21st ASCOBANS Advisory Committee Meeting AC21/Inf.4.1.b (O) Gothenburg, Sweden, 29 September - 1 October 2014 Dist. 26 August 2013 Agenda Item 4.1 Review of New Information on other Matters Relevant for Small Cetacean Conservation Population Size, Distribution, Structure and Causes of Any Changes Information Document 4.1.b The short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the north-east Atlantic: distribution, ecology, management and conservation status Action Requested Take note Submitted by Zoological Society of London NOTE: DELEGATES ARE KINDLY REMINDED TO BRING THEIR OWN COPIES OF DOCUMENTS TO THE MEETING Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 2013, 51, 193-280 © Roger N. Hughes, David Hughes, and I. Philip Smith, Editors Taylor & Francis The short- bEaked commoN Dolphin (Delphinus Delphis) in the north-east Atlantic: distributioN, Ecology, maNagEment and conservatioN staTuS SinéaD murphy1,2, EunicE H. Pinn3 & Paul D. JepsoN1 1institute of Zoology, Zoological society of london, Regent’s park, london, nW1 4RY, united Kingdom 2 C- MRG, institute of natural sciences, Massey university, private Bag 102 904, Auckland 0745, new Zealand E- mail:
[email protected] (corresponding author) 3Joint nature Conservation Committee, inverdee house, Baxter street, Aberdeen, AB11 9QA, united Kingdom The common dolphin is the second most abundant cetacean species in the North- east atlantic, with a wide- ranging distribution and is, potentially, impacted by a wide variety of pressures and threats. To assess the conservation status of common dolphins in this region, it is essential to understand population structure, key drivers of population dynamics, key resources and the effects of stressors.