Programme of the 21st ECS Conference

Integrating Science & Management for marine mammal conservation

AZTI (Pasaia) 19-21 April , 09-17:30h ASCOBANS AC Meeting Contact: Ascobans Secretariat Workshops ::: Aquarium (Donostia-San Sebastian) Saturday 21st April 9:00-13:30h Marine Mammal History - Cristina Brito 15:00-19:30h Wind Farms & marine mammals - Peter Evans Sunday 22nd April 9:00-13:30h Tips for a scientific communication - Kristina Salzer Non-lethal research on minke whales - Kevin Robinson, Peter Stevick & Colin McLeod 9:00-18:00h Marine Protected Areas & cetaceans - Peter Evans, Erich Hoyt, Sonia Mendes, Mandy Mcmath, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Ana Cañadas & Simone Panigad Thursday 26th April 9:00-13:00h Beaked Whales - Sarah Dolman Marine Interpretation and Training of Marine Guides - Deborah Benham 14:00-18:30h External signs of by-catch in stranded small cetaceans - Nick Tregenza, Jan & Jeff Loveridge & Nynke Osinga 14:30-19:30h SCANS II - Phil Hammond, Ana Cañadas & José Antonio Vázquez Conference Programme ::: Kursaal (Donostia-San Sebastian) · SUNDAY 22 16-19h Registration & Poster Set-up 20h Icebreaker at the Aquarium · MONDAY 23 APRIL 9:00 Welcome & summary of workshop on Marine Mammal History 9:05 THE BAY OF BISCAY: FROM WHALING TO WHALEWATCHING Santiago Lens (Invited) 9:40 summary of workshop on Wind Farms 9:45 STRATEGIES FOR CONSERVATION OF MARINE TOP PREDATORS Mark Tasker (Id.) 10:20 Coffee break 10:50h Official Opening with the presence of the Minister of Fisheries of the Basque government 11:00h Session I on Acoustics Michel André & Lee Miller 11:05 GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION OF SPERM WHALE CODA REPERTOIRES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC Antunes, Ricardo** (eligible for postgraduate Student award), Rendell, Luke, Hammond, Phil & Gordon, Jonathan 11:20 TEMPORARY THRESHOLD SHIFT IN THE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS): THE EFFECTS OF VARYING NOISE DURATION AND INTENSITY Breese, Marlee, Mooney, T. Aran, Nachtigall, Paul E., Au, Whitlow W.L & Vlachos, Stephanie 11:35 CAN SEALS BE DETERRED BY SOUNDS THAT ARE LESS AVERSIVE TO ODONTOCETES? Götz, Thomas** & Janik, Vincent M 11:50 WEDDELL SEAL AUDIOMETRY Kindermann, Lars, Bornemann, Horst, Plötz, Joachim, Boebel, Olaf 12:05 ACOUSTIC BEHAVIOUR OF FREE-RANGING TAGGED HARBOUR PORPOISES (Phocoena phocoena) Linnenschmidt, Meike, Miller, Lee A., Akamatsu, Tomonari & Teilmann, Jonas 12:20 HOW TO PROTECT SENSITIVE EARS UNDER WATER? Lucke, Klaus, Lepper, Paul, Blanchet, Marie-Anne & Siebert, Ursula 12:35 IS THERE AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL IN HARBOR PORPOISE BIOSONAR? Beedholm, K. & Miller, Lee. A. 12:50 TEMPORAL RESOLUTION AND BROADBAND CLICK THRESHOLDS IN A CAUGHT-AND-RELEASED WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN (LAGENORHYNCHUS ABIROSTRIS) Mooney, T. Aran**, Nachtigall, Paul E., Taylor, Kristen T., Miller, Lee A. & Rasmussen, Marianne 13:05 SHIPBOARD MEASUREMENTS OF THE HEARING OF THE WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN Lagenorynchus albirostris Nachtigall, P. E., Mooney, T. A., Taylor, K. A., Miller, L. A. & Rasmussen, M. H. 