Giovanni Bearzi (born in Venice, Italy, in 1963) has been doing research on Mediterranean dolphins since 1986, particularly in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. He founded and directed for a decade a dolphin research and conservation programme in Croatia, that was awarded the 'Henry Ford European Conservation Award' as best European project overall. Giovanni has always tried to combine his scientific work with public awareness and education to support marine conservation, and he has supervised a number of students and young researchers. He holds a Ph.D. in zoology at the University of Basel, Switzerland, with a thesis on Mediterranean coastal dolphins. Since 1990 he has been a Board Member of the Tethys Research Institute and in 2000 he became the President of Tethys - a position he still holds. Between 2002 and 2006 he taught a course on Cetacean Conservation at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Venice, Italy. In 2001 he was awarded a Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship.
Email:
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Curriculum vitae
List
of publications
Scientists
and conservationists spend much of their life
frantically writing documents and recommendations,
but little or nothing happens in the real world. Is paper,
and then more paper, all that governments really want
from us? When will the time for action come? Are we
allowing ourselves to be lost in the illusion of doing
conservation while in fact we are mostly just producing
conservation tools that are rarely used?
- read on (Conservation Biology editorial)

Being adrift
on an inflatable boat, not too far from
the coast, and surrounded by dolphins, is one of
the places I would call home...
- read
on (popular book chapter)

Our Friends the Dolphins
An
educational colouring booklet for children in
several languages.

DolphinPeople
A story featuring the enthusiasm and dedication of three Tethys researchers who study coastal dolphins in western Greece. The video highlights the importance of personal commitment to protect endangered marine mammal populations.

Mediterranean Coastal
Dolphins
A short video on the decline of coastal dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea.

Cetacean Alliance
A not-for-profit network of non-governmental organizations committed to preserving marine biodiversity and reducing human impact on cetacean populations.

Tethys Research Institute
The web site of Tethys, including projects, publications, extensive photo albums etc.

Tethys Blog
The blog of Tethys, featuring news, opinions, stories and more.

Mediterranean Conservation
Mediterranean Conservation promotes synergy among people working to protect the ancient Tethys Ocean - with emphasis on megafauna.

Disappearing Dolphins
A video documentary by earthOCEAN featuring the efforts of my research team to study and protect dolphins in western Greece.
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Education
Ph.D.
Zoology, Summa Cum Laude, University of Basle, Switzerland (2003)
Degree
(Laurea) in Biological Sciences, University of Padua, Italy
(1989)
Scientific
high school, Liceo "M. Grigoletti", Pordenone, Italy (1982)

Major
professional interests
Cetacean status,
ecology and behaviour
The use of
research in formulating conservation/management strategies and policy
Awareness,
education and capacity building action to promote marine conservation

Present
and recent positions
President, Tethys
Research Institute (since 2000)
The Tethys Research Institute, founded in 1986, is a non-profit non-governmental organization dedicated to the preservation of the marine environment. It focuses on cetaceans inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea, and aims to protect marine biodiversity by promoting conservation-oriented research and the adoption of a precautionary approach for the management of natural resources. With about 40 active collaborators (largely marine biology professionals and students) and a membership averaging 300/year, the Tethys Research Institute has involved in its campaigns thousands of people from all over the world and is one of the most active and scientifically productive organizations in the region.
My other responsibilities
with Tethys have included:
2004 - date. Director, Ionian
Dolphin Project
1997 - 2003. Co-director, Ionian Dolphin Project
1997 - 2006. Founder and director, Venice
Dolphin Project
1997 – date. Web master
1991 – date. Member of the Board
of Directors
1987 - 1996. Founder and director, Adriatic Dolphin Project
Founder and Coordinator, Cetacean Alliance (since 2007)
Cetacean Alliance is a not-for-profit network of non-governmental organizations committed to preserving marine biodiversity and reducing human impact on cetacean populations. Its aim is to develop synergies and create opportunities for collaboration among individuals and organizations sharing a determination to protect cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea. The network includes NGOs with bases in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US. NGOs in the network have a collective membership of over 100,000 supporters.
Scientific
consultant, ACCOBAMS (since
2001) and RAC/SPA (since
2004)
My contributions to the UNEP/CMS Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans
in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and contiguous Atlantic area include co-authorship
of ACCOBAMS reports, capacity building initiatives targeting Black
Sea and Mediterranean researchers, and Action Plans for the conservation
of cetaceans. I represented IUCN
and/or the Tethys Research Institute at ACCOBAMS Meeting of the Parties
in 2001, 2004 and 2007, and I participated as invited expert to annual
meetings of the Scientific Committee (2001-2006). I designed and managed
the web site of ACCOBAMS between 2003-2006. Since 2004 I am a member
of the Editorial Board of FINS,
the newsletter of the Agreement.
The Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) is committed with the implementation
of UNEP's Mediterranean Action Plan. I was contracted by the RAC/SPA
to prepare an Action Plan for the conservation of cetaceans in Libya (2004) and in Syria (2008).
The RAC/SPA supports my work in western Greece.
Principal
investigator, Project "Dolphins
of Greece", Earthwatch Institute (since 2006)
This includes working with Earthwatch volunteer
teams in the Amvrakikos Gulf, western Greece, to investigate the status, ecology
and behaviour of a resident community of bottlenose dolphins. While most of
the field work is done by my friend, colleague and Ph.D. student Joan Gonzalvo, I am in charge of the scientific and management aspects of the project.
Contract
professor of Cetacean
conservation (2002-2006)
A course held at the Faculty of Environmental
Sciences, University of Venice, Italy. The course focused on
research and management strategies aimed to study and protect
whales and dolphins. It touched topics such as field and lab
research methods, data analysis, identification and critical
reading of the relevant scientific literature, communication
with policy makers, public awareness, and use of the available
information to mitigate threats affecting cetacean populations,
particularly in the Mediterranean Sea.

Professional
affiliations
2000 - date.
Member of the Cetacean Specialist Group, IUCN
- World Conservation Union
2000 - date. Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Ocean Conservation
Society (USA)
2001 - date. Honorary member, Delphis -
Mediterranean Dolphin Conservation (Italy)
1995 - date. Honorary member, Movimento per l'Adriatico (Italy)
1996 - 2003. Member of the Jury, “Emily B. Shane Award”
1998 - 2002. Member of the Council, European
Cetacean Society
1998 - 2002. National Contact Person for Italy, European
Cetacean Society

Honors
and awards
Pew
Marine Conservation Fellow
Regarded
as the world's preeminent awards for marine conservation, Pew Marine Conservation
Fellowships have been granted since 1996 to fund innovative work in marine
ecosystems, fisheries management, coastal conservation, and marine contamination. Nominations
are made through an international network of environmental experts. Evaluation
and selection of Pew Fellows is conducted by an international advisory
committee. Selection is based on the applied conservation merit of the
project, the individual's record of professional accomplishment, and the
potential impact of the initiative. As 2001 Pew Marine Conservation Fellow,
I was awarded $150,000 for a 3-year project titled "What threatens
coastal dolphin populations in the Mediterranean Sea? Insight from interdisciplinary
research in key areas". So far, this is the only Pew
Fellowship awarded to an Italian scientist.
Henry
Ford European Conservation Award
The 1996 edition of one of the most prestigious environmental prizes in Europe
attracted 1,000+ entries from 26 countries. After being selected as the
best Italian project, the Adriatic Dolphin Project was seen by the jury as "a
model of ongoing education, coupled with professional research and management",
and was awarded "Overall Best European Project". As the Adriatic
Dolphin Project founder and director (1987-1996), I received the Grand Prix
during the ceremony held in Budapest. The international panel of judges included
representatives of the Council of Europe, the Conservation Foundation, the
United Nations Environment Programme and UNESCO. The $60,000 prize was entirely
used to support conservation-oriented research on Mediterranean coastal dolphins.
Others
In its First Meeting of the Parties (2002), the Agreement on the Conservation
of Cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and contiguous Atlantic
area (ACCOBAMS) recognized that the Tethys Research Institute played
a significant role in relevant activities of the Agreement and conferred
to Tethys a status of "Partner". The
importance of the conservation activities carried out in the Adriatic
Sea has been recognized by the Ministers of the Council of Europe. In
1995 the Adriatic Dolphin Project was invited to participate in the European
Nature Conservation Year. Furthermore, the project was nominated one
of the "Ten Greenest Projects" by the Italian commission "Carnia
Alpe Verde". I was featured several times in Italian nature magazines and
newspapers, with questionable journalistic titles such as "The Nobel Prize of
the Sea awarded to a Venetian" (Il Gazzettino) and "Biologist
of the Year" (Airone).

