Naslov
Geographical and historical distribution of the cetaceans in Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea

Autori
Gomerčić, Hrvoje ; Huber, Đuro ; Gomerčić, Ana ; Gomerčić, Tomislav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Rapport du 35e Congres de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la mer Mediterranee / - Monte Carlo : CIESM, 1998, 440-441

Skup
35th CIESM Congress

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 01.06.1998. - 05.06.1998

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Cetacea; coastal waters; Adriatic Sea

Sažetak
The following dolphin, porpoise, and beaked whale species have been found in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea: common dolphin, Delphinus delphis (Linnaeus, 1758), bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821), striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen, 1833), Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812), harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758), northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770), long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809), false killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens (Owen, 1846), sperm whale, and three species of the suborder Mysticeti. Among them the only true residents were the common and bottlenose dolphins. Before the Second World War the common dolphins was prevalent, but today only the bottlenose dolphin lives in the Adriatic Sea.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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