Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen des M.E.E.R. e.V.Forschungsbericht
Interactions of Cetaceans with Whale Watching Boats – Implications for the Management of Whale Watching Tourism. M.E.E.R. e.V., Berlin, Germany, 91 pp.
Publikationen in Fachzeitschriften, etc.:Ritter, F., Ernert, A. & Smit, V. (2011): A long-term cetacean sighting data set from whale watching operations as a reflection of the environmental dynamics in a multi-species cetacean habitat. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the ECS, Cadiz, Spain, March 2011. PDF download
Carrillo, M., and F. Ritter. (2010): Increasing numbers of ship strikes in the Canary Islands: Proposals for immediate action to reduce risk of vessel-whale collisions. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 11(2):131-138. PDF download
Ritter, F. (2010): Quantification of ferry traffic in the Canary Islands (Spain) and its implications for collisions with cetaceans. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 11(2):139-146. PDF dowlnload
Smit, V.; Ritter, F., Ernert, A. & Strüh, N. (2010): Habitat partitioning by cetaceans in a multi-species ecosystem around the oceanic island of La Gomera (Canary Islands). Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the ECS, Stralsund, Germany, March 2010. PDF download
Ritter, F. (2010): Short description of a near miss event involving a large vessel and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off Antarctica. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the ECS, Stralsund, Germany, March 2010. PDF download
Ritter, F. (2007): BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES OF ROUGH-TOOTHED DOLPHINS TO A DEAD NEWBORN CALF. Marine Mammal Science, 23(2): 429-433 (April 2007)
Ritter, F. & Neumann, K. (2006): THE YEAR OF THE WHALE: EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE OF BRYDE'S WHALES OFF LA GOMERA (CANARY ISLANDS). Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the ECS, Gdynia, Poland, April 2006. Abstract... / Full Text (PDF)
Mayr, I. & Ritter, F. (2005): PHOTO-IDENTIFICATION OF ROUGH-TOOTHED DOLPHINS OFF LA GOMERA (CANARY ISLANDS) WITH NEW INSIGHTS INTO SOCIAL ORGANISATION. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the ECS, La Rochelle, France, April 2005. Abstract... / Full text (PDF)
Ritter, F. (2003) Boat-related Behaviours of Cetaceans as a Tool for the Development of Species-specific Whale Watching Guidelines. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the ECS, Gran Canaria, Spain, March 2003. Abstract... / Full Text (PDF)
Smit, V., Ritter, F. & Neumann, K. (2003) Feasibility Study: Land-based Observations of Cetaceans on La Gomera (Canary Islands). Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the ECS, Gran Canria, Spain, March 2003. Abstract... / Full Text (PDF)
Ritter, F. (2002) Behavioural Observations of Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) off La Gomera (Canary Islands) with a special Reference to their Interactions with Humans. AQUATIC MAMMALS 28.1, 46-59. Abstract / Full Text (PDF)
Ritter, F. (2001) Twenty-one Cetacean Species off La Gomera (Canary Islands): Possible Reasons for an extraordinary Species Diversity. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the ECS, Rome, Italy 5-7 May 2001. Abstract / Full Text (PDF)
Ritter, F. & Brederlau, B. (1999) Abundance, Distribution and Behaviour of Dense Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) off La Gomera (Canary Islands) and their Interactions with Humans. AQUATIC MAMMALS, 25.2, 55-61. Abstract
Ritter, F. (1999) Human-Cetacean Interactions off La Gomera (Canary Islands): Summary on In-Water-Encounters. In Dudzinski, K.M., Frohoff, T.G. & Spradlin, T.R. 1999. Wild Dolphin Swim Program Workshop Proceedings. The 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Maui, Hawaii. 28 November 1999. 70pp. Abstract
Ritter, F. & Brederlau, B. (1998) First Report of Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus) Frequenting the Canary Island Waters. European Research on Cetaceans 12. Proc. 12th Ann. Conf. ECS, Monaco, 20-24th January 1998, 95-98. Abstract / Full Text (PDF)
Ritter, F. & Ladner, U.A. (1996) Whale Watch Research on La Gomera: A new Interdisciplinary Approach. European Research on Cetaceans 9. Proc. 9th Ann. Conf. ECS, Lisbon 1996, 48ff. Abstract
Ritter, F. (1996) Abundance, Distribution and Behaviour of Cetaceans off La Gomera (Canary Islands) and Their Interaction with Whale Watching-Boats and Swimmers. Diploma Thesis to the University of Bremen, Faculty of Biology. 114pp. Abstract
IWC DokumenteDokumente für die jährlichen Tagungen des Wissenschaftsausschusses der Internationalen Walfangkommission (IWC):
Ritter, F. (2009). Collisions of sailing vessels with cetaceans worldwide: First insights into a seemingly growing problem. IWC Document SC/61/BC1. 13pp. PDF
Carrillo, M. & Ritter, F. (2008). Increasing Numbers of Ship Strikes in the Canary Islands: Proposals for Immediate Action to Reduce Risk of Vessel-Whale Collisions. IWC Document SC/60/BC6. 10pp. PDF
Ritter, F. (2007): A QUANTIFICATION OF FERRY TRAFFIC IN THE CANARY ISLANDS (SPAIN) AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR COLLISIONS WITH CETACEANS. IWC Document SC/59/BC7. 12pp. PDF
Ritter, F. (2007): CETACEAN SIGHTINGS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN DURING A COMMERCIAL ARCTIC CRUISE. IWC Document SC/59/WW21. 6pp. PDF
Baradell, M.G. & Ritter, F. (2007): SWIM-WITH-DOLPHIN ACTIVITIES IN THE AZORES - STEPS TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY. IWC Document SC/59/WW12. 7pp. PDF
Parsons, E.C.M., Fortuna, C.M., Ritter, F., Rose, N.A., Simmonds, M.P., Weinrich, M., Williams, R. & Panigada, S. (2006): GLOSSARY OF WHALE WATCHING TERMS. Journal of Research & Management 8 (suppl.), 249-251.
