Papers

Epizootic effect and aftermath in a pilot whale population..
Verborgh P, Gauffier P, Brévart C,et al. Aquatic Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst. 2019;29:820–828. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3082,

Modelling common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) coastal distribution and habitat use: Insights for conservation.
Oriol Giralt Paradell, Bruno Díaz López, Séverine Methion,Ocean & Coastal Management, Volume 179,2019,104836,ISSN 0964-5691,

REPORT OF THE JOINT ACCOBAMS/ASCOBANS/ECS/SPA-RAC WORKSHOP ON MARINE DEBRIS AND CETACEAN STRANDING.
ACCOBAMS- ECS Joint WK on Marine Debris and Stranding /2018/ Report.

Cetacean stranding and diet analyses in the North Aegean Sea (Greece).
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Volume 98, Issue 5. 2018. C.B. MILANI, A. VELLA, P. VIDORIS, A. CHRISTIDIS, E. KOUTRAKIS, A. FRANTZIS, A. MILIOU, A. KALLIANIOTIS C.

Assessing the relationship between cetacean strandings (Tursiops truncatus and Stenella coeruleoalba) and fishery pressure indicators in Sicily (Mediterranean Sea) within the framework of the EU Habitats Directive.
Roberto Crosti, Antonella Arcangeli, Teresa Romeo & Franco Andaloro Eur J Wildl Res (2017) 63: 55 .

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, C. Lanfredi Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 75, pp 103-140 (2016).

The first record of True’s beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus, from the Mediterranean coast of Turkey during multiple strandings in June 2016. SHORT COMMUNICATION.
Ayaka Amaha Öztürk, Ayhan Dede, Arda M. Tonay, Erdem Danyer, Işıl Aytemiz Danyer, Elif Özgür Özbek, Didem Ercan, Bayram Öztürk J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment Vol. 22, No. 2: 194-199 (2016).

Mediterranean Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus) Threatened by Dolphin MorbilliVirus.
Sandro Mazzariol, Cinzia Centelleghe, Giorgia Beffagna, Michele Povinelli, Giuliana Terracciano, Cristiano Cocumelli, Antonio Pintore, Daniele Denurra, Cristina Casalone, Alessandra Pautasso, Cristina Esmeralda Di Francesco, Giovanni Di Guardo Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 22, No. 2, February 2016

Harbour porpoises in the Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean: the species’presence is confirmed.
A-C Cucknell, A. Frantzis, O. Boisseau, M. Romagosa, C. Ryan, A. M. Tonay, P. Alexiadou, A. A. Öztürk and A. Moscrop Marine Biodiversity Records (2016) 9:72 .

Cetacean stranding rate correlates with fish stock dynamics: research of harbour porpoises in the Sea of Azov.
Karina Vishnyakova • Pavel Gol’din Mar Biol (2015) 162:359–366.

Differentiation at necropsy between in vivo gas embolism and putrefaction using a gas score.
Yara Bernaldo de Quirós, Pedro Saavedra, Andreas Møllerløkken, Alf O. Brubakk, Arve Jørgensen, Oscar González-Díaz, Jose L. Martín-Barrasa, Antonio Fernández Research in Veterinary Science 106 (2016) 48–55.

Estimates of cetacean by-catch in the turbot fishery on the Turkish Western Black Sea Coast in 2007 and 2008.
Arda M. Tonay Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2016, 96(4), 993–998.

Stranding of a minke whale on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, April 2015.
Ayaka Amaha Öztürk, Ayhan Dede, Arda M. Tonay, Erdem Danyer, Işıl Aytemiz Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment Vol. 21, No. 2: 232-237 (2015).

Preliminary study on a stranding case of Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) on the Eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey .

Erdem Danyer, Işıl Aytemiz, Ali Cemal Gücü, Arda M. Tonay J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment Vol. 20, No. 2: 152-157 (2014).

Selection of critical habitats for bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) based on behavioral data, in relation to marine traffic in the Istanbul Strait, Turkey
Aylin Akkaya Bas, Ayaka Amaha Öztürk And Bayram Özturk Marine MammalL Science, (2014) DOI: 10.1111/mms.12202

Conserving Cuvier’s beaked whales in the Alboran Sea (SW Mediterranean): Identification of high density areas to be avoided by intense man-made sound
Cañadas A, J.A. Vázquez. Biological Conservation 178 (2014) 155–162A

Small dolphins in a small sea: age, growth and life-history aspects of the Black Sea common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Pavel Gol’din, Elena Gladilina. Aquatic biology. Vol. 23: 159–166, 2015.

