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	Foskolos I., Alexiadou P., Koutouzi N., Frey S., Thompson K.F., Boisseau O., Frantzis A. 2023. Insights into the distribution and ingestion of prey-like plastic fishing lures in Mediterranean rough-toothed dolphins. Marine Pollution Bulletin 188: 114701.	4.35 MB
	Violi B., de Jong M.J., Frantzis A., Alexiadou P., Tardy C., Ody D., de Stephanis R., Giménez J., Lucifora G., Silva M.A., Oliveira C., Alves F., Dinis A., Tejedor M., Fernández A., Arregui M., Arbelo M., Lopez A., Covelo P., Hoelzel R.A. 2023. Genomics reveal the role of admixture in the evolution of structure among sperm whale populations within the Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Ecology 32: 2715–2731.	3.34 MB
	Onoufriou A.B., Gaggiotti O.E., Aguilar de Soto N., McCarthy M.L., Morin P.A., Rosso M., Dalebout M., Davison N., Baird R.W., Baker C.S., Berrow S., Brownlow A., Burns D., Caurant F., Claridge D., Constantine R., Demaret F., Dreyer S., Ðuras M., Durban J., Frantzis A., Freitas L., Genty G., Galov A., SHansen S.S., Kitchener A.C., Martin V., Mignucci-Giannoni A.A., Montano V., Moulins A., Olavarría C., Poole M.M., Suárez C.R., Rogan E., Ryan C., Schiavi A., Tepsich P., Urban J., West K., Olsen M.T., Carroll E.L. 2022. Biogeography in the deep: Hierarchical population genomic structure of two beaked whale species. Global Ecology and Conservation 40: e02308.	3.71 MB
	Glarou M., Gero S., Frantzis A., Brotons J.M., Vivier F., Alexiadou P., Cerdà M, Pirotta E., Christiansen F. 2022. Estimating body mass of sperm whales from aerial photographs. Mar Mam Sci. 38(4): 1-23. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12982	1.3 MB
	Skarsoulis E.K., Piperakis G.S., Orfanakis E., Papadakis P., Pavlidi D., Kalogerakis M.A., Alexiadou P., Frantzis A. 2022. A Real-Time Acoustic Observatory for Sperm-Whale Localization in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 873888. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.873888	2.5 MB supp.
	Cipriani P., Palomba M., Giulietti L., Marcer F., Mazzariol S., Santoro M., Alburqueque1 R.A., Covelo P., López A., Santos M.B., Pierce G.J., Brownlow A., Davison N.J., McGovern11 B., Frantzis A., Alexiadou P., Højgaard D.P., Mikkelsen B., Paoletti M., Nascetti G., Levsen A., Mattiucci S. 2022. Distribution and genetic diversity of Anisakis spp. in cetaceans from the Northeast Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Scientific Reports 12: 13664.	3.71 MB
	Foskolos I., Koutouzi Ν., Polychronidis L., Alexiadou P., Frantzis A. 2020. A taste for squid: the diet of sperm whales stranded in Greece, Eastern Mediterranean. Deep-Sea Research I 155: 103164.	1.67MB s1 s2
	Frantzis A., Leaper R., Alexiadou P., Prospathopoulos A., Lekkas D. 2019. Shipping routes through core habitat of endangered sperm whales along the Hellenic Trench, Greece: can we reduce collision risks? PLoS ONE 14(2): e0212016:1-21.	3.32 MB
	Alexiadou P., Foskolos I., Frantzis A. 2019. Ingestion of macroplastics by odontocetes of the Greek Seas, Eastern Mediterranean: Often deadly! Marine Pollution Bulletin 146: 67–75.	1.71 MB
	Diogou, N., Klinck, H., Frantzis, A., Nystuen, J., Papathanassiou, E., Katsanevakis, S. 2019. Year-round acoustic presence of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and baseline ambient ocean sound levels in the Greek Seas. Mediterranean Marine Science 20(1): 208-221.	3.10 MB
	Bernaldo de Quiros Y., Fernandez A., Baird R. W., Brownell Jr R. L., Aguilar de Soto N., Allen D., Arbelo M., Arregui M., Costidis A., Fahlman A., Frantzis A., Gulland F. M. D., Iñíguez M., Johnson M., Komnenou A., Koopman H., Pabst D. A., Roe W. D., Sierra1 E., Tejedor M. and Schorr G. 2019. Advances in research on the impacts of anti-submarine sonar on beaked whales Proc. R. Soc. B 286: 20182533.	248 KB
	Frantzis, A. 2018. A long and deep step in range expansion of an alien marine mammal in the Mediterranean: First record of the Indian Ocean humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea (G. Cuvier, 1829) in the Greek Seas. BioInvasions Records 7(1): 83–87.	1.61 MB
	Antoniou A., Frantzis A., Alexiadou P., Paschou N., Poulakakis N. 2018. Witnessing the rise or fall of a species: introgressive hybridization of Stenella coeruleoalba and Delphinus delphis in Greece. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 129: 325–337.	2.0 MB supp.
