Photo frenzy

Giovanni and Silvia behind their cameras (photo by B. Würsig, June 2013).

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TAMUG students on a sailing trip in the Gulf of Corinth, led by our friend Kostas (photo by G. Bearzi, June 2013).

Bernd and Melany Würsig

Our dear friends Bernd and Melany on a sailing trip in the Gulf of Corinth.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, June 2013)

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Artisanal fisherman cleaning his trammel nets in the port of Galaxidi (photo by S. Bonizzoni, June 2013).

Striped beauty

Striped dolphin in the Gulf of Corinth (photo by S. Bonizzoni, June 2013).

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TAMUG students and trainers attending the Marine Biology Course in Galaxidi, portrayed after having walked a 3000yr old path from Delphi to Kirra.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, June 2013)

Dolphin sound analysis

Eeyore and Sheepie discuss spectrograms of striped dolphin sounds recorded in the Gulf of Corinth.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, June 2013)

Visit to Galaxidi Marine Farm

TAMUG students on a guided tour of Galaxidi Marine Farm S.A., one of Greece's most advanced companies producing quality gilthead seabream and European seabass.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, June 2013)

Listening to striped dolphin calls

Silvia closes her eyes as she listens to striped dolphin vocalizations in the Gulf of Corinth (photo by N. Santostasi, June 2013).

Eeyore with dolphins

Photo by S. Bonizzoni, June 2013

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TAMUG student Laurie Mbula Mangeli records group size data on striped dolphins in the Gulf of Corinth (photo by S. Bonizzoni, June 2013).

Sheepie with dolphins

Sheepie intently stares at a group of striped dolphins while university students attending a Marine Biology Course in Galaxidi collect field data.

(Photo by N. Santostasi, June 2013)

Striped dolphins being happy

Gulf of Corinth, Greece, June 2013 (photo by G. Bearzi).

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Sheepie and Eeyore are getting more and more popular among TAMUG students. Beside silently attending all Marine Biology classes and discussions, our fluffy mascots have been making field trips to uninhabited islands, and even surveys in search of dolphins.

(Photos by B. Würsig)

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TAMUG students and trainers participating in the Marine Biology Course in the Gulf of Corinth, June 2013.

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Mariana Ferreira Da Silveira, a student at TAMUG, practices dolphin photo-identification in the Gulf of Corinth.

(Photo by N. Santostasi)

Happy

Silvia and Giovanni at the Byzantine monastery of Osios Loukas, Greece (June 2013; photo N. Santostasi).

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Prof. Bernd Würsig teaching marine mammal taxonomy at our Galaxidi field station, during a Marine Biology Course attended by TAMUG students from around the world.

Striped dolphins in the Gulf of Corinth

On a perfectly calm day. 

June 2013 (Photo G. Bearzi)

Kashmir

While spending long hours looking for dolphins from our inflatable, music often comes to the surface. This has been the "mental soundtrack" of many surveys.

Fishing boat detail - 1

MPA of Sinis Peninsula, Sardinia, Italy, February 2011 (photo G. Bearzi)

Delfino (Italian) = dolphin.

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Gulf of Corinth, Greece, August 2012 (photo G. Bearzi)

Stairway to heaven

Plant, Page and Jones listening to their masterpiece. One is left wondering if it is the remarkable voice of the singer, Bonham's son at drums, or the long shadow of a glorious past that move old Plant to tears.

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Prof. Bernd Würsig and wife Melany are with us in Galaxidi, getting ready for a Marine Biology Course to be held in the Gulf of Corinth over the next two weeks. Ten students from Texas A&M University will join us at our field station to learn about the ecology and conservation of Mediterranean marine fauna, with emphasis on dolphins.

Bernd (see his Wikipedia profile HERE and his CV HERE) has published about 150 peer-reviewed articles, including those that first described individual photo-identification of dolphins by dorsal fin markings, theodolite tracking, and the development of a bubble curtain system to mitigate underwater industrial noise.


^{Photo by G. Bearzi: Melany, Bernd, Nina and Silvia (left to right)}

Hospitality in Greece

It isn't always like that, but often it is.