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Assessment of harbour porpoise bycatch along the Portuguese and Galician Coast:...
Torres-Pereira, Andreia; Araújo, Hélder; Monteiro, Silvia Silva; Ferreira, Marisa; Bastos-Santos, Jorge; Sá, Sara; Nicolau, Lídia; Marçalo, AnaThe Iberian harbour porpoise population is small and fisheries bycatch has been described as one of its most important threats. Data on harbour porpoise strandings collected by the Portuguese and Galician stranding networks between 2000 and 2020 are indicative of a recent mortality increase in the western Iberian coast (particularly in northern Portugal). Overall, in Portugal and Galicia, individuals stranded d...
Monitoring Abundance and Distribution of Northern Gannets Morus bassanus in Wes...
Araújo, Hélder; Rodrigues, Pedro; Bastos-Santos, Jorge; Ferreira, Marisa; Pereira, Andreia; Martínez-Cedeira, José; Vingada, José; Eira, CatarinaSeveral North Atlantic breeding seabirds, such as the Northern Gannet Morus bassanus, use Western Iberian Waters for wintering and migration. In this study, we aimed at producing absolute population estimates of post-breeding Gannets and evaluating the importance of the study area within the species’ migration range. We performed six aerial surveys in September and/or October each year between 2010 and 2015, co...