Varamientos de cetáceos en las costas españolas del Mediterráneo durante el periodo 1982-1988

Abstract

Strandings of cetaceans on the Spanish Mediterranean coasts during 1982-1988
Strandings of cetaceans on the northeastern Mediterranean coasts of Spain and the Balearic Islands between 1982 and 1988 are reported. In total, 143 specimens of Balaenoptera physalus, Physeter macrocephalus, Ziphius cavirostris, Stenella coeruleoalba, Delphinus delphis, Tursiops truncatus, Globicephala melas and Grampus griseus, were examined. The heterogeneous distribution of G. melas in Mediterranean Spanish waters and its relationship with water productivity is also discussed.