Mar Mam Sci (2012)
High stranding frequency of porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, along the Dutch coast since 2006 has led to increased interest in the ecology of porpoises in the North Sea. Stranded porpoises were…
Exploring trade-offs between fisheries and conservation of the vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus) using an Atlantis ecosystem model
Morzaria-Luna, Hem Nalini; Ainsworth, Cameron H.; Kaplan, Isaac C.; Levin, Phillip S.; Fulton, Elizabeth A.
PLoS ONE (2012)
Background: Minimizing fishery bycatch threats might involve trade-offs between maintaining viable populations and economic benefits. Understanding these trade-offs can help managers reconcile conflicting goals. An example is a set of…
Inference from limited data: A response to Lonergan
Gerrodette, Tim; Rojas-Bracho, Lorenzo
Marine Mammal Science (2012)
(...) Lonergan (2012) criticized the analysis of Gerrodette and Rojas-Bracho (2011), who estimated the success of three possible protected areas for the critically endangered vaquita (Phocoena sinus) proposed under the…
Cetacean strandings in the Turkish western Black Sea coast during 2007-2009
Tonay, Arda M.; Dede, Ayhan; Öztürk, Ayaka Amaha; Öztürk, Bayram
Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment (2012)
The seasonal surveys of stranded cetaceans were performed on the Turkish coast of the western Black Sea during summer 2007-spring 2009. Fifty stranded cetaceans were found, which included 24 harbour…
The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) as a predator of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)?
Haelters, Jan; Kerckhof, Francis; Jauniaux, Thierry; Degraer, Steven;
Aquatic Mammals (2012)
In September 2011, two harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) presenting extensive traumatic lesions washed ashore in Belgium. Similar lesions, with large parts of skin and blubber missing, had not been recorded…
Comparative morphology of porpoise (Cetacea: Phocoenidae) pterygoid sinuses: Phylogenetic and functional implications
Racicot, Rachel A.; Berta, Annalisa
Journal of Morphology (2012)
High-resolution X-ray computed tomographic scans were used to examine pterygoid sinus morphology within extant porpoise species and one delphinid (Tursiops truncatus), in order to consider: 1) intraspecific and interspecific variation…
Negative long term effects on harbour porpoises from a large scale offshore wind farm in the Baltic – evidence of slow recovery
Teilmann, Jonas; Carstensen, Jacob
Environmental Research Letters (2012)
Offshore wind farms constitute a new and fast growing industry all over the world. This study investigates the long term impact on harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, for more than 10…
Geographic, seasonal, and diurnal surface behavior of harbor porpoises
Teilmann, Jonas; Christiansen, Casper T.; Kjellerup, Sanne; Dietz, Rune; Nachman, Gösta
Mar Mam Sci (2012)
During ship surveys harbor porpoises are only visible when breaking the sea surface to breathe, while during aerial surveys they may be seen down to 2 m below the surface.…
The ecological role of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus, in the ecosystem of the northern Gulf of California
Riofrío-Lazo, Marjorie; Arreguín-Sánchez, Francisco; Zetina-Rejón, Manuel; Escobar-Toledo, Fabián
Ecosystems (2012)
From an ecosystem management perspective, analysis of the functional roles of species is a challenge. It is valuable to determine which species are irreplaceable within a given community based on…
Auditory temporal resolution and evoked responses to pulsed sounds for the Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis)
Mooney, T. Aran; Li, Songhai; Ketten, Darlene R.; Wang, Kexiong; Wang, Ding
J Comp Physiol A (2011)
Temporal cues are important for some forms of auditory processing, such as echolocation. Among odontocetes (toothed whales, dolphins, and porpoises), it has been suggested that porpoises may have temporal processing…