Cetacean strandings and diet analyses in the North Aegean Sea (Greece)
Cetacean stranding reports in the North Aegean Sea were recorded since 1998 from Strimonikos Gulf in Chalkidiki up to Alexandroupoli on the Turkish border and in a few northern Aegean islands. On site, the specimens were examined to identify species, gender, approximate age and, when possible, cause...
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ftunivmalta:oai:www.um.edu.mt:123456789/43862 2023-05-15T17:59:13+02:00 Cetacean strandings and diet analyses in the North Aegean Sea (Greece) Milani, Cristina Vella, Adriana Vidoris, Pavlos Christidis, Aristidis Kallianiotis, Argyris Koutrakis, Emanouil 2017 https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/43862 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315417000339 en eng Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Milani, C. B., Vella, A., Vidoris, P., Christidis, A., Koutrakis, E., Frantzis, A., . & Kallianiotis, A. (2017). Cetacean stranding and diet analyses in the North Aegean Sea (Greece). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 98(5), 1011-1028. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/43862 doi:10.1017/S0025315417000339 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder Cetacea -- Greece Cetacea -- North Aegean Sea Common dolphin Risso's dolphin Harbor porpoise -- Greece -- Geographical distribution Striped dolphin -- Greece Bottlenose dolphin -- Greece article 2017 ftunivmalta https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315417000339 2022-04-13T17:07:08Z Cetacean stranding reports in the North Aegean Sea were recorded since 1998 from Strimonikos Gulf in Chalkidiki up to Alexandroupoli on the Turkish border and in a few northern Aegean islands. On site, the specimens were examined to identify species, gender, approximate age and, when possible, cause for stranding. A total of 26 filled stomachs of five cetacean species collected since 2002 were analysed: bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus (N ¼ 8), common dolphins Delphinus delphis (N ¼ 8), harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena (N ¼ 5), striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba (N ¼ 4) and Risso’s dolphins Grampus griseus (N ¼ 1). From the analysed stomachs it was found that the bottlenose dolphins fed mainly on snake blenny Ophidion barbatum (34%), bogue Boops boops (22%) and round sardinella Sardinella aurita (13%); common dolphins on round sardinella (17%), picarels Spicara spp. (10%) and Cocco’s lantern fish Lobianchia gemellaris (9%); harbour porpoises on Gobidae (four-spotted goby Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus 41% and black goby Gobius niger 37%) and round sardinella (7%); striped dolphins on Myctophydae (Madeira lantern fish Ceratoscopelus maderensis 51%), and on Pfeffer’s enople squid Abraliopsis morisii (10%) and bogue (8%); and Risso’s dolphin exclusively on Teuthidae (31%), the umbrella squid Histioteuthis bonellii (30%) and the reverse jewel squid H. reversa (14%). The present work represents the first attempt to investigate the diet up to species level for several cetaceans in Greek waters and for harbour porpoises stranded in the Mediterranean Sea. peer-reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Phocoena phocoena University of Malta: OAR@UM Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 98 5 1011 1028 |
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Cetacea -- Greece Cetacea -- North Aegean Sea Common dolphin Risso's dolphin Harbor porpoise -- Greece -- Geographical distribution Striped dolphin -- Greece Bottlenose dolphin -- Greece Milani, Cristina Vella, Adriana Vidoris, Pavlos Christidis, Aristidis Kallianiotis, Argyris Koutrakis, Emanouil Cetacean strandings and diet analyses in the North Aegean Sea (Greece) |
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Cetacean stranding reports in the North Aegean Sea were recorded since 1998 from Strimonikos Gulf in Chalkidiki up to Alexandroupoli on the Turkish border and in a few northern Aegean islands. On site, the specimens were examined to identify species, gender, approximate age and, when possible, cause for stranding. A total of 26 filled stomachs of five cetacean species collected since 2002 were analysed: bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus (N ¼ 8), common dolphins Delphinus delphis (N ¼ 8), harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena (N ¼ 5), striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba (N ¼ 4) and Risso’s dolphins Grampus griseus (N ¼ 1). From the analysed stomachs it was found that the bottlenose dolphins fed mainly on snake blenny Ophidion barbatum (34%), bogue Boops boops (22%) and round sardinella Sardinella aurita (13%); common dolphins on round sardinella (17%), picarels Spicara spp. (10%) and Cocco’s lantern fish Lobianchia gemellaris (9%); harbour porpoises on Gobidae (four-spotted goby Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus 41% and black goby Gobius niger 37%) and round sardinella (7%); striped dolphins on Myctophydae (Madeira lantern fish Ceratoscopelus maderensis 51%), and on Pfeffer’s enople squid Abraliopsis morisii (10%) and bogue (8%); and Risso’s dolphin exclusively on Teuthidae (31%), the umbrella squid Histioteuthis bonellii (30%) and the reverse jewel squid H. reversa (14%). The present work represents the first attempt to investigate the diet up to species level for several cetaceans in Greek waters and for harbour porpoises stranded in the Mediterranean Sea. peer-reviewed |
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Milani, Cristina Vella, Adriana Vidoris, Pavlos Christidis, Aristidis Kallianiotis, Argyris Koutrakis, Emanouil |
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Milani, Cristina Vella, Adriana Vidoris, Pavlos Christidis, Aristidis Kallianiotis, Argyris Koutrakis, Emanouil |
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Cetacean strandings and diet analyses in the North Aegean Sea (Greece) |
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Cetacean strandings and diet analyses in the North Aegean Sea (Greece) |
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Cetacean strandings and diet analyses in the North Aegean Sea (Greece) |
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Cetacean strandings and diet analyses in the North Aegean Sea (Greece) |
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Cetacean strandings and diet analyses in the North Aegean Sea (Greece) |
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cetacean strandings and diet analyses in the north aegean sea (greece) |
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Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
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Milani, C. B., Vella, A., Vidoris, P., Christidis, A., Koutrakis, E., Frantzis, A., . & Kallianiotis, A. (2017). Cetacean stranding and diet analyses in the North Aegean Sea (Greece). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 98(5), 1011-1028. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/43862 doi:10.1017/S0025315417000339 |
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