Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2004)
A captive harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) was monitored for 80 consecutive days, 10 days before attachment of a satellite dive recorder and a VHF-radio tag, 30 days during attachment and…
By-catch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the lower Bay of Fundy gillnet fishery, 1998–2001
Trippel, E. A.; Shepherd, T. D.
Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (2004)
The most serious threat to the status of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is incidental mortalities caused by entanglement in fishing gear. As part of an ongoing study to evaluate the…
Summer distribution of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea
Scheidat, M.; Kock, K.-H.; Siebert, U.
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…
Review of small cetaceans: Distribution, behaviour, migration and threats
Culik, Boris
(2004)
This report summarises the available knowledge on odontocete (toothed whale) distribution, behaviour, migration and threats and was compiled for the Bonn Secretariat of CMS.
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…