Mediterranean Marine Avifauna: Population Studies and by Mauro Fasola (auth.), Xaver Monbailliu (eds.)

By Mauro Fasola (auth.), Xaver Monbailliu (eds.)

May I first congratulate, inconditionally, the organization MEDMARAVIS for organizing this symposium and for inviting me re­ providing the Sardinian Ministry of our environment. i want to claim that such tasks support very much and in a concrete approach, Heads of presidency departments in command of land use and usual assets. At this primary symposium of the Mediterranean Marine Avifau­ na i need to congratulate the clinical college for presenting such an plentiful spectrum of top of the range papers facing different elements of the Mediterranean and past. i'm certain that their con­ tributions will additional clinical examine, might help to seasoned­ tect the environment and may lead, extra in particular, to the ma­ nagement and conservation of seabirds. to understand so one can deal with has usually been acknowledged at this sym­ posium. in truth, it isn't attainable to regulate thoughtfully and rationally the normal assets with out realizing extra profound­ ly how they functionality. This reasoning can be legitimate on a extra ge­ neral scale: neighborhood making plans of human actions will not be fail to remember the review of the ecosystem.

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Physical and climatological data are taken from Serra (1971) and Pinna (1971). Botanical data come from Chiappini (1971). Temperature of seawater 1n February Speed of currents in August 6 7 ·0 ·0 Hin1lnal diurnal temperature Maximal diurnal temperature Dilference in daily tamperature Difference in Annual temperature 9 10 11 12 1) Type of climate 23 N° N° JIIII1 '/0 N· W 111 Subtropical ------ Subtropical < 10 < 50 ( 10 < 50 W 501 - 600 70 - 75 103 I 501 - 600 70 - 75 103 151 N-E 1014,9 H - 15 E --- - - - - - - - Subtropical semi-arid < 10 50 - 60 501 - 600 70 - 75 89 172 104 W ; 1015,1 <,.

Beaman (1975). A guide to the birds of Malta. Malta Orn. , Valetta. F. E. ). 1971. Checklist of the birds of Turkey. Orn. Soc. Turkey, Bird Rep. 2: 1-184. H. (1960). Atlas of European Birds. London. v. 9-53. (1938). Die Vogelwelt der Aegais. J. Orn. , Departamento de Zoologia, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid 34 Andrew M. Paterson, Ed. San Gabriel, 2-4 0 A 29000 Torremolinos, Spain Present knowledge of the distribution, relative abundance and movements of most species of seabirds within the Mediterranean is still quite incomplete.

Series, Vol. G 12 Mediterranean Marine Avifauna Edited bv MEDMARA VIS and X. MonbaiIIiu © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1986 6° I I L ---r-" all~t:1 Tarifa 5° Ceuta ~ Torremolinos Fig. 1: Geographical situation Cabo Espartel 36° Cadiz ~ R 4° 0 E A 0 R 3° A N 2° I" ,--I '" , Is. Chafarinas I. de Alboran B Cabo de L ... 0 41 Literature is relatively abundant, as this area has since many years aroused interest among ornithologists: being the only existing gate from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic is an obliged way for many seabird species during their migration.

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