Mediterranean Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation

Contributors to Volume 75

Series Contents for Last Fifteen Years*

Preface

Chapter One: Marine Mammals in the Mediterranean Sea: An Overview

• Abstract
• 1 The Mediterranean Sea as a Natural Environment for Marine Mammals
• 2 Species of Marine Mammals in the Mediterranean Sea
• 3 Distributional Patterns of Mediterranean Marine Mammals
• 4 Status of Mediterranean Marine Mammals and Threats
• 5 Conclusions
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Two: Mediterranean Sperm Whales, Physeter macrocephalus: The Precarious State of a Lost Tribe

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Is the Mediterranean Sperm Whale Special?
• 3 Making a Living in a Small and Oligotrophic Ocean
• 4 Population Structure Within the Mediterranean Sea: Is There More Than One Population?
• 5 How Many Sperm Whales Are There in the Mediterranean Sea?
• 6 What Is Threatening Sperm Whales in the Mediterranean?
• 7 Conclusions
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Three: Fin Whales, Balaenoptera physalus: At Home in a Changing Mediterranean Sea?

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Populations of Fin Whales in the Mediterranean Sea
• 3 The Mediterranean Sea as Fin Whale Habitat
• 4 Status and Threats
• 5 Recommendations
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Four: Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Ziphius cavirostris, Distribution and Occurrence in the Mediterranean Sea: High-Use Areas and Conservation Threats

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Strandings of Cuvier's Beaked Whales in the Mediterranean Region
• 3 Distribution, Abundance and Habitat Preferences of Cuvier's Beaked Whales in the Mediterranean Sea
• 4 Threats
• 5 Conclusion and Recommendations
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Five: Conservation Status of Killer Whales, Orcinus orca, in the Strait of Gibraltar

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Killer Whale Distribution
• 3 The Strait of Gibraltar Killer Whales
• 4 Ecology
• 5 Social Structure
• 6 Population Structure and Management Units
• 7 Demographic Parameters
• 8 Conservation Threats and Management Actions
• 9 Conservation Status
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Six: Conservation Status of Long-Finned Pilot Whales, Globicephala melas, in the Mediterranean Sea

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Distribution
• 3 Population Ecology
• 4 Social Structure
• 5 Ecology
• 6 Conservation Threats
• 7 Conservation Status
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Seven: Risso's Dolphin, Grampus griseus, in the Western Ligurian Sea: Trends in Population Size and Habitat Use

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Background and Method
• 3 Occurrence and Distribution
• 4 Population Size
• 5 Population Structure
• 6 Environmental Drivers and Anthropogenic Threats
• 7 Conclusions
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Eight: The Rough-Toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis, in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: A Relict Population?

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Rough-Toothed Dolphin Distribution Within the Mediterranean Sea
• 3 Recent Occurrence of Rough-Toothed Dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea
• 4 Acoustic Detection
• 5 Origin of the Mediterranean Population
• 6 Ecology
• 7 Conservation Concerns
• 8 Summary and Recommendations
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Nine: The Gulf of Ambracia's Common Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus: A Highly Dense and yet Threatened Population

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Materials and Methods
• 3 Results
• 4 Discussion
• 5 Conclusions
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Ten: Dolphins in a Scaled-Down Mediterranean: The Gulf of Corinth's Odontocetes

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Methods
• 3 Results
• 4 Discussion
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Eleven: Harbour Porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in the Mediterranean Sea and Adjacent Regions: Biogeographic Relicts of the Last Glacial Period

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Ecology and Overview of Distribution Range
• 3 Taxonomy and Ecotype Delimitation
• 4 Why Do Harbour Porpoises No Longer Occur in the Mediterranean Sea?
• 5 Evolutionary History of the Harbour Porpoises: The Fate of the Mediterranean Populations
• 6 Conclusions and Perspectives
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Twelve: Are Mediterranean Monk Seals, Monachus monachus, Being Left to Save Themselves from Extinction?

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Background and Species Status
• 3 Threats to Mediterranean Monk Seals
• 4 Why Has Monk Seal Conservation Worked So Poorly in the Past
• 5 Factors That Have Helped Monk Seal Conservation
• 6 The Way Forward Through Lessons Learned
• 7 Why Conserving Monk Seals Transcends the Species’ Importance
• Acknowledgements

Chapter Thirteen: The International Legal Framework for Marine Mammal Conservation in the Mediterranean Sea

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Other Treaties of World Scope That Are Applicable to Marine Mammals
• 3 Treaties of World Scope Specifically Related to Species of Marine Mammals: The Whaling Convention
• 4 Treaties of Regional Scope Applicable also to Marine Mammals
• 5 Treaties of Regional Scope Specifically Related to Species of Marine Mammals: ACCOBAMS
• 6 Treaties of Subregional Scope Specifically Related to Species of Marine Mammals: Pelagos Sanctuary
• 7 Conclusions