VIANO , Gianni

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is one of the Mediterranean cetaceans listed in the Annex II of Habitat Directive. The main objective is the creation of a virtual corridor for monitoring and surveillance of the transient and resident bottlenose dolphins. Concrete conservation actions take place in the Portofino MPA (Italy). We show the...

The ARION project aim is to protect dolphins and boats, while preserving human activities, mainly preventing collisions. To achieve this goal it is necessary to track both and to signal the presence of the dolphins to possibly any subject operating in the protected area. Two buoys with four hydrophones each, installed in Santa...

Within the framework of the EU Life+ project named LIFE09 NAT/IT/000190 ARION, a permanent automated real-Time passive acoustic monitoring system for the improvement of the conservation status of the transient and resident population of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) has been implemented and installed in the Portofino Marine Protected...