Report of the International Whaling Commission (1996)
This paper summarises current knowledge of the three populations of harbour porpoises in US and Canadian Atlantic waters. During the summer, the populations are centred in the Gulf of Maine/Bay…
Levels of organochlorine compounds, including PCDDS and PCDFS, in the blubber of cetaceans from the west coast of North America
Jarman, W. M.; Norstrom, R. J.; Muir, D. C. G.; Rosenberg, B.; Simon, M.; Baird, R. W.
Marine Pollution Bulletin (1996)
Levels of organochlorine compounds (PCDD, PCDF, PCB and organochlorine pesticides) were determined in cetaceans collected from the west coast of North America between 1986 and 1989. The samples included gray…
Parasites and pollutants in seven harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena L. 1758) from the Faroe Islands, 1987-1988
Larsen, B.H.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Parasite and pollutant loads, reproductive status and overall condition were recorded for seven harbour porpoise shot at the Faroes in 1987-1988. Four species of nematodes were found. A mixed infection…
Life history data, organochlorine pollutants and parasites from eight Burmeister’s porpoises, Phocoena spinipinnis, caught in northern Argentine waters
Corcuera, Javier; Monzon, Florencia; Aguilar, Alex; Borrell, Asuncion; Raga, J. Antonio
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Eight fresh specimens of Burmeister's porpoise caught in gillnets in the Necochea area (Buenos Aires Province) were studied for external morphometrics, age, basic reproductive data, organochlorine pollutant levels and parasites.…
Pollution and harbour porpoises in the eastern north Atlantic: A review
Aguilar, A.; Borrell, A.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Published data on concentrations of organochlorine compounds and heavy metals in tissues of harbour porpoises from the eastern North Atlantic are reviewed. The dynamics of pollutants in this population are…
PCBs, cause of death and body condition in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from British waters
Kuiken, Thijs; Bennett, Peter M.; Allchin, Colin R.; Kirkwood, James K.; Baker, John R.; Lockyer, Christina H.; Walton, Michael J.; Sheldrick, Martin C.
Aquatic Toxicology (1994)
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) suppress immunity, and may have exacerbated the effects of recent morbillivirus epizootics in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba). To test the hypothesis that…
Mercury contamination of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena and other cetaceans from the North Sea and the Kattegat
Joiris, C. R.; Holsbeek, L.; Bouquegneau, JM.; Bossicart, M.
Water, Air, and Soil Pollution (1991)
Total Hg levels were determined in 17 harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena collected in the North Sea and the Kattegat (muscle, liver and kidney), as well as in a sperm whale…
Use of organochlorines as chemical tracers in determining some reproductive parameters in Dalli-type Dall’s porpoise Phocoenoides dalli
Subramanian, AN.; Tanabe, Shinsuke; Tatsukawa, Ryo
Marine Environmental Research (1988)
Persistent organochlorines (PCBs and p,p′-DDE) in the bodies of dalli- and truei-type Dall's porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) from the Bering Sea and the northwestern North Pacific were used as chemical tracers…
DDT residues in blubber of harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (L.), from eastern Canadian waters during the five-year period 1969-1973
Gaskin, D. E.; Holdrinet, M.; Frank, R.
FAO Fisheries Series (1982)
Samples of blubber from 60 male and 55 female harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) collected from 1969 to 1973, all but 11 from the east and west coast approaches to the…
Polychlorinated hydrocarbons and heavy metals in harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) from Danish waters
Andersen, S. H.; Rebsdorff, A.
Aquatic Mammals (1976)
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the level of persistent chlorinated hydrocarbons and heavy metals in different tissues of four harbour porpoises caught at Danish coasts and…