Ophelia (1983)
The Bay of Fundy is a known area of concentration of Phocoena phocoena during the summer months. In this study, 698 females with calves and 5 473 porpoises of other…
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…
Pharurus asiaeorientalis new species, Metastrongylid nematode, parasite of Neophocaena asiaeorientalis (Phocoenidae, Cetacea)
Petter, A. J.; Pilleri, G.
Investigations on Cetacea (1982)
In the course of a dissection of a cetacean belonging to the species Neophocaena asiaeorientalis, caught in the Changjiang (middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze river), nematodes were found…
The brain of the Chinese finless porpoise Neophocaena asiaeorientalis (Pilleri and Gihr, 1972): 1. Macroscopic anatomy
Pilleri, G.; Chen, P.
Investigations on Cetacea (1982)
(...) in the present paper we should like to examine with the naked eye the anatomical structure of the brain of the Chinese finless porpoise. The specimens were prepared in…
The ambient noise in the environment of Sousa plumbea and Neophocaena phocaenoides (Cetacea) with special reference to the sounds of Johnius belangerii (Pisces, Sciaenidae)
Pilleri, G.; Kraus, C.; Gihr, M.
Investigations on Cetacea (1982)
In the Piti Mouth, a typical biotope of Sousa plumbea and Neophocaena phocaenoides in the Indus delta, the sounds produced by Johnius belangerii (Boro) and the rather weaker crustacean sounds…
Clinical chemistry and hematologic findings in the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from Danish waters
Nielsen, E.; Andersen, S.H.
Aquatic Mammals (1982)
Since the first publications of data on the blood composition in the harbour porpoise (ANDERSEN, 1966 and 1968) the autoanalyzing technique has been commonly introduced and the international system for…
Fenestration of the skull in some cetaceans
Pilleri, G.; Gihr, M.; Zijganov, V. V.; Kraus, C.
Investigations on Cetacea (1982)
One hundred and forty-three skulls of a total of 15 cetacean species belonging to the superfamiIies of the Platanistoidea, Monodontoidea and Delphinoidea presented usually symmetrically arranged perforation areas or lacunae…
Reproduction and reproductive organs in Neophocaena asiaeorientalis from the Yangtse River
Chen, P-X.; Renjun, L.; Harrison, J.
Aquatic Mammals (1982)
Two species of freshwater dolphin are known to have existed in the Yangtse River, China, for over two thousand years. One is a white form, the Baiji (Lipotes vexllifer), the…