NAMMCOSP (2003)
A review of historical harbour porpoise catches in Danish waters, together with current distribution, are provided. Most information on distribution is derived from historical catch data with a total of…
Source of Aegean Sea harbour porpoises
Rosel, P. E.; Frantzis, A.; Lockyer, C.; Komnenou, A.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (2003)
Documented sightings of harbour porpoises in the Mediterranean are rare, although the species is common in the neighbouring North Atlantic and Black Sea. However, in the past 2 decades, 4…
Life history and ecology of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from West Greenland
Lockyer, C; Heide-Jørgensen, M P; Jensen, J; Walton, M J
NAMMCOSP (2003)
During 1988, 1989 and 1995, 187 harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were sampled from the catches off West Greenland. The samples were taken in 3 areas between 62° N and 70°…
Growth and reproduction in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Icelandic waters
Ólafsdóttir, Droplaug; Víkingsson, Gísli A; Halldórsson, Sverrir Daníel; Sigurjónsson, Jóhann
NAMMCOSP (2003)
A total of 1,268 harbour porpoises were obtained from fishing nets in Icelandic coastal waters from September to June in the years 1991 to 1997. Foetal sex ratio was 1.2:1…
Diet of harbor porpoises in the Kattegat and Skagerrak seas: Accounting for individual variation and sample size
Borjesson, Patrik; Berggren, Per; Ganning, Bjorn
Marine Mammal Sci (2003)
Stomach contents of 112 bycaught harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) collected between 1989 and 1996 in the Kattegat and Skagerrak seas were analyzed to describe diet composition and estimate prey size,…
Variability in the diet of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Scottish waters 1992–2003
Santos, M. B.; Pierce, G. J.; Learmonth, J. A.; Reid, R. J.; Ross, H. M.; Patterson, I. A. P.; Reid, D. G.; Beare, D.
Marine Mammal Sci (2004)
Interannual, seasonal, and regional variation in the diet of porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in Scottish (UK) waters was studied using stomach contents of animals stranded between 1992 and 2003. Most samples…
Effects of the Horns Reef Wind Farm on harbour porpoises
Tougaard, J.; Teilmann, J.; Hansen, J. R.
Interim Report to Elsam Engineering A/S for the Harbour Porpoise Monitoring Program (2004)
This report was requested by Elsam Engineering A/S. It consists of a summary of results obtained in 2004 from the ongoing monitoring program of harbour porpoises in and around Horns…
Neophocaena phocaenoides
Jefferson, T.A.; Hung, S.K.
Mammalian Species (2004)
(...) Neophocaena phocaenoides is the only member of the family Phocoenidae without a dorsal fin (Fig. I ). In its place is a low, geographically-variable dorsal ridge (sometimes inappropriately called…
Co-variation in the probabilities of sighting harbor porpoises and bottlenose dolphins
Thompson, Paul; White, Sam; Dickson, Ellie
Marine Mammal Sci (2004)
(...) In this study we used data collected from commercial dolphin-watching trips to determine whether there was any relationship between the probabilities of sighting bottlenose dolphins and harbor porpoises. Surveys…
Multidisciplinary investigation of stranded harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Washington State with an assessment of acoustic trauma as a contributory factor (2 May–2 June 2003)
Norman, S. A.; Raverty, S.; McLellan, B.; Pabst, A.; Ketten, D.; Fleetwood, M.; Gaydos, J. K.; Norberg, B.; Barre, L.; Cox, T.; Hanson, B.; Jeffries, S.
NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWR-34 (2004)
Observations of altered behavior of marine mammals in the area of mid-range sonar use by the naval vessel USS SHOUP in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and Haro…