Shipping noise assessment in the Black Sea: insights from large-scale ASI CeNoBS survey data
Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science
Year: 2023

Sighting data deriving from the ACCOBAMS 1 Survey Initiative (ASI), conducted through the CeNoBS 2 project, enabled the investigation of the habitat preferences for three different cetacean subspecies occurring in the Black Sea waters: the bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ), the common dolphins ( Delphinus delphis ) and the harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ). ASI aerial surveys, aiming at assessing the distribution and abundance of cetacean populations, were conducted during summer o