Assessing sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) movements within the western Mediterranean Sea through photo-identification
1. The Mediterranean sperm whale sub-population is considered ‘Endangered’ by both ACCOBAMS and the IUCN. Conservation policies require protected species populations to be monitored, but the distribution and movements of sperm whales across the Mediterranean Sea are still poorly understood. 2. To pr...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/99752 2024-02-11T10:06:17+01:00 Assessing sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) movements within the western Mediterranean Sea through photo-identification Carpinelli, Eva Gauffier, Pauline Verborgh, Philippe Airoldi, S. David, Léa Di-Meglio, M. Cañadas, Ana Frantzis, A. Rendell, L. Lewis, T. Mussi, B. Pace, D.S. de Stephanis, Renaud 2014 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/99752 https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2446 en eng John Wiley & Sons http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2446 Sí Aquatic Conservation - Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 24 Suppl. 1: 23-30 (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/99752 doi:10.1002/aqc.2446 open artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2014 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2446 2024-01-16T10:00:06Z 1. The Mediterranean sperm whale sub-population is considered ‘Endangered’ by both ACCOBAMS and the IUCN. Conservation policies require protected species populations to be monitored, but the distribution and movements of sperm whales across the Mediterranean Sea are still poorly understood. 2. To provide insight into sperm whale movements, the photo-identification catalogue from the Strait of Gibraltar was compared with seven other collections: (a) the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sperm Whale Catalogue (NAMSC), and with photo-identification catalogues from (b) the Alboran Sea, Spain, (c) the Balearic Islands, Spain, (d) the Corso-Provençal Basin, France, (e) the Western Ligurian Sea, Italy, (f) the Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy and (g) the Hellenic Trench, Greece. 3. Of 47 sperm whales identified in the Strait of Gibraltar between 1999 and 2011 a total of 15 animals (32%) were photographically recaptured in other sectors of the western Mediterranean Sea in different years. None of the Strait of Gibraltar sperm whales were resighted in Atlantic waters or in the eastern Mediterranean basin. 4. These results indicate long-range movements of the species throughout the whole western Mediterranean Sea, with a maximum straight-line distance of about 1600 km. The absence of any photographic recaptures between the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean supports the genetic evidence of an isolated sub-population within the Mediterranean Sea. 5. Long-term photo-identification efforts and data sharing between institutions should be further encouraged to provide basic information necessary for the implementation of effective sperm whale conservation measures in the whole basin. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 24 S1 23 30 |
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1. The Mediterranean sperm whale sub-population is considered ‘Endangered’ by both ACCOBAMS and the IUCN. Conservation policies require protected species populations to be monitored, but the distribution and movements of sperm whales across the Mediterranean Sea are still poorly understood. 2. To provide insight into sperm whale movements, the photo-identification catalogue from the Strait of Gibraltar was compared with seven other collections: (a) the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sperm Whale Catalogue (NAMSC), and with photo-identification catalogues from (b) the Alboran Sea, Spain, (c) the Balearic Islands, Spain, (d) the Corso-Provençal Basin, France, (e) the Western Ligurian Sea, Italy, (f) the Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy and (g) the Hellenic Trench, Greece. 3. Of 47 sperm whales identified in the Strait of Gibraltar between 1999 and 2011 a total of 15 animals (32%) were photographically recaptured in other sectors of the western Mediterranean Sea in different years. None of the Strait of Gibraltar sperm whales were resighted in Atlantic waters or in the eastern Mediterranean basin. 4. These results indicate long-range movements of the species throughout the whole western Mediterranean Sea, with a maximum straight-line distance of about 1600 km. The absence of any photographic recaptures between the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean supports the genetic evidence of an isolated sub-population within the Mediterranean Sea. 5. Long-term photo-identification efforts and data sharing between institutions should be further encouraged to provide basic information necessary for the implementation of effective sperm whale conservation measures in the whole basin. Peer reviewed |
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Carpinelli, Eva Gauffier, Pauline Verborgh, Philippe Airoldi, S. David, Léa Di-Meglio, M. Cañadas, Ana Frantzis, A. Rendell, L. Lewis, T. Mussi, B. Pace, D.S. de Stephanis, Renaud |
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Carpinelli, Eva Gauffier, Pauline Verborgh, Philippe Airoldi, S. David, Léa Di-Meglio, M. Cañadas, Ana Frantzis, A. Rendell, L. Lewis, T. Mussi, B. Pace, D.S. de Stephanis, Renaud Assessing sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) movements within the western Mediterranean Sea through photo-identification |
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Carpinelli, Eva Gauffier, Pauline Verborgh, Philippe Airoldi, S. David, Léa Di-Meglio, M. Cañadas, Ana Frantzis, A. Rendell, L. Lewis, T. Mussi, B. Pace, D.S. de Stephanis, Renaud |
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Assessing sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) movements within the western Mediterranean Sea through photo-identification |
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Assessing sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) movements within the western Mediterranean Sea through photo-identification |
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Assessing sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) movements within the western Mediterranean Sea through photo-identification |
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Assessing sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) movements within the western Mediterranean Sea through photo-identification |
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Assessing sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) movements within the western Mediterranean Sea through photo-identification |
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assessing sperm whale (physeter macrocephalus) movements within the western mediterranean sea through photo-identification |
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