	Skarsoulis E.K., Piperakis G., Kalogerakis M., Orfanakis E., Papadakis P., Dosso S.E., Frantzis A. 2018. Underwater Acoustic Pulsed Source Localization with a Pair of Hydrophones. Remote Sensing 10(6):883, pp. 29.	6.5 MB
	Mannocci L., Roberts J.J., Halpin P.N., Authier M., Boisseau O., Bradai M.N., Cañadas A., Chicote C., David L., Di-Méglio N., Fortuna C., Frantzis A., Gazo M., Genov T., Hammond P., Holcer D., Kaschner K., Kerem D., Lauriano G., Lewis T., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Panigada S., Raga J.A., Scheinin A., Ridoux V., Vella A., Vella J. 2018. Assessing cetacean surveys throughout Mediterranean Sea: a gap analysis in environmental space. Scientific Reports 8:3126.	2.87 MB
	Cañadas , Aguilar de Soto N., Aissi M., Arcangeli A., Azzolin M, B-Nagy A., Bearzi G., Campana I., Chicote C., Cotte C., Crosti R., David L., Di Natale A., Fortuna C., Frantzis A., Garcia P., Gazo M., Gutierrez-Xarxa R., Holcer D., Laran S., Lauriano G., Lewis T., Moulins A., Mussi B., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Panigada S., Pastor X., Politi E., Pulcini M., Raga J.A., Rendell L., Rosso M., Tepsich P., Tomas J., Tringali M., Roger Th. 2017. The challenge of habitat modelling for threatened low density species using heterogeneous data: the case of Cuvier's beaked whales in the Mediterranean. Ecological Indicators 85: 128–36.	644 KB
	Sini M., Katsanevakis S., Koukourouvli N., Gerovasileiou V., Dailianis T., Buhl-Mortensen .L, Damalas D., Dendrinos P., Dimas X., Frantzis A., Gerakaris V., Giakoumi S., Gonzalez-Mirelis G., Hasiotis T., Issaris Y., Kavadas S.G., Koutsogiannopoulos D.D., Koutsoubas D., Manoutsoglou E., Markantonatou V., Mazaris A.D., Poursanidis D., Papatheodorou G., Salomidi M., Topouzelis K., Trygonis V., Vassilopoulou V., Zotou M. 2017. Assembling Ecological Pieces to Reconstruct the Conservation Puzzle of the Aegean Sea. Front. Mar. Sci 4:347.	3.54 MB
	Foskolos, I., Tourgeli Provata, M., Frantzis, A. 2017. First record of Conchoderma auritum (cirripedia: lepadidae) on Ziphius cavirostris (Cetacea: ziphiidae) in Greece. Annales Ser. hist. nat. 27(1): 29–34.	1.38 MB
	Milani, C., Vella, A., Vidoris, P., Christidis, A., Koutrakis, E., Frantzis, A., Miliou, A., Kallianiotis, A. 2017. Cetacean stranding and diet analyses in the North Aegean Sea (Greece). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom : 1–18. doi:10.1017/S0025315417000339	605 KB
	Giannoulaki, M., Markoglou, E., Valavanis, V.D., Alexiadou P., Cucknell, A.C., Frantzis, A. 2017. Linking small pelagic fish and cetacean distribution to model suitable habitat for coastal dolphin species, Delphinus delphis and Tursiops truncatus, in the Greek Seas (Eastern Mediterranean). Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. 27: 436–451.	414 KB
	Rendell, L., Frantzis, A., 2016. Mediterranean sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus: The precarious state of a lost tribe in: Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Podestà, M., Curry, B.E. (Eds.), Mediterranean Marine Mammals Ecology and Conservation. Adv. Mar. Biol. 75, Elsevier, pp. 37–74.	link
	Podestà, M., Azzellino, A., Cañadas, A., Frantzis, A., Moulins, A., Rosso, M., Tepsich, P., Lanfredi, C., 2016. Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) presence and threats in the Mediterranean Sea in: Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Podestà, M., Curry, B.E. (Eds.), Mediterranean Marine Mammals Ecology and Conservation. Adv. Mar. Biol. 75, Elsevier, pp. 103–140.	link
