2008; Cañadas and Hammond, 2008), but such link has been difficult to investigate.”
Population status, trends and a re-examination of the hypotheses explaining the recent declines of the southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina (2005, background): “The plausible hypotheses include interspecific competition for food resources and Status of the southern elephant seal 93 © 2005 Mammal Society, Mammal Review, 35, 82–100 environmental change influencing absolute food supply or food quality, indeed; similar factors have been implicated as causes in ”
Submarine canyons as important habitat for cetaceans, with special reference to the Gully: A review (2014, background): “Sightings of Cuvier0s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) are associated with submarine canyons in the Bay of Biscay west of France and in the Gulf of Genoa in the Mediterranean Sea (D0Amico et al., 2003; Moulins et al., 2008; Smith, 2010; Williams et al., 1999).”
Dolphin sympatric ecology (2005, background): “Several populations of common dolphins stay in large schools that can reach thou- sands of individuals, but often separate into smaller basic social units of about 30 individuals (Evans 1994; Bearzi et al. 2003).”
Overfishing and the disappearance of short-beaked common dolphins from western Greece (2008, methodology): “Once one of the most common cetacean species in the Mediterranean Sea, the short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis has declined throughout the region since the 1960s (Bearzi et al. 2003).”
The Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean marine mammals (2008, background): “…endangered short-beaked common dolphins Delphinus delphis, found both in coastal and offshore waters particularly in the southern part of the Sanctuary (Bearzi et al., 2003); and predominantly coastal bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus, frequenting mostly the shelf areas surrounding Corsica,…”
Prey depletion caused by overfishing and the decline of marine megafauna in eastern Ionian Sea coastal waters (central Mediterranean) (2006, background): “This is equivalent to computing the weighted mean of the encounter rates (ni/li) recorded within each cell, where ni and li are the number of sightings and the number of km spent on effort in each cell, respectively, and the weights are given by the ratio li/L (Bearzi et al., 2005).”