Habitat preferences among three top predators inhabiting a degraded ecosystem, the Black Sea

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Sánchez-Cabanes, Alicia, Nimak-Wood, Maja, Harris, Nicola, de Stephanis, Renaud
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2017
• Subjects: Black Sea; bottlenose dolphin; common dolphin; GAM; habitat preferences; harbour porpoise; niche segregation; spatial modelling; delfín común; delfín mular; mar Negro; marsopa; modelos espaciales de distribución; preferencias de hábitat; segregación de nicho; Delfín; Gam; Hora; Harbour porpoise; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1715; https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04493.07A

This study investigated whether there is evidence of widespread niche partitioning based on environmental factors in the Black Sea and tested the hypothesis that physiographic factors may be employed as predictors. It addresses poorly researched areas with good habitat potential for the only three c...