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…
Seasonal abundance, distribution, and prey species of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in southern Vancouver island waters
Hall, A.
Master's Thesis - University of British Columbia (2004)
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) occur year round in the waters of southern British Columbia, but little is known about their seasonal abundance, habitat use and food habits. A systematic vessel-based…
Organochlorine residues in harbour porpoises from Southwest Greenland
Borrell, Asunción; Aguilar, Alex; Cantos, Gemma; Lockyer, Christina; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Jensen, Jette
Environmental Pollution (2004)
During the 1995 hunting season, 75 harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were sampled in three locations in West Greenland: Maniitsoq, Nuuk, and Paamiut. Sex, age, morphometrics, reproductive condition, and organochlorine compound…
Echolocation behavior of harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena around chemically enhanced gill nets
Cox, T. M.; Read, A. J.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (2004)
The echolocation behavior of harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena around gillnets was monitored to test their response to chemically (BaSO4) enhanced gill nets, designed to be more acoustically reflective than commercial…
Entrapment of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in herring weirs in the Bay of Fundy, Canada
Neimanis, A. S.; Koopman, H. N.; Westgate, A. J.; Murison, L. D.; Read, A. J.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2004)
Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are small coastal cetaceans vulnerable to mortality in fishing operations. Not all interactions are fatal, however, and each year many porpoises swim into and are subsequently…
Natural hybridization between Dall’s porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) and harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Willis, Pamela M; Crespi, Bernard J; Dill, Lawrence M; Baird, Robin W; Hanson, M Bradley
Can. J. Zool. (2004)
Natural hybridization occurs rarely in mammals compared with other taxonomic groups of animals. Cetaceans appear unique among mammals in exhibiting striking karyological uniformity, which suggests that they have the potential…