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Cetacea

Cetacean strandings along the coast of İzmir Bay, Turkey

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Pages 163-168 | Published online: 28 Feb 2013
 

Abstract

The present paper provides information on the stranding of cetaceans in İzmir Bay, Aegean Sea, between 1992 and 2004. The data were collected opportunistically during sightings and stranding data collection for Monk Seals. A total of 12 cetaceans, namely Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (n=6), Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis (n=3), – reported for the first time – and Striped Dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba, (n=3) were found to be stranded.

Kurzfassung

In dieser Arbeit werden Informationen über Delphine (Cetacea) gegeben, die zwischen 1992 und 2004 in der Bucht von Izmir angestrandet gefunden wurden. Die Daten wurden im Laufe einer Untersuchung über die Mönchsrobbe, bei der die Strände der Bucht regelmäßig aufgesucht wurden, gesammelt. Im Laufe der Studie wurden 12 angestrandete Delphine gefunden, nämlich Großtümmler, Tursiops truncatus (n=6), Streifendelphin, Stenella coeruleoalba (n=3), und – als Erstnachweis – der Delphin, Delphinus delphis (n=3).

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