Magnetite Biomineralization and Magnetoreception in Organisms: A New Biomagnetism (1985)
(...) Although various sensory mechanisms are present in cetaceans, special navigational problems occur when animals are in a pelagic environment which can minimize available cues. Dawbin (1966) has observed that…
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1985)
Some growth parameters of the western North Pacific dalli-type Dall's porpoise were estimated from 167 specimens taken with hand-held harpoons on two cruises and compared with data obtained previously from…
Fishery Bulletin (1985)
The distribution, movements, and relative population abundance of harbor porpoises were studied in the Fish Harbour region of New Brunswick, Canada (lat. 44°59'30"-45°01'00"N, long. 66°54'00"-66°57'00"W), from 1970 to 1978. In…
Antarctic Nutrient Cycles and Food Webs (1985)
This paper reviews the current state of knowledge of the food habits of the poorly known small cetaceans of the Southern Ocean and presents new information obtained through a study…
Marine Mammal Sci (1985)
True porpoises are a morphologically distinctive and evolutionarily old group of odontocete cetaceans classified as the family Phocoenidae. They are distinct from members of the family Delphinidae, with which they…
Journal of Morphology (1985)
Serial sections of 13 embryos and fetuses of the harbor porpoise from 10 mm crown-rump length up to 167 mm total length were studied. Unlike the adult animals, ontogenetic stages…
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1984)
To improve knowledge of the life history of Dall's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli (True, 1885) that are incidentally caught by the Japanese salmon mothership fishery in the northwestern North Pacific, a…
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1984)
During 349 hours of sighting surveys conducted from late June to early August 1979 in the northwestern North Pacific Ocean and the southern Bering Sea, 167 schools of Phocoenoides dalli…
Mammalian Species (1984)
(...) Phocoena spinipinnis may be distinguished externally from all other members of the genus by the slightly convexed anterior and posterior borders and the rounded blunt tip of the dorsal…
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1984)
An incomplete skull of unknown sex of a sub-adult spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912) was collected at Macquarie Island (54°30'S, 159°00'E) in July 1957. Cranial measurements are given, and…