Dear all,
I am an Italian marine biology researcher.
I am interested in studying the Indian humpback dolphin (Sousa plumbea)
population inhabiting the waters off Zanzibar Arcipelago, Tanzania.
I think it would be necessary to monitor these cetaceans and their inshore
distribution that renders them particularly susceptible to the effects of human
activities in the coastal zones.
On this purpose, I would like to run a project studying their behavioural
ecology and reactions towards vessel activity, making a comparison between
Unguja and Pemba Island.
In fact, on Unguja Island theres a lot of disturbance caused by human
activities, while in Pemba these anthropogenic factors seem to be really rare.
Thus, I would like if anyone has some articles about the situation of humpback
dolphins in this area, that can be really useful for my project.
These are the articles that I have already found:
- Amir, Jiddawi and Berggren (2005) The occurrence and distribution of
dolphins in Zanzibar, Tanzania, with Comments on the Differences between two
species of Tursiops. Western Indian Ocean J.Mar.Sci.Vol.4, No 1, pp. 85-93.
- Amir,O., Berggren,P.,Ndaro,G.M. and Narriman,J. (2005) Feeding ecology
of the Indo-Pacific bottlnose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) incidentally caught in
the gillnet fisheries off Zanzibar, Tanzania.
- Barros, Nelio B. (1991) Prey of humpback dolphins (Sousa plumbea)
stranded in eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Aquatic Mammals, 17.3:134-136.
- Borobia,M. (1997) Small cetaceans of eastern, western and centrals
African regions: a summary report. Paper presented at the scientific Committee
meeting of the International Whaling commission (IWC)30 September-11October in
Bournemouth, UK, Document IWC/SC/49/SM48
- Fachinetti,C. (2001) Contributo alla studio della cetofauna
nellArcipelago di Zanzibar, Tanzania. Bachelor thesis, Università degli Studi
di Pavia, Corso di laurea di Scienze Naturali.
- Karcmarski,L., Thorthon,M. and Cockcroft,V.G. (1997) Description of
selected behaviours of humpback dolphins Sousa chinensis. Aquatic
Mammals,23.3,127-133.
- Karcmarski,L. (2000) Conservation and management of humpback dolphins:
the South African perspective. Oryx.Vol 34(3), 207-216.
- Karcmarski,L., Cockcroft,V.G. and McLachlan,A. (2000) Habitat use and
preferences of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins Sousa chinensis in Algoa, Bay,
South Africa. Marine Mammal Science, 16(1):65-79.
- Karczmarski,L. and Cockcroft,V.G. (1998) Matrix photo-identification
technique applied in studies of free-ranging bottlenose and humpback dolphins.
Aquatic Mammals, 24.3,143-147.
- Karcmarski,L., Cockcroft,V.G. and McLachlan,A. (1999) Group size and
seasonal patterns of occurrence of humpback dolphins Sousa chinensis in Algoa
Bay, South Africa. S.Afr.J.Mar.Sci. 21:89-97.
- Peddemors,V.M. and Thompson,G. (1994) Beaching behaviour during
shallow water feeding by humpback dolphins Sousa plumbea. Aquatic Mammals,
20.2, 65-67.
- Karcmarski,L., Thorthon,M. and Cockcroft,V.G. (2000) Daylight
occurrence of humpback dolphins Sousa chinensis in Algoa Bay, South Africa.
- Stensland,E. (2004) Behavioural ecology of Indo-Pacific bottlenose and
humpback dolphins. PhD thesis.
- Stensland, Carlen, Särnblad, Bighert and Berggren (2006) Population
size, distribution, and behaviour of Indo-Pacific bottlenose (Tursiops aduncus)
and humpback (Sousa chinensis) dolphins off the south coast of Zanzibar. Marine
Mammal Science,22(3):667-682.
- Stensland, Berggren, Johnstone and Jiddawi (1998) Marine Mammals in
Tanzania: Urgent need for status management. Ambio vol.xxvii. No 8:771-774.
- Tocchetti,M., Bortolotto,A., and Jiddawi,N. (2001) The Zanzibar
Cetacean Project. 29Th EAAM Annual Symposium, Genoa, Italy, 9-12 March 2001.
- Van Parijs, S. and Corkeron,P. (2001) Boat traffic affects the
acoustic behaviour of Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis.
Thank you in advance,
Chiara Bertulli
c/o Hvalsafari AS
P.O. Box 58
8483 Andenes,
Norway
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mobile :+39/340/6933102
home phone:+39/02/70000549
home address: viale Mugello 2
20137 Milano, Italy
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