Studies on the ecology and conservation status of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Mediterranean Sea

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PhD dissertation (preface without articles)

Bearzi, G. 2003. Studies on the ecology and conservation status of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Mediterranean Sea. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Basle, Switzerland. 202 pp. (336 Kb)

The articles included in the thesis are listed below in their final (published) format. You can download these and other articles as pdf files from the web page of Giovanni Bearzi.

Section 1
Common dolphins and bottlenose dolphins in the northern Adriatic Sea

Bearzi G., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Politi E. 1997. Social ecology of bottlenose dolphins in the Kvarneric (northern Adriatic Sea). Marine Mammal Science 13(4):650-668.

Bearzi G., Politi E., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 1999. Diurnal behavior of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins in the Kvarneric (northern Adriatic Sea). Marine Mammal Science 15(4):1065-1097.

Bearzi G., Politi E., Costa M., Azzolin M., Tonini D., Mel L., Bastianini M., Bonizzoni, S. Unpublished. Cetacean records in the Gulf of Venice, northern Adriatic Sea: 1988-2002.

Bearzi G., Holcer D., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 2004. The role of historical dolphin takes and habitat degradation in shaping the present status of northern Adriatic cetaceans. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 14:363-379.

Section 2
Common dolphins and bottlenose dolphins in the eastern Ionian Sea

Bearzi G., Politi E., Agazzi S., Bruno S., Costa M., Bonizzoni S. 2005. Occurrence and present status of coastal dolphins (Delphinus delphis and Tursiops truncatus) in the eastern Ionian Sea. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 15:243-257.

Agazzi S., Bearzi G., Politi E. 2004. Short-beaked common dolphin prey species in the eastern Ionian Sea: insight from fish scales sampled during surface foraging. European Research on Cetaceans 15:351-353.

Bearzi G., Quondam F., Politi E. 2004. Bottlenose dolphins foraging alongside fish farm cages in eastern Ionian Sea coastal waters. European Research on Cetaceans 15:292-293.

Politi E., Bearzi G., Airoldi S. 2000. Evidence for malnutrition in bottlenose dolphins photoidentified in the eastern Ionian Sea. European Research on Cetaceans 14:234-236.

Section 3
Common dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea: A review of information relevant to their conservation

Bearzi G., Reeves R.R., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Politi E., Cañadas A., Frantzis A., Mussi B. 2003. Ecology, status and conservation of short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the Mediterranean Sea. Mammal Review 33(3):224-252.