Environmental variables influencing occurrence and distribution ofDelphinus delphisin the eastern Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean Sea)
Maurizio Ingrosso,
Beatriz Tintoré,
Giulia Cipriano
et al.
Abstract:Cetaceans are considered bioindicators of the health state of marine ecosystems owing to their wide distribution across the different aquatic ecosystems in the world and their significant top‐down control role in the food chain, despite their low biomass. At the same time, effective management of wild cetacean populations severely affected by human pressure requires extensive knowledge on species distribution, habitat use, and associated threats. In this context, defining the factors that directly influence th… Show more
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