Dear All,

Apologies for cross posting.

We would like to i= nform you 3 new articles have been presented in 38th CIESM Congress, Istanbul. For pdf copies please send req= uests or use the following links.

Dede, A. & =D6zt=FCrk, B. 2007. Cetacean obser= vations in the Marmara and Aegean Sea in spring s= eason 2005. Rapp. Comm. int. Mer M=E9dit., 3= 8: 455.

= http://www.ciesm.org/online/archives/abstracts/PDF/38/PG_00455.pdf= .

Abstract

In the Aegean Sea, according to standard distance sampling procedure, 1800 km (972 nm) and= 139 hrs effort of observation carried out during 20.04-20.05.2005 for determinin= g the size and distribution of dolphin population. During the study, totally 1= 9 sightings of three species (Delphinus delphis, Tursiops truncatus= and Stenella coeruleoalba) were recorded. The sighting data were analyzed by the Distance 5.0

Tonay, A. M., Dede, A., =D6zt=FCrk, A.A., =D6zt=FC= rk, B. 2007. Stomach content of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the Turkish western Black S= ea in spring and early summer. Rap= p. Comm. int. Mer M=E9dit., 38: 616.

= http://www.ciesm.org/online/archives/abstracts/PDF/38/PG_00616.pdf=

Abstract

The study was based on stomach content from 42 harbour porpoises bycaught or stranded between April to June in 2002 and 2003, on the Turkish western Black Sea coast. Seven fish species were identified. Sprat and whiting were the most important fish species in the diet by freque= ncy of occurrence (64.1% and 23.6%, respectively). Besides fishes, crustaceans, pieces of algae, molluscs, bivalves, sand and plastic debris were also recorded.

Tonay, A. M., Dede, A., =D6zt=FCrk, A.A. 2007. Sto= mach contents of bycaught Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the Marmara Sea. <= i>Rapp. Comm. int. Mer M=E9dit., 38:617.

= http://www.ciesm.org/online/archives/abstracts/PDF/38/PG_00617.pdf=

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Abstract

The study was based on stomach content of four harbour porpoises bycaught in the coastal fishery in 2004 and 2006, on the Marmara Sea coast. Three fish species, horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus), sprat (Sprattus sprattus) and gobies (Gobiid= ae sp.) were identified. Horse mackerel and sprat were the most important fish speci= es in their diet.

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Arda M. TONAY

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Faculty of Fisheries

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