Northern Black Sea. Surface of coastal waters off Crimean peninsula.

Cetacean abundance

The data were collected on occasion. Sightings of cetaceans: harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena relicta), common dolphins (Delphinus delphis ponticus) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus ponticus). On sailing yachts and coastal stations of observation.

Birkun A.A., Jr., Krivokhizhin S.V. (2001) Contemporary state of marine mammal populations in the Black and Azov Seas: National Report. Pp. 27-37 in: A.A. Birkun, Jr. et al. (Eds.), Marine mammals in the waters of Ukraine (Proc. Workshop on the research and conservation of Black Sea cetaceans and needs assessment for the accession of Ukraine to ACCOBAMS, Kiev, Ukraine, 30 March 2001). Andriivsky Publ. Center, Kiev, 44 p. (in Ukrainian)., ; Birkun A.A., Jr., Krivokhizhin S.V. (2000) Distribution of cetaceans and trends in their abundance off the coasts of the Crimea. Pp. 23-27 in: Proc. Internat. Conf. «Marine Mammals of Holarctic», Arkhangelsk, Russia, 21-23 September 2000. Pravda Severa, Arkhangelsk, 464 p. (in Russian).,

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