	Cucknell A-C., Frantzis A., Boisseau O., Romagosa M., Ryan C., Tonay A.M., Alexiadou P., Öztürk A.A., Moscrop A. 2016. Harbour porpoises in the Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean: the species’ presence is confirmed. Marine Biodiversity Records 9:72, 13 p.	2.17 MB
	Gaspari S., Scheinin A., Holcer D., Caterina C., Natali C., Genov T., Frantzis A, Chelazzi G., Moura A.E. 2015. Drivers of population structure of the bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Evolutionary Biology 42: 177–190.	532 KB
	Gaspari S., Holcer D., Caterina C., Frantzis A, Genov T., Vighi M., Natali C., Mackelworth P., Rako M., Chelazzi ., Ciofi C. 2015. Population genetic structure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Adriatic Sea and contiguous regions: implications for international conservation. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 25: 212-222.	184 KB
	Frantzis A., Alexiadou P., Gkikopoulou K.C. 2014. Sperm whale occurrence, site fidelity and social organization along the Hellenic Trench (Greece, Mediterranean Sea). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 24(Suppl. 1): 83-102.	1.15 MB
	Caprinelli E., Gauffier P., Verborgh P., Airoldi S., David L., Di-Méglio N., Cañadas A., Frantzis A., Rendell L., Lewis T., Mussi B., Pace D. S. , de Stephanis R. 2014. Assessing sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) movements within the western Mediterranean Sea through photo-identification. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 24(Suppl. 1): 23-30.	524 KB
	Issaris Y., Katsanevakis S., Pantazi M., Vassilopoulou V., Panayotidis P., Kavadas S., Kokkali A., Salomidi M., Frantzis A., Panou A., Damalas D., Klaoudatos D., Sakellariou D., Drakopoulou V., Kyriakidou C., Maina I., Fric J., Smith C., Giakoumi S., Karris G. 2012. Ecological mapping and data quality assessment for the needs of ecosystem-based marine spatial management: case study Greek Ionian Sea and the adjacent gulfs. Mediterranean Marine Science 13(2): 297-311.	1.50 MB
	Giakoumi S., Katsanevakis S.,Vassilopoulou V., Panayotidis P., Kavadas S., Issaris Y., Kokkali A., Frantzis A., Panou A., Mavromati G., 2012. Could European marine conservation policy benefit from systematic conservation planning?. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 22: 762-775.	3.53 MB
	Fontaine M.C., Alodie Snirc A., Frantzis A., Koutrakis E., Birkun A. Jr., Ozturk B., Ozturk A.A., Austerlitz F., 2012. A history of expansion and anthropogenic collapse in a top marine predator of the Black Sea estimated from genetic data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(38): E2569–E2576.	981 KB
	Mazzariol S., Di Guardo G., Marsili L., Fossi C., Leonzio C., Petrella A., Ferrante M., Airoldi S., Frantzis A., De Beraldo Quiros Y.M., Pavan G., Podesta M., Garibaldi F., Vizzini S., Gaspari S., Zizzo N., Traversa D., Marcer F., Cozzi B., Fernandez A. 2011. Sometimes sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) cannot find their way back to the high seas: a multidisciplinary study on a mass stranding. PLoS ONE 6(5): e19417 :1-17.	4.07 MB
	Frantzis A., Airoldi S., Notarbartolo-di-Sciara G., Johnson C., Mazzariol S., 2011. Inter-basin movements of Mediterranean sperm whales provide insight into their population structure and conservation Deep-Sea Research I58: 454-459.	3.02 MB