Beaked Whale Strandings and Naval Exercises
Angela D’Amico,1 Robert C. Gisiner,2 Darlene R. Ketten,3, 4 Jennifer A. Hammock,5 Chip Johnson,1 Peter L. Tyack,3 and James Mead.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ECS WORKSHOP BEST PRACTICE IN RESCUE.
Held at the European Cetacean Society’s 27th Annual Conference Old Library, Setúbal, Portugal, 6th April 2013.

Early physical maturation of female common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus in the eastern Levantine Basin.
Dan Kerema, Rafi Kenta, Mia Roditi-Elasara, Oz Goffmana, Aviad Scheinina & Pavel Gol’dinb a The Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies and the Department of Maritime Civilizations, The Leon H. Charney School for Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel b Department of Zoology, V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, Simferopol, Crimea 95007, Ukraine Published online: 04 Mar 2014.

First stranding record of a Risso’s Dolphin (Grampus griseus) in the Marmara Sea, Turkey.
Ayhan Dede1,2*, Arda M. Tonay1,2, Hakkı Bayar2,3, Ayaka A. Öztürk1,2.

First Stranding Event of a Common Minke Whale Calf, Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède, 1804, Reported in Spanish Mediterranean Waters.
Natalia Fraija-Fernández, Jose L. Crespo-Picazo, Francesc Domènech, Raúl Míguez-Lozano, Jose F. Palacios-Abella, Abril Rodríguez-González, Mar Villar-Torres and Patricia Gozalbes Mammal Study, 40(2):95-100. 2015.

Cetacean stranding rate correlates with fish stock dynamics: research of harbour porpoises in the Sea of Azov.
Karina Vishnyakova, Pavel Gol’din Marine Biology. DOI 10.1007/s00227-014-2600-x.

Cetacean strandings in Italy: an unusual mortality event along the Tyrrhenian Sea coast in 2013.
Cristina Casalone1, Sandro Mazzariol, Alessandra Pautasso, Giovanni Di Guardo, Fabio Di Nocera, Giuseppe Lucifora, Ciriaco Ligios, Alessia Franco, Gianluca Fichi, Cristiano Cocumelli, Antonella Cersini, Annalisa Guercio, Roberto Puleio, Maria Goria, Michela Podestà, Letizia Marsili, Gianni Pavan, Antonio Pintore, Esterina De Carlo, Claudia Eleni, Santo Caracappa Diseases Of Aquatic Organisms, 109: 81–86, 2014.

Preliminary study on a stranding case of Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) on the Eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey .
Erdem Danyer, Işıl Aytemiz, Ali Cemal Gücü, Arda M. Tonay J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment. Vol. 20, No. 2: 152-157 (2014)

Stranding of a minke whale on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
Ayaka Amaha Öztürk, Ayhan Dede, Arda M. Tonay, Erdem Danyer, Işıl Aytemiz J. Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment Vol. 21, No. 2: 232-237 (2015) .

Effects of a morbillivirus epizootic on long-finned pilot whales Globicephala melas in Spanish Mediterranean waters.
Kaja Wierucka1,*, Philippe Verborgh1, Rossa Meade1, Leyla Colmant1, Pauline Gauffier1, Ruth Esteban1, Renaud de Stephanis2, Ana Cañadas3.

Stranding of the beaked whales, Risso’s dolphins, and a minke whale on the Turkish coast of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Öztürk, A. A., Tonay, A. M., Dede, A. J. Black Sea/MediterraneanEnvironment 17:269-274.2011.

Strandings of cetaceans and sea turtles in the Alboran Sea and Strait of Gibraltar: a long–term glimpse at the north coast (Spain) and the south coast (Morocco).
Rojo–Nieto, E., Álvarez–Díaz, P. D., Morote, E., Burgos–Martín, M., Montoto–Martínez, T., Sáez–Jiménez, J. & Toledano, F., 2011. Strandings of cetaceans and sea turtles in the Alboran Sea and Strait of Gibraltar: a long–time glimpse of the north coast (Spain) and the south coast (Morocco). Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 34.1: 151–163.

Post-epizootic chronic dolphin morbillivirus infection in Mediterranean striped dolphins Stenellacoeruleoalba.
Soto, S., Alba, A., Ganges, L Vidal, E Raga J A, …Alegre F, González B, Medina P, Zorrilla I, Martínez J, Marco A, Pérez M, Pérez B, Mesas A, Valverde R, Domingo M DisAquatOrg 96:187-194. 2011.

