Report of the International Whaling Commission (1988)
Types of fisheries and exploitation of small cetaceans in Argentinian waters are reviewed. During the study period, live-captures included five specimens of Cephalorhynchus commersonii for Germany, while eight of Tursiops…
Marine Mammal Sci (1988)
(...) The vaquita or Gulf of California harbor porpoise, Phocoena sinus Norris and McFarland 1958, has been observed rarely (Wells et al. 1981, Brownell 1983, Brownell 1986). Although a number…
Mammalian Species (1988)
(...) Order Cetacea, Suborder Odontoceti, Family Phocoenidae. The family contains four extant genera: Phocoena, Australophocaena, Neophocaena, and Phocoenoides (Barnes, 1985). Barnes (1984, 1985) has proposed two subfamilies within the Phocoenidae.…
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1988)
Results of nine whale sighting cruises in the Japanese coastal waters in 1983 through 1986 and some additional cruises provided following conclusion. Dall's porpoises inhabit waters below 24°C, but the…
Master's Thesis - San Jose State University (1989)
Examination of 95 Dall's porpoise specimens incidentally caught in gillnets, and four collected as beach strandings, indicate that there is significant sexual dimorphism and developmental variation in several aspects of…
Marine Mammal Sci (1989)
(...) Four newborn Dall’s porpoises were examined by the author during July of 1987 and 1988. All had muted color patterns, and some evidence of umbilical remnants, fetal folds, and…
Marine Mammal Sci (1989)
(...) Guiler, Burton and Gales (1987) reported a cranium (Tasmanian Museum No. A1411) they identified as belonging to Burmeister’s porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister, 1865) from Heard Island (53°S 73°30’E). They…
Marine Mammal Sci (1989)
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Aquatic Mammals (1989)
The heart rates of 3 Harbour porpoises (recorded for 26 days) showed individual variation. Electrocardiograms of two of these animals, made while they were on land, showed respiratory arrhythmia. The…
Aquatic Mammals (1989)
The post-mortem findings in 38 stranded harbour porpoises during the period 23rd March 1983 to 25th June 1986 in The Netherlands results in a general view about the parasitological status…