Carlotta Vivaldi

• Bachelor of Natural Science
• Sapienza University of Rome

Motivation Population density is a fundamental parameter in ecology and conservation, and taxonomic and geographic patterns of population density have been an important focus of macroecological research. However, population density data are time‐consuming and costly to collect, so their availability is limited. Leveraging decades of research, Tetra...

This study presents data on a local population of short‐beaked common dolphin monitored in the waters off Ischia Island (Gulf of Naples, Italy) over a 16‐year period (2000‐2015). We examine dolphin occurrence and distribution and perform photoidentification analysis. The data presented support the hypothesis that the waters around Ischia Island rep...

The identification of significant habitats for highly mobile marine vertebrates is essential for their conservation. Evidence is often difficult to obtain for deep‐diving species such as sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), where standard visual survey methods are not sufficient to detect the species. Sperm whales rely on sound for most of their...

Nel 2016 grazie alla collaborazione tra le associazioni Ardea ed Oceanomare Delphis, durante la campagna di ricerca Ischia Dolphin Project è stato effettuato uno studio preliminare sugli uccelli pelagici dell’Area Marina Protetta “Regno di Nettuno”. I rilievi sono stati effettuati dal 1 maggio al 31 ottobre a bordo del veliero laboratorio Jean Gab,...

An unusual observation of a hagfish (Myxine glutinosa) anchored to a living bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) was documented in an encounter with a group of about 80 dolphins during an ongoing long-term research program on cetaceans in the central Mediterranean Sea, Italy. The body of the hagfish was observed extruding from the blowhole of th...

The sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ) is one of the eight species of cetaceans routinely encountered in the Mediterranean Sea; however, information on the social organization of sperm whales living in the basin remains scarce. The social behaviour of sperm whales within female units, and groups of males are reported, made over an 11‐year perio...