Sonstige:SHIP STRIKES IN THE CANARY ISLANDS: THE NEED FOR URGENT ACTION TO MITIGATE COLLISION RISK.
Präsentation von Manuel Carrillo und Fabian Ritter bei der Jährlichen Konferenz der European Cetacean Society (ECS) Egmond aan Zee, Holland, 10-12 März 2008
Collisions of Vessels with Cetaceans.
Präsentation von Fabian Ritter & Manollo Carrillo bei der YEAR OF THE DOLPHIN-KONFERENZ Stralsund, 30 Oktober -01 November 2007
Building the ground for whale watching management: lessons from a „best practice“ perspective at La Gomera, Canary Islands.
Präsentation von Fanian Ritter beim Symposium Western African Talks on Cetaceans and Habitats (WATCH). Teneriffa, Oktober 2007. PDF
Problems with Fast Ferries in the Canary Islands.
Präsentation von Fabian Ritter beim JOINT ACCOBAMS/PELAGOS WORKSHOPS ON FIN WHALE AND COLLISIONS Monaco, 12-15 November 2005
Whale Watching Research off La Gomera (Canary Islands).
Präsentation von Fabian Ritter beim Science for Sustainable Whale Watching Workshop Kapstadt, Südafrika, 02–09 März 2004
What can whale watching do for conservation?
M.E.E.R. La Gomera: An Example from the Canary Islands.
Präsentation von Fabian Ritter beim Whale Watching Workshop auf Teneriffa (14/15 März 2003) anlässlich der ECS Konferenz auf Gran Canaria
Whale Watching and Research on La Gomera (Canary Islands).
Draft prepared for the Workshop on Whale Watching & Research at the WMMSC in Monaco, 19. January 1998. By Dipl.-Biol. Fabian Ritter. 5pp.
Interactions of Cetaceans with Whale Watching Boats off La Gomera (Canary Islands).
Outline of the research of the project M.E.E.R. La Gomera. By Dipl.-Biol. Fabian Ritter. 8pp.
Diplomarbeiten, etc.Strüh, Nina (2008): Abundanz und Verbreitung von Cetaceen vor La Gomera im Zusammenhang mit Oberflächenwassertemperatur und Chlorophyllgehalt. Diplomarbeit, Universität Marbrug, Fachbereich Biologie, Zoologie. 81 Seiten + Anhang.
Koch, Katrin (2007): Untersuchung über Verbreitung und Vorkommen von Cetaceen vor La Gomera anhand eines Geografischen Informationssystems (ArcGIS). Diplomarbeit, Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Biologie. 44 Seiten + Anhang.
Kiesewetter, Wolf (2007): Die Qualität von Naturerfahrungen am Beispiel von Whale Watching auf La Gomera/Kanarische Inseln. Diplomarbeit, Fachhochschule Eberswalde, Fachbereich Landschaftsnutzung und Naturschutz. 78 Seiten + Anhänge.
Weisenberger, Frank (2005): Grundlagen eines Meeressäuger-Informationszentrums für ein nachhaltiges Whale Watching vor La Gomera (Kanarische Inseln). Diplomarbeit, Universität Trier, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Fremdenverkehrsgeografie. 124pp + Anhänge.
Mayr, Iris (2004): Photo-Identification of Rough-toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) off La Gomera (Canary Islands) as a Basis for Long-term Monitoring with new Insights into Social Organisation. Diploma thesis, University of Salzburg, Faculty of Natural Science - Organismic Biology. 100pp. Abstract... (PDF)
Gonçalves, Francisco G. F. F. (2003): THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS ON THE ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CETACEANS OFF LA GOMERA (CANARY ISLANDS). University of Glamorgan, School of Applied Sciences. 84pp.
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