Adriatic Shipping Company marine mammal sightings in the Adriatic Sea 1988-2000

Luca Giovagnoli

doi:10.15468/kdfrjb

Adriatic Shipping Company marine mammal sightings in the Adriatic Sea 1988-2000

Citation

Giovagnoli, L. 2013. Adriatic Shipping Company marine mammal sightings in the Adriatic Sea 1988-2000. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/865) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/kdfrjb accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-13.

Description

Original provider: Luca Giovagnoli, CetaceanSound.org Dataset credits: Luca Giovagnoli, CetaceanSound.org Abstract: Research on marine mammals was conducted in 1988-2006 and sightings were collected from each ferry on the Adriatic Sea. The lines included: Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece. We had 175 sightings in 12 years. For each sighting, we collected: date, time, weather condition, sea position, numbers of animals, kind of animals, depth and so on. This research was conducted to observe and study the biological competition between humans and dolphins (both of them are catching blue fish). All of the data collected was used for my thesis degree at Parma University - Vet Medicine. Purpose: My whole career has been based on the study of cetaceans and how they are used to communicate. I’ve been studying their language and their ways of hunting and feeding. I started in 1988 with the first Italian work about cetaceans’ distribution in all of the Adriatic Sea. I studied the biological competition between humans and dolphins. Then in 1990, I began studying indigenous populations in the Adriatic Sea. With the group of Electonics directed by Eng. Massimo Azzali (I.R.Pe. M. CNR – Ancona), we worked out many theses about sounds and ultrasound in dolphins’ communication. In particular, we studied the system to prevent dolphins from ending up in fishing nets and the way they have to communicate between different groups. I carried out many research studies in Italy and many European countries, as well as the United States. My interest has been focused in the study of wild and domestic animals, whether by applying conventional veterinary medicine or the homeopathic and natural approach. I decided to create the Organization called Cetaceansound.Org, because I really trust in the opportunity to save dolphins and creatures from the ocean. I’ll keep on working in this field because they represent our future. Supplemental information: Data provided to OBIS-SEAMAP are from 1988-2000 and other years of data from this project are currently being worked on. Erroneous points (i.e., on land or otherwise) were excluded. 2013-10-31: data were updated to include reformatted time

Purpose

My whole career has been based on the study of cetaceans and how they are used to communicate. I’ve been studying their language and their ways of hunting and feeding. I started in 1988 with the first Italian work about cetaceans’ distribution in all of the Adriatic Sea. I studied the biological competition between humans and dolphins. Then in 1990, I began studying indigenous populations in the Adriatic Sea. With the group of Electonics directed by Eng. Massimo Azzali (I.R.Pe. M. CNR – Ancona), we worked out many theses about sounds and ultrasound in dolphins’ communication. In particular, we studied the system to prevent dolphins from ending up in fishing nets and the way they have to communicate between different groups. I carried out many research studies in Italy and many European countries, as well as the United States. My interest has been focused in the study of wild and domestic animals, whether by applying conventional veterinary medicine or the homeopathic and natural approach. I decided to create the Organization called Cetaceansound.Org, because I really trust in the opportunity to save dolphins and creatures from the ocean. I’ll keep on working in this field because they represent our future.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

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Sampling

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Method steps

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Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Delphinidae
common name: dolphins rank: family
Delphinus delphis
common name: Short-beaked Common Dolphin rank: species
Grampus griseus
common name: Risso's Dolphin rank: species
Physeter macrocephalus
common name: Sperm Whale rank: species
Stenella coeruleoalba
common name: Striped Dolphin rank: species
Tursiops truncatus
common name: Common Bottlenose Dolphin rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Luca Giovagnoli
originator
position: Primary contact
Cetaceansound.Org
email: cetaceansound@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.cetaceansound.org/

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

Luca Giovagnoli
owner
position: Primary contact
Cetaceansound.Org
email: cetaceansound@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.cetaceansound.org/

Luca Giovagnoli
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Cetaceansound.Org
email: cetaceansound@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.cetaceansound.org/