SIGHTINGS OF SMALL DELPHINIDS IN THE SOUTHERN ÇANDARLI BAY (AEGEAN SEA) BETWEEN 2015 AND 2018

01/08/2019 Arda Tonay

Sightings of small delphinids in the southern Çandarlı Bay (Aegean Sea) between 2015 and 2018

Vahit Alan, Gökhan Kaboğlu, Barış Akçalı, Fethi Bengil, Bahar Ubay, Harun Güçlüsoy

Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Dokuz Eylül University, Haydar Aliyev Bul. No: 32 35340 İnciraltı, İzmir, TURKEY
Akdeniz Koruma Derneği (Mediterranean Conservation Society), Doğa Park Villaları No: 16 Kalabak, Urla, İzmir, TURKEY
Marine School, Earth System Science Research Center, Girne American University, Girne, TRNC, via TURKEY
STAR Refinery Siteler Mah. Aygaz Cad. No: 21/1 35800 Aliağa, İzmir, TURKEY

Abstract

This study was performed in the southern part of Çandarlı Bay between May 2015 and May 2018. The aim of the research was to determine the existing cetacean species and their distribution. Cetacean monitoring surveys were conducted biannually for three years, and the presence of bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus and common dolphin Delphinus delphis were detected by visual observations. Total encounter rate of delphinids in the study was 1.7567 sightings per 100 km. The main reason for such a low encounter rate is considered as that the study area is in an industrial zone.

Keywords: Cetacean, monitoring, encounter rate, bottlenose dolphin, common dolphin

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