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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
'''Habitat:''' | '''Habitat:''' Pelagic | ||
'''Main role:''' | '''Main role:''' Predator | ||
'''Trophic level:''' | '''Trophic level:''' t.b.t. | ||
'''Diet:''' Dolphins eat many species of fish like sardines, herrings, and bonitos, octopuses and squids. They are fast swimmers, swimming up to the speed of 60 km per hour. | '''Diet:''' Dolphins eat many species of fish like sardines, herrings, and bonitos, octopuses and squids. They are fast swimmers, swimming up to the speed of 60 km per hour. | ||
'''Threats:''' Dolphins are sensitive for | '''Threats:''' Dolphins are sensitive for habitat degradation, caused by pollution, coastal development, and other human activities. Overfishing of prey by humans can lead to food shortages for dolphins, affecting their health and reproduction. Dolphins can become unintentional victims of fishing operations, particularly in nets and lines meant for other species. | ||
==MSP Challenge== | ==MSP Challenge== | ||
Different pressures generate by human activities ([[noise]], [[Bottom Disturbace|bottom disturbance]], [[Surface Disturbance|surface disturbance]], [[Artificial Substrate|artificial substrate]]) have different, complex effects on marine species in terms of movement, survival and procreation. | |||
Dolphins is a month-by-month, computer generated data layer following calculations made by the ecosystem simulation (EwE). | |||
=North Sea= | =North Sea= | ||
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== Information == | == Information == | ||
The type of dolphin that lives in the eastern Mediterranean Sea is the common dolphin ([https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137094 Delphinus delphis]). This species is known for its | The type of dolphin that lives in the eastern Mediterranean Sea is the common dolphin ([https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137094 Delphinus delphis]). This species is known for its sleek body and distinctive pattern of yellow and grey stripes on its sides. Another species found in the Eastern Mediterranean is the stripe dolphin ([https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137107 Stenella coeruleoalba]), who is also known as the blue-white dolphin due to its coloration pattern (WoRMS Editorial Board, 2023). | ||
World Register of Marine Species. Available from <nowiki>https://www.marinespecies.org</nowiki> at VLIZ. Accessed 2023-10-02. doi:10.14284/170 | |||
==Types== | ==Types== | ||
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==Metadata== | ==Metadata== | ||
===Data Source=== | ===Data Source=== | ||
Dolphin is a month-by-month, computer generated data layer following calculations made by the ecosystem simulation (EwE). | |||
===Original Title=== | ===Original Title=== | ||
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===Description=== | ===Description=== | ||
===Creation Date=== | ===Creation Date=== | ||
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===Methodology=== | ===Methodology=== | ||
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| Category_Name = Birds_and_mammals | | Category_Name = Birds_and_mammals | ||
}} | }} | ||
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