Aquatic Mammals (1991)
This paper reports the population status of the endangered Chinese River dolphin - Lipotes vexillifer, the factors causing the population decline of Lipotes and protective measures adopted in recent years,…
This paper reports the population status of the endangered Chinese River dolphin - Lipotes vexillifer, the factors causing the population decline of Lipotes and protective measures adopted in recent years,…
Eighty-one dead cetaceans of a variety of species and from British waters were examined for evidence of skin disease and 69% were found to be affected. The most common conditions…
The medical treatment of a 4-year-old female Harbour porpoise which was stranded on the Dutch coast is described. The animal was emaciated on arrival at Harderwijk, and survived for 3…
We have 189 specimens available for this work. One-hundred and sixty-seven specimens from the Yangtze, Yellow Sea and South China Sea populations were aged and used in studying the growth…
The refractive index of the cornea of a harbor porpoise eye was measured by two-wavelengths laser-interferometry. In the thickest part of the cornea a refractive index of about 1.53 was…
Epidermal thickness and relative papillary height of the skin from the urogenital region were compared with values from the ventral aspect of the flipper and the mid-dorsal body wall. Data…
From September 1984 to November 1985, sightings of 1594 groups of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were made from a high vantage point at Pajaro Dunes, Monterey Bay, California, in a…
We examined geographic variation in external measurements of Dall’s porpoises, using 269 sexually mature specimens from throughout their range, excluding coastal waters off North America and the northern Okhotsk Sea.…
A series of behavioural surveys were conducted in Hong Kong upon resident populations of Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphins (Sousa chinensis) and finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides). The surveys were carried out from…
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