Applied
conservation efforts
In 1993 I
co-authored a proposal for the creation of a marine reserve dedicated
to dolphin community living around the islands of Losinj and Cres, in
Croatia, based on data collected by my collaborators and myself. The
project was included in the Environmental Management Plan for the Conservation
of the Cres-Losinj Archipelago. Plans for the creation of a natural reserve
dedicated to the dolphins were approved by the Croatian Government in
1996, and in 2006 - largely thanks to the efforts of BlueWorld - the
waters around Losinj and Cres became a Marine Protected Area.
On May 17th,
1995, the Croatian Government welcomed the dolphin conservation message
promoted in part by Tethys’ Adriatic Dolphin Project and granted
legal protection to marine mammals.
Based primarily
on data collected by Tethys, the "Ionian Dolphin Project" study
area in the eastern Ionian Sea was qualified by the Greek Government
as a "Site of Community Importance" in 1995, according to the
Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC Natura 2000.
Following
an assessment I made as a member of the Cetacean Specialist Group,
in 2003 the World Conservation Union (IUCN) classified the Mediterranean
population of short-beaked common dolphins as “Endangered” in
its Red List of Threatened Animals. This was the first Mediterranean
cetacean included in the IUCN Red List.
In 2005, on
behalf of the Principality of Monaco, I prepared a proposal to the Convention
on the Conservation of Migratory Species (Bonn Convention - CMS). As
a result of this proposal, the Mediterranean population of short-beaked
common dolphins was moved from Appendix II to Appendix I, granting
a much higher protection status. In addition, the listing - formerly
limited to a "western Mediterranean population" - was extended
to the whole Mediterranean population of common dolphins.
Following
a proposal endorsed by the Scientific Committee of ACCOBAMS and supported
by ACCOBAMS, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and OceanCare, I
conceived and co-authored a Conservation Plan for short-beaked common
dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea. This 90-page document is the first
comprehensive action plan for the conservation of any cetacean species
at the Mediterranean scale. The Plan was "strongly welcomed" by
the Meeting of the Parties of ACCOBAMS.
On behalf
of ACCOBAMS I also co-authored Action Plans for the conservation of cetaceans
in the Black Sea and in the national waters of Georgia, a draft Action
Plan for the conservation of Mediterranean common bottlenose dolphins,
and a strategy for capacity building in the Agreement area. On behalf
of UNEP’s Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas
(RAC/SPA), I prepared an Action Plan for the conservation of cetaceans
in Libya (2004) and in Syria (2008).
As a scientific
consultant to the Italian Central Institute for Applied Marine Research
(ICRAM) I co-authored the "National Action Plan for the Conservation
of Cetaceans in the Italian Seas (2001-2003)", a 160-page document
prepared for the Italian Ministry of the Environment.
I contributed
to several research and conservation programmes conducted by the Tethys
Research Institute in the Mediterranean and I pioneered dolphin studies
in Italy, Croatia and Greece.
Since 1987
I conducted extensive field research on cetaceans in the northern
Adriatic Sea. This research has resulted in detailed information on the
behaviour and ecology of common bottlenose dolphins living in the Kvarneric
and in knowledge on the distribution and problems of cetaceans in the
wider Adriatic. Field research and reviews of historical literature have
resulted in a comprehensive assessment of the past and present status
of northern Adriatic cetaceans.
Since 1997
I carried out systematic research programmes in the eastern Ionian
Sea (comparative behaviour and ecology of sympatric short-beaked common
dolphins and common bottlenose dolphins). I also conducted cetacean
research in several parts of the central and eastern Mediterranean Sea
(including a study on dolphin/fisheries competitive interactions in northern
Sardinia), as well as in extra-Mediterranean areas (e.g., in the Caribbean
Sea). The rationale of this work has been to provide evidence of the
problems affecting Mediterranean cetaceans by means of a comparative
research approach.
I am experienced
in project management and coordination of project personnel. Since 1992,
I trained hundreds of volunteers from several countries, who participated
in the research activities carried out in Italy, Croatia and Greece.
In the context of capacity building action promoted by ACCOBAMS, I
trained researchers from Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Israel,
Lebanon, Libya, Romania, Russia, Slovenia and Ukraine to facilitate the
development of cetology in Mediterranean and Black Sea countries.
Between 1990 and 1996
I contributed to a whale and dolphin "adoption" programme that
was successfully launched in Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy,
Slovenia and Switzerland. I was responsible for providing the adopters
with photographs and information on individual common bottlenose dolphins.
As a result of this initiative, approximately 10,000 people provided
financial support to Tethys’ research and conservation activities
by "adopting" a cetacean.

Editorial
experience
I serve as Editor for the following scientific journal:
Endangered Species Research
I served as Guest Associate Editor for the following scientific journals:
Conservation Biology
Marine Mammal Science
I served as Reviewer for the following scientific journals:
Aquatic Conservation:
Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Aquatic Mammals
Australian
Journal of Zoology
Biologia Marina Mediterranea
Biological
Conservation
Canadian Journal of Zoology
Ciencias Marinas
Conservation
Biology
Endangered Species Research
Environmental Conservation
Ethology
Fishery Bulletin
Journal
of Cetacean Research and Management
Journal of the Marine
Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Marine Biology
Marine Mammal
Science
Mediterranean Marine Science
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
Revue
d’Ecologie (Terre et Vie).
I evaluated abstracts submitted
to Conferences of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, abstracts submitted to Conferences of the European Cetacean Society (ECS), contributions to ECS proceedings ("European
Research on Cetaceans"), and project proposals submitted to the Earthwatch Institute.
I worked
as art director, editor or co-editor of several newsletters on cetaceans.
I am currently in the Editorial Board of FINS, the newsletter of ACCOBAMS.

Computer
experience / Communication technology
In the late
1980s I designed some of the earliest educational multimedia computer
programmes on cetaceans in Italy (with the Museum of Natural History of
Pordenone, Italy, and with the Fondazione Cetacea, Italy) and in 1990
I was an Apple Computer Developer.
Use of professional
software for graphic design, as well as editing and postproduction software for digital video. Use
of digital camcorders for nature filmmaking. I completed a video documentary
(DolphinPeople) and a short video
on the decline of Mediterranean coastal dolphins.
Web design
and management:
Tethys
Research Institute (since 1997)
Tethys
Blog (since 2006)
Cetacean Alliance
(since 2007)
Mediterranean Conservation (since 2008)
ACCOBAMS (2003-2006).

Other
relevant experience
Holder of
an international nautical license and of a CMAS diving certificate (2nd
degree).
Research
methods including cetacean surveys, individual photo-identification,
behavioural sampling, cetacean dissection techniques, preparation of biological
samples for histological, toxicological, and genetic analyses. Use of equipment including "hand-held" computers for field data
collection, digital cameras, hydrophones and navigation instruments.
Popular articles
and photographs published in several European magazines
and newspapers. I illustrated two children's books on cetacean conservation
(one published in print and online,
one unpublished).

