Research project data
Research subject/title:
ISCHIA DOLPHIN PROJECT
Project coordinator / institution in charge:
Barbara Mussi / Delphis mdc
ACCOBAMS Priority number (VIEW):
4
Project description:
The main objectives of this project are:
1) assess the degree of residency of cetaceans in the study area
2) study habitat use and distribution;
3) examine the general cetaceans’ behaviour;
4) estimate the impact on animals of both fishery operations and recreational vessel traffic;
5) examine the social structure of the population and assess the production of calves;
6) estimate the population size;
7) study the acoustic repertoire.
As well as the scientific aim of the research, the project works for the conservation of cetaceans on other levels:
1) promote a series of educational activities willing to make more and more people aware of the reality "dolphins", their problems and the ones of their habitat;
2) deliver any result to the local and international authorities, as well as to the environmentalist organizations;
3) protect and conserve the area.
Species:
- Tursiops truncatus
- Stenella coeruleoalba
- Physeter macrocephalus
- Hyperoodon ampullatus
- Globicephala melas
- Delphinus delphis
- Balaenoptera physalus
Study area:
South Eastern Thyrrhenian Sea
Geographic Area:
ACCOBAMS subregion:
Year beginning: 1991Year end: 0000
Ongoing project:
YesMain research platform/facility:
Principal investigator:
Barbara Mussi
Investigator email:
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Project team:
Andrea Borghi, Monica Mariani, Angelo Miragliuolo, Daniela S. Pace, Salvatore Ponte, Marco Venier
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