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Avvistamenti stagionali di Balaenoptera physalus nelle Bocche di Bonifacio (Santuario Pelagos) = Seasonal sightings of Balaenoptera physalus in the Bonifacio Strait (Pelagos Sanctuary)
Arcangeli, A.; Campana, I.; Carcassi, S.; Casella, E.; Cracas, F.; Fabiano, F.F.; Ottaviani, D.; Manca Zeichen, M.; Addis, A.; Crosti, R. (2013). Avvistamenti stagionali di Balaenoptera physalus nelle Bocche di Bonifacio (Santuario Pelagos) = Seasonal sightings of Balaenoptera physalus in the Bonifacio Strait (Pelagos Sanctuary). Biol. Mar. Medit. 20(1): 252-253
In: Biologia Marina Mediterranea. Società Italiana di Biologia Marina: Genova. ISSN 1123-4245, more
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Keywords
    Distribution
    Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
    MED, Bonifacio Strait [Marine Regions]
Author keywords
    fin whale, Bonifacio Strait, Pelagos Sanctuary, wintering groun

Authors  Top | Dataset 
  • Arcangeli, A.
  • Campana, I.
  • Carcassi, S.
  • Casella, E.
  • Cracas, F.
  • Fabiano, F.F.
  • Ottaviani, D.
  • Manca Zeichen, M.
  • Addis, A.
  • Crosti, R.

Abstract
    A cetacean systematic monitoring programme crossing the Bonifacio Strait started in June 2012. Surveys are conducted regularly 2/4 time a month yearly round using ferry as platform of observation. Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) were detected each month, with differences on sighting distribution across seasons. Preliminary results showed that encounter rate is higher in winter (0.203 sigthing/km) compared to summer (0.039 sigthings/km) with most of the sightings distributed inside the area of the Strait.

Dataset
  • CET_FLT_CBAR_14-18: Presence of cetacean species collected through Fixed-Line-Transect monitoring across the Western Mediterranean Sea (Civitavecchia-Barcelona route) between 2014 and 2018, more

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