Field
research
2008
Interactions between coastal dolphins and fisheries in and around the Marine Protected Area of Porto Cesareo (south-eastern Italy)
2001 - date
Ecology, status and conservation of common bottlenose dolphins in the Amvrakikos
Gulf (north-western Greece)
1996 - date
Ecology, status and conservation of short-beaked common dolphins and common
bottlenose dolphins in the eastern Ionian Sea, Greece
1987 - date
Ecology, status and conservation of cetaceans in the northern Adriatic Sea
1999 - 2001
Common bottlenose dolphin behaviour, ecology and interactions with fisheries
around the island of Asinara (northern Sardinia, Italy)
1998 - 2001
Behavior of a "lone, sociable" common bottlenose dolphin living in
the port of Manfredonia, Italy
1990 - 1995
Common bottlenose dolphin ecology, behaviour and social organization in the
Kvarneric (Croatia, northern Adriatic Sea)
1993
Cetacean fauna of the Caribbean Sea (particularly Venezuela, Martinique, Dominica)
1991
Common bottlenose dolphin social ecology near the island of Tavolara (Sardinia,
Italy)
1986 - 1989
Cetacean distribution and sighting frequencies in the central and eastern Mediterranean
Sea, aboard the oceanographic vessel "Bannock" (Italian National
Research Council) and platforms of opportunity.

Supervision
of graduate and undergraduate students
Silvia Bonizzoni.
In progress. The social organization of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus around the island of Kalamos, Greece. Degree in Environmental Sciences, University of Venice,
Italy.
Zsuzsanna
Pereszlényi. In progress. Common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Amvrakikos Gulf, western Greece. MSc in Zoology,
University of Pécs, Hungary.
Chiara Piroddi. 2008. An ecosystem-based approach to study two dolphin populations around the island of Kalamos, Ionian Sea, Greece. MSc in Zoology, University of British Columbia, Canada.
Annalise Petroselli.
2006. Habitat use and distribution of short-beaked common dolphins Delphinus
delphis around the island of Kalamos, Greece (eastern Ionian Sea).
MSc in Marine Mammal Science, University of Wales, Bangor, U.K.
Nicola Bonel.
2005. Management of whale watching in two Mediterranean areas: the Cetacean
Sanctuary (Ligurian Sea) and the Kvarneric (northern Adriatic Sea). Degree
in Environmental Sciences, University of Venice, Italy.
Erica Busatto.
2004. The method of photo-identification as a tool for the study of coastal
Mediterranean dolphins. Degree in Marine Biology thesis, University of
Padua, Italy.
Chiara Piroddi.
2004. An ecosystem approach to the study of common bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus) in the Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece. Degree
in Environmental Sciences thesis, University of Venice, Italy.
Luigi Bundone.
2003. Status and conservation of the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus
monachus). Degree in Environmental Sciences thesis. University of
Venice, Italy.
Daria Tonini.
2003. Cetaceans of the Gulf of Venice: Conservation status and monitoring
methods. Degree in Environmental Sciences thesis, University of Venice,
Italy.
Daniela Pavan.
2002. The role of whale watching in marine conservation. Degree in Environmental
Sciences thesis, University of Venice, Italy.
Francesco
Quondam. 2002. Habitat use by short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus
delphis) in the eastern Ionian Sea. Degree in Natural Sciences thesis,
University of Trieste, Italy.
Sebastiano
Bruno. 2001. Social organization of short-beaked common
dolphins (Delphinus delphis) in the eastern Ionian Sea. Degree
in Biological Sciences thesis, University of Padua, Italy.
Enrico Cabras.
2000. The feeding behaviour of two dolphin species in the eastern Ionian
Sea used as an environmental indicator. Degree in Environmental Sciences
thesis, University of Venice, Italy.
Nina Therkildsen.
2000. Immediate behavioural reactions of common dolphins (Delphinus
delphis) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to
remote biopsy sampling in the eastern Ionian Sea. Extended Essay - Biology,
International Baccalaureate School, Norway.
Sabrina Ferretti.
1999. Respiration pattern of common dolphins and bottlenose dolphins
in Ionian Greece coastal waters. Degree in Biological Sciences thesis,
University of Milan, Italy.
Caterina
Maria Fortuna. 1996. Analysis of respiration patterns of bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus) observed in the northern Adriatic Sea.
Degree in Biological Sciences thesis, University of Florence, Italy.
Sylvan Oehen.
1996. The acoustic behaviour of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in
the northern Adriatic Sea. Degree in Biological Sciences thesis, University
of Zürich, Switzerland.
Mojca Kristan.
1995. Cetacean studies in the northern Adriatic: A case of the Tethys
Research Institute. Extended Essay - Biology, International Baccalaureate
School, Maribor, Slovenia.
Melita Peharda.
1993. Surfacing patterns of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus (Montagu,
1821) in the northern Adriatic Sea. Extended Essay - Biology, International
Baccalaureate School, Zagreb, Croatia.

