ICES Journal of Marine Science (1997)
A programme to assess the cetacean by-catch in the Irish and UK set gillnet fisheries in the Celtic Sea was conducted from August 1992 to March 1994 using volunteer observers.…
The risk of infection from polychlorinated biphenyl exposure in the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): A case–control approach
Hall, Ailsa J.; Hugunin, Kelly; Deaville, Robert; Law, Robin J.; Allchin, Colin R.; Jepson, Paul D.
Environ Health Perspect (2006)
The objective of this study was to determine whether the risk of mortality from infectious disease in harbor porpoise in UK. waters increased with high exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),…
Is a German harbour porpoise much more sensitive than a British one? Comparative analyses of mandatory measures for the protection of harbour porposes (Phocoena phocoena) during offshore wind farm ramming in Germany, Denmark and the UK
Luedeke, Jens
Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (2012)
Offshore wind farms (OWF) will soon contribute to significant growth in the renewable energy sector. At present just a few OWF have been built. As of 2012, Germany has an…
Synthetic communication signals influence wild harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) behaviour
Culik, Boris; von Dorrien, Christian; Müller, Vailett; Conrad, Matthias
Bioacoustics (2015)
We used our novel and programmable Porpoise Alarm (PAL, patd.) to synthesize life-like, electronic harbour porpoise communication signals based on those described for captive animals. In the Little Belt, Denmark,…
Harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena strandings on the Dutch coast: No genetic structure, but evidence of inbreeding
van der Plas-Duivesteijn, Suzanne J.; Smit, Femmie J.L.; van Alphen, Jacques J.M.; Kraaijeveld, Ken
Journal of Sea Research (2015)
Conservation management in the North Sea is often motivated by the population size of marine mammals, like harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena. In the Dutch part of the North Sea, sighting…
Report of Vaquita Expedition 2008 and current conservation actions
Jaramillo-Legorreta, Armando M.; Taylor, Barb; Gerrodette, Tim; Rankin, Shannon; Swift, Rene; Rojas-Bracho, Lorenzo
Scientific Committee Meeting Documents (2009)
Two scientific efforts brought the need for immediate actions to conserve vaquita as a high priority for the Mexican government. Passive acoustic techniques (Jaramillo-Legorreta, 2008) revealed a negative trend of…
The black finless porpoise, Meomeris
Allen, G.M.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (1923)
Among the collections brought back by Mr. F. R. Wulsin after a year’s stay in China are three skeletons and an entire body of the small porpoise, Meomeris phocaenoides, a…
On species of South American Delphinidae described by Dr. R. A. Philippi in 1893 and 1896
True, F.W.
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (1903)
(...) In 1893 Dr. R. A. Philippi, Director of the National Museum of Chili, described several new species of porpoises and commented on various South American forms previously known. In…
A rare porpoise of the south Atlantic, Phocaena dioptrica (Lahille, 1912)
Hamilton, J. E.
Discovery Reports (1941)
(...) Records have been published of three specimens of Phocaena dioptrica, all from the South Atlantic region. The type was described by Lahille (1912) and was a pregnant and therefore…
Possible causes of a harbour porpoise mass stranding in Danish waters in 2005
Wright, Andrew J.; Maar, Marie; Mohn, Christian; Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob; Siebert, Ursula; Jensen, Lasse Fast; Baagøe, Hans J.; Teilmann, Jonas
PLoS ONE (2013)
An unprecedented 85 harbour porpoises stranded freshly dead along approximately 100 km of Danish coastline from 7–15 April, 2005. This total is considerably above the mean weekly stranding rate for…