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…
Best vision zones in the retinae of some cetaceans
Mass, Alla; Supin, Alexander
Sensory Abilities of Cetaceans (1990)
(...) Organization of the visual system in Cetacea still remains unclear in many respects. Of special interest are data on ganglion cell distribution in the retina. It is related closely…
Catch of small cetaceans at Pucusana Port, central Peru, during 1987
Van Waerebeek, Koen; Reyes, Julio C.
Biological Conservation (1990)
The small cetacean catch by artisanal fishermen in Peru was the subject of a IUCN/UNEP project in 1985–1986. In a follow-up study during 1987 we monitored the port of Pucusana,…
Marginal papillae on the tongue of the Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Commerson’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii)
Kastelein, R. A.; Dubbeldam, J. L
Aquatic Mammals (1990)
This study shows that in Bottlenose dolphins and in Harbour porpoises the presence of marginal papillae is age related. In Bottlenose dolphins the papillae disappear around the age of 16…
The medical treatment of 3 stranded Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Kastelein, R. A.; Bakker, M. J.; Dokter, T.
Aquatic Mammals (1990)
In March 1988 three Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were stranded on the Dutch coast and sent to the Harderwijk Marine Mammal Park for rehabilitation. The following parameters were recorded during…
The swimming direction of harbor porpoise in relationship to a survey vessel
Polacheck, T.; Thorpe, L.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1990)
Information on the movement of cetaceans in relation to survey vessels is important for determining if abundance and density estimates from ship-based line transect sighting surveys are biased. A ship-based…
The tuberous organs of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linné, 1758)
Behrmann, G.
Aquatic Mammals (1990)
(...) Tuberous organs in the integument of the harbour porpoise were briefly described for the first time in connection with other nerve end corpuscles in the tongue (Behrmann, 1988). A…
The relationship between body weight and morphological measurements in Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the North Sea
Kastelein, R. A.; van Battum, R.
Aquatic Mammals (1990)
From length and girth measurements of live stranded animals, treated at the Harderwijk Marine Mammal Park, a formula has been developed to calculate the body weight of Harbour porpoises from…
Sexual dimorphism and development of external features in Dall’s porpoise Phocoenoides dalli
Jefferson, T. A.
Fishery Bulletin (1990)
Examination of 95 Dall's porpoise specimens incidentally caught in gill nets, and 4 collected as beach strandings, indicate significant sexual dimorphism and developmental variation in several aspects of external morphology…
Anatomical and histological characteristics of the eyes of a month-old and an adult harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Kastelein, Ronald A.; Zweypfenning, Ruud C. V. J.; Spekreijse, Henk
Sensory Abilities of Cetaceans (1990)
Several anatomical characteristics of the cornea, lens, iris and retina of the eyes of a month-old and an adult harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) were investigated by scanning, transmission and light…