Ophelia (1994)
The reproduction and reproductive seasonality of 365 Danish harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena (L.)) incidentally caught in various gill nets or stranded, was studied. The animals were collected from all Danish…
Variação geográfica do boto-de-Burmeister, Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister, 1865) (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) nas costas Atlântica e Pacífica da América do Sul
Molina-Schiller, Daniza
Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2006)
"Geographic variation of Burmeister's porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis (Burmeister, 1865) (Cetacea: Phocoenidae), on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America" (Thesis content in English) A total of 142 skulls from…
Functional morphology and homology in the odontocete nasal complex: Implications for sound generation
Cranford, T. W.; Amundin, M.; Norris, K. S.
Journal of Morphology (1996)
The site and physiologic mechanism(s) responsible for the generation of odontocete biosonar signals have eluded investigators for decades. To address these issues we subjected postmortem toothed whale heads to interrogation…
Skin surface temperature changes in a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) while on land
Kastelein, R. A.; Koene, P.; Nieuwstraten, S. H.; Labberté, S.
The Biology of the Harbour Porpoise (1997)
Surface temperatures were taken once every minute for 10 minutes in 10 places on the skin of a juvenile harbour porpoise with a radiation thermometer, immediately after the animal had…
An environmental index for habitat utilization by female harbour porpoises with calves near Deer Island, Bay of Fundy
Smith, Gary J. D.; Gaskin, David E.
Ophelia (1983)
The Bay of Fundy is a known area of concentration of Phocoena phocoena during the summer months. In this study, 698 females with calves and 5 473 porpoises of other…
Energy budget of a small cetacean, the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena (L.)
Yasui, W. Y.; Gaskin, D. E.
Ophelia (1986)
The objective of this study was to assemble the components of an energy budget for the harbour porpoise in the western Bay of Fundy, Canada. The annual energetic requirements for…
Morphometric and meristic comparisons of skulls of harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (L.) from the North Atlantic and North Pacific
Yurick, Douglas B.; Gaskin, David. E.
Ophelia (1987)
Highly significant (α = 0.01) differences in analysis of 473 skulls of harbour porpoises indicate separate eastern Pacific, western Atlantic, and eastern Atlantic populations. Including the isolated population in the…
Contingent Valuation of Yangtze Finless Porpoises in Poyang Lake, China
Dong, Yanyan
(2013)
Yangtze finless porpoises (YFPs) are the only fresh water adapted porpoises in the world, living in the middle and downstream of the Yangtze River, in China. They are facing the…
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…