Porpoise click classifier (PorCC): A high-accuracy classifier to study harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the wild

Cosentino, Mel; Guarato, Francesco; Tougaard, Jakob; Nairn, David; Jackson, Joseph C.; Windmill, James F. C.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2019)

Harbour porpoises are well-suited for passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) as they produce highly stereotyped narrow-band high-frequency (NBHF) echolocation clicks. PAM systems must be coupled with a classification algorithm to identify…


Abundance decline in the narrow‐ridged finless porpoise population off the Pacific coast of eastern Japan

Shirakihara, Kunio; Nakahara, Fumio; Shinohara, Masanori; Shirakihara, Miki; Hiramatsu, Kazuhiko; Irie, Takahiro
Population Ecology (2019)

The narrow‐ridged finless porpoise Neophocaena asiaeorientalis is a small‐toothed whale with a coastal habitat and is sensitive to human activity. Aerial sighting surveys were conducted in 2012 to evaluate the…


Records of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the mouth of the Douro River (northern Portugal) with presence of an anomalous white individual

Gil, Ágatha; Correia, Ana M.; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel
Marine Biodiversity Records (2019)

Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is listed under the Annex II of the European Habitats Directive (Directive 92/43/CEE) and Member States are required to designate special areas of conservation to protect…


The frequency of solitary behaviours in captive odontocetes is modulated by environmental and social factors

Serres, Agathe; Hao, Yujiang; Wang, Ding
International Journal of Comparative Psychology (2019)

The number of welfare-oriented studies is increasing in animals under human care, including odontocetes. However, validated welfare indicators are lacking for captive odontocetes. We studied the effect of several conditions…


Immunohistochemical analysis of the harbor porpoise using antipodoplanin antibody PMab-237

Yamada, Shinji; Itai, Shunsuke; Nakamura, Takuro; Takei, Junko; Sano, Masato; Konnai, Satoru; Kobayashi, Atsushi; Nakagun, Shotaro; Kobayashi, Yoshiyasu; Kaneko, Mika K.; Kato, Yukinari
Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy (2019)

Podoplanin (PDPN)/T1 alpha is known as a specific marker of lymphatic endothelial cells and type I alveolar cells. Sensitive and specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for PDPN are needed for immunohistochemical…