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Cetacean boat survey in the northwestern shelf area of the Black Sea in 2004
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
General | |
Data holding centre | Flanders Marine Institute |
Country | Belgium |
Time period | September 2004 |
Ongoing | No |
Geographical area | Northwestern shelf area of the Black Sea. Marine environment sampled - surface of the sea along three tracklines designed within the Exclusive Economic Zone of Ukraine in the northwestern Black Sea |
Observations | |
Parameters | Cetacean abundance |
Description | |
Summary | Sightings of cetaceans: harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena relicta), common dolphins (Delphinus delphis ponticus) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus ponticus). Project: Distribution, abundance and photo-identification of cetaceans in the northwestern shelf waters of the Black Sea (Afalina-2004). The project was implemented by the Brema Laboratory in collaboration with the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Science (Moscow) and with financial support from the Utrishsky Dolphinarium Ltd (Moscow). The preparation of survey was ensured in cooperation with L. Mukhametov. The observations of cetaceans have been conducted with assistance from O. Shpak, E. Nazarenko, A. Stanenis, E. Birkun and A. Zanin. On vessel: cruising yacht "Peter the Great" |
Originators | BREMA Laboratory |
References | Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Birkun A., Jr. (2010) Conserving whales, dolphins and porpoises in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: an ACCOBAMS status report, 2010. ACCOBAMS, Monaco. 212 p., ; Krivokhizhin S.V. (2009) State of cetacean populations in the waters of Ukraine. PhD thesis, Institute of Biology of Southern Seas, Sevastopol, Ukraine. 228 p. (In Russian)., ; Birkun A., Jr (2006) Cetaceans (Cetacea). Pp. 314-332 in: Y.P. Zaitsev et al. (Eds.), The North-Western Black Sea: Biology and Ecology. Naukova Dumka, Kiev, 703 p. (In Russian)., Y.P. Zaitsev et al. |
Data web site | http://bio.emodnet.eu/ |
Availability | |
Organisation | Flanders Marine Institute |
Availability | Unrestricted |
Contact | Leen Vandepitte |
Address | Flanders Marine Institute |
Telephone | +32 59 34 21 30 |
Facsimile | +32 59 34 21 31 |
info@vliz.be | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, NAS of Ukraine |
Local identifier | IBSS13 |
Global identifier | 5766 |
Last revised | 2011-07-27 |