The Caprera Canyon (north–eastern Sardinia): A hotspot of cetacean diversity in the western Mediterranean Sea (IMAGE)
Caption
: Maps showing location of the cetacean sightings off north–eastern Sardinia, throughout the study period (2011–2019) scaled by group size. The nearby national/international parks are shown in light grey, and the Pelagos Sanctuary as a dotted area. Data shown in the maps are based on 1110 sightings, both ‘on–effort’ and ‘off–effort’. Striped dolphin (n = 604); Fin whale (n = 244); Cuvier’s beaked whale (n = 149); Common bottlenose dolphin (n = 79); Sperm whale (n = 15); Risso’s dolphin (n = 10); Common dolphin (n = 8) and Sowerby’s beaked whale (n = 1).
Credit
Bittau et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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