Mediterranean Marine Mammal Ecology and Conservation

Content: 
Series Page Page ii  
Copyright Page iv  
Contributors to Volume 75 Pages v-vii  
Series Contents for Last Fifteen Years* Pages xv-xxviii  
Preface Pages xxix-xxx Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Michela Podest`, Barbara E. Curry 
Chapter One - Marine Mammals in the Mediterranean Sea: An Overview Pages 1-36 G. Notarbartolo di Sciara 
Chapter Two - Mediterranean Sperm Whales, Physeter macrocephalus: The Precarious State of a Lost Tribe Pages 37-74 L. Rendell, A. Frantzis 
Chapter Three - Fin Whales, Balaenoptera physalus: At Home in a Changing Mediterranean Sea? Pages 75-101 G. Notarbartolo di Sciara, M. Castellote, J.-N. Druon, S. Panigada 
Chapter Four - Cuvier\'s Beaked Whale, Ziphius cavirostris, Distribution and Occurrence in the Mediterranean Sea: High-Use Areas and Conservation Threats Pages 103-140 M. Podest`, A. Azzellino, A. Cañadas, A. Frantzis, A. Moulins, M. Rosso, P. Tepsich, C. Lanfredi 
Chapter Five - Conservation Status of Killer Whales, Orcinus orca, in the Strait of Gibraltar Pages 141-172 R. Esteban, P. Verborgh, P. Gauffier, D. Alarcón, J.M. Salazar-Sierra, J. Giménez, A.D. Foote, R. de Stephanis 
Chapter Six - Conservation Status of Long-Finned Pilot Whales, Globicephala melas, in the Mediterranean Sea Pages 173-203 P. Verborgh, P. Gauffier, R. Esteban, J. Giménez, A. Cañadas, J.M. Salazar-Sierra, R. de Stephanis 
Chapter Seven - Risso\'s Dolphin, Grampus griseus, in the Western Ligurian Sea: Trends in Population Size and Habitat Use Pages 205-232 A. Azzellino, S. Airoldi, S. Gaspari, C. Lanfredi, A. Moulins, M. Podest`, M. Rosso, P. Tepsich 
Chapter Eight - The Rough-Toothed Dolphin, Steno bredanensis, in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: A Relict Population? Pages 233-258 D. Kerem, O. Goffman, M. Elasar, N. Hadar, A. Scheinin, T. Lewis 
Chapter Nine - The Gulf of Ambracia\'s Common Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus: A Highly Dense and yet Threatened Population Pages 259-296 J. Gonzalvo, G. Lauriano, P.S. Hammond, K.A. Viaud-Martinez, M.C. Fossi, A. Natoli, L. Marsili 
Chapter Ten - Dolphins in a Scaled-Down Mediterranean: The Gulf of Corinth\'s Odontocetes Pages 297-331 G. Bearzi, S. Bonizzoni, N.L. Santostasi, N.B. Furey, L. Eddy, V.D. Valavanis, O. Gimenez 
Chapter Eleven - Harbour Porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in the Mediterranean Sea and Adjacent Regions: Biogeographic Relicts of the Last Glacial Period Pages 333-358 M.C. Fontaine 
Chapter Twelve - Are Mediterranean Monk Seals, Monachus monachus, Being Left to Save Themselves from Extinction? Pages 359-386 G. Notarbartolo di Sciara, S. Kotomatas 
Chapter Thirteen - The International Legal Framework for Marine Mammal Conservation in the Mediterranean Sea Pages 387-416 T. Scovazzi 
Subject Index Pages 417-426  
Taxonomic Index Pages 427-428