Portofino MPA (Italy), instituted in 1999, is a SPAMI site since 2005. It is also a zone with a considerable population of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), one of the Mediterranean cetaceans listed as "vulnerable" in IUCN Red List, which is an important fraction of the north-Western Mediterranean population. The MPA is also a zone with...
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2014 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: April 14, 2023
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2019 (v1)Publication
This study investigates the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus, Montagu 1821) habitat use in the Portofino marine protected area (NW Italy) and adjacent waters, a core area for the dolphins and a highly touristic area in the Mediterranean Sea. A permanent automated real-time passive acoustic monitoring system, able to detect and track...
Uploaded on: April 14, 2023