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Giovanni Bearzi (born in Venice, Italy, in 1963) holds a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Basel, Switzerland, with a thesis on Mediterranean coastal dolphins. He has been carrying out and coordinating dolphin research projects since 1986, particularly in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. He founded and directed for a decade a dolphin research and conservation programme in Croatia, which 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 strives to integrate his interests, including design, computer media, science and ethics, into new ways of communicating concern for the ongoing loss of marine biodiversity. 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. He is founder and coordinator of the Cetacean Alliance, a not-for-profit international network of non-governmental organisations committed to preserving marine biodiversity and reducing human impact on cetacean populations. In 2001 he was awarded a Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship. Giovanni spends about half of his time at dolphin research stations situated along the Ionian Sea coast of Greece, and the other half in the area of Salento, Italy. |
Email: giovanni.bearzi#gmail.com .(replace # with @)
As conservation biologists, we often expect others to modify
their behaviors or quit a job based on evidence that it has
negative impacts on the environment. Nevertheless,
we are rarely willing to change our own habits, even when
we are fully aware of the detrimental effects of our actions.
- read on (Conservation Biology editorial, 2009)
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?
- read on (Conservation Biology editorial, 2007)
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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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Our Friends the Dolphins - An educational colouring booklet for children available in ten languages. | |
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DolphinPeople - A story featuring the dedication of Tethys researchers who study dolphins in Greece. The video highlights the importance of personal commitment to protect endangered marine mammal populations. | |
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Mediterranean Coastal Dolphins - A short video on the decline of coastal dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea. | |
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F:I:S:H:O - Recycled wood | |
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Tethys Research Institute: Official Site | Tethys News | Tethys Facebook | Collisioni.org |
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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
The ethics of scientific investigation
Present and recent positions
President and General manager, Tethys Research Institute (since 2000)
The Tethys Research Institute, founded in 1986, is a non-profit non-governmental organisation 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 organisations 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. Webmaster
1991 – date. Member of the Board of Directors
1987 - 1996. Founder and director, Adriatic Dolphin Project
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.
Cetacean Alliance is a not-for-profit network of non-governmental organisations 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 organisations 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.
MOm - Hellenic Society for the study and protection of the Mediterranean monk seal
RAC-SPA - UNEP’s Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas
ACCOBAMS - UNEP/CMS Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and contiguous Atlantic area
OceanCare
WDCS The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
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 - International Union for Conservation of Nature
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 most prestigious award in 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. I was awarded funding for a project titled "What threatens coastal dolphin populations in the Mediterranean Sea? Insight from interdisciplinary research in key areas".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 as the "Best European Project Overall". The international panel of judges included representatives of the Council of Europe, the Conservation Foundation, the United Nations Environment Programme and UNESCO. As the Adriatic Dolphin Project founder and director (1987-1996), I received the Grand Prix during the ceremony held in Budapest. The prize was entirely used to support conservation-oriented research on Mediterranean coastal dolphins.Others
The importance of the conservation activities carried out in the Adriatic Sea has been recognised 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 in Italian nature magazines and newspapers with journalistic titles such as "The Nobel Prize of the Sea awarded to a Venetian" (Il Gazzettino) and "Biologist of the Year" (Airone).
Editorial experience
I served as co-editor for Endangered Species Research (2008-2010), as guest associate editor for Conservation Biology and Marine Mammal Science, and as reviewer for the following scientific journals:
Animal Biology
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
Environmental Pollution
Ethology
Fishery Bulletin
ICES Journal of Marine Science
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 International Foundation for Science (IFS) and to the Earthwatch Institute.
I worked as art director, editor or co-editor of several newsletters on cetaceans. I am in the Editorial Board of FINS, the newsletter of ACCOBAMS.
Applied conservation efforts
In 1993 I co-authored a proposal for the creation of a marine reserve dedicated to dolphins around the islands of Losinj and Cres, in Croatia, based on data collected by Tethys. 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 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 largely 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 International Union for Conservation of Nature (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, The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and OceanCare, I 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.
On behalf of ACCOBAMS I 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 other conservation strategies targeting the Agreement area.
On behalf of UNEP’s Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA), I prepared a National Action Plan for the conservation of cetaceans in Libya (2004) and co-authored a National Action Plan for cetaceans in Syria (2008).
On behalf of the Italian Central Institute for Applied Marine Research (ICRAM) I co-authored a National Action Plan for the conservation of cetaceans in Italy (2001-2003), a 160-page document prepared for the Italian Ministry of the Environment.
