Aquatic Mammals (1974)
Two harbour porpoises, a male and a female, both around 10 months old, which had to be left alone for periods between bio-acoustical investigations, developed stereotyped motor patterns and signs…
Decrease stress; train your animals: The effect of handling methods on cortisol levels in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) under human care
Desportes, Geneviève; Buholzer, Lisette; Anderson-Hansen, Kirstin; Blanchet, Marie-Anne; Acquarone, Mario; Shephard, Gwyneth; Brando, Sabrina; Vossen, Arndt; Siebert, Ursula
Aquatic Mammals (2007)
Circulating cortisol levels are accepted as a sensitive indicator of acute stress in marine mammals, particularly in relation with capture and handling. The present study provides the first long-term monitoring…
Prey capture by harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena): A comparison between echolocators in the field and in captivity
Miller, L.A.
The Journal of the Marine Acoustics Society of Japan (2010)
The harbor porpoise, and other toothed whales, use a biosonar click sequence that resembles the sequence of cries used by insectivorous bats when hunting for and capturing prey. The temporal…
Population status, threats and conservation of the Yangtze finless porpoise
Wang, Ding
Chinese Science Bulletin (2009)
The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) is currently limited to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River from Yichang to Shanghai, China, and the adjoining Poyang and…
Dall porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli (True): Observations in captivity and at sea
Ridgway, S.H.
Norsk Hvalfangst-Tidende (1966)
The Dall porpoise Phocoenoides dalli is common in south central California waters from October through June. During the summer months it is not commonly found farther south than about 35°.…
Observations of parturition and related behaviors of finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in Enoshima Aquarium, Japan
Yang, Jian; Zhang, Xian-Feng; Hori, Yukiko; Fujimoto, Asami
Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica (1998)
A pregnant finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides), whose body length (BL) was 1.63 m and body weight (BW) was 75.8 kg, gave birth to a female calf successfully in Enoshima Aquarium,…
Behaviour and physiological effects of transmitter attachments on a captive harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Geertsen, B. M.; Teilmann, J.; Kastelein, R. A.; Vlemmix, H. N. J.; Miller, L. A.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2004)
A captive harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) was monitored for 80 consecutive days, 10 days before attachment of a satellite dive recorder and a VHF-radio tag, 30 days during attachment and…
Acoustic signals of the pilot whale Globicephala melaena and of the porpoises Delphinus delphis and Phocoena phocoena
Busnel, R.-G.; Dziedzic, A.
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises [Proceedings] (1966)
(...) Some of the observations mentioned in this paper have been made at sea, on board the oceanographic vessel Calypso, put at our disposal by a special committee of the…
Round table: Practical problems
Norris, K. S.; Dudok van Heel, W. H.; Ray, C.; Wood, F. G. Jr.
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises [Proceedings] (1966)
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Exploitation of small cetaceans off southern South America
Goodall, R. N. P.; Cameron, I. S.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1980)
The legal position regarding cetaceans in Argentina and Chile is reviewed. Known live captures to date have involved one species, Cephalorhynchus commersonii. Incidental take is discussed for both countries. Dolphins…