Invited
participation in workshops and seminars
I delivered
a number of lectures and public talks on cetacean research and conservation,
and I have been invited to make presentations in meetings, workshops
and seminars, some of the most representative being:
2008 - Invited lecturer (with Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Sidney Holt and Leslie Busby), 'Large whales on the hills of Umbria', Paciano (Italy)
2008 - Invited lecturer, 'Dolphins of the Ionian Sea: Research and conservation', Lega Navale Italiana, Porto Cesareo (Italy)
2008 - Invited participant, international workshop on 'The Economics of the Global Loss of Biological Diversity' organized by the European Commission and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany, Brussels (Belgium).
2007 -
Invited speaker, Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation Annual Meeting,
Morro Bay, California (USA)
2007 -
Organizer of roundtable: 'Marine Conservation on Paper: The Mediterranean
Case', Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation Annual Meeting, Morro
Bay, California (USA)
2007 -
Invited speaker, 3nd Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the
Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous
Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS), Dubrovnik (Croatia)
2007 -
Invited speaker, 8th Meeting of Focal Points for Specially Protected Areas
(SPAs), Palermo (Italy)
2007 -
Invited lecturer, Festa del Delfino (6th Edition), Lacco Ameno, Isola
d'Ischia (Italy)
2007 -
Invited speaker, final conference of project INTERREG III Italy-Slovenia
2000-2006 'Biological oceanography of the northern Adriatic Sea',
Venezia (Italy)
2007 -
Invited lecturer, 'Six Days for Science' symposium organized
by Fondazione Umberto Veronesi, Bari (Italy)
2007 -
Invited expert, IUCN/SSC Cetacean Specialist Group
and IUCN Global Mammal Assessment Cetacean Red List Workshop, La
Jolla, California (USA)
2006
- Invited expert, 4th ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee Meeting, Agreement
on the
Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and
Contiguous Atlantic Area, Monaco (Principality of Monaco)
2006 -
Invited speaker, Conference 'AdriaWatch - Cetaceans, sea turtles
and sharks of the Adriatic Sea', Cattolica (Italy)
2006 -
Invited lecturer, Festa del Delfino (5th Edition), Lacco Ameno, Isola
d'Ischia
(Italy)
2006 -
Invited expert, IUCN and ACCOBAMS workshop for the Red List assessment
of cetaceans
in the ACCOBAMS area, Monaco (Principality of Monaco)
2006 -
Invited speaker, workshop progetto INTERREG III Italia-Slovenia per
l’Adriatico
Settentrionale, ISMAR Venezia (Italy)
2006 - Invited
lecturer, Faculty of Marine Biology, University of Padua at Chioggia
(Italy)
2005 - Invited
speaker, 'Coastal dolphins of the Mediterranean: insight from
studies in the northern Adriatic and eastern Ionian Seas', Symposium 'Fish
and More' organised by the University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
2005 - Trainer,
1st training course on 'Cetacean research and conservation in
the Mediterranean Sea', organized by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Taranto (University of Bari) and by the Confederation of Veterinary Doctors (Italy)
2005 - Invited
expert, 3nd ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee Meeting, Agreement on the
Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous
Atlantic Area, Cairo (Egypt)
2005 - Invited
lecturer, Faculty of Marine Biology, University of Padua at Chioggia
(Italy)
2004 - Invited
expert, 1st Meeting for the preparation of an Action Plan for the conservation
of cetaceans in Libya, Tripoli (Libya)
2004 - Invited
participant, 2nd Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation
of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic
Area (ACCOBAMS), Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
2004 - Organizer
and speaker, 'A night for the common dolphin', event organised
by WDCS - The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, ASMS OceanCare
and the Tethys Research Institute, Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
2004 - Invited
lecturer, 'The amazing dolphins of the Amvrakikos Gulf',
event organized by the Municipality of Vonitsa (Greece)
2004 - Invited
lecturer, 'Coastal dolphins of the eastern Ionian Sea', event
organized by the Municipality and Cultural Centre of Mytikas (Greece)
2004 - Organizer
of a workshop on Mediterranean common dolphins to discuss topics related
to the preparation of the Conservation Plan commissioned by ACCOBAMS,
Tethys research station at Episkopi, Island of Kalamos (Greece)
2004 - Invited
lecturer, 'Science Week', Institute of Marine Sciences,
National Research Council (CNR), Venice (Italy)
2004 - Invited
lecturer / invited expert, CIESM Research Workshop 'Understanding
the Role of Cetaceans in the Marine Ecosystem', Venice (Italy)
2004 - Invited
lecturer, Faculty of Marine Biology, University of Padua at Chioggia
(Italy)
2003 - Invited
lecturer / invited expert, 2nd ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee Meeting,
Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean
Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area, Istanbul (Turkey)
2003 - Invited
lecturer, seminar 'Coastal dolphins of the Mediterranean Sea:
the possible reasons behind their decline', Faculty of Veterinary
Sciences, University of Padua at Legnaro (Italy)
2003 - Invited
speaker, Workshop on Cetaceans, 4th Italian Teriological Conference,
Riccione (Italy)
2003 - Invited
lecturer (with Bernd Würsig and Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara),
seminar 'Cetacean research and conservation in the Mediterranean
Sea', Faculty of Zoology, University of Basle (Switzerland)
2003 - Invited
lecturer, seminar 'Coastal dolphins of the Mediterranean Sea:
the possible reasons behind their decline', Faculty of Veterinary
Sciences, University of Padua at Legnaro (Italy)
2003 - Invited
lecturer, Museum of Natural History, Venice (Italy)
2003 - Invited
lecturer, Course on Cetacean Biology, Civic Aquarium, Milan (Italy)
2003 - Invited
lecturer (two seminars), Faculty of Marine Biology, University of Padua
at Chioggia (Italy)
2002 - Invited
lecturer, Rotary Club, Mestre (Italy)
2002 - Invited
lecturer / invited expert, 1st ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee Meeting,
Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean
Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area, Tunis (Tunisia)
2002 -
Invited lecturer / invited expert, EUROPHLUKES (a EU-funded project
on cetacean photo-identification in European waters) consortium meeting
and workshop, Liège (Belgium)
2002 -
Invited expert representing the World Conservation Union (IUCN), First
Meeting of the Parties, Monaco (Monaco Principality)
2001 -
Invited participation, Conservation priorities for Mediterranean and
Black Sea cetaceans, Round Table organised by CIESM (Commissione Intérnationale
pour l’Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Méditerranée),
Monaco (Monaco Principality)
2001 -
Invited participation, Conference on Adriatic Sea monitoring (Italy-Slovenia)
in the context of INTERREG II. "L'Adriatico settentrionale: un
osservatorio per la gestione del mare”, Venice (Italy)
2001 -
Invited lecturer (with Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara), 'Saving
Mediterranean dolphins and whales', organized by Lions Club at
the Navy Arsenal Library, Venice (Italy)
2001 -
Invited lecturer, course on Cetacean Biology, Civic Aquarium, Milan
(Italy)
2001 -
Invited lecturer, EUROPHLUKES consortium meeting and workshop, Leiden
(The Netherlands)
2001 -
Invited lecturer, 'First ACCOBAMS Training course on cetacean
research and conservation', Constanta (Romania)
2001 -
Organizer and lecturer, 'Tethys workshop on dolphin research
and conservation in the Mediterranean Sea', Tethys research station
at Episkopi, Island of Kalamos (Greece)
2001 -
Invited lecturer, National Research Council, Institute of Marine Biology,
Seminar 'Coastal dolphins of the Mediterranean Sea: Fishermen’s
enemies or endangered species?', Venice (Italy)
2001
- Invited speaker, Annual Meeting, Pew Fellows Program in Marine
