Short communication, Note

Long-term inshore observation of a solitary striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba, in the Vinodol Channel, Northern Adriatic Sea (Croatia)

Nikolina Rako orcid.org/0000-0001-5385-653X ; Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation, Veli Lošinj, Croatia
Draško Holcer orcid.org/0000-0002-7989-0936 ; Department of Zoology, Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
Caterina Maria Fortuna ; Institute for Environmental Research and Protection (ISPRA), Rome, Italy

Abstract

The striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) is not a common cetacean species in the northern Adriatic Sea. Its presence is generally related to deeper offshore areas beyond the continental shelf. Despite this fact, the analysis of data collected over the past 5 years indicates unusual site fidelity of a single individual in the relatively shallow Vinodol Channel of the northern Croatian Adriatic Sea. Summarizing the available data on its recent occurrence, this paper contributes to the current limited knowledge on striped dolphin presence and associations not only in this region.

Keywords

striped dolphin; Stenella coeruleoalba; Vinodolski Channel; sighting; Adriatic Sea

Hrčak ID:

45325

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/45325

Publication date:

31.12.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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