	Johnson G., Frantzis A., Johnson C., Alexiadou V., Ridgway S., Madsen P.T., 2010. Evidence that sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) calves suckle through their mouth. Marine Mammal Science 26 (4): 990-996.	216 KB
	Engelhaupt D., Hoelzel R., Nicholson C, Frantzis A., Mesnick S., Gero S., Whitehead H., Rendell L., Miller P., de Stephanis R., Canadas A., Airoldi S., Mignucci-Giannoni A., 2009. Female philopatry in coastal basins and male dispersion across the North Atlantic in a highly mobile marine species, the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). Molecular Ecology. 18: 4193 -4205.	649 KB
	Frantzis A., Alexiadou P., 2008. Male sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) coda production and coda-type usage depend on the presence of conspecifics and the behavioural context Can. J. Zool. 86: 62-75.	965 KB
	Viaud-Martinnez K.A., Martinnez Vergara M., Gol'din P.E., Ridoux V., Ozturk A.A., Ozturk B., Rosel P.E., Frantzis A., Komnenou A., Bohonak A.J., 2007. Morphological and genetic differentiation of the Black Sea harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 338: 281-294.	489 KB
	Frantzis A., 2007. Fisheries interactions with cetacean species in Hellas Pp 274-278 in Papaconstantinou C., Zenetos A, Vassilopoulou V., Tserpes G. (editors). State of Hellenic fisheries. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Athens, Greece. 466 pp.	472 KB
	Mendes S., Newton J., Reid R.J., Frantzis A., Pierce G.J., 2007. Stable isotope profiles in sperm whale teeth: variations between areas and sexes J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 87(2): 621-627.	220 KB
	Weir C.R., Frantzis A., Alexiadou P., Goold J.C., 2007. The burst-pulse nature of 'squeal' sounds emitted by sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 87(1): 39-46.	650 KB
	Woodside J.M., David L., Frantzis A., Hooker S.K., 2006. Gouge marks on deep sea mud volcanoes in the eastern Mediterranean: caused by Cuvier's beaked whales? Deep-Sea Research I. 53: 1762 -1771.	613 KB
	Wahlberg M., Frantzis A., Alexiadou P., Madsen P.T., Mohl B., 2005. Click production during breathing in a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) (L). JASA (The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America) 118(6): 3404-3407.	174 KB
	Dalebout M.L., Robertson K.M., Frantzis A., Engelhaupt D., Mignucci-Giannoni A.A., Rosario-Delestre R.J., Baker S.C., 2005. Worldwide structure of mtDNA diversity among Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris): implications for threatened populations Molecular Ecology. 14: 3353-3371.	292 KB
	Frantzis A., Nikolaou O., Bompar J.-M., Cammedda A., 2004. Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) occurrence in the Mediterranean Sea. The Journal of Cetacean Research Management. 6(1): 25-28.	303 KB
	Gordon J.C.D., Gillespie D., Potter J, Frantzis A., Simmonds M., Swift R., Thompson D., 2004. A review of the effects of Seismic Survey on Marine Mammals. Marine Technology Society Journal. 37(4): 14-34.	324 KB
	Frantzis A., Alexiadou P., Paximadis G., Politi E., Gannier A., Corsini-Foka M., 2003. Current knowledge of the cetacean fauna of the Greek Seas. The Journal of Cetacean Research Management. 5(3): 219-232.	1123 KB
	Bearzi G., Reeves R., Notarbartolo-DiI-Sciara G., Politi E., Canadas A., Frantzis A., MussiI B., 2003. Ecology, status and conservation of short-beaked common dolphins Delphinus delphis in the Meditarranean Sea. Mammal Review, 33(3): 224-252.	334 KB
