Research project data
Research subject/title:
Creation of a Unit to perform Necropsies on Large Cetacean of the Italian Waters
Project coordinator / institution in charge:
Dept. Public Health, Comparative Pathology and Veterinary Hygiene, University of Padua
ACCOBAMS Priority number (VIEW):
4
Project description:
The project is funded by the Italian Ministry of the Environment and its aim is to create a well equipped unit able to perform postmortem examinations on large cetaceans in order to assess the incidence of ships strikes in the Italian waters.
Species:
- Physeter macrocephalus
- Balaenoptera physalus
Study area:
Italian waters.
Geographic Area:
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- southern Adriatic
- northern Adriatic
- Ligurian Sea
- central Adriatic
- Adriatic Sea
ACCOBAMS subregion:
Year beginning: 2006Year end: 2007
Ongoing project:
NoMain research platform/facility:
Principal investigator:
Sandro Mazzariol
Investigator email:
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Project team:
Bruno Cozzi
Simone Panigada
Michela PodestÃ
Federica Marcer
Camilla Butti
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