Cetacean mortality along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast during 2017
2018
VIOLETA EVTIMOVA | DIMITAR PARVANOV | ATANAS GROZDANOV | KRASTIO DIMITROV | FERIHA TSERKOVA | STOYAN YORDANOV | YANA VELINA | ELICA PETROVA | YANA YORDANOVA | VENTSESLAV DELOV
The present study provides information on the stranding of cetaceans along theBulgarian Black Sea Coast during 2017. Observations were made trough covering transectsalong the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. A total of 198 cetaceans of three species were found -Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), andCommon Dolphin (Delphinus delphis). The most numerous were the harbor porpoise - 48%followed by the bottlenose dolphin - 15% and common dolphin - 8%. The most significantnumber of strandings was observed during July and August (54% of all cases). Cetaceanstrandings events were relatively highly concentrated in the area of Shabla, Varna andPomorie.
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