Aquatic Mammals (2010)
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Prey capture by harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena): A comparison between echolocators in the field and in captivity
Miller, L.A.
The Journal of the Marine Acoustics Society of Japan (2010)
The harbor porpoise, and other toothed whales, use a biosonar click sequence that resembles the