13:20 Poster slides 13:30 Lunch break 15:00h Session II on Acoustics John Goold & Ursula Verfuss 15:05 KILLER WHALES DO IT IN THE DARK: NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY BY TRANSIENTS AT ST. PAUL ISLAND, ALASKA Newman, Kelly** & Springer, Alan 15:20 A SYNCHRONISED ACOUSTIC ARRAY, RANGEFINDER AND VIDEO SYSTEM WITH EXAMPLES FROM ‘SINGING’ HUMPBACK WHALES (MEGAPTERA NOVEANGLIAE). Potter, John Robert; Hoffmann-Kuhnt, Matthias;Koay, Teong Beng: eekings, Paul &Chitre, Mandar 15:35 CODA DIVERSITY IN MEDITERRANEAN SPERM WHALES Rendell, Luke, Alexiadou, Voula, Mussi, Barba/ra , Miragliuolo, Angelo & Frantzis, Alexandros 15:50 SEASONALITY OF “ANTARCTIC” AND “PYGMY” BLUE WHALE CALLS RECORDED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN OCEAN. Samaran, Flore**, Cansi, Yves; Ruzié, Gérard ; Motsch, Jean-François ; Adam, Olivier & Guinet, Christophe 16:05 APPLICATION OF A NEW DIVER-OPERATED 4-CHANNEL ACOUSTIC/VIDEO DEVICE TO RECORD AND LOCALIZE HIGH FREQUENCY DOLPHIN SOUNDS. Schotten, Michiel**, Lammers, Marc, Herzing, Denise L, Sexton, Ken D & Au, Whitlow W.L. 16:20 THE CODA REPERTOIRES OF INDIVIDUAL SPERM WHALES IN A SOCIAL UNIT Schulz, Tyler, M**., Whitehead, Hal & Rendell, Luke 16:35 ACOUSTIC MONITORING OF ENDANGERED GRAY WHALES FEEDING AREA NEAR OIL AND GAS ACTIVITY OFF SAKHALIN ISLAND: NEW TECHNIQUES AND NOISE EXPOSURE CRITERIA Vedenev, Alexander 16:50 Poster slides 17:00 Summary of student workshop 17:10 Coffee break 17:30h Annual Student & NCP Meetings · TUESDAY 24 9:00h Session III on Anatomy, Disease, Parasites & Phisyology Thierry Jauniaux & Josep Alonso 9:05 FIRST CASE OF A MONITORED PREGNANCY OF A HARBOUR PORPOISE (Phocoena phocoena) UNDER HUMAN CARE. Blanchet, Marie-Anne, Nance, Tiffany, Ast, Colleen & Acquarone, Mario 9:20 PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF MULTI-ELEMENTARY MICRO-ANALYSE OF DENTINE USING LASER ABLATION ICP-MS: A NEW TOOL FOR THE OBSERVATION OF INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL CETACEAN POPULATION LIFE HISTORY? Tabouret, Hélène**, Barats, Aurélie, Pecheyran, Christophe, Amouroux, David, Dabin, Willy & Caurant, Florence 9:35 VAGINAL CALCULI IN COMMON DOLPHINS (DELPHINUS DELPHIS), THEIR INDUCTION AND POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON FECUNDITY Dabin, Willy, Rochowski, Bastien , Daudon, Michel, Duguy, Raymond & Ridoux, Vincent 9:50 TRENDS IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN UK STRANDED CETACEA (1990-2005) Deaville, Rob, Patterson, Tony, Baker, John, Ross, Harry, Simpson, Vic, Monies, Bob, Reid, Bob, Barley, Jason, Penrose, Rod, Law, Robin, Sabin, Richard, Perkins, Matt & Jepson, Paul 10:05 LIFE CYCLE OF LUNGWORMS IN PORPOISES AND SEALS: MOLECULAR TOOLS DETERMINE VERTEBRATE INTERMEDIATE HOSTS Lehnert, K., Samson-Himmelstjerna, G., Fonfara, S., Walter, T. & Siebert, U. 10:20 Poster slides 10:30 Coffee break 11:00 Summary of workshop on minke whales 11h SCIENCE FOR MANAGEMENT OF CETACEAN POPULATIONS Arne Bjørge (Invited) 12:00h Session IV on Behaviour & Ecology Arne Bjørge & Toni Raga 12:05 SYNCHRONICITY IN DEEP-DIVING BEAKED WHALES AND PILOT WHALES WITH IMPLICATIONS ON PARENTAL CARE Aguilar