Journal of Comparative Pathology (2006)
A study of 37 by-caught harbour porpoises from Icelandic and Norwegian waters showed that most were in good or moderate nutritional condition and none was severely emaciated. Mild infection with…
Review on breeding biology of Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis)
Hao, Yujiang; Wang, Ding; Zhang, Xianfeng
Acta Theriologica Sinica (2006)
There are three Neophocaena phocaenoides subspecies recognized in Chinese waters: South China Sea population, N. p. phocaenoides; Yellow Sea population, N. p. sunameri; and Yangtze population, N. p. asiaeorientalis. The…
Bycatch of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in gillnet fisheries of the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, 2000-02
Lesage, V.; Keays, J.; Turgeon, S.; Hurtubise, S.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2006)
The incidental catch of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the gillnet fishery of the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, was examined using: (1) questionnaires mailed to fishermen inquiring…
Harbour Porpoises on Horns Reef – Effects of the Horns Reef Wind Farm (Final Report)
Tougaard, Jakob; Carstensen, Jacob; Wisz, Mary S.; Jespersen, Martin; Teilmann, Jonas; Ilsted Bech, Nikolaj; Skov, Henrik
NERI Technical Report to Vattenfall A/S (2006)
The monitoring program on harbour porpoises at Horns Rev Offshore Wind Farm in the Danish North Sea, initiated in 1999, has now come to an end with collection of final…
Orthopoxvirus neutralising antibodies in small cetaceans from the Southeast Pacific
Van Bressem, M.-F.; Van Waerebeek, K.; Bennett, M.
Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Mamm. (2006)
(...) The study reported here was carried out in 1993-1997 when very few data were available on cetacean poxviruses. On the basis of the brick-shaped morphology of cetacean poxviruses (Van…
Timing of epiphyseal development in the flipper skeleton of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) as an indicator of paedomorphosis
Galatius, Anders; Andersen, Mai-Britt Elin Rindom; Haugan, Birgitte; Langhoff, Heidi Elisabeth; Jespersen, Åse
Acta Zoologica (2006)
Epiphyseal development was investigated on X-rays of flippers from 158 harbour porpoises from Danish waters. Development followed a proximodistal pattern similar to what is known in other cetacean species. Ossification…
Reactions of captive harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) to pinger-like sounds
Teilmann, Jonas; Tougaard, Jakob; Miller, Lee A.; Kirketerp, Tim; Hansen, Kirstin; Brando, Sabrina
Marine Mammal Sci (2006)
Pingers on gill nets can reduce bycatch of harbor porpoises. If harbor porpoises habituate to pingers, the effect may be reduced or lost. Two captive harbor porpoises were exposed to…
Diel variation in echolocation behavior of wild harbor porpoises
Carlstrom, Julia
Marine Mammal Science (2005)
The echolocation rate and behavior of wild harbor porpoises were studied using a harbor porpoise click detector (POD) deployed close to the bottom at 40 m depth in Scottish waters,…
Population genetic structure of the Yangtze Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis): Implications for management and conservation
Zheng, Jin-Song; Xia, Jun-Hong; He, Shun-Ping; Wang, Ding
Biochem Genet (2005)
Understanding the population genetic structure is a prerequisite for conservation of a species. The degree of genetic variability characteristic of the mitochondrial DNA control region has been widely exploited in…
Sexually dimorphic proportions of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) skeleton
Galatius, Anders
Journal of Anatomy (2005)
Sexual differences in growth, allometric growth patterns and skeletal proportions were investigated by linear measurements of skeletal parts on 225 harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the inner Danish and adjacent…