Stranding records of Cuvier’s beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris on the coast of Turkey and Northern Cyprus, 2016-2017
32. Conference of European Cetacean Society, Genoa, İtalya, 6 - 10 Nisan 2018, ss.122, (Özet Bildiri)
- Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
- Basıldığı Şehir: Genoa
- Basıldığı Ülke: İtalya
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.122
- Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
The presence of beaked whales is mostly known through stranding records in the world oceans including the Mediterranean Sea. Five strandings of Cuvier’s beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris were observed and reported along the coast of Turkey and northern Cyprus in 2016 and 2017. The first specimen (male, body length: 526 cm) was live stranding in Gökova Gulf, the Aegean Sea, on 3 June 2016. The second specimen (male, 510 cm) found stranded on Seferihisar, the Aegean coast, on 5 June 2016. The third specimen (male, 472 cm) was found in Yakacik, Gazipasa, the Mediterranean coast, on 20 June 2016. These individuals were misidentified as Mesoplodon mirus at first, later corrected based on the morphological and genetic analysis. There was an additional stranding on the island of Chrysi (south of Crete) on 16 June 2016 as reported by media. The forth (female, 400cm) was found stranded on Çatalköy, North Cyprus, on 30 March 2017. The fifth individual stranded (male, 479cm) in Çamyuva, Antalya, on the Mediterranean coast, on 14 November 2017. The reason for the first three strandings as well as one on Crete in June 2016 was not prominent but they can be related to military activities which took place in the eastern Mediterranean-Aegean region in the same period. The northern Levantine Sea and precisely between the Anaximander Seamounts, Antalya Canyon, and Adana Trough, is considered to be an area of importance for the distribution of Cuvier’s beaked whales.