Soto, Natacha; Johnson, Mark; Madsen, Peter; Tyack, P.; Aparicio, Cristina; Domínguez, Iván & Díaz, Francisca 12:20 SITE FIDELITY AND MOVEMENTS OF CUVIER’S AND BLAINVILLE’S BEAKED WHALES AT THREE SPATIAL/TEMPORAL SCALES: COMBINING VHF RADIO TRACKING, SATELLITE TAGGING AND LONG-TERM PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION Baird, Robin W. McSweeney, Daniel J., Schorr, Gregory S., Mahaffy, Sabre D., Webster, Daniel L., Barlow, Jay, Hanson, M. Bradley & Andrews, Russel D. 12:35 USING ENVIRONMENTAL MODELS TO PREDICT HARBOUR PORPOISE DISTRIBUTION AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE FROM VISUAL AND ACOUSTIC SURVEY DATA Embling, Clare B**., Gordon, Jonathan, Shrimpton, Juliet & Hammond, Philip S. 12:50 HE FORAGING STRATEGY OF SPERM WHALES IN THE NORTH-WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA Gannier, Alexandre, Petiau, E & Witz, C. 13:05 HABITAT AND RESOURCE USE AMONG A COMMUNITY OF TROPICAL DELPHINIDS IN MAYOTTE, SW INDIAN OCEAN Kiszka, Jeremy**, Gross, Alexandra, Richard, Pierre & Ridoux, Vincent 13 :20 Poster slides 13:30 Lunch break 15:00h Session V on Feeding, Genetics & Habitat Simone Panigada & Florence Caurant 15:05 IS THERE A COMPETITION FOR THE RESOURCES WITHIN THE SOCIAL GROUPS OF LONG FINNED PILOT WHALES IN THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR ALONG THE YEAR? De Stephanis, R.**, Verborgh, P., Esteban Pavo, Seller N., Pérez, S., Garcia-Tiscar S., Minvielle Sebastia, L. & Guinet C. 15:20 BRYDE’S WHALE (BALAENOPTERA EDENI) DIVE PROFILE AND INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATION: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON FEEDING STRATEGIES Freitas, Luis, Alves, Filipe & Dinis, Ana 15:35 THE USE OF BLUBBER FATTY ACIDS PROFILES IN DIETARY STUDIES OF HARBOUR PORPOISES IN THE NORTH AND BALTIC SEAS Walton, M.J., Gilles, A., Budge, S., Kuklik, I., & Siebert, U 15:50 DO NORTH ATLANTIC MINKE WHALES SHOW POPULATION SUB-STRUCTURING? Anderwald, Pia**, Daníelsdóttir, Anna K., Haug, Tore, Larsen, Finn, Lesage, Véronique, Reid, Robert J., Víkingsson, Gísli A. & Hoelzel, A.Rus 16:05 APPLICATION OF MOLECULAR GENETICS TO THE STUDY OF POPULATION AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHINS (DELPHINUS DELPHIS) Mirimin, Luca, Westgate, Andrew J. Stockin, Karen A. Rosel, Patricia E. Read, Andrew J. Coughlan, Jamie P. Rogan, Emer & Cross, Tom F. 16:20 GENETIC POPULATION STRUCTURE OF BALTIC HARBOUR PORPOISES (PHOCOENA PHOCOENA) Wiemann, Annika** & Tiedemann, Ralph 16:35 DETERMINATION OF MUTATION RATES AND EFFECTIVE POPULATION NUMBERS BY MEANS OF DNA MICROSATELLITES IN FOUR LATIN AMERICAN DOLPHINS (INIA GEOFFRENSIS, INIA BOLIVIENSIS, PONTOPORIA BLAIVILLEI AND SOTALIA FLUVIATILIS) Ruiz-Garcia, Manuel & Escobar-Armel P 16:50 AN EVALUATION OF HABITAT USE OF THE INDO-PACIFIC HUMBACK DOLPHIN (Sousa chinensis) IN HONG KONG SHA CHAU AND LUNG KWU CHAU MARINE PARK AND VICINITY Tsang, Yin Ting Anton** & Ang, Put, Jr. 17:05 A NEW BREEDING GROUND? THE SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION AND BATHYMETRIC PREFERENCES OF SPERM WHALES (PHYSETER MACROCEPHALUS) IN THE BAY OF BISCAY Hobbs, Matthew, Macleod, Colin, Brereton, Tom, Harrop, Hugh, Cermeño, Pablo & Curtis, Dave 