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  1. The Seabed Makes the Dolphins: Physiographic Features Shape the Size and Structure of the Bottlenose Dolphin Geographical Units

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Bruno Díaz López

  2. Diversity, Distribution, and Density of Marine Mammals Along the Saudi Waters of the Arabian Gulf: Update From a Multi-Method Approach

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, August 2021, Frontiers

    Bruno Díaz López

  3. Vulnerability of a top marine predator in one of the world’s most impacted marine environments (Arabian Gulf)

    Article • Marine Biology, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruno Díaz López

  4. Modelling ecosystem dynamics to assess the effect of coastal fisheries on cetacean species

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, May 2021, Elsevier

    Bruno Díaz López

  5. Spatial segregation and interspecific killing of common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

    Article • acta ethologica, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruno Díaz López

  6. Food-web interactions in a coastal ecosystem influenced by upwelling and terrestrial runoff off North-West Spain

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, May 2020, Elsevier

    Bruno Díaz López

  7. When personality matters: personality and social structure in wild bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus

    Article • Animal Behaviour, May 2020, Elsevier

    Bruno Díaz López

  8. Individual foraging variation drives social organization in bottlenose dolphins

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, September 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bruno Díaz López

  9. Modelling common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) coastal distribution and habitat use: Insights for conservation

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, September 2019, Elsevier

    Bruno Díaz López

  10. Habitat drivers of endangered rorqual whales in a highly impacted upwelling region

    Article • Ecological Indicators, August 2019, Elsevier

    Bruno Díaz López

  11. Living on the edge: Overlap between a marine predator’s habitat use and fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic waters (NW Spain)

    Article • Progress In Oceanography, July 2019, Elsevier

    Bruno Díaz López

  12. Natural and anthropogenic drivers of foraging behaviour in bottlenose dolphins: Influence of shellfish aquaculture

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, May 2019, Wiley

    Bruno Díaz López

  13. “Hot deals at sea”: responses of a top predator (Bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus) to human-induced changes in the coastal ecosystem

    Article • Behavioral Ecology, December 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bruno Díaz López

  14. Does interspecific competition drive patterns of habitat use and relative density in harbour porpoises?

    Article • Marine Biology, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruno Díaz López

  15. Abundance and demographic parameters of bottlenose dolphins in a highly affected coastal ecosystem

    Article • Marine & Freshwater Research, January 2018, CSIRO Publishing

    Bruno Díaz López

  16. Infanticide attacks and associated epimeletic behaviour in free-ranging common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, July 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Bruno Díaz López

  17. The distribution, abundance and group dynamics of Indian Ocean humpback dolphins (Sousa plumbea) in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (UAE)

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, July 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Bruno Díaz López

  18. The impact of shellfish farming on common bottlenose dolphins’ use of habitat

    Article • Marine Biology, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruno Díaz López

  19. Temporal variability in predator presence around a fin fish farm in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Marine Ecology, February 2017, Wiley

    Bruno Díaz López

  20. Bottlenose dolphins and aquaculture: interaction and site fidelity on the north-eastern coast of Sardinia (Italy)

    Article • Marine Biology, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruno Díaz López

  21. A trial of acoustic harassment device efficacy on free-ranging bottlenose dolphins in Sardinia, Italy

    Article • Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Bruno Díaz López

  22. Whistle characteristics in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Mediterranean Sea: Influence of behaviour

    Article • Mammalian Biology, March 2011, Elsevier

    Bruno Díaz López

  23. Marine aquaculture off Sardinia Island (Italy): Ecosystem effects evaluated through a trophic mass-balance model

    Article • Ecological Modelling, April 2008, Elsevier

    Bruno Díaz López

  24. Diving activity of a solitary wild free ranging bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus)

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, March 2008, Cambridge University Press

    Bruno Díaz López

  25. Aquaculture impacts on dolphins social structure

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bruno Díaz López

  26. Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) presence and incidental capture in a marine fish farm on the north-eastern coast of Sardinia (Italy)

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, February 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Bruno Díaz López

  27. Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Predation on a Marine Fin Fish Farm: Some Underwater Observations

    Article • Aquatic Mammals, September 2006, Aquatic Mammals Journal

    Bruno Díaz López

  28. Interactions between Mediterranean bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and gillnets off Sardinia, Italy

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, June 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bruno Díaz López