Journal of Wildlife Diseases (2000)
Stranded cetaceans reported from the territorial waters of Hong Kong during the period May 1993 to March 1998 were examined to establish factors that may have contributed to their death.…
Effects of water development on river cetaceans in China
Liu, Renjun; Wang, Ding
Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Cetaceans in Asia (2000)
Water development projects, including dams, embankments, and ship locks, have had extensive deleterious effects on two species of river cetacean in China: the baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) and the Yangtze population…
Diving behavior and swimming speed of a free-ranging harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Otani, Seiji; Naito, Yasuhiko; Kato, Akiko; Kawamura, Akito
Marine Mammal Sci (2000)
(...) Our understanding of cetacean diving behavior has recently increased (Westgate et al. 1995, Heide-Jorgensen and Dietz 1995, Davis et al. 1996). However, there are few reports which measured swim…
Radio tracking finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides): Preliminary evaluation of a potential technique, with cautions
Würsig, B.; Wang, D.; Zhang, X.
Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Cetaceans in Asia (2000)
Three finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) from the Yangtze River were fitted with cotton cloth vests and small radio transmitters. They were tracked for 2.6, 11.0, and 14.6 days in the…
Re-evaluation of geographic variation in the white flank patch of dalli-type Dall’s porpoises
Amano, Masao; Marui, Miho; Guenther, Tamara; Ohizumi, Hiroshi; Miyazaki, Nobuyuki
Marine Mammal Sci (2000)
(...) Amano and Miyazaki (1996) found a geographic difference in the size of the white flank patch among dalli-type animals and reported that porpoises from the Sea of Japan-Okhotsk population…
Osteological variation in the spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica)
Perrin, William F.; Goodall, R. Natalie P.; Cozzuol, Mario A.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2000)
Cranial and post-cranial variation is described for a large series of specimens of spectacled porpoise from Argentina and compared with that for specimens from other areas of the Southern Hemisphere.…
Status and conservation of the Yangtze finless porpoise
Wang, Ding; Liu, Renjun; Zhang, Xianfeng; Yang, Jian; Wei, Zhuo; Zhao, Qingzhong; Wang, Xiaoqiang
Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Cetaceans in Asia (2000)
During 1991–1997, five and three surveys were conducted in the middle and lower reaches, respectively, of the Yangtze River. The target species of the surveys included both the baiji (Lipotes…
Sperm morphology and morphometry of Burmeister’s porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)
Beilis, Adela; Cetica, P.; Merani, M. S.
Marine Mammal Sci (2000)
(...) Burmeister's porpoise inhabits temperate waters of South America, from Tierra del Fuego to Rio de la Plata (Uruguay) on the Atlantic coast, and from Tierra del Fuego to Paita…
Experimental testing of acoustic alarms (pingers) to reduce bycatch of harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, in the state of Washington
Gearin, P. J.; Gosho, M. E.; Laake, J. L.; Cooke, L.; DeLong, R. L.; Hughes, K. M.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2000)
Field tests were conducted on the effectiveness of acoustic alarms (pingers) in reducing the incidental catch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in a salmon gillnet fishery in northern Washington in…
Harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) abundance in Alaska: Bristol Bay to southeast Alaska, 1991-1993
Dahlheim, M.; York, A.; Towell, R.; Waite, J.; Breiwick, J.
Marine Mammal Sci (2000)
Between 1991 and 1993, Alaska harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) abundance was investigated during aerial surveys throughout much of the coastal and offshore waters from Bristol Bay in the eastern Bering…