Important Marine Mammal Areas celebrated—yet some are now in danger by Erich Hoyt, Gill Braulik, Caterina Lanfredi, Gianna Minton, Simone Panigada, Elena Politi, Margherita Zanardelli, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara

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The ACCOBAMS survey initiative: the first synoptic assessment of cetacean abundance in the Mediterranean Sea through aerial surveys by Simone Panigada, Simone Panigada, Nino Pierantonio, Hélder Araújo, Léa David, Nathalie Di-Méglio, Ghislain Dorémus, Joan Gonzalvo, Draško Holcer, Draško Holcer, Sophie Laran, Giancarlo Lauriano, Romulus-Marian Paiu, Romulus-Marian Paiu, Morgane Perri, Dimitar Popov, Dimitar Popov, Vincent Ridoux, Vincent Ridoux, José Antonio Vázquez, Ana Cañadas

“…Furthermore, the outcomes of this survey will support both place- and threat-based conservation efforts in the ACCOBAMS area, through the identification of Important Marine Mammal Areas and Cetacean Critical Habitats. Here the results of the ASI survey are presented and discussed alongside proposed management and conservation actions aimed at ensuring the persistence of cetacean populations in the region.…”
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Targeting fin whale conservation in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea: insights on movements and behaviour from biologging and habitat modelling by Viola Panigada, Thomas W. Bodey, Ari Friedlaender, Jean-Noël Druon, Luis A. Huckstädt, Nino Pierantonio, Eduard Degollada, Beatriu Tort, Simone Panigada

“…These findings strengthen the need to further assess critical habitats and Important Marine Mammal Areas that are crucial for focused conservation, management and mitigation efforts.…”
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Distribution patterns of marine megafauna density in the Mediterranean Sea assessed through the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative (ASI) by Ana Cañadas, Nino Pierantonio, Hélder Araújo, Léa David, Nathalie Di Meglio, Ghislain Dorémus, Joan Gonzalvo, Draško Holcer, Draško Holcer, Sophie Laran, Giancarlo Lauriano, Morgane Perri, Vincent Ridoux, Jose Antonio Vázquez, Simone Panigada

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PelaSIG, a QGIS plugin for marine megafauna census: application to the aerial ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative dataset by Manon Nivière, Ariane Blanchard, Oussama Jraifi, Olivier Van Canneyt, Ghislain Dorémus, Jérôme Spitz, Jérôme Spitz, Bruno Mansoux, Bruno Mansoux, Simone Panigada, Sophie Laran

“…This plugin is currently designed to process dedicated aerial datasets collected with the SAMMOA software during marine megafauna surveys (i.e., marine mammals, seabirds, elasmobranchs, sea turtles, etc.). …”
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SEADETECT: developing an automated detection system to reduce whale-vessel collision risk by Silvia Paoletti, Bob Rumes, Nino Pierantonio, Simone Panigada, Romain Jan, Thomas Folegot, Anita Schilling, Nicolas Riviere, Vincent Carrier, Antoine Dumoulin, David Van Hamme, Gildas Marquis-Laisné, François-Antoine Bruliard, Félix Petitpierre, Damien Demoor

“…Here, we present SEADETECT, a LIFE project that aims at developing an automated detection system to reduce vessel collision risk with marine mammals and unidentified floating objects (UFOs), combining state-of-the-art and novel technologies with existing approaches in the study of large whale ecology. …”
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