Dear Marmam subscribers,
Having published papers previously on solitary dolphins (see references below),
we are currently working on an up to date review of welfare issues facing these
animals and, therefore, we are trying to identify which solitary dolphins are
currently being monitored and/or studied.
We have carried out searches using Google, Google Scholar and Web of Science.
The dolphins which were recorded most recently (i.e. in 2017/2018) include
Fungie (Ireland), Pechocho (Mexico), Jojo (Turks and Caicos), Fiete/Freddy
(seen in Germany and France) and Randy/Dony/Georges (seen in France, Ireland
and Belgium).
Most mentions of solitary dolphins are found on news and NGO websites, but we
list recent peer-reviewed papers below.
If you have any details of solitary dolphins other than those mentioned above
which you are able to share with us, we would appreciate hearing from you!
Thank you for your help.
Kind regards,
Mark Simmonds and Laetitia Nunny
laetitia.nu...@mac.com <mailto:laetitia.nu...@mac.com>
REFERENCES
Barbieri, G. and Bearzi, G. 2000. Behaviour of a solitary, “sociable”
bottlenose dolphin in southern Italy. European Research on Cetaceans
14:107-109.
Eisfeld, Simmonds & Stansfield (2010) Behaviour of a Solitary Sociable Female
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncates) off the Coast of Kent, Southeast
England. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 13(1), 31-45.
López, B. Et al (2008) Diving activity of a solitary wild free ranging
bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of the Marine Biological
Association of the United Kingdom. 88(6): 1153-1157.
Müller, M. And Bossley, M. (2002) Solitary bottlenose dolphins in comparative
perspective. Aquatic Mammals, 28.3; 298-307.
Nimak-Wood, M., Pleslic, G., Rako, N., Mackelworth, P., Holcer, D. and Fortuna,
C.M. (2011) Presence of a solitary striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in
Mali Losinj Harbour, Northern Adriatic Sea, Croatia. Vie et Milieu – Life and
Environment. 61(2): 87-93.
Rako, N., Holcer, D. and Fortuna, C. M. (2009) Long-term inshore observation of
a solitary striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba, in the Vinodol Channel,
Northern Adriatic Sea (Croatia). Nat. Croat. 18(2): 427–436.
Simmonds, M., & Stansfield, L. (2007). Solitary sociable dolphins in the UK.
British Wildlife, 19, 96–101.
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