Research Outputs

Scientific Contributions

First satellite tracking of a juvenile sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) off the Mediterranean coast of Türkiye.

Başusta, N., Mendez, L., Jacquesson, E., Soldo, A., Bengil, E. G. T., Özyurt, C. E., Mavruk, S., Özgül, A., Lök, A., de Sabata, E., & Clò, S. (2026)

Manuscript submitted.

Sharks in the Mediterranean: A species identification guide for local ecological knowledge

Mendez, L., Jacquesson, E., Ernesto, A., Soldo, A., & Serena, F. (2024)

First Young Shark Tagging Expedition in Türkiye: Poster presented at the International Workshop on Elasmobranches, 05 July, Iskenderun, Hatay, Türkiye

Bengil, E.G.T., Soldo, A., Lök, A., Özgül, A., Özyurt, C.E., de Sabata, E., Clo, S., Demircan, E., Akbulut, G., Başusta, N., Jacquesson, E. & Mendez, L., (2024)

Guide of Mediterranean Skates and Rays

Mendez, L., Bacquet, A. & F. Briand. (2022)

Press

Media Coverage – Croatia

 

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Scientific Contributions

High-resolution tracking of fledged Yelkouan Shearwaters Puffinus yelkouan exposes post-fledging migration

Gatt, M. C., Metzger, B. J., Austad, M., & Mendez, L. (2024). 16th International Seabird Group Conference, Coimbra, Portugal (poster presentation) 

Capture of Yelkouan Shearwaters Puffinus yelkouan at geographic bottlenecks at sea.

Metzger, B. J., Mendez, L., Portolou, D., Amaha Öztürk, A., et al. (2024). 16th International Seabird Group Conference, Coimbra, Portugal (poster presentation).

Tracking migration of adults and juveniles of a pelagic seabird endemic to the Mediterranean: the Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan.

Mendez, L., Gatt, M. C., Metzger, B., Kapelj, S., Abdennadher, A., Ouni, R., Austad, M., Ornon, A., & Briand, F. (2024). 3rd Mediterranean Symposium on the Ecology and Conservation of Marine and Coastal Bird Species, Djerba, Tunisia (oral presentation).

Refining seabird marine protected areas by predicting habitat inside foraging range – a case study from the global tropics

Miller, M., Hemson, G., Du Toit, J., et al. (2023). Authorea. DOI: 10.22541/au.168903191.10497767/v1

Observations of seabirds and dolphins in the northeastern Black Sea, late January to early February 2022

Mendez, L., & Bukreev, S. (2022)

Press

  • Tracking the migration of the Yelkouan Shearwater from Croatia into the Black Sea
    ACAP – Latest News, 15 July 2021                                                                                  

https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/tracking-the-migration-of-the-yelkouan-shearwater-from-croatia-into-the-black-sea

  • The Mediterranean Commission calls for breeding distribution information on Yelkouan Shearwaters
    ACAP – Latest News, 1 October 2018

https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/the-mediterranean-commission-calls-for-breeding-distribution-information-on-yelkouan-shearwaters