Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2004)
Current plans to utilise German offshore waters as sites for windmill parks as well as ongoing investigation of potential areas to implement Natura 2000 have led to an increased research…
Comparative anatomical study on the relationships between the vestigial pelvic bones and the surrounding structures of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
Tajima, Yuko; Hayashi, Yoshihiro; Yamada, Tadasu K.
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (2004)
Morphology of the modern cetaceans represents the results of adaptation of the ancestral terrestrial mammals to aquatic life through their evolutional processes. Some of the primitive fossil cetaceans are known…
Stranding patterns of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the German North and Baltic Seas: When does the birth period occur?
Hasselmeier, I.; Abt, K. F.; Adelung, D.; Siebert, U.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2004)
Stranded harbour porpoises were analysed to investigate differences in stranding patterns along the North and Baltic Sea coasts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. A total of 1,015 stranded or bycaught harbour porpoises…
The distribution and relative abundance of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena L.) in the southern outer Moray Firth, NE Scotland
Whaley, A. R.
Honour's Thesis - University of London (2004)
Throughout its range, the distribution of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena L.) has contracted significantly in the last century, particularly in the North Sea. Reasons for this decline have been…
The first Yangtze finless porpoise successfully born in captivity
WANG, Ding; HAO, Yujiang; WANG, Kexiong; ZHAO, Quingzhong; CHEN, Daoquang; WEI, Zhuo; ZHANG, Xianfeng
Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2005)
As the sole freshwater subspecies of finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides), the Yangtze finless porpoise (N. p. asiaeorientalis) lives only in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and…
Post-mortem stability of blubber retinoids in by-caught harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena): Implications for the design of biomarker studies
Tornero, V.; Borrell, A.; Pubill, E.; Koopman, H.; Read, A.; Reijinders, P. J. H.; Aguilar, A.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2005)
The effect of post-mortem time (0-48 hours) on retinoid concentrations in the blubber and liver of harbour porpoises under natural conditions is investigated to assess the stability of samples collected…
Haborophocoena toyoshimai, a new early Pliocene porpoise (Cetacea; Phocoenidae) from Hokkaido, Japan
Ichishima, H.; Kimura, M.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2005)
Haborophocoena toyoshimai (family Phocoenidae), from the early Pliocene Mochikubetsu Formation in northwestern Hokkaido, Japan, is a new genus and species of porpoise. The holotype is an incomplete skull, tympanoperiotic, mandible,…
Oceanographic conditions off coastal South America in relation to the distribution of Burmeister’s porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis
Molina-Schiller, D.; Rosales, S. A.; Freitas, T. R. O.
Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Mamm. (2005)
Historical data (1965-2000) of temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen (0 and 50m) were analyzed to understand the seasonal variability of the oceanographic conditions associated to the distribution of P. spinipinnis…
Ex-situ conservation status of an endangered Yangtze finless porpoise population (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) as measured from microsatellites and mtDNA diversity
XIA, J; ZHENG, J; WANG, D
ICES Journal of Marine Science (2005)
The Yangtze finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis, is an endangered small cetacean that occurs only in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River of China. The establishment of…
New stereo acoustic data logger for free-ranging dolphins and porpoises
Akamatsu, Tomonari; Matsuda, Akihiko; Suzuki, Shiro; Wang, Ding; Wang, Kexiong; Suzuki, Michihiko; Muramoto, Hiroyuki; Sugiyama, Naoki; Oota, Katsunori
Marine Technology Society Journal (2005)
To observe the bio-sonar behavior of dolphins and porpoises, a miniature stereo acoustic data logger was developed to record the echolocation clicks of small cetaceans. The 'A-tag' device is small…