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Porpoise Research Library

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  • P. spinipinnis 92
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Consumption of euphausiids by harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) calves in the Bay of Fundy

Smith, Richard J.; Read, Andrew J.
Canadian Journal of Zoology (1992)

We compared the contents of 31 stomachs of harbour porpoise calves killed in commercial gill nets in the Bay of Fundy between July and September, 1985–1991, with the stomach contents…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • behaviour
  • comparison
  • feeding
  • growth

Causes of mortality and parasites and incidental lesions in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from British waters

Baker, JR; Martin, AR
Veterinary Record (1992)

Detailed post mortem examinations were carried out on 41 harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) found dead on the coast of the United Kingdom. The commonest causes of death were entanglement in…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • disease
  • parasites

Geographic variation and sexual dimorphism in the skull of Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli

Amano, Masao; Miyazaki, Nobuyuki
Marine Mammal Sci (1992)

Two hundred and eighty-nine skulls of Dall's porpoises from the North Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, and Bering Sea were investigated morphometrically. A clear pattern of geographic…

  • Phocoenoides dalli
  • distribution
  • morphology
  • skeleton

Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) densities obtained from aerial surveys north of Fyn and in the Bay of Kiel

Heide-Jørgensen, M.-P.; Mosbech, A.; Teilmann, J.; Benke, H.; Schultz, W.
Ophelia (1992)

Aerial surveys covering 5117 linear kilometers were conducted at 91 and 183 m altitude under optimal sighting conditions in an area north of Fyn, Denmark, and in the Bay of…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • abundance
  • distribution

Status of small cetacean populations in the Black Sea: Review of current information and suggestions for future research

Buckland, S. T.; Smith, T. D.; Cattanach, K. L.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1992)

The available information on the status of populations of three species of dolphins in the Black Sea is reviewed. These populations were subject to a commercial fishery from 1870 to…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • abundance
  • bottlenose dolphin
  • bycatch
  • capture
  • conservation
  • dolphin

An experimental aerial survey for vaquita (Phocoena sinus) in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico

Barlow, Jay; Fleischer, Luis; Forney, Karin A.; Maravilla-Chavez, Octavio
Marine Mammal Sci (1993)

(...) The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is endemic to the Gulf of California and all recent sightings have been in the northern Gulf (Silber 1990a, b) where most survey efforts for…

  • Phocoena sinus
  • abundance

Preliminary winter abundance estimates for cetaceans along the California coast based on a 1991 aerial survey

Forney, K. A.; Barlow, J.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1993)

We present the results of an aerial line transect census of cetaceans along the California coast during March and April 1991. This survey was the first of two aerial surveys…

  • Phocoenoides dalli
  • Phocoena phocoena
  • abundance
  • bottlenose dolphin
  • conservation
  • dolphin
  • killer whale
  • whale

Cytoarchitectonic studies of the cerebral cortex of the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena (Linne, 1758)

Behrmann, G.
Investigations on Cetacea (1993)

The olfactory system of the harbour porpoise is reduced but has a function. The visual system of the harbour porpoise is badly developed, and its inferior to the one of…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • comparison
  • echolocation
  • hearing
  • neurology
  • physiology
  • smell
  • vision

External morphology of Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli): Growth and sexual dimorphism

Amano, Masao; Miyazaki, Nobuyuki
Canadian Journal of Zoology (1993)

We studied development and sexual dimorphism in external measurements of Dall's porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) from the northwestern North Pacific. Relative rates of increase in the measurements of the head and…

  • Phocoenoides dalli
  • comparison
  • diving
  • dolphin
  • growth
  • morphology
  • whale

Histological investigations on the thyroid glands of marine mammals (Phoca vitulina, Phocoena phocoena) and the possible implications of marine pollution

Schumacher, U.; Zahler, S.; Horny, H.-P.; Heidemann, G.; Skirnisson, K.; Welsch, U.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases (1993)

In 1988 and 1989, thousands of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) died in the North Sea from phocine distemper infection. The morphology of thyroid glands from 40 harbor seals found dead…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • comparison
  • disease

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