Kerch Strait. Surface of the sea along the ferry route.

Cetacean abundance

Distribution of small cetaceans in the northern part of the Black Sea: Cetacean sightings in the Kerch Strait in 1997. Sightings of cetaceans: harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena relicta) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus ponticus). On ferryboats “Kerchensky-1”, “Kerchensky-2” and “Yeysk”.

Birkun A., Jr. (2002) Cetacean habitat loss and degradation in the Black Sea. In: Cetaceans of the Mediterranean and Black Seas: state of knowledge and conservation strategies. A report to the ACCOBAMS Secretariat (Ed. by G. Notarbartolo di Sciara). Monaco, Section 8, 19 p., ; 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., Jr., Krivokhizhin S. (1998) Distribution of small cetaceans in the north part of the Black Sea: Cetacean strandings on Black Sea coast of the Crimea in 1989-1996 and cetacean sightings in the Kerch Strait in 1997: Report to CIESM. BREMA Laboratory, Simferopol, 67 p.,

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