	Rosel P.E., Frantzis A., Lockyer C., Komnenou A., 2003. The Source of Aegean Sea harbour porpoises. Marine Ecology Progress Series 247: 257-261.	172 KB
	Frantzis Α. and Alexiadou P., 2003. Cetaceans of the Greek Seas. Monographs on Marine Sciences (Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, in Greek), 6, 156 pp. (in Greek, with extensive English abstract, tables and figure legends)	37.4 MB
	Frantzis A., Goold J.C., Skarsoulis E.K., Taroudakis M.I, Kandia V., 2002. Clicks from Cuvier’s beaked whales, Ziphius cavirostris. JASA (The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America) 112(1): 34-37.	63.2 KB
	Frantzis A. and Herzing D., 2002. Mixed-species associations of striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), short beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and Risso’s dolphins (Grampus griseus) in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece, Mediterranean Sea). Aquatic Mammals 28(2): 188-197.	942 KB
	Frantzis A., Gordon J., Hassidis G., Komnenou A., 2001. The enigma of harbor porpoise presence in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Mammal Science 17 (4): 937-944.	587 KB
	Frantzis A., 1998. Does acoustic testing strand whales? Nature, 392: 29. The findings of the above publication: 1) were received by the international scientific community with positive comments, 2) were transmitted together with the author's interviews all around the world by Reuters, BBC World Service, ABC News, Times, The Economist, The Guardian (international) and dozens of other international media, 3) forced NATO to stop their militarysonar tests and to organize an international conference (June 1998) regarding: i) the effects of their sonar on marine mammals and ii) the preparation of NATO's marine mammal environmental policy.	180 KB

Conferences and Workshops

	Frantzis A., Leaper R., Alexiadou P., Lekkas D., 2015. Update on sperm whale ship strike risk in the Hellenic Trench, Greece. Greece. Paper presented to IWC Scientific Committee, San Diego, CA, USA, 22 May-3 June 2015, SC/66a/HIM06.	969 KB
	Frantzis, A., Leaper, R., Alexiadou P., & Lekkas, D. (2014). Distribution patterns of sperm whales in relation to shipping density in the Hellenic Trench, Greece. Paper presented to IWC Scientific Committee, Bled, Slovenia, 12-24 May 2014, SC/65b/HIM07	592 KB
	Mazzariol S., Petrella A., Troiano G., Leonzio G., Maristella G., Marcer F., Vizzini S., Gaspari S., Pavan G., Podesta M., Marsili L., Fossi M. C., Zizzo N., Chiara C., Frantzis A., Beraldo de Quiros M., Fernandez A., Pennelli M., Traversa Donato13, Di Guardo G., 2011. A multidisciplinary investigion of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) mass stranding in Italy. 25th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Cadiz, Spain, 22-24 March 2011, Abstract book, pp. 305
	Perez-Gil M., Martin V., Servidio A., Tejedor M., Brederlau B., Brito R., Varo N., Neves S., Perez E., Frantzis A., 2010. Preliminary results of the first census of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Canary Archipelago. 24th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society. Stralsund, Germany, 22-24 March 2010, Abstract book, pp. 192.	1720 KB
	Frantzis A., 2008. The research program "Sperm whales of the Greek Seas". Panhellenic Conference: Our natural heritage. Value - Conservation. Athens, 6-8 February 2008, Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature, Proceedings, p. 92-94. (in Greek)	1020 KB
