Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
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Data on causes of death for finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) specimens stranded in Hong Kong between 1995 and 2000 were evaluated. We diagnosed several causes of death, including fishing net…
(...) At about 0900 h on 15 February 2014, a live harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) was found on the beach of Koksijde, Belgium. The stranding occurred on a sandy beach,…
Harbour porpoises are widely distributed in the seas around Denmark. Total abundance in Danish waters is estimated as approximately 100,000 animals. Population density varies considerably by area. There are probably…
From an ecosystem management perspective, analysis of the functional roles of species is a challenge. It is valuable to determine which species are irreplaceable within a given community based on…
The numbers of North Atlantic harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) within the Bay of Fundy/Gulf of Maine were considered to be declining as a consequence of bycatch in the sink gillnet…
(...) Two separate predation events were documented off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia between the years 2013-2014. Both predation events occurred on small cetaceans from the Phocoenidae family:…
1. Diet studies of marine mammals typically summarise prey composition across all individuals studied. Variation in individual diets is usually ignored, but may be more than just “noise” around an…