17;20 SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN AND HARBOUR PORPOISE HABITAT USE WITHIN CARDIGAN BAY SAC IN RELATION TO TIME OF DAY AND TIDAL CYCLE FROM T-POD RECORDINGS Nuuttila, Hanna, Simon, Malene, Alford, Lucy & Evans, Peter 17:35 HABITAT USE AND PREFERENCES OF CETACEANS IN THE STRAIT OF MESSINA (ITALY) THROUGH SPATIAL MODELLING: IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT Panigada, Simone, Notarbartolo di Sciara, Giuseppe, Zanardelli, Margherita, Agazzi, Stefano, Bendinoni, Federico (1), Costa, Marina & Pesante, Giovanna 17:50 COMPARISON OF ENFA AND GLM MODELLING FOR SUMMER HABITAT SUITABILITY OF THE SPERM WHALE IN THE NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA Praca, Emilie**, Gannier, Alexandre, Das, Krishna & Laran, Sophie 18:05 Poster slides 18:30 Poster Session (coffee available) 20:00h Public Video Session Jan Willem Broekema & José Antonio Vázquez WEDNESDAY 25 8:30h Session VI on Surveying Phil Hammond & Sami Hassani 8:35 LAND OBSERVATIONS AT THE AZORES: EFFICIENT TOOL FOR MANAGEMENT Visser, Fleur, Hartman, Karin L & Hendriks, Arthur J.E. 8:50 INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALES EUBALAENA AUSTRALIS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF PENÍNSULA VALDÉS DURING THE PERIOD 1999-2006 Crespo, Enrique A., Dans Silvana L., Svendsen, Guillermos M., Pedraza Susana N., Coscarella, Mariano A. & Berón-Vera, Barbara 9:05 MODELLING SEASONAL HABITAT USAGE OF HARBOUR PORPOISES IN THE GERMAN BIGHT - IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT Gilles, Anita, Kaschner, Kristin, Adler, Sven, Mundry, Roger, Scheidat, Meike & Siebert, Ursula 9:20 ABUNDANCE OF HARBOUR PORPOISE AND OTHER SMALL CETACEANS IN THE EUROPEAN ATLANTIC AND NORTH SEA Hammond, Philip, Berggren, Per, Borchers, David, Burt, Louise, Cañadas, Ana, Desportes, Geneviève, Donovan, Greg, Gilles, Anita, Gillespie, Douglas, Gordon, Jonathan, Hedley, Sharon, Hiby, Lex, Kuklik, Iwona, Leaper, Russell, Lehnert, Kristina, Leopold, Mardik (16), Lovell, Phil, Macleod, Kelly, Øien, Nils, Paxton, Charles, Ridoux, Vincent, Rogan, Emer, Samarra, Filipa, Scheidat, Meike, Sequeira, Marina, Siebert, Ursula, Skov, Henrik, Swift, Rene, Tasker, Mark, Teilmann, Jonas, Van Canneyt, Olivier & Vázquez, José Antonio 9:35 PRESENT-DAY STATUS OF A VULNERABLE SUBSPECIES – THE LADOGA RINGED SEAL (PHOCA HISPIDA LADOGENSIS) AND TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH, MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF THE POPULATION Medvedev, Nikolai, Sipilä, Tero & Verjovkin Mikhail 9:50 SMALL-BOAT SURVEYS TO ESTIMATE CETACEAN ABUNDANCE IN WESTERN CANADIAN COASTAL WATERS Williams, Rob & Thomas, Len 10:05 SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF BRYDE’S WHALES IN THE HAURAKI GULF, NEW ZEALAND Wiseman, N.J.