Investigations on Cetacea (1980)
(...) The research shows that the finless porpoise of the Changjiang (Yangtze river) presents an atrophy ofthe entire optic system - eye and eye muscle nerves, optic nerve, optic pathways.…
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…
Neophocaena phocaenoides and Neophocaena asiaeorientalis: Taxonomical differences
Pilleri, G.; Chen, P.
Investigations on Cetacea (1980)
The Chinese finless porpoise of the Changjiang river, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis (PILLERI and GIHR, 1972) presents a taxonomic entity which differs from N. phocaenoides (G. CUVIER, 1829) of south and south-west…
Developmental patterns in osteology and external morphology in Phocoena phocoena
Stuart, L.J.; Morejohn, G.V.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1980)
Dentinal growth layer groups (GLGs) in teeth were counted for 84 beach-cast specimens of Phocoena phocoena from the northeastern Pacific (mostly California). Measurements of external, cranial, and postcranial traits were…
Food of the Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli, and northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, off California and Washington; with appendices on size and food of Dall’s porpoise from Alaskan waters
Kajimura, H.; Fiscus, C. H.; Stroud, R. K.
NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS F/NWC-2 (1980)
The food of the Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, and Dali's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli -- collected off California and Washington in 1958-72 -- is compared with food of the northern…
Body surface area of juvenile harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Andersen, S. H.
Aquatic Mammals (1981)
Informations on the body surface area in dolphins are rare in literature (SLIJPER, 1958; KERMACK, 1948; PARRY, 1949; RIDGWAY, 1972). With the increasing interest in physiology of marine mammals this…
Food habits of smaller marine mammals from northern California
Jones, R. E.
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (1981)
General food habits are discussed for 11 species of small marine mammals beach-east in northern California. The collection method allowed tabulation only of the kinds, numbers, and percentages of fish,…
A preliminary analysis of the British stranding records of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Easton, D. F.; Klinowska, M.; Sheldrick, M. C.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1982)
The records of strandings of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) on British coasts were analysed for the period 1913-1979. No significant upward or downward trend was found for the record…
Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the eastern North Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters: A guide to their identification
Leatherwood, S.; Reeves, R. R.; Perrin, W. F.; Evans, W. E.
NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular 444 (1982)
This field guide is designed to permit observers to identify the cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) they see in the waters of the eastern North Pacific, including the Gulf of…
Current understanding of the status of small cetacean populations in the Black Sea
Smith, T. D.
FAO Fisheries Series (1982)
A fishery using guns and nets for the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, Azov dolphin, Phocoena phocoena, and bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, in the Black and Azov Seas has been pursued…