Learning from the past, managing the future: Tethys' presentations at the 25th ECS meeting

The annual conference of the European Cetacean Society (ECS) is taking place in Cadiz, Spain, from March 21st to 23rd, 2011. The topic is "Long-term datasets on marine mammals: learning from the past to manage the future".
Following contributions are either from Tethys or involve Tethys' researchers.

DOES DISSOLVED OXYGEN PLAY A ROLE IN CUVIER’S BEAKED WHALE HABITAT SELECTION? A COMPARISON BETWEEN THREE STUDY AREAS IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Caterina Lanfredi, Arianna Azzellino, Angela D'Amico, Marina Ampolo Rella, Michela Podestà, Gianni Pavan, Cristina Francia

LONG-TERM PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION STUDY OF FIN WHALES IN THE PELAGOS SANCTUARY (NW MEDITERRANEAN)
Margherita Zanardelli Sabina Airoldi, Pierre Beaubrun, Martine Bérubé, J. Fabrizio Borsani, Alexandre Gannier, Christophe Guinet, Philip Hammond, Maddalena Jahoda, Giancarlo Lauriano, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Simone Panigada

MONITORING CETACEANS POPULATIONS THROUGH AERIAL SURVEYS IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Simone Panigada, Giancarlo Lauriano, Nino Pierantonio, Greg Donovan

ASSESSING LONG-RANGE MOVEMENTS OF MEDITERRANEAN SPERM WHALES THROUGH PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION
Eva Carpinelli, Pauline Gauffier, Renaud de Stephanis, Philippe Verborgh, Ruth Esteban, Nino Pierantonio, Sabina Airoldi, Tim Lewis

COMPARISON BETWEEN VISUAL-BASED AND ACOUSTIC-BASED DISTRIBUTION MODELS TO PREDICT CETACEANS PRESENCE IN THE NORTHWESTERN TYRRHENIAN SEA
Michela Podesta, Caterina Lanfredi, Arianna Azzellino, Angela D'Amico Gianni Pavan, Cristina Francia

LONG-TERM STUDY OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF CETACEAN SPECIES IN THE PELAGOS SANCTUARY (NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA).
Arianna Azzellino, Panigada Simone, Caterina, Margherita Zanardelli, Sabina Airoldi, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara

SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF MEDITERRANEAN FIN WHALE FEEDING AREAS IN THE PELAGOS SANCTUARY
Maddalena Jahoda, Arianna Azzellino, Caterina Lanfredi, Simone Panigada, Alessia Scuderi, Margherita Zanardelli, Sabina Airoldi

LONG-DISTANCE (1000+ KM) MOVEMENT BY A SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Tilen Genov, Giovanni Bearzi, Silvia Bonizzoni, Milena Tempesta.

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