Journal of Experimental Biology (2007)
Field recordings of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were made in the inner Danish waters with a vertical array of three or four hydrophones. The back-calculated source level ranged from 178…
Spatial orientation in echolocating harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Verfuss, U. K.
Journal of Experimental Biology (2005)
Studies concerning the echolocation behaviour of odontocetes focus mainly on target detection and discrimination, either in stationary animals or in animals approaching a specific target. We present the first data…
Echolocation by two foraging harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Verfuss, U. K.; Miller, L. A.; Pilz, P. K. D.; Schnitzler, H.-U.
Journal of Experimental Biology (2009)
Synchronized video and high-frequency audio recordings of two trained harbour porpoises searching for and capturing live fish were used to study swimming and echolocation behaviour. One animal repeated the tasks…
Identification of a novel gammaherpesvirus associated with (muco)cutaneous lesions in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
van Beurden, Steven J.; IJsseldijk, Lonneke L.; Ordonez, Soledad R.; Förster, Christine; de Vrieze, Geert; Gröne, Andrea; Verheije, M. Hélène; Kik, Marja
Arch Virol (2015)
Herpesviruses infect a wide range of vertebrates, including toothed whales of the order Cetacea. One of the smallest toothed whales is the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), which is widespread in…
Cetacean noise criteria revisited in the light of proposed exposure limits for harbour porpoises
Tougaard, Jakob; Wright, Andrew J.; Madsen, Peter T.
Marine Pollution Bulletin (2015)
The impact of underwater noise on marine life calls for identification of exposure criteria to inform mitigation. Here we review recent experimental evidence with focus on the high-frequency cetaceans and…
Population structure and historical demography of eastern North Atlantic harbour porpoises inferred through mtDNA sequences
Tolley, KA; Rosel, PE
Marine Ecology Progress Series (2006)
The harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena experiences high rates of incidental mortality in commercial fisheries, and in some areas these rates are sufficiently high to justify concern over population sustainability. Given…
Inferring ecological separation from regional differences in radioactive caesium in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena
Tolley, KA; Heldal, HE
Marine Ecology Progress Series (2002)
Geographic variation in the level of radioactive caesium-137 (137Cs) was examined from the axial muscle of 36 harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena obtained as bycatch from 5 locations along the coast…
Passive acoustic monitoring of bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise, in Cardigan Bay, Wales, with implications for habitat use and partitioning
Simon, Malene; Nuuttila, Hanna; Reyes-Zamudio, Mercedes M.; Ugarte, Fernando; Verfub, Ursula; Evans, Peter G.H.
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (2010)
Knowledge about harbour porpoise and bottlenose dolphin occurrence in Cardigan Bay Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Wales, is limited to daylight hours during summer, when conditions are suitable for traditional…
Rare sighting of an anomalously white harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Moray Firth, north-east Scotland
Robinson, Kevin P.; Haskins, Gary N.
Mar. Biodivers. Rec. (2013)
This paper describes a rare sighting of an anomalously white harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the coastal waters of the outer Moray Firth in north-east Scotland. The recording provides the…
Life in the fast lane: The life history of harbor porpoises from the gulf of Maine
Read, Andrew J.; Hohn, Aleta A.
Marine Mammal Sci (1995)
We describe the life history of harbor porpoises in the Gulf of Maine by examining 239 animals killed in gill net fisheries and comparing these findings with the results of…