	Agardy T., Aguilar N., Canadas A., Engel M., Frantzis A., Hatch L., Hoyt E., Kaschner K., LaBrecque E., Martin V., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Pavan G. Servidio A., Smith B., Wang J., Weilgart L., Wintle B., Wright A., 2007. A Global Scientific Workshop on Spatio-Temporal Management of Noise. Report of the Scientific Workshop. Puerto-Calero, Lanzarote, Spain, 4-6 June 2007, pp. 44 pages.	1830 KB
	Rendell L., Alexiadou P., Mussi B., Miragliuolo A., Frantzis A., 2007. Coda diversity in Mediterranean sperm whales. 21st Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society Donostia, Spain, 23-25 April 2007, Abstract book, pp. 25.	8 KB
	Brownell R. L. Jr., Mead J. G., Van Helden A. L., Yamada T. K., Frantzis A., 2005. Worldwide mass strandings of beaked whales: retrospective review and causes. 19th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society and associated workshops La Rochelle, France, 2-7 April 2005, Abstract book, pp. 17-18.	10 KB
	Notarbartolo Di Sciara G., Bearzi G., Canadas A., Frantzis A., 2004. High mortality of sperm whales in the north-western Mediterranean, 1971-2003. Paper SC/56/BC10 presented to the IWC Scientific Committee., 10 July 2004, Sorrento, Italy, pp. 3.	98.9 KB
	Skarsoulis E. K., Frantzis A., Kalogerakis M., 2004. Passive localization of pulsed sound sources with a 2-hydrophone array. In: " Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, ECUA 2004". 5-8 July, 2004, Delft, The Netherlands . (in press).	171 KB
	Frantzis A., 2004. The first mass stranding that was associated with the use of active sonar (Kyparissiakos Gulf, Greece, 1996). In: Proceedings of the workshop: " Active sonar and cetaceans ". 8 March 2003, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. ECS newsletter 42 (special isssue): pp. 14-20.	851 KB
	Frantzis A., 2003. The experience gathered from the research on the cetaceans. In: 7th Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries. Round Table: The relations between the Greek NGOs and the research centres. Heraklion, Crete, June 2003. National Centre for Marine Research.
	Frantzis A., Alexiadou P., Skarsoulis EM., 2002. Cetacean sounds from the Greek Seas and the first recording of beaked whales echolocation system. In: proceedings of the Conference: Acoustics 2002, 30/9-1/10, Patras, Greece. Hellenic Institute of Acoustics.
	Skarsoulis EM., Frantzis A., Kalogerakis M., 2002. Passive localization of underwater pulsed sound sources with a 2-hydrophone array. In: proceedings of the Conference: Acoustics 2002, 30/9-1/10, Patras, Greece. Hellenic Institute of Acoustics.
	Pesante G., Collet A., Dhermain F., Frantzis A., Panigada S., Podesta M., Zanardelli M., 2002. Review of Collisions in the Mediterranean Sea. In: Proceedings of the workshop: "Collisions between cetaceans and vessels: can we find solutions?", 6 May 2001, Rome, Italy. ECS newsletter 40 (special isssue): pp. 5-12.
	Frantzis A., 2001. Sperm whales: The animals of superlatives. Acta Astronautica, 49(3-10): 557-561.	444 KB
	Frantzis A., Alexiadou P., Politi E., Gannier A., Corsini-Foka M., 2001. Cetacean fauna of the Greek Seas: Unexpectedly high species diversity. In: European Research on Cetaceans - 15. Proc. 15th Ann. Conf. ECS, Rome, Italy. European Cetacean Society, pp. 421-425.