Conservation, White Point,
Nova Scotia (Canada)
2001 -
Invited lecturer, Student workshop, European Cetacean Society, Rome
(Italy)
2000 -
Invited expert representing the IUCN-SSC Cetacean Specialist Group,
IUCN Species Information System Workshop, Rome (Italy)
2000 - Invited
lecturer, Municipal Aquarium and Hydrobiological Station, Milan (Italy)
2000 -
Invited lecturer, Regional Museum of Natural Sciences, Turin (Italy)
1999 -
Invited lecturer, Museum of Natural Sciences, Brescia (Italy)
1998 -
Invited lecturer (with Dànilo Mainardi), inaugural talk, 13th
edition of 'Giovedì Scienza', Teatro Colosseo, Turin
(Italy)
1998 -
Organizer and lecturer, Seminar 'Methods for studying dolphins
in the wild', Thetis Marine Technologies Conference Room, Venice
(Italy)
1998 -
Organizer and lecturer, Seminar 'Dolphins: Key species of the
marine ecosystem', Thetis Marine Technologies Conference Room,
Venice (Italy)
1996 -
Invited lecturer, Faculty of Biology, University of Padua (Italy)
1995 -
Invited participant, 'International Workshop on the Scientific
Aspects of Whale-Watching Regulations', Monte Castello di Vibio
(Italy)
1995 -
Invited lecturer, 'Seminar on Marine Resource Management',
WWF International, Miramare (Italy)
1995 -
Invited lecturer, 'The dolphins of Cres and Losinj', Villa
Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta (Italy)
1995 - Invited
lecturer, 'The dolphins of Cres and Losinj', Faculty of Biology, University of Trieste (Italy)
1994 -
Invited lecturer, 'Croatian Dolphins', Theatre de l'Opera, Paris (France)
1994 -
Invited lecturer, 'The dolphins of Cres and Losinj', Cultural Center, Bonn (Germany)
1994 -
Invited speaker, 'The dolphins of Cres and Losinj', 5th Conference of the Croatian Biological Society,
Pula (Croatia)
1994 -
Invited speaker, European Cetacean Society workshop 'Methods
for the study of bottlenose dolphin populations in the wild',
Montpellier (France)
1993 -
Invited lecturer, 'The dolphins of Cres and Losinj', Municipal Aquarium and Hydrobiological Station, Milan
(Italy)
1993 - Invited lecturer, 'The dolphins of Cres and Losinj', for refugee children during the Yugoslavian war, Veli Losinj (Croatia)
1992 - Invited lecturer, 'The dolphins of Cres and Losinj', for marine commando soldiers of the Croatian Army during the Yugoslavian war, Osor (Croatia)
1992 -
Invited lecturer, 'The dolphins of Cres and Losinj', Faculty of Biology, University of Zagreb (Croatia).
In addition,
I presented scientific posters and talks at 25 marine biology conferences.
(in
chronological order)
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Refereed
publications
Notarbartolo
di Sciara G., Venturino M.C., Zanardelli M., Bearzi G.,
Borsani J.F., Cavalloni B. 1993. Cetaceans in the central Mediterranean
Sea: distribution and sighting frequencies. Italian Journal of
Zoology 60:131-138. (804 Kb)
Bearzi
G., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 1995. A comparison of the
present occurrence of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, and
common dolphins, Delphinus delphis, in the Kvarneric (northern
Adriatic Sea). Annales (Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies)
7:61-68. (3.1 Mb)
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. (1.1 Mb)
Bearzi
G., Fortuna C.M., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 1998. Unusual
sighting of a striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)
in the Kvarneric, Northern Adriatic Sea. Natura Croatica 7(3):169-278. (1.6 Mb)
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. (2.7
Mb)
Wilson
B., Arnold H., Bearzi G., Fortuna C.M., Gaspar
R., Ingram S., Liret C., Pribanic S., Read A.J., Ridoux V., Schneider
K., Urian K.W., Wells R.S., Wood C., Thompson P.M., Hammond P.S.
1999. Epidermal diseases in bottlenose dolphins: Impacts of natural
and anthropogenic factors. Proceedings Royal Society London B 266:1077-1083. (184
Kb)
Bearzi
G. 2000.
First report of a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
death following penetration of a biopsy dart. Journal of
Cetacean Research and Management 2(3):217-221. (92 Kb)
Fossi
M.C., Marsili L., Neri G., Casini S., Bearzi G.,
Politi E., Zanardelli M., Panigada S. 2000. Skin biopsy of Mediterranean
cetaceans for the investigation of interspecies susceptibility to
xenobiotic contaminants. Marine Environmental Research 50:517-521. (188
Kb)
Bearzi
G., Reeves R.R., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Politi
E., Canadas 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. (348
Kb)
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. (212
Kb)
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. (278 Kb)
Bearzi
G.,
Politi E., Agazzi S., Azzellino A. 2006. Prey depletion caused
by overfishing and the decline of marine megafauna in eastern
Ionian Sea coastal waters (central Mediterranean). Biological
Conservation 127(4):373-382. (444 Kb)
Bearzi
G. 2007. Marine conservation on paper. Conservation Biology 21(1):1-3. (173 Kb)
Bearzi
G., Agazzi S., Bonizzoni S., Costa M., Azzellino A.
2008. Dolphins in a bottle: abundance, residency patterns and
conservation
of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in
the semi-closed eutrophic Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece. Aquatic Conservation:
Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 18(2):130-146. (502 Kb)
Bearzi G., Agazzi S., Gonzalvo J., Costa M., Bonizzoni S., Politi E., Piroddi C., Reeves R.R. 2008. Overfishing and the disappearance of short-beaked common dolphins from western Greece. Endangered Species Research 5:1-12. (1.0 Mb)
Pino d'Astore P., Bearzi G., Bonizzoni S. In press (2008). Cetacean strandings in the Province of Brindisi, Italy, southern Adriatic Sea. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis 18(1).
Bearzi G., Fortuna C.M., Reeves R.R. In press. Ecology and conservation of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Mediterranean Sea. Mammal Review.
Publications in scientific volumes
Bearzi
G. 2002. Interactions between cetaceans and fisheries:
Mediterranean Sea. Pp. 78-97 in G. Notarbartolo di Sciara,
ed. Cetaceans in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: State of
Knowledge and conservation strategies. ACCOBAMS, Agreement
on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean
Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area. (141 Kb)
Notarbartolo
di Sciara G., Aguilar A., Bearzi G., Birkun
A., Frantzis A. 2002. Overview of known or presumed impact on
the different species of cetaceans in the Mediterranean and Black
Seas. Pp. 194-196 in G. Notarbartolo di Sciara, ed. Cetaceans
in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: State of Knowledge and conservation
strategies. ACCOBAMS, Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans
of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area. (44
Kb)
Notarbartolo
di Sciara G., Bearzi G. 2002. Cetacean direct
killing and live capture in the Mediterranean Sea. Pp. 27-30
in G. Notarbartolo di Sciara, ed. Cetaceans in the Mediterranean
and Black Seas: State of Knowledge and conservation strategies.
ACCOBAMS, Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black
Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area. (40
Kb)
Bearzi
G. 2004. Investigating food-web interactions between
Mediterranean coastal dolphins and fisheries in "natural
laboratories". CIESM Workshop Monographs 25:71-76. (528
Kb)
Bearzi
G.,
Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Bonizzoni S. 2005. Scientific literature
on Mediterranean cetaceans: the Italian contribution. In B.
Cozzi, ed. Marine mammals of the Mediterranean Sea: natural
history, biology, anatomy, pathology, parasitology. Massimo
Valdina Editore, The Coffee House Art & Adv, Milano. (832
Kb)
Notarbartolo
di Sciara G., Bearzi G. 2005. Research on cetaceans
in Italy. In B. Cozzi, ed. Marine mammals of the Mediterranean
Sea: natural history, biology, anatomy, pathology, parasitology.
Massimo Valdina Editore, The Coffee House Art & Adv, Milano. (180
Kb)
Bearzi
G. 2006.
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis (Mediterranean
subpopulation). 2003 Assessment. Pp. 130-136 in Reeves R.R.,
