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Toward the identification of EBSAs in the Adriatic Sea: hotspots of megafauna

To draw single species maps we used 'flag' species representative of neritic and oceanic ecosystems: the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), the striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), sea turtles (mostly loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta) and the giant devil ray (Mobula mobular). In cumulative maps we included data for the above species and Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus), Cuvier’s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris), fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) and myliobatides. The results of this preliminary analysis indicate areas that are potentially important to the large marine vertebrates in the Adriatic Sea. The maps are descriptive outputs of the results of the two aerial surveys ; as such they do not provide full information on the conservation potential of the region

distribution; abundance; cetaceans; sea turtles; ecologically or biologically significant areas; (EBSA)

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