Aquatic Mammals (1988)
(...) Tongues (Lingua) of dead harbour porpoises are much smaller than those of comparable terrestrial mammals (Boenninghaus, 1903). With the exception of a small area at the tip of the…
Observations of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) on the Polish Baltic Coast
Skora, K. E.; Pawliczka, I.; Klinowska, M.
Aquatic Mammals (1988)
Information on the harbour porpoise in Polish waters is reviewed and a corrected and updated list of catches, strandings and sightings given. The number of records per year has changed…
Respiratory arrhythmia in the hearts of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Kastelein, R. A.; Meijler, F. L.
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…
Postmortem findings in stranded harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena, L. 1758) in The Netherlands from 23rd March 1983 to 25th June 1986
van Nie, C. J.
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…
The olfactory regions in the nose of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Behrmann, G.
Aquatic Mammals (1989)
(...) The anatomy of the odontocete brains indicates that they can taste but cannot smell. Apparently, when the blowhole migrated to the top of the head, the neural pathways for…
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 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…
Observations on the distribution and behavior of Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) in Monterey Bay, California
Jefferson, T.
Aquatic Mammals (1991)
A study of Dall's porpoise distribution and behaviour between September 1986 and February 1989 confirmed the year-round presence of these animals in Monterey Bay, California. Dall's porpoises in the Bay…