	Frantzis A., Swift R., Gillespie D., Menhennett C., Gordon J., Gialinakis S., 2000. Sperm whale presence off South-West Crete, Greece, Eastern Mediterranean Sea. In: European Research on Cetaceans - 13. Proc. 13th Ann. Conf. ECS, Valencia, 20-24 April, 1999, pp. 214-217.	1230 KB
	Frantzis A., 2000. Cetaces dans les eaux de Grece. In: 8ieme Conference Internationale pour la Protection des Mammiferes Marins en Mediterranee Occidentale. Sophia-Antipolis, France, 19-21 Novembre 1999, pp. 45-46.
	Frantzis A., Cebrian, D., 1999. A rare, atypical mass stranding of Cuvier's beaked whales. Cause and implications for the species biology. In: European Research on Cetaceans - 12. Proc. 12th Ann. Conf. ECS, Monaco, 20-24 January, 1998, pp. 332-335.
	Gordon J.C.D., Gillespie D., Potter J, Frantzis A., Simmonds M., Swift R., 1998. The effects of Seismic Surveys on Marine Mammals. In: Seismic and Marine Mammals Workshop, London, 23-25 June 1998, chapter 5, 27 pp	1410 KB
	Hatzianestis J., Georgakopoulou-Gregoriadou E., Frantzis A., 1998. Organo-chlorine levels in Cuvier's goosebeaked whales from the Ionian Sea, Greece. Proc. 9th International Symposium on Environmental Pollution and its Impact on Life in the Mediterranean Region, Sorento, Italy. Fresenius Envir. Bull., 7:345-350.	1680 KB
	Politi E., Airoldi S., Natoli A., Frantzis A., 1999. Unexpected prevalence of common dolphins over sympatric bottlenose dolphins in Eastern Ionian Sea Inshore waters. In: European Research on Cetaceans - 12. Proc. 12th Ann. Conf. ECS, Monaco, 20-24 January, 1998, pp. 120.
	Frantzis A., 1997. Cetaceans and cetology in the Hellenic seas. In: European Research on Cetaceans - 10. Proc. 10th Ann. Conf. ECS, Lisbon, 11-13 March, 1996, pp 114-118

Technical reports and Master's thesis

	Pirotta, E., Carpinelli, E., Frantzis, A., Gauffier, P., Lanfredi, C., Pace, D.S. & Rendell, L.E. 2021. Physeter macrocephalus (Mediterranean subpopulation). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T16370739A50285671. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.20213.RLTS.T16370739A50285671.en	1.81 MB
	Kerem, D., Frantzis, A., Scheinin, A. & Goffman, O. 2021. Steno bredanensis (Mediterranean subpopulation). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T160158217A160158353. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.20213.RLTS.T160158217A160158353.en	1.57 MB
	Frantzis A. 2015. Short report on the mass stranding of Cuvier's beaked whales that occurred on the 1st of April 2014 in south Crete, Greece during naval exercises. FINS 6 (1): 10-11. (The Newsletter of ACCOBAMS)	1.10 MB
	Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Frantzis A.. Rendell L. 2012. Sperm whales in the Mediterranean: The difficult art of coexisting with humans in a crowded sea. in: Whitehead H. (ed.) Whalewatcher. Sperm whale: Whale of extremes, Journal of the American Cetacean Society 41 (1): 30-37.	1.31 MB
	Birkun A.Jr. and Frantzis A. 2006. Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena relecta (Black Sea subspecies). Pp 39-47 in Reeves R., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. (compilers and editors). The status and distribution of cetaceans in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, Malaga, Spain. 137 pp.	578 KB
	Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Frantzis A., Bearzi G., Reeves R.R. 2006. Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus (Mediterranean subpopulation). Pp. 45-56 in Reeves R., Notarartolo di Sciara G. (compilers and editors). The status and distribution of cetaceans in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, Malaga, Spain. 137 pp.	750 KB
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