Since 1987 I conducted extensive field research on cetaceans in the northern Adriatic Sea. This research provided 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 1996 I carried out research on short-beaked common dolphins and common bottlenose dolphinsin the Ionian Sea. I also conducted cetacean research in parts of the central and eastern Mediterranean Sea, as well as in extra-Mediterranean areas. The rationale of this work has been to investigate threats affecting cetaceans through a comparative approach.
I am experienced in the management and coordination of field projects. Since 1992, I trained hundreds of volunteers from several countries, who participated in research activities carried out in Italy, Croatia and Greece. In the context of capacity building actions promoted by ACCOBAMS, I trained researchers from Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Romania, Russia, Slovenia and Ukraine with the intent of facilitating 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. Approximately 10,000 people provided financial support to Tethys’ research and conservation activities by adopting a cetacean.
Communication technology
In the 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). In 1990 I was an Apple Computer Developer.
I can use software for graphic design and editing/postproduction software for digital video. 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)
Tethys Facebook (since 2008)
Cetacean Alliance (since 2007)
Mediterranean Conservation (since 2008, volunteer basis)
Collisioni.org (since 2009)
Hotel Ganimede (since 2009, volunteer basis)
ACCOBAMS web site and database (2003-2006).
Other relevant experience
Holder of an international nautical license and of a CMAS diving certificate (2nd degree).
Cetacean research methods including visual surveys, individual photo-identification, behavioural sampling, dissection techniques for stranded animals, preparation of biological samples for laboratory analyses. Use of equipment including "hand-held" computers for field data collection, digital cameras and camcorders, 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
2009 - date
Ecology, status and conservation of striped dolphins, short-beaked common dolphins and common bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece)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, Greece2008
Interactions between dolphins and fisheries in and around the Marine Protected Area of Porto Cesareo (southeast Italy)1987 - 2008
Ecology, status and conservation of cetaceans in the northern Adriatic Sea1999 - 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, Italy1990 - 1995
Common bottlenose dolphin ecology, behaviour and social organisation 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
Aina Pascual Cuadras. 2009. Distribution and habitat preferences of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece. MSc in Biodiversity, University of Barcelona, Spain.
Christina Geijer. 2009. Evaluation of group definitions in a population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), western Greece. MSc in Nature Conservation, University College London, U.K.
Zsuzsanna Pereszlényi. 2009. Feeding behaviour of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece. MSc in Biology, University of Pécs, Hungary.
Silvia Bonizzoni. 2008. The social organisation of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus around the island of Kalamos, Greece. Degree in Environmental Sciences, University of Venice, Italy.
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 organisation 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 meetings attended are listed below.
2010 - Invited speaker, Seminar "Twenty years of cetacean research in the Mediterranean: what for?", Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce (Italy)
2009 - Organiser and speaker, 1st Tethys Workshop 'Cetacean research and conservation in the Mediterranean Sea: 1986-2009', Milan (Italy)
2008 - Invited speaker, Workshop 'Fisheries and management of Marine Protected Areas', Porto Cesareo (Italy)
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' organised 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 - Organiser 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 organised 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', organised 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 - Organiser 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 organised by the Municipality of Vonitsa (Greece)
2004 - Invited lecturer, 'Coastal dolphins of the eastern Ionian Sea', event organised by the Municipality and Cultural Centre of Mytikas (Greece)
2004 - Organiser 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 International Union for Conservation of Nature (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', organised 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 - Organiser 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 - Organiser and lecturer, Seminar 'Methods for studying dolphins in the wild', Thetis Marine Technologies Conference Room, Venice (Italy)
1998 - Organiser 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.