Overview of sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus mortality events in the Adriatic Sea.
Bearzi G., Pierantonio N., Affronte M., Holcer D., Maio N., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 1555–2009. Mammal Review. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2907.2010.00171.x 2011.

Life-history tables of the Mediterranean fin whale from stranding data.
Massimo Arrigoni1,2, Piero Manfredi3, Simone Panigada2, Lorenzo Bramanti1,4 & Giovanni Santangelo.

Perception of a cetacean mass stranding in Italy: the emergence of compassion.
Giovanni Bearzi_, Nino Pierantonio, Silvia Bonizzoni, Giuseppe Notarbartolo Di Sciara And Massimo Demma. Aquatic Conservation: Marine And Freshwater Ecosystems. 20: 644–654 (2010).

Biomass removal by dolphins and fisheries in a Mediterranean Sea coastal area: do dolphins have an ecological impact on fisheries?
Bearzi G., Agazzi S., Gonzalvo J., Bonizzoni S., Costa M., Petroselli A. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 20(5):549-559.2010 .

Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus in the Mediterranean Sea.
Bearzi G., Reeves R.R., Remonato E., Pierantonio N., Airoldi S. Mammalian Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.06.003 2010.

Conserving whales, dolphins and porpoises in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: an ACCOBAMS status report.
Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Birkun A., Jr.ACCOBAMS, Monaco. 212 p. , 2010.

Resurgence of Morbillivirus infection in Mediterranean dolphins off the French coast.
N. Keck, O. Kwiatek, F. Dhermain, F. Dupraz, H. Boulet, C. Danes, C. Laprie, A. Perrin, J. Godenir, L. Micout, G. Libeaut.

Ecology and conservation of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Mediterranean Sea.
Bearzi G., Fortuna C.M., Reeves R.R. Mammal Review. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2008.00133.x .

Morbillivirus and Pilot Whale Deaths, Mediterranean Sea.
A. Fernández, F. Esperón, P. Herraéz, A. Espinosa de los Monteros, C. Clavel, A. Bernabé, J. M. Sánchez-Vizcaino, P. Verborgh, R. DeStephanis, F. Toledano, A. Bayón. Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 14, No. 5, May 2008 .

Influence of environmental factors on small cetacean distribution in the Spanish Mediterranean.
A. Gómez de Segura, P.S. Hammond, J.A. Raga Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. P. 1-8, 2008 .

Partitioning of the Pelagos Sanctuary (north-western Mediterranean Sea) into hotspots and coldspots of cetacean distributions.
Aurélie Moulins, Massimiliano Rosso, Marco Ballardini and Maurizio Würtz Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, p. 1-9, 2008 .

Dolphin Morbillivirus Epizootic Resurgence, Mediterranean Sea.
J.A. Raga, A. Banyard, M. Domingo, M. Corteyn, M.F. Van Bressem, M. Fernández, F.J. Aznar, T. Barrett. Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 14, No. 3, March 2008.

Seasonal variation of striped dolphins, fin- and sperm whales’ abundance in the Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea).
S. Laran, V. Drouot-Dulau Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Vol. 87, p. 345–352, 2007 .

Genetic variation and population structure of western Mediterranean and northern Atlantic Stenella coeruleoalba populations inferred from microsatellite data .
V.J.R. Bourret, M.R.J.M. Macé, B. Crouau-Roy Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Vol. 87, p. 265–269, 2007 .

REAL DECRETO 1727/2007, de 21 de diciembre, por el que se establecen medidas de protección de los cetáceos.
MINISTERIO DE LA PRESIDENCIA, SPANISH GOVERNMENT.

Panel quits in row over sonar damage.
R. Dalton. Nature. Vol. 439, 376-377, 26 January 2006.

Last “Atypical” Beaked Whales Mass Stranding in the Canary Islands (July, 2004).
A Fernández, E. Sierra, V. Martín, M. Méndez, S. Sacchinni, Y. Bernaldo de Quirós, M. Andrada, M. Rivero, O. Quesada, M. Tejedor and Arbelo M J Marine Sci Res Dev 2012, 2:2.

Echouage de mammifères marins:guide d’intervention et procédures d’autopsie.
Jauniaux T., Garcia Hartmann M., Haelters J., Tavernier J., Coignoul F. Ann. Méd. Vét., 2002, 146, 261-216 .

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