Marine Mammal Sci (1998)
This study presents a detailed seasonal comparison of the abundance and distribution of cetaceans within 100-150 nmi (185-278 km) of the California coast during 1991 and 1992. The results of…
Family Phocoenidae Gray, 1825
Rice, D.W.
Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution (1998)
(page 121) (...) Miller (1925) and Kellogg (1928) included the true porpoises in the family Delphinidae and did not even grant them subfamily status. However, Slijper (1936) and Fraser and…
An intergeneric hybrid in the family Phocoenidae
Baird, Robin W.; Willis, Pamela M.; Guenther, Tamara J.; Wilson, Paul J.; White, Bradley N.
Canadian Journal of Zoology (1998)
A 60-cm female fetus recovered from a Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) found dead in southern British Columbia was fathered by a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). This is the first report…
Marine mammal sensory systems
Wartzok, D.; Ketten, D. R.
Biology of Marine Mammals (1999)
(...) In this chapter, we discuss marine mammal audition, vision, chemoreception, tactile sensation, and magnetic detection. We begin with an overview of the basic aspects of sensory receptor systems, and…
Geographical differences in organochlorine contaminants in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena from the western North Atlantic
Westgate, A.J.; Tolley, K.A.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (1999)
Organochlorine contaminants, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chlorinated bornanes (CHBs), dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethanes (DDTs), chlordanes (CHLORs), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) and, chlorobenzenes (CBZs) were quantified in 188 harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) killed in commercial fisheries…
Hematology values of wild harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the Bay of Fundy, Canada
Koopman, Heather N.; Westgate, Andrew J.; Read, Andrew J.
Marine Mammal Sci (1999)
Clinical hematology values were determined for 29 harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) released from herring weirs in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Erythrocyte values exhibited narrow ranges, but there was a…
Mitigation of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) by-catch in the gillnet fishery in the lower Bay of Fundy
Trippel, Edward A.; Strong, Michael B.; Terhune, John M.; Conway, Jeremy D.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (1999)
Demersal gill nets equipped with acoustic alarms reduced harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) by-catch rates by 77% over those without alarms in the Swallowtail area of the lower Bay of Fundy…
Trends in harbour porpoise abundance off central California, 1986-95: Evidence for interannual changes in distribution?
Forney, K. A.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (1999)
This paper presents an updated analysis of trends in the abundance of harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, in central and northern California, for the period 1986-95. The most recent survey effort…
A note on cephalopods from the stomachs of Dall’s porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) from the Northwestern Pacific and Bering Sea, 1978-1982
Fiscus, C. H.; Jones, L. L.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (1999)
Cephalopod prey were identified from the stomachs of 100 Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) incidentally taken by commercial salmon gillnets and research vessels from 1978 to 1982 in the western North…
Bycatches of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena L.) in Danish set-net fisheries
Vinther, M.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (1999)
Data on bycatch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena L.) in the commercial Danish set-net fisheries were sampled from 5,591km nets in the period 1992 to 1998 using independent observers. A…