Mediterranean Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation

446 Pages·2016·23.671 MB·English

by  Giuseppe Notarbartolo Di Sciara, Michela Podest`and Barbara E. Curry (Eds.)

ADVANCES IN MARINE BIOLOGY
Series Editor
BARBARA E. CURRY
Physiological Ecology and Bioenergetics Laboratory
Conservation Biology Program
University of Central Florida, Orlando FL 32816, USA
Editors Emeritus
LEE A. FUIMAN
University of Texas at Austin
CRAIG M. YOUNG
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
Advisory Editorial Board
ANDREW J. GOODAY
Southampton Oceanography Centre
SANDRA E. SHUMWAY
University of Connecticut
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CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME 75
S.Airoldi
TethysResearchInstitute,Milano,Italy
D.Alarco´n
CIRCE(Conservation,InformationandResearchonCetaceans),Pelayo-Algeciras,Ca´diz,
Spain
A.Azzellino
PolitecnicodiMilano,UniversityofTechnology;TethysResearchInstitute,Milano,Italy
G.Bearzi
DolphinBiologyandConservation,Oria,Italy;OceanCare,W€adenswil,Switzerland;Texas
A&MUniversityatGalveston,Galveston,TX,UnitedStates
S.Bonizzoni
DolphinBiologyandConservation,Oria,Italy;OceanCare,W€adenswil,Switzerland;Texas
A&MUniversityatGalveston,Galveston,TX,UnitedStates
A.Can˜adas
ALNILAMResearchandConservation,Navacerrada,Madrid,Spain
M.Castellote
NationalMarineMammalLaboratory,AlaskaFisheriesScienceCenter/NOAA,Seattle,
WA,UnitedStates
R.deStephanis
CIRCE(Conservation,InformationandResearchonCetaceans),Pelayo-Algeciras,Ca´diz,
Spain
J.-N.Druon
EuropeanCommission,DGJointResearchCentre,DirectorateD—SustainableResources,
UnitD.02WaterandMarineResources,Ispra,Italy
L.Eddy
DolphinBiologyandConservation,Oria,Italy;OceanCare,W€adenswil,Switzerland
M.Elasar
SchoolofMarineSciences,UniversityofHaifa;IsraelMarineMammalResearch&
AssistanceCenter(IMMRAC),Haifa,Israel
R.Esteban
CIRCE(Conservation,InformationandResearchonCetaceans),Pelayo-Algeciras,Ca´diz,
Spain
M.C.Fontaine
GroningenInstituteforEvolutionaryLifeSciences(GELIFES),UniversityofGroningen,
Groningen,TheNetherlands
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vi ContributorsToVolume75
A.D.Foote
CMPG,InstituteofEcologyandEvolution,UniversityofBern,Bern,Switzerland
M.C.Fossi
UniversityofSiena,Siena,Italy
A.Frantzis
PelagosCetaceanResearchInstitute,Vouliagmeni,Greece
N.B.Furey
DolphinBiologyandConservation,Oria,Italy;UniversityofBritishColumbia,Vancouver,
BC,Canada
S.Gaspari
NationalResearchCouncil(CNR),InstituteofMarineSciences(ISMAR),Ancona,Italy
P.Gauffier
CIRCE(Conservation,InformationandResearchonCetaceans),Pelayo-Algeciras,Ca´diz,
Spain
O.Gimenez
Centred’EcologieFonctionnelleetEvolutive,Montpellier,France
J.Gim(cid:2)enez
CIRCE(Conservation,InformationandResearchonCetaceans),Pelayo-Algeciras,Ca´diz;
Estacio´nBiolo´gicadeDon˜ana(EBD-CSIC),Sevilla,Spain
O.Goffman
SchoolofMarineSciences,UniversityofHaifa;IsraelMarineMammalResearch&
AssistanceCenter(IMMRAC),Haifa,Israel
J.Gonzalvo
TethysResearchInstitute,Milan,Italy
N.Hadar
IsraelMarineMammalResearch&AssistanceCenter(IMMRAC),Haifa,Israel
P.S.Hammond
SeaMammalResearchUnit,GattyMarineLaboratory,UniversityofStAndrews,Fife,
Scotland,UnitedKingdom
D.Kerem
SchoolofMarineSciences,UniversityofHaifa;IsraelMarineMammalResearch&
AssistanceCenter(IMMRAC),Haifa,Israel
S.Kotomatas
WWFGreece,Athens,Greece
C.Lanfredi
PolitecnicodiMilano,UniversityofTechnology;TethysResearchInstitute,Milano,Italy
G.Lauriano
InstituteforEnvironmentalProtectionandResearch(ISPRA),Roma,Italy
T.Lewis
NorthAtlantic&MediterraneanSpermWhaleCatalogue(NAMSC),London,
UnitedKingdom
ContributorsToVolume75 vii
L.Marsili
UniversityofSiena,Siena,Italy
A.Moulins
CIMAResearchFoundation,Savona,Italy
A.Natoli
UAEDolphinProject,Dubai,UnitedArabEmirates
G.NotarbartolodiSciara
TethysResearchInstitute,AcquarioCivico,Milano,Italy
S.Panigada
TethysResearchInstitute,AcquarioCivico,Milano,Italy
M.Podestà
MuseumofNaturalHistoryofMilan,Milano,Italy
L.Rendell
SeaMammalResearchUnit,UniversityofStAndrews,StAndrews,Fife,UnitedKingdom
M.Rosso
CIMAResearchFoundation,Savona,Italy
J.M.Salazar-Sierra
CIRCE(Conservation,InformationandResearchonCetaceans),Pelayo-Algeciras,Ca´diz,
Spain
N.L.Santostasi
DolphinBiologyandConservation,Oria,Italy;Centred’EcologieFonctionnelleet
Evolutive,Montpellier,France
A.Scheinin
SchoolofMarineSciences,UniversityofHaifa;IsraelMarineMammalResearch&
AssistanceCenter(IMMRAC),Haifa,Israel
T.Scovazzi
Dipartimentogiuridicodelleistituzioninazionaliedeuropee,UniversitàdegliStudidi
Milano-Bicocca,Milan,Italy
P.Tepsich
CIMAResearchFoundation,Savona;UniversityofGenoa,Genoa,Italy
V.D.Valavanis
MarineGeographicInformationSystemsLab,HellenicCentreforMarineResearch,
Heraklion,Greece
P.Verborgh
CIRCE(Conservation,InformationandResearchonCetaceans),Pelayo-Algeciras,Ca´diz,
Spain
K.A.Viaud-Martinez
Illumina,Inc.,SanDiego,CA,UnitedStates
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