Long-term photo-identification study of fin whales in the Pelagos Sanctuary (NW Mediterranean) as a baseline for targeted conservation and mitigation measures

• Published in: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
• Main Authors: Zanardelli, Margherita, Airoldi, Sabina, Bérubé, Martine, Borsani, J. Fabrizio, Di-Meglio, Nathalie, Gannier, Alexandre, Hammond, Philip S., Jahoda, Maddalena, Lauriano, Giancarlo, Notarbartolo di Sciara, Giuseppe, Panigada, Simone
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Abundance estimate; Conservation management plans (CMP); Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus; Important Marine Mammal Areas; Mark–recapture; Mediterranean Sea; Particularly Sensitive Sea Area; Photo-identification; Survival rate; GC Oceanography; QH301 Biology; Aquatic Science; Ecology; Nature and Landscape Conservation; NDAS; SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities; SDG 14 - Life Below Water; NIS; AC; GC; QH301; Gemini; Balaenoptera physalus; Fin whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/28060; https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3865

Authors thank Pierre Beaubrun (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Christophe Guinet (Centre d’Études Biologiques de Chizé), Jonathan Gordon and the International Fund for Animal Welfare, Jean Michel Bompar (Groupe d’Etude des Cétacés de Méditerranée), and Portofino 82 for providing photographic data...