Cetacean species living in the Mediterranean Sea
Learn about their ecology and status in the region, and read scientific reports from intensively researched areas.
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
Short-beaked common dolphin |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Risso's dolphin |
|
|
|
|
 |
Rough-toothed dolphin |
|
|
|
|
 |
Striped dolphin |
|
|
|
|
 |
Cuvier's beaked whale |
 |
 |
 |
| |
|
Please note that some parts of this section are under construction |
 |
 |
 |
More information on the populations listed above can be found in the Conservation and in the Literature sections of this web site.
You may also want to check the web site of ACCOBAMS as well as the following publications:
Notarbartolo
di Sciara, G. (ed.) 2002. Cetaceans of the Mediterranean and Black Seas:
State of Knowledge and Conservation Strategies. A report to the ACCOBAMS
Secretariat, Monaco. (link)
Reeves
R., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. (compilers and editors). 2006. The status
and distribution of cetaceans in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea.
IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, Malaga, Spain. 137 pp. (2.4 Mb)
|