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…
Parentage determination of an isolated Yangtze finless porpoise population Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis in the Yangtze Tian-e-Zhou Baiji National Natural Reserve based on molecular data
Junhong, Xia; Jinsong, Zheng; Limei, Xu; Ding, Wang
Progress in Natural Science (2005)
Reproductive behaviors are poorly known for the Yangtze finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis. In this study, the parentage of an isolated Yangtze finless porpoise population inhabiting the Yangtze Tian-e-Zhou Baiji…
Population structure of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA variation among South American Burmeister’s porpoises (Phocoena spinipinnis)
Rosa, Sabrina; Milinkovitch, Michel C.; Van Waerebeek, Koen; Berck, Jehanne; Oporto, Jorge; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna; Van Bressem, Marie-Françoise; Goodall, Natalie; Cassens, Insa
Conservation Genetics (2005)
Little is known about the biology of Burmeister’s porpoises (Phocoena spinipinnis), a small cetacean species endemic to South American waters. Information on stock structure, however, is urgently needed, as the…
Bilateral directional asymmetry of the appendicular skeleton of the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Galatius, Anders; Jespersen, Ase
Marine Mammal Sci (2005)
Directional asymmetry (DA) of the lengths, diameters, and masses of the scapula, humerus, radius, and ulna were analyzed on a sample of 213 harbor porpoises from Denmark and West Greenland.…
Construction of ethogram of the captive Yangtze finless porpoises, Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis
Xiao, J.; Wang, D.
Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica (2005)
Quantitative study of behavior should be preceded by precise description and definition of behavior. Therefore, an ethogram, which includes the comprehensive descriptions of the characteristic behavior of a species, should…
Investigations of the potential influence of environmental contaminants on the thymus and spleen of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Beineke, Andreas; Siebert, Ursula; McLachlan, Michael; Bruhn, Regina; Thron, Kristina; Failing, Klaus; Müller, Gundi; Baumgärtner, Wolfgang
Environmental Science & Technology (2005)
Harbor porpoises from the German North and Baltic Seas exhibit a higher incidence of bacterial infections compared to whales from less polluted arctic waters. The potential adverse effect of environmental…
Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena): Investigation of density, distribution patterns, habitat use and acoustics in the German North and Baltic Seas
Siebert, Ursula; Benke, Harald; Dehnhardt, Guido; Gilles, Anita; Hanke, Wolf; Honnef, Christopher G; Lucke, Klaus; Ludwig, Stefan; Scheidat, Meike; Verfuß, Ursula K
Offshore Wind Energy (2005)
The harbour, or common, porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is the smallest cetacean inhabiting temperate to cold waters throughout the northern hemisphere. Due to its occurrence mainly but not exclusively in coastal…