Notarbartolo di Sciara G. (compilers and editors). The status
and distribution
of cetaceans in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. IUCN Centre
for Mediterranean Cooperation, Malaga, Spain. (whole report:
2,752 Kb)
Bearzi
G.,
Fortuna C.M. 2006. Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Mediterranean
subpopulation). Pp. 64-73 in Reeves R.R., Notarbartolo di Sciara
G. (compilers and editors). The status and distribution of cetaceans
in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. IUCN Centre for Mediterranean
Cooperation, Malaga, Spain. (whole report: 2,752 Kb)
Notarbartolo
di Sciara G., Frantzis A., Bearzi G., Reeves R.R.
2006. Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus (Mediterranean
subpopulation). Pp. 48-56 in Reeves R.R., Notarbartolo di Sciara
G. (compilers and editors). The status and distribution of cetaceans
in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. IUCN Centre for Mediterranean
Cooperation, Malaga, Spain. (whole report: 2,752 Kb)
Selected
reports and action plans
Bearzi
G., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Lauriano G. 1993. The Cres-Losinj
Dolphin Reserve: Proposal for the institution of a marine reserve
in the waters adjacent to the east coast of Cres and Losinj. Tethys
Research Institute Report TRI/ADP 93-01. 18 pp.
Notarbartolo
di Sciara G., Bearzi G., Mo G., Cozzi B., 2001.
National Action Plan for the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Italian
Seas: 2001-2003. Prepared for the Italian Ministry for the Environment.
ICRAM, Rome. 161 pp.
Politi
E., Bearzi G., Pesante G., Barbieri G. 2002. Resoconto
delle attività di ricerca sul comportamento e l’ecologia
alimentare del tursiope (Tursiops truncatus) presso l’isola
dell’Asinara (Report on the research activities on the behaviour
and feeding ecology of common bottlenose dolphins near the island
of Asinara). July 1999 – October 2001. Final report to ICRAM,
Rome. Tethys Research Institute Report TRI/ASI 01/2002. 40 pp.
Bearzi
G. 2003. Delphinus
delphis (Mediterranean subpopulation). IUCN 2003. Red List
of Threatened Species. <http://www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=41762>
Bearzi
G. 2003.
Towards a Conservation Plan for common bottlenose dolphins
in the Mediterranean Sea. Document presented at the 2nd Meeting
of the ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee. Istanbul, Turkey, 20-22
November, 2003. 20 pp. (284 Kb)
Bearzi
G., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 2003. Cetacean prey depletion
in the ACCOBAMS Area. Document presented at the 2nd Meeting of
the ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee. Istanbul, Turkey, 20-22 November,
2003. 7 pp.
Birkun
A, Bearzi G., Glazov D., Goradze I., Komakhidze
G., Krivokhizhin S., Shpak O. 2003. Towards a Conservation Plan for
Black Sea cetaceans. Document presented at the 2nd Meeting of the
ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee. Istanbul, Turkey, 20-22 November,
2003. 9 pp.
Notarbartolo
di Sciara G., Bearzi G., Canadas A., Frantzis
A. 2004. High mortality of sperm whales in the north-western Mediterranean,
1971-2003. Paper submitted to the Scientific Committee of the International
Whaling Commission (SC/56/BC10). Sorrento, Italy, 29 June -10 July
2004. 3 pp. (88 Kb)
Bearzi
G., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Reeves R.R., Canadas
A., Frantzis A. 2004. Conservation Plan for short-beaked common
dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea. ACCOBAMS, Agreement on the
Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea
and Contiguous Atlantic Area. 90 pp. (1.9 Mb)
Bruno
S., Bearzi G. 2004. Cetacean research and conservation
in Georgia: background information and suggested actions. A report
to the ACCOBAMS Secretariat. ACCOBAMS, Agreement on the Conservation
of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic
Area. 22 pp.
Bearzi
G. 2005.
A strategy for the conservation of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops
truncatus in the Mediterranean Sea. 3rd Meeting of the
ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee. Cairo, Egypt, 15-17 May, 2005.
8 pp. (326
Kb)
Bearzi
G. 2005.
Assessing and mitigating the impact of prey depletion on cetaceans:
can we find a way forward? 3rd Meeting of the ACCOBAMS Scientific
Committee. Cairo, Egypt, 15-17 May, 2005. 3 pp. (186 Kb)
Bearzi
G., Politi E., Agazzi S., Costa M., Bonizzoni S., Azzellino
A., Bruno S., Gramolini R. 2005. Report on short-beaked common
dolphin studies in the area of Kalamos, Greece, 1993-2004. ACCOBAMS,
Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean
Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area. 100 pp.
Bearzi
G., Costa M., Photopoulos T. 2005. High human-related
mortality of dolphins in the area of Kalamos, western Greece. A
report to the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the
Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS).
Tethys Research Institute, August 23rd, 2005.
Bearzi
G., Agazzi S., Bonizzoni S., Costa M. 2005. Ecosystem
structure and dolphin-fisheries interactions in a “natural
laboratory”: the Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece. Report to the Regional
Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA) on the
activities conducted between July 2001 – November 2005 (MOU
#17/RAC/SPA/2005). Tethys Research Institute. 23 pp.
Bearzi
G. 2006.
Action Plan for the conservation of cetaceans in Libya. Regional
Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas
(RAC/SPA), Libya’s Environment General Authority and Marine
Biology Research Center. 50 pp. (2326 Kb)
Bearzi
G. 2006. Endangered Mediterranean common dolphins: the
story so far. Paper submitted to the 58th Annual Meeting of the
International Whaling Commission, St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies,
23 May – 20 June 2006. 3 pp.
Bearzi
G. 2006. Preliminary report on the impact of fishing on
common dolphins in the area of Kalamos, Greece (eastern Ionian
Sea). 4th Meeting of the ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee. Monaco,
5-8 November 2006. 12 pp.
Bearzi
G. 2006. Priority actions for the conservation of short-beaked
common dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea. 4th Meeting of the ACCOBAMS
Scientific Committee. Monaco, 5-8 November 2006. 9 pp.
Bearzi
G. 2007. The endangered Mediterranean common dolphins: is
there anyone interested in their conservation? 3rd Meeting of the
Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the
Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS),
Dubrovnik, Croatia, 22-25 October, 2007. 3 pp.
Gonzalvo J., Bearzi G. 2008. Action Plan for the conservation of cetaceans in Syria. Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas. Contract 39/2007_RAC/SPA. 45 pp.
Papers
included in the Proceedings of European Cetacean Society conferences
and workshops
Notarbartolo
di Sciara G., Venturino M.C., Zanardelli M., Bearzi G.,
Borsani J.F., Cavalloni B., Cussino E., Jahoda M., Airoldi S. 1990.
Distribution and relative abundance of cetaceans in the Central
Mediterranean Sea. European Research on Cetaceans 4:41-43.
Bearzi
G., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 1992. Preliminary observations
of bottlenose dolphins near the Island of Tavolara, Sardinia.
European Research on Cetaceans 6:127-129.
Bearzi
G., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Bonomi L. 1992. Bottlenose
dolphins off Croatia: a socio-ecologic study. European Research
on Cetaceans 6:130-133.
Peharda
M., Bearzi G. 1993. Surfacing patterns of bottle-nosed
dolphins in the Cres-Losinj area (Northern Adriatic Sea). European
Research on Cetaceans 7:73-76.
Bearzi
G. 1994. Behavioural states: terminology and definitions.
Pp. 9-12 in G. Notarbartolo di Sciara, P.G.H. Evans and E. Politi,
eds. Methods for the study of bottlenose dolphins in the wild.
European Cetacean Society Newsletter, Special Issue 23.
Bearzi
G. 1994. Photoidentification: Field methods. Pp. 22-26
in G. Notarbartolo di Sciara, P.G.H. Evans and E. Politi, eds.
Methods for the study of bottlenose dolphins in the wild. European
Cetacean Society Newsletter, Special Issue 23.
Bearzi
G. 1994. Photoidentification: Matching procedures. Pp.
