Marine mammals in Turkey

Ozturk B., Ozturk A. A.

FISHERIES SCIENCE, cilt.68, ss.282-285, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 68
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Dergi Adı: FISHERIES SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.282-285
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Turkey is surrounded by four seas of different oceanographic characteristics. However, the knowledge about marine mammals, especially cetaceans, in these waters has been limited. The systematic investigation on marine mammals in the Turkish waters was started in 1987. In the Black Sea and Marmara Sea, three odontocete species, Delphinus delphis, Tursiops truncatus, and Phocoena phocoena, are known to occur. Bycatch in the turbot fishery is the main threat for P. phocoena. In the Aegean and Mediteranean Sea, there are eight odontocete species: D. delphis, I truncatus, Stenella coeruleoalba, Globicephala metes, Grampus griseus, Pseudorca crassidens, Physeter catodon, Ziphius cavirostris, and a single mysticete species, Balaenoptera physalus.