** Stockin, K.A. & Baker, C.S. 10:20 CAN OCCUPANCY BE USED AS AN ‘EASY-TO-MEASURE’ INDEX FOR MONITORING TRENDS IN CETACEAN POPULATIONS? Hall, Karen, MacLeod, Colin D, Mandleberg, Laura, Schweder, Caroline, Pierce, Graham J & Bannon, Sarah M. 10:35 Coffee break 11:00h Session VII on Management Peter Evans & Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara 11:05 FORAGING HOTSPOTS AND WHALEWATCHING “NOT-SPOTS”: USING KILLER WHALE BEHAVIOUR TO PRIORITISE VESSEL EXCLUSION ZONES Ashe, Erin** & Williams, Rob 11:20 BASELINE INFORMATION ON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS OFF SOUTHERN SPAIN: TOWARDS SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND CONSERVATION Cañadas, Ana, Carbó, María, de Stephanis, Renaud, Fayos, José Antonio, García, Pedro, García-Tiscar, Susana, Marcos, Pilar, Ovando, María, Padilla, Mar, Pérez-Gimeno, Neus, Pérez, Sergi, Sagarminaga, Ricardo, Vázquez, José Antonio & Verborgh, Philippe. 11:35 TOURISM IMPACT ON DOLPHINS POPULATIONS: LINKING BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSES TO ENERGETIC COSTS Dans Silvana L., Crespo, Enrique A., Pedraza Susana N., Degrati Mariana & Garaffo, Griselda V. 11:50 HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS’ SOCIAL STRUCTURE Díaz López, Bruno & Bernal Shirai, Julia A. 12:05 INTERACTION BETWEEN KILLER AND SPERM WHALES WITH THE PATAGONIAN TOOTH FISH FISHERY IN CROZET AND KERGUELEN EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE Guinet, Christophe; Gasco, Nicolas; Roche, Cécile & Duhamel, Guy 12:20 IDENTIFYING IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR COASTAL DOLPHINS IN A MARICULTURE GROWTH REGION IN SOUTHERN CHILE Heinrich, Sonja & Hammond, Philip 12:35 ASSESSING HUMAN IMPACTS: VESSEL DISTRIBUTION IN GERMAN WATERS – A MODELLING APPROACH Herr, Helena, Gilles, Anita, Scheidat, Meike & Siebert, Ursula 12:50 A POSSIBLE ECOLOGICAL BASIS TO COMMON DOLPHIN BY-CATCH IN PELAGIC FISHERIES IN THE BAY OF BISCAY Spitz, Jérôme**, Van Canneyt, Olivier, Morizur Yvon & Ridoux, Vincent. 13:05 CAN THE USE OF ACOUSTIC DETERRENTS INCREASE THE SEALS-FISHERIES CONFLICT? Sara Königson**, Heide Stridh , Sven-Gunnar Lunneryd & Jacob Hagberg 13:20 A TALE OF TWO MPAs, THE VAQUITA AND DECEMBERS’MISTAKES Rojas-Bracho, Lorenzo, Jaramillo-Legorreta, Armando & Urban, Jorge 13:30 Summary of workshop on Marine Protected Areas 13:40 Lunch break 15:00h Session VIII on Management Iwona Kuklik & Raul Castro 15:05 DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS FOR MARINE PELAGIC SPECIES: THE CASE OF THE BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN CONSERVATION PLAN Sagarminaga, Ricardo, Cañadas, Ana, Urquiola, Erika & Tejedor, Ana 15:20 EFFECTS OF OFFSHORE WIND FARMS ON HARBOUR PORPOISES IN DENMARK Teilmann, Jonas (1), Tougaard, Jakob (1) & Carstensen, Jacob (2) 15:35 ECOLOGICAL RISK TO CETACEANS FROM ANTHROPOGENIC SOUND: CHARACTERIZATION ANALYSIS USING A PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT APPROACH TO UNCERTAINTY Truett, Amanda 15:50 MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING APPROPRIATE LIMITS TO THE BYCATCH OF SMALL CETACEANS IN THE EUROPEAN ATLANTIC AND NORTH SEA Winship, Arliss J. Berggren, Per & Hammond, Philip S. 16:05 DON’T QUOTE ME ON THAT: BRIDGING THE LANGUAGE GAP BETWEEN SCIENTISTS AND POLICY-MAKERS Wright, Andrew J., Parsons, E. C. M., Rose, Naomi A. & Vos, Erin 16:20 Summary of workshop on minke whales 16:30 Coffee break 17:00h Annual General Meeting 21:00h Banquet (20h departure of buses to Petritegi cider bar) 23:00h Dancing (22:30h departure of bus to Petritegi disco bar)