Panigada, Simone Pierantonio, Nino Araújo, Hélder David, Léa Di-Méglio, Nathalie Dorémus, Ghislain Gonzalvo, Joan Holcer, Draško Laran, Sophie Lauriano, Giancarlo
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Frontiers in Marine Science
The “ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative” (ASI) is a pilot programme aimed at establishing an integrated and coordinated monitoring system for cetaceans across the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic (hereafter “ACCOBAMS”) area. Conducted in coordination with Mediterranean coastal countries,...
Torres-Pereira, Andreia Araújo, Hélder Matos, Fábio L Bastos-Santos, Jorge Sá, Sara Ferreira, Marisa Martínez-Cedeira, José López, Alfredo Sequeira, Marina Vingada, José
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Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
The Iberian porpoise population is small and under potentially unsustainable removal by fisheries bycatch. Recently, a marine Site of Community Importance (SCI) was legally approved in Portugal, but no measures ensued to promote porpoise conservation. Information about porpoise abundance and distribution is fundamental to guide any future conservat...
Brinkman, Matthew P.
Use of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) in wildlife applications has been increasing in recent years as system costs have come down and regulations regarding their use have become more well-defined. Medium and larger UAVs can accommodate sophisticated payloads, allowing for missions using LIDAR to obtain measurements of vegetation height and fine-sc...
Lambert, C Authier, M Dorémus, G Gilles, A Hammond, P Laran, S Ricart, A Ridoux, V Scheidat, M Spitz, J
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Royal Society open science
A double-platform protocol was implemented in the Bay of Biscay and English Channel during the SCANS-III survey (2016). Two observation platforms using different protocols were operating on board a single aircraft: the reference platform (Scans), targeting cetaceans, and the 'Megafauna' platform, recording all the marine fauna visible at the sea su...
Fortuna, Caterina Maria Cañadas, Ana Holcer, Draško Brecciaroli, Benedetta Donovan, Gregory P. Lazar, Bojan Mo, Giulia Tunesi, Leonardo Mackelworth, Peter C.
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Frontiers in Marine Science
The Natura 2000 (N2k) network is an important site-based protection tool for the protection of biodiversity in Europe. However, for highly mobile and adaptable marine species, such a tool might not be the most effective way to achieve conservation objectives, unless this includes a broader consideration of the direct threats to these species throug...
Schummer, Michael L. Afton, Alan D. Badzinski, Shannon S. Petrie, Scott A. Olsen, Glenn H. Mitchell, Mark A.
Potential bias in breeding population estimates of certain duck species from the Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey (WBPHS) has been a concern for decades. The WBPHS does not differentiate between lesser (Aythya affinis) and greater (A. marila) scaup, but lesser scaup comprise 89% of the combined scaup population and their population ...
Schummer, Michael L. Afton, Alan D. Badzinski, Shannon S. Petrie, Scott A. Olsen, Glenn H. Mitchell, Mark A.
Potential bias in breeding population estimates of certain duck species from the Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey (WBPHS) has been a concern for decades. The WBPHS does not differentiate between lesser (Aythya affinis) and greater (A. marila) scaup, but lesser scaup comprise 89% of the combined scaup population and their population ...
Geelhoed, S.C.V. Leopold, M.F.
Het Friese Front en de Bruine Bank zijn twee nieuwe Vogelrichtlijngebieden in de Noordzee. Het Friese Front is aangewezen voor de Zeekoet. De Bruine Bank wordt waarschijnlijk aangewezen voor Zeekoet en Alk. Om te bepalen of de instandhoudingsdoelstellingen voor deze soorten worden gehaald, moeten de aantallen van deze soorten gemonitord worden. Mon...
Le Rest, Kévin Certain, Grégoire Debétencourt, Benjamin Bretagnolle, Vincent
1. Species distribution models are widely used in applied ecology and conservation. While accounting for spatial dependences is now the rule, temporal dependences have rarely been dealt with explicitly. In this study, we analyse wintering auk distribution in the Bay of Biscay and English Channel and estimate changes in abundance within and between ...
Geelhoed, S.C.V. Friedrich, E. Joost, M. Juhre, H. Kirkwood, R.J. van Leeuwen, P.W. Machiels, M.A.M. Stoeber, N. Verdaat, J.P.
In accordance with the monitoring and evaluation plan (MEP) for the ‘Gemini Offshore Wind Farm’ the ecological monitoring of harbour porpoises was carried out by IMARES and IBL Umweltplanung, concerning the distribution and numbers of harbour porpoises in and around the wind farm prior to construction (T-0). For this purpose aerial surveys as well ...
