ABSTRACT BOOK 24th CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN CETACEAN SOCIETY MARINE MAMMAL POPULATIONS: CHALLENGES FOR CONSERVATION IN THE NEXT DECADE 22nd – 24th MARCH 2010, STRALSUND/GERMANY Abstract book: 24th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society: Organizing Committee Cover photo: Harald Benke, German Oceanographic Museum Designed by: Thomas Korth, OZEANEUM Edited by: Ursula Verfuß, Sylvia Osterrieder, Cecile Vincent, Martin Jabbusch, Anja Gallus, Johann Subklew, Stefan Bräger, Anja Brandecker, Michael Dähne, Stefanie Großer, Frederike Hanke, Wolf Hanke, Anne Herrmann, Kathrin Krügel, Tina Meyer, Sabine Müller, Janne Sundermeyer, Lyuba Zehl Printed by: Federal Maritime & Hydrographic Agency, Rostock CONTENT General………………………………………………………………… 1 Conference Guide……………………………………………………. 8 Poster Guide…………………………………………………………… 10 Programme……………...…………………………………………….. 11 Poster list………………………………………………………………. 24 Abstracts……………………………………………………………….. 52 Abstracts of talks…………………………………………… 53 Abstracts of posters……………………………………….. 100 Index of authors………………………………………………………. 294 Dictionary………………………………………………………………. 302 Addendum…...………………………………………………………… 309 Room for notes ……………………………………………………….. 314 24TH CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN CETACEAN SOCIETY 22nd – 24th March 2010, Stralsund, Germany THEME Marine Mammal Populations: Challenges for Conservation in the Next Decade VENUE Alte Brauerei, Stralsund German Oceanographic Museum, Stralsund OZEANEUM, Stralsund HOST German Oceanographic Museum, Stralsund OZEANEUM, Stralsund CO-OPERATING PARTNERS Research & Technology Centre Westcoast, University of Kiel, Germany; Marine Science Center, University of Rostock, Germany; Institute of Biochemistry & Biology, Unit of Evolutionary Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany; Federal Maritime & Hydrographic Agency, Germany; United Nations Environment Programme, Tunisia; Society for the Conservation of Marine Mammals, Germany; Hel Marine Station, University of Gdansk, Poland CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Ursula Verfuß (Chair), Harald Benke, Stefan Bräger, Anja Brandecker, Michael Dähne, Anja Gallus, Martin Jabbusch, Kathrin Krügel, Sylvia Osterrieder, Johann Subklew (German Oceanographic Museum, Germany); Ursula Siebert, Klaus Lucke (Research and Technology Centre Westcoast, University of Kiel, Germany); Guido Dehnhardt (Marine Science Center, University of Rostock, Germany); Ralph Tiedemann (Institute of Biochemistry and Biology/Unit of Evolutionary Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany); Iwona Pawliczka, Krzysztof E. Skóra (Hel Marine Station, University of Gdansk, Poland); Polona Kotnjek (Morigenos - Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Society, Slovenia); Roland Lick (European Cetacean Society) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Meike Scheidat (Chair) (Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies, The Netherlands); Ursula Siebert, Klaus Lucke (Research and Technology Centre Westcoast, University of Kiel, Germany); Frederike D. Hanke, Wolf Hanke (Marine Science Center, University of Rostock, Germany); Ralph Tiedemann, Valerio Ketmaier (Institute of Biochemistry and Biology/Unit of Evolutionary Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany); Iwona Pawliczka (Hel Marine Station, University of Gdansk, Poland); Marije Siemensma (Marine Science & 1 Communication, The Netherlands); Cecile Vincent (University of La Rochelle, France); Harald Benke, Stefan Bräger, Michael Dähne, Ursula Verfuß (German Oceanographic Museum, Germany) ABSTRACT REVIEWERS Mario Acquarone, Pia Anderwald, Michel André, Javier F. Aznar, James Barnett, Giovanni Bearzi, Simon Berrow, Alexei Birkun, Junio Fabrizio Borsani, Mark Bravington, Cristina Brito, Sarah Canning, Florence Caurant, Phil Clapham, Christopher Clark, Bruno Cozzi, Enrique Crespo, Boris Culik, Krishna Das, Sylvain De Guise, Renaud de Stephanis, Guido Dehnhardt, Greg Donovan, Peter Evans, Antonio Fernández, Mercedes Fernández, Caterina Maria Fortuna, Manuel Garcia Hartmann, Evgeny Goldin, Pavel Goldin, Ali Cemal Gucu, Ailsa Hall, Philip Hammond, Wolf Hanke, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Sara Heimlich, Rus Hoelzel, Aleta Hohn, Stefan Huggenberger, Vincent Janik, Thierry Jauniaux, Mark Johnson, Ronald Kastelein, Valerio Ketmaier, Carl Kinze, Thijs Kuiken, Sophie Laran, Giancarlo Lauriano, Celine Liret, Christina Lockyer, Klaus Lucke, Colin Macleod, Sandro Mazzariol, Bernie McConnell, Sonia Mendes, Laureline Meynier, Lee Miller, Patrick Miller, Paul E. Nachtigall, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Ayaka Amaha Ozturk, Bayram Ozturk, Simone Panigada, Gianni Pavan, Iwona Pawliczka, Graham Pierce, Randall Reeves, Vincent Ridoux, Kevin Robinson, Emer Rogan, M. Begoña Santos Vazquez, Meike Scheidat, Ursula Siebert, Tiu Similä, Benoit Simon-Bouhet, Karen