Final program
Long Term Ecological Data Series in cetaceans: essential but challenging!
4th April 2022 - half day morning (9-13h CET - online)
WORKSHOP FINAL PROGRAM
9:00-9:10 - Welcome and participants introduction
9:10-9:30 - Opening session & workshop objectives. Marc Fernández (MARE-Madeira)
LTER in cetaceans: an opportunity to monitor oceanic ecosystems
Keynote speaker
9:30-10 (20’ talk + 10’ Q&A) - Simon Berrow (Irish Whale and Dolphin Group)
Long Term Monitoring of Cetaceans in Irish Waters: trends, challenges and opportunities over a 30 year period.
Participant presentations
10-10:20 (8’ each)
Tour-operators as key tool to improve information on data deficient cetacean species. Rui Peres dos Santos (CMMAR, Universidade do Algarve).
Sea turtle and Marine Mammal Surveys in Lagos Southwestern Nigeria. Oyeronke Adegbile (NIOMR Lagos).
10:20-10:25 - Q&A
Break
10:35-10:50 - Bathroom, coffee and back!
Keynote speaker
10:50-11:20 (20’ talk + 10’ Q&A) - Antonella Arcangeli (ISPRA) & Paola Tepsich (CIMA)
The Fixed Line Transect Mediterranean monitoring Network:
a long-term collaborative challenge for systematic monitoring of cetaceans
and main threats using ferries as platforms of research.
Participant presentations
11:20-12:00 (8’ each)
Collecting data in the Eastern North Atlantic - focus on offshore waters (CETUS Project). Mafalda Correia (CIIMAR).
Beyond whale watching. Inês Coelho & Maria Ana Ernesto (Futurismo Azores Adventures).
Long-term datasets as a tool to study cetaceans in an insular oceanic system. Rita Ferreira (MARE-Madeira).
12:00-12:15 - Q&A
General discussion
12:15-12:50 - General discussion
12:50-13:00 - Wrap up and future actions.