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Scientific
publications
Selected
reports and action plans
Papers
included in the Proceedings of European Cetacean Society conferences
and workshops
Conference
presentations and short papers
Selected
popular literature
Miscellaneous
IUCN Red List assessments
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., 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., 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, Milano. (832 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)
Bearzi G., Azzellino A., Politi E., Costa M., Bastianini M. 2008. Influence of seasonal forcing on habitat use by bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the northern Adriatic Sea. Ocean Science Journal 43(4):175-182. (387 Kb)
Bearzi G., Fortuna C.M., Reeves R.R. 2008. Ecology and conservation of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in the Mediterranean Sea. Mammal Review 39(2):92-123. (307 Kb)
Bearzi G. 2009. When swordfish conservation biologists eat swordfish. Conservation Biology 23(1):1-2. (84 Kb)
Bearzi G. 2009. Practicing fisheries conservation biology within harvesting regimes. Reply to David W. Kerstetter. Conservation Biology 23(5):1073-1074. (136 Kb)
Bearzi G., Costa M., Politi E., Agazzi S., Pierantonio N., Tonini D., Bastianini M. 2009. Cetacean records and encounter rates in the northern Adriatic Sea during the years 1988-2007. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis 19(2):145-150. (601 Kb)
Bearzi G. In press. Delfini e pesca: interazioni trofiche e depredazione in aree marine costiere del Mediterraneo. Thalassia Salentina.
Piroddi C., Bearzi G., Christensen V. In review. Effects of local fisheries and ocean productivity on the northeastern Ionian Sea ecosystem. Ecological Modelling.
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. 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.
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.
Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Bearzi G. 2009. National Strategy and Action Plan for the conservation of cetaceans in Greece, 2010-2015. Initiative for the Conservation of Cetaceans in Greece, Athens. 55 pp.
Gonzalvo J., Bearzi G. 2010. Bottlenose dolphins in the Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece, qualify as Endangered based on IUCN Red List criteria. 4th Meeting of the ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee. Casablanca, 11-13 January 2010.
Gonzalvo J., Bearzi G. 2010. Vanishing of short-beaked common dolphins from one of their last Mediterranean strongholds: the announced result of fisheries mismanagement. 4th Meeting of the ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee. Casablanca, 11-13 January 2010.
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.
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.
Agazzi S., Bearzi G., Costa M., Bonizzoni S., Politi E. 2008. Abundance trend of short-beaked common dolphins in the eastern Ionian Sea: one of the last 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.
Gonzalvo J., Bearzi G., Agazzi S., Piroddi C. 2008. 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.
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.
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.
Bearzi G. 2008. Delfini e pesca in Mediterraneo: depredazione e interazioni trofiche in aree marine soggette a varie misure di tutela. Proceedings of the Workshop 'Pesca e gestione delle Aree Marine Protette'. Porto Cesareo (Lecce), Italy, 30-31 October 2008.
Pereszlényi Z., Bearzi G., Agazzi S., Gonzalvo J. 2009. Feeding behaviour of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece. Poster presented at the 5th "Ecology & Behaviour" Meeting, Lyon, France, 6-10 April 2009.
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. 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).
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.
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.
Bearzi G. 2003. Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis (Mediterranean subpopulation). In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41762>
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)
Bearzi G., Fortuna C.M., Reeves R.R. Submitted. Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Mediterranean subpopulation). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Updated regional assessment - Mediterranean Sea. IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, Malaga, Spain.
Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Frantzis A., Bearzi G., Reeves R.R. Submitted. Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus (Mediterranean subpopulation). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Updated regional assessment - Mediterranean Sea. IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, Malaga, Spain.
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Delphinus capensis (Long-beaked Common Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6337
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Delphinus delphis (Short-beaked Common Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6336
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Lagenodelphis hosei (Fraser's Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11140
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Lagenorhynchus acutus (Atlantic White-sided Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11141
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Lagenorhynchus albirostris (White-beaked Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11142
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Lagenorhynchus australis (Peale's Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11143
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Hourglass Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11144
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Pacific White-sided Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11145
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Lagenorhynchus obscurus (Dusky Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11146
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Lissodelphis borealis (Northern Right Whale Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12125
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Lissodelphis peronii (Southern Right Whale Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12126
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Phocoena dioptrica (Spectacled Porpoise). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41715
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Phocoena phocoena (Harbour Porpoise). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/17027
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister's Porpoise). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/17029
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Phocoenoides dalli (White-flanked Porpoise). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/17032
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Stenella attenuata (Pantropical Spotted Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20729
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Stenella clymene (Clymene Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20730
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20731
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Stenella frontalis (Atlantic Spotted Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20732
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Stenella longirostris (Spinner Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20733
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Steno bredanensis (Rough-toothed Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20738
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Tursiops aduncus (Indo-pacific Bottlenose Dolphin) . 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41714
Hammond P.S., Bearzi G., Bjørge A., Forney K., Karczmarski L., Kasuya T., Perrin W.F., Scott M.D., Wang J.Y., Wells R.S., Wilson B. (Assessors) 2008. Tursiops truncatus (Common Bottlenose Dolphin). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22563