Stockin, Jonas Teilmann, Jakob Tougaard, Nick Tregenza, Peter Tyack, Philippe Verborgh, Ursula Verfuß, Cecile Vincent, Magnus Wahlberg, Mason Weinrich, Ben Wilson, Nicky Wiseman STUDENT VOLUNTEERS Andrea Mel Cosentino, Marianna Anichini, Jenny Byl, Maria del Mar Canado Caparro, Sina Danehl, Ayse Demirer, Andrea Fais, Katharina Fietz, Malgorzata Gazda, Christopher Groß, Stefanie Grosser, Anne Herrmann, Monika Konkel, Kai Kruse, Anke Kuegler, Philip Loos, Sarah Malette, Manuela Sann, Aleksandra Matyskiewicz, Tina Meyer, Sylvia Osterrieder, Elena Papale, Carolin Paul, Laura Pavesi, Olga Rutkowska, Alicja Rutkowska, Klaudyna Sergot, Reyhan Sonmez, Dominique Weilermann, Lyuba Zehl, Betty Zocholl FINANCIAL SUPPORT German Research Foundation; Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety; Northern German Foundation for the Environment and Development – from the lottery incomes of BINGO! The environment lottery; Old Brewery; World Wide Fund for Nature; Greenpeace; International Fund for Animal Welfare; German Environmental Aid Association 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Next to all people listed on these pages we would like to acknowlege the team of the German Oceanographic Museum and the OZEANEUM for their help, especially Thomas Korth, being in charge of the conference related design work. We would furthermore like to thank Margret Bernard for the design of the Greenpeace-sponsored material. 3 TO AND FROM THE VENUE “ALTE BRAUEREI” (OLD BREWERY) During the main conference days (22.-24.03.2010) you can use your name tag as ticket for free rides with the busses of the local bus company (SWS). Please show your name tag to the bus driver or controller. Next to the regular bus traffic, additional busses (ECS bus) will be mobilized at the beginning and the end of the conference days to get you to the venue and back to the city of Stralsund. They have the conference logo in the front window. A selection of bus stations can be found in the maps of Stralsund (see following pages). Route No 3 is the bus route to choose to get to the Brauerei (direction Andershof/Devin/Andershof Ausbau) and back to the city (direction Strelapark). Please check the black board for bus connections. The ECS busses leaving from Homa (busstation near Brauerei) will stop at Hafenstrasse, Wasserstrasse, Busbahnhof and Hauptbahnhof. On Tuesday, 23rd March the ECS busses will pass by the Theatre, the venue of the Video night, and reach the “Hauptbahnhof” a few minutes later than on the other days. BUS TIMES TO THE VENUE Station ECS bus Regular bus 06:25-17:55: ~every 15 min, 18:19, 18:51, Strelapark/Zoo - 19:21, 19:51, 20:16, 20:50 06:41-18:11: ~every 15 min, 18:35, 19:07, Hauptbahnhof 07:50 19:37, 20:07, 20: 32, 21:06 Busbahnhof 2 minutes later than from „Hauptbahnhof“ Wasserstrasse 4 minutes later than from „Hauptbahnhof“ Hafenstrasse 5 minutes later than from „Hauptbahnhof“ Homa 8 minutes later than from „Hauptbahnhof“ BUS TIMES FROM THE VENUE Station ECS bus Regular bus 06:03-17:18: ~every 15 min, 17:46, 18:14, Homa 19:10 18:31, 18:56, 19:21, 19:51, 20:26. 20:51 4 VIDEO NIGHT The video night is open to the public, and video arrangements in the theatre of Stralsund are well visited. Please make sure that you are early for the video night to be able to attend it. As mentioned above, the ECS bus that is leaving the Brauerei on Tuesday evening to the city centre of Stralsund will pass by the theatre. You should use this advantage to reserve your seat for the video night! 5 MAP OF STRALSUND, LARGE VIEW 6 MAP OF STRALSUND, CLOSE UP 7 CONFERENCE GUIDE: VENUE “ALTE BRAUEREI” 8 SNACKS & BEVERAGES During the whole conference snacks and beverages can be purchased at several places in the Brauerei. You can also visit the “Alte Fritz” to have a beer with your colleagues. During coffee breaks, coffee and other beverages as well as small snacks are offered for free. MEETINGS If you wish to have a meeting with your colleagues in a quiet room without drinking beer, you can use the “Maschinenraum”, a room situated in the “Alter Fritz”. You’ll pass it when you go via the stairway into the restaurant area. The Maschinenraum will be used during lunch time, and is therefore unavailable for meetings between 12:30 and 15:15. POSTER GUIDE Posters can be set up on Monday 22nd March from 8:00 am on. You can find the poster place assigned to you on the poster-plan shown below. Please ONLY use the poster-pins provided by the organizers. They will be distributed at several spots in the poster area. If you need assistance for setting up your poster, please ask one of the student volunteers. Presenting authors are asked to be at their posters during poster sessions: Monday 22nd: Poster session I: Authors of posters with uneven numbers Tuesday 23rd: Poster session II: Authors of posters with even numbers 9 POSTER GUIDE 10 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Saturday,