Investigations on Cetacea (1977)
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Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (L.) in the western approaches to the Bay of Fundy 1969-75
Gaskin, D. E.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1977)
(...) Studies on the biology and ecology of the species [harbour porpoise] by the University of Guelph, largely sponsored by the National Research Council of Canada, were begun in the…
Notes on the small cetaceans off the coasts of France
Duguy, R.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1977)
(...) Strandings of cetaceans on the coasts of France have been the object of systematic study, published in the form of annual reports, only since 1971. From that date until…
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…
Possible predator-related adaption of sound production and hearing in the harbour porpoise
Andersen, S. H.; Amundin, M.
Aquatic Mammals (1976)
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Design and application of a coded format for recording observations of cetaceans at sea
Frost, P. G. H.; Best, P. B.
South African Journal of Antarctic Research (1976)
A numerical format for recording details of the main identifying features of cetaceans seen at sea is given. Each identifying character is divided into a number of character states which…
The ‘black finless porpoise’ (Neophocaena phocaenoides Cuvier, 1829) is not black
Pilleri, G.; Zbinden, K.; Gihr, M.
Investigations on Cetacea (1976)
The widespread belief handed down through the cetacean literature for the past hundred years that the body colour of Neophocaena phocaenoides is black, is refuted by observations and photographs of…
Progress report on small cetacean research in Chile
Aguayo L., Anelio
J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. (1975)
The geographic distribution is plotted, and where known, the seasonal occurrence with new data on sightings is given for the smaller Cetacea of Chile. Species documented are: Cephalorhynchus commersonii, C.…
Phocoena dioptrica
Brownell, Robert L.
Mammalian Species (1975)
(...) The original description of the holotype of P. dioptrica was based on an unique and distinctive color pattern. The dorsal surface and upper lateral surface to just above the'…
On the taxonomy and ecology of the finless black porpoise, Neophocaena (Cetacea, Delphinidae)
Pilleri, G.; Gihr, M.
Mammalia (1975)
This study was concerned with the taxonomy of the Finless Black Porpoise. Morphological and biometric analyses of the body and skull measurements of Pakistani, Chinese and Japanese specimens revealed that…