27-28 in G. Notarbartolo di Sciara, P.G.H. Evans and E. Politi,
eds. Methods for the study of bottlenose dolphins in the wild.
European Cetacean Society Newsletter, Special Issue 23.
Bearzi
G., Politi E., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 1996. Photoidentification-based
short-term tracking of bottlenose dolphins resident in the Kvarneric
(northern Adriatic Sea). European Research on Cetaceans 9:132-138.
Bearzi
G. 1997. A "remnant" common dolphin observed
in association with bottlenose dolphins in the Kvarneric (northern
Adriatic Sea). European Research on Cetaceans 10:204.
Bearzi
G., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 1997. Bottlenose dolphins
following bottom trawlers in the Kvarneric (northern Adriatic
Sea). European Research on Cetaceans 11:202-204.
Fortuna
C.M., Bearzi G., Delfino G. 1997. Surfacing pattern
of bottlenose dolphins following bottom trawlers in the Kvarneric
(northern Adriatic Sea). European Research on Cetaceans 10:244.
Oehen
S., Bearzi G., Borsani J.F. 1997. Acoustic behaviour
of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins in the Kvarneric (northern
Adriatic Sea). European Research on Cetaceans 11:230.
Wilson
B., Arnold H., Bearzi G., Fortuna C., Gaspar R.,
Liret C., Pribanic S., Read A.J., Ridoux V., Urian K.W., Wells
R.S., Wood C., Thompson P.M., Hammond P.S. 1997. A comparison of
epidermal disease in eight populations of bottlenose dolphins.
European Research on Cetaceans 11:268.
Wilson
B., Pribanic S., Fortuna C.M., Bearzi G. 1997.
Epidermal lesions on free-ranging bottlenose dolphins in the Kvarneric.
European Research on Cetaceans 11:269.
Bearzi
G., Politi E., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 1999. Apparent
lack of seasonal patterns in the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins
in the Kvarneric (northern Adriatic Sea). European Research on
Cetaceans 12:202.
Ferretti
S., Bearzi G., Politi E. 1999. Comparing behaviour
of inshore bottlenose and common dolphins in the eastern Ionian
Sea through focal group surfacing pattern analysis. European Research
on Cetaceans 12:209.
Fortuna
C.M., Bearzi G., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 1999.
Analysis of respiration patterns of bottlenose dolphins observed
in the Kvarneric (northern Adriatic Sea, Croatia). European Research
on Cetaceans 12:151-155.
Wilson
B., Arnold H., Bearzi G., Fortuna C., Gaspar R.,
Ingram S., Liret C., Pribanic S., Read A.J., Ridoux V., Schneider
K., Urian K.W., Wells R.S., Wood C., Thompson P.M., Hammond P.S.
1999. Epidermal lesions on bottlenose dolphins: a product of pollution
or the natural environment? European Research on Cetaceans 12:123.
Barbieri
G., Bearzi G. 2000. Behaviour of a solitary, "sociable" bottlenose
dolphin in southern Italy. European Research on Cetaceans 14:107-109.
Bearzi
G., Ferretti S. 2000. Rare report of a bottlenose dolphin
foraging in the Venice Lagoon, Italy. European Research on Cetaceans
14:110-114.
Bearzi
G., Politi E., Fortuna C.M., Mel L., Notarbartolo di
Sciara G. 2000. An overview of cetacean sighting data from the
northern Adriatic Sea: 1987-1999. European Research on Cetaceans
14:356-361.
Marsili
L., Fossi M.C., Neri G., Airoldi S., Bearzi G.,
Panigada S. 2000. Skin biopsies for cell cultures from Mediterranean
free-ranging cetaceans. European Research on Cetaceans 14:231-233.
Politi
E., Bearzi G., Airoldi S. 2000. Evidence for malnutrition
in bottlenose dolphins photo-identified in the eastern Ionian Sea.
European Research on Cetaceans 14:234-236.
Bearzi
G., Mussi B., Politi E., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 2002. Short-beaked common dolphins around Ischia, Italy, and
Kalamos, Greece: relict population units of primary conservation
importance in the Mediterranean Sea. European Research on Cetaceans
16.
Miragliuolo
A., Mussi B., Bearzi G. 2002. Observations
of driftnetting off the island of Ischia, Italy, with indirect
evidence of dolphin bycatch. European Research on Cetaceans 16.
Mussi
B., Miragliuolo A., Bearzi G. 2002. Short-beaked
common dolphins around the island of Ischia, Italy (southern Tyrrhenian
Sea). European Research on Cetaceans 16.
Zanardelli
M., Panigada S., Bearzi G. 2002. Short-beaked
common dolphin and common bottlenose dolphin sightings along the
Tunisian coasts and in the Sicily Channel. European Research on
Cetaceans 16.
Pesante
G., Politi E., Bearzi G. 2003. Opportunistic
sightings of Mediterranean monk seals in the eastern Ionian Sea
(1993-2002). European Research on Cetaceans 17.
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.
Bruno
S., Politi E., Bearzi G. 2004. Social organisation
of a common dolphin community in the eastern Ionian Sea: evidence
of a fluid fission-fusion society. European Research on Cetaceans
15:49-51.
Fossi
M.C., Marsili L., Neri G., Bearzi G., Notarbartolo
di Sciara G. 2004. Are the Mediterranean cetaceans exposed to the
toxicological risk of endocrine disrupters? European Research on
Cetaceans 15:338.
Jahoda
M., Azzellino A., Lafortuna C.L., Notarbartolo Di Sciara G., Almirante
C., Borsani J.F., D'Amico A., Panigada S., Zanardelli M., Bearzi
G. 2004. Passive tracking and timing of respiration as
a methodology to determine reactions of Mediterranean fin whales
in response to different sources of possible disturbance. European
Research on Cetaceans 15:355-357.
Miragliuolo
A., Mussi B., Bearzi G. 2004. Risso's dolphin harassment
by pleasure boaters off the island of Ischia, central Mediterranean
Sea. European Research on Cetaceans 15:168-171.
Mo G.,
Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Bearzi G., Cozzi B.
2004. Conservation policies from a regional to a national approach:
the formulation of the Italian Action Plan for the conservation
of cetaceans. European Research on Cetaceans 15:177.
Politi
E., Bearzi G. 2004. Evidence of decline for a
coastal common dolphin community in the eastern Ionian Sea. European
Research on Cetaceans 15:449-452.
Agazzi
S., Bearzi G. 2005. Diet overlap between short-beaked
common dolphins and large tuna in eastern Ionian Sea inshore
waters: insight from scales of fish prey sampled during surface
foraging. European Research on Cetaceans 19 (distributed as CD-ROM). (460
Kb)
Bearzi
G., Politi E., Agazzi S., Bruno S., Costa M., Bonizzoni
S., Gonzalvo J. 2005. The decline of short-beaked common dolphins
Delphinus delphis in Eastern Ionian Sea coastal waters. P. 29
in K. Stockin, A. Vella and P.G.H. Evans. Proceedings of the
Workshop “Common dolphins: current research, threats and
issues”. European Cetacean Society Newsletter Special Issue
45.
Gonzalvo
J., Bearzi G., Agazzi S., Piroddi C. In press.
Fisheries and the decline of short-beaked common dolphins in western
Greece. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the European
Cetacean Society. Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, 10-12 March 2008.
Agazzi
S., Bearzi G., Costa M., Bonizzoni S., Politi E.
In press. Abundance trend of short-beaked common dolphins in the
eastern Ionian Sea: one of the lest central Mediterranean stocks
is vanishing. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the European
Cetacean Society. Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, 10-12 March 2008.
Conference
presentations and short papers
Bearzi
G. 1991. Cetaceans of the Mediterranean Sea: A multimedia
interactive program as a new way to educate visitors in dolphinaria.
9th Symposium of the European Association for Aquatic Mammals. Riccione,
Italy, 15-19 March, 1991.
Notarbartolo
di Sciara G., Bearzi G., Bonomi L. 1991. Bottlenose
dolphins off Croatia: Photoidentification and behavioral observations.
9th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Chicago,
Illinois, 5-9 December 1991.
Notarbartolo
di Sciara G., Bearzi G. 1992. Cetaceans in the northern
Adriatic Sea: past, present, and future. Rapports de la Commission
Intérnationale de la Mer Méditerranée 33:303.
Bearzi
G., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Politi E., Lauriano G.
1993. Social ecology and behavior of bottlenose dolphins
in the waters adjacent to the island of Losinj (Croatia). 10th
Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Galveston,
Texas, 12-15 November 1993.
Notarbartolo
di Sciara G., Bearzi G. 1993. Cetaceans in the northern
Adriatic Sea: past, present and future. Proceedings of the 4th Congress
of Croatian Biologists. Croatian Biological Society, Zagreb. Pp.
86-87.
Bearzi
G., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Politi E., Lauriano G.
1994. Ecology and behaviour of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus) near the islands of Losinj and Cres (Croatia).
Pp. 399-400 in the Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of Croatian
Biologists, Pula, Croatia, 3-7 October 1994.
Notarbartolo
di Sciara G. Holcer D., Bearzi G. 1994. Past and
present status of cetaceans in the northern and central Adriatic
Sea. Proceedings of the 5th Congress of Croatian Biologists. Croatian
Biological Society, Zagreb. Pp. 401-402.
Bearzi
G., Politi E., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 1997. Il comportamento
diurno del tursiope nel Quarnerolo (Adriatico Settentrionale).
III National Meeting on Cetaceans, Napoli, Italy, 5-6 December
1997.
Fortuna
C.M., Bearzi G., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 1997.
Analisi dei modelli respiratori di tursiopi (Tursiops truncatus,
Montagu, 1821) in Adriatico settentrionale. III National Meeting
on Cetaceans, Napoli, Italy, 5-6 December 1997.
Fossi
M.C., Marsili L., Neri G., Casini S., Bearzi G.,
Politi E., Zanardelli M., Panigada S. 1999. Use of Mediterranean
cetaceans skin biopsies in the investigation of interspecies susceptibility
to xenobiotic contaminants. PRIMO 10, Williamsburg, VA, 25-29 April
1999.
Marsili
L., Fossi M.C., Neri G., Casini S., Bearzi G., Airoldi
S., Panigada S. 1999. Colture cellulari di fibroblasti da biopsie
cutanee di cetacei de Mar Mediterraneo. IV National Meeting on Cetaceans,
Milano, Italy, 11-12 November 1999.
Marsili
L., Fossi M.C., Neri G., Casini S., Bearzi G., Politi
E., Zanardelli M., Panigada S. 1999. Skin biopsies for cell cultures
from Mediterranean free-ranging cetaceans. PRIMO 10, Williamsburg,
VA, 25-29 April 1999.
Marsili
L., Fossi M.C., Neri G., Gardi C., Palmeri S., Tarquini E., Panigada
S., Zanardelli M., Politi E., Bearzi G. 1999. Skin
biopsies for cell cultures from free-ranging cetaceans of the Mediterranean
Sea. 9th Annual Meeting of SETAC-Europe. Leipzig, Germany, 25-29
May 1999.
Bearzi
G. 2001. What threatens coastal dolphin populations in
the Mediterranean Sea? Insight from interdisciplinary research
in key areas. Proceedings of Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation
Annual meeting. 10 pp. White Point, Nova Scotia, Canada, 30 May
- 2 June 2000.
Bearzi
G. 2003. Delfini costieri del Mediterraneo: le possibili
ragioni di un declino. Proceedings of the 4th Italian Teriological
Conference. Riccione, Italy, 6-8 November 2003. Hystrix, Italian
Journal of Mammalogy (Special Issue) 14(1):80-81.
Bearzi
G. 2004. Investigating food-web interactions between Mediterranean
cetaceans and fisheries in "natural laboratories". CIESM
Research Workshop "Understanding the Role of Cetaceans in
the Marine Ecosystem". Venice, Italy, 28-31 January 2004.
Bearzi
G., Bruno S., Politi E., Costa M., Gramolini R., Pierantonio
N., Bastianini M. 2005. Distribuzione del tursiope in Adriatico
settentrionale in rapporto alle caratteristiche geografiche e batimetriche
del bacino: primi risultati. 36th Conference of the Italian Society
for Marine Biology (SIBM), Trieste, Italy, 9-13 May 2005.
Bearzi
G.,
Costa M. 2005. Population status of common bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus) in the central Mediterranean: insight
from studies in the northern Adriatic and eastern Ionian Seas.
Workshop "How can science best inform managers: the role
of field studies in the conservation management of European bottlenose
dolphin populations", 19th Annual Conference of the European
Cetacean Society. La Rochelle, France, 7 April 2005.
Bearzi
G., Reeves R.R. 2005. Where did the Mediterranean’s
common dolphin go? Ecologia Mediterranea 30(2):111-112.
Bearzi
G., Politi E., Azzellino A., Costa M., Pierantonio N.,
Bastianini M. 2006. Distribuzione del tursiope in rapporto alle
caratteristiche del bacino. Workshop intermedio progetto INTERREG
III Italia-Slovenia per l’Adriatico Settentrionale. 31 gennaio
2006. ISMAR Venezia.
Bearzi
G.,
Politi E., Costa M., Azzellino A., Bastianini M. 2006. Dolphins
in the northern Adriatic Sea: historical data and present occurrence.
Conference “Cetaceans, sea turtles and sharks of the Adriatic
Sea”, 26– 28 October 2006, Cattolica, Italy.
Bearzi
G., Politi E., Azzellino A., Costa M., Bastianini M. 2007.
Delfini dell’Adriatico settentrionale: dati storici e presenza
attuale. Conference “L’Alto Adriatico: il mare unisce
i paesi che separa”,
12-13 April 2007, Venice, Italy.
Bearzi
G. 2007. Science-based management of coastal dolphins in the eastern
Ionian Sea. 8th Meeting of Focal Points for Specially Protected Areas
(SPAs). Palermo, Italy, 6-9 June 2007.
Bearzi
G. 2007. Science-based management of Mediterranean coastal
dolphins. Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation Annual Meeting.
Morro Bay, California, 30 November - 4 December 2007.
Selected
popular literature
Bearzi
G. 1992. L'arte della pesca. Pp. 123-153 in G. Notarbartolo
di Sciara, ed. Le Ricchezze del Mare. Nuova ERI Edizioni RAI, Torino.
156 pp.
Bearzi
G. 1994. Dolphins of the Cres-Losinj Archipelago. An illustrated
educational book for children. Published by the Tethys Research
Institute and Europe Conservation in Croatian, Italian, German
and French. 29 pp.
Bearzi
G. 2000. I nostri amici delfini. An illustrated educational
book for children. Published by the Tethys Research Institute.
32 pp.
Bearzi
G. 2003.
At home with the dolphins. Pp. 104-109 in T. Frohoff and
B. Peterson, eds. Between Species: Celebrating the Dolphin-Human
Bond. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco. (217 Kb)
Bearzi
G., Reeves R.R. 2003. Where did the Mediterranean's
common dolphin go? WDCS Magazine 28:16-17. (560 Kb)
Bearzi
G. 2005.
Conservation Plan for short-beaked common dolphins in the
Mediterranean Sea. Fins 1(2):7-8. (596 Kb)
Bearzi
G. 2007.
Our friends the dolphins. An illustrated educational book for
children. Online version in several languages.
Several
articles in magazines and newsletters (unlisted).
Miscellaneous
Bearzi
G. 1989. Contributo alle conoscenze sulla biologia di Tursiops
truncatus (Montagu, 1821) nel mare Adriatico settentrionale.
Degree in Biological Sciences thesis, University of Padua, Italy.
172 pp.
Bearzi
G. 1991. Il tursiope del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale
di Pordenone. Pp. 97-100 in Anonymous, ed. Il museo spettacolo.
ANMS, Museo delle Scienze di Pordenone.
Bearzi
G., Jahoda M. 1996. Translation from English to Italian
of the book Among whales: Payne, R. La vita segreta delle balene.
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milano. 427 pp.
Bearzi
G. 2001. Book review. The bottlenose dolphin: biology
and conservation. J.E. Reynolds, R.S. Wells and S.D. Eide, eds.
University of Florida Press, Gainseville, FL. 2000. 288 pp. Marine
Mammal Science 17(3):670-671. (754 Kb)
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.
Bearzi
G., Politi E., Costa M., Tonini D., Bastianini M. 2004.
Campagna di monitoraggio sui cetacei dell’Adriatico settentrionale.
Poster presented at the "14ma Settimana della Cultura Scientifica
e Tecnologica". Venice, Italy, 22-28 March 2004.
Bearzi
G., Stergiou K.I. 2004. Investigating shifts in the
Mediterranean ecosystem: the case of short-beaked common dolphins
and striped dolphins. Box. CIESM Workshop Monographs 25:17. (112
Kb)
Aguilar
A., Bearzi G., Birkun A. Jr., Canadas A., Donovan
G., Frantzis A., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Reeves R.R. 2005. Proposal
for a block Red List assessment of cetaceans in the ACCOBAMS Area.
3rd Meeting of the ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee. Cairo, Egypt, 15-17
May, 2005. 3 pp.
Notarbartolo
di Sciara G., Bearzi G. (Ongoing). Cetacean taxonomy and common
names (Italian and English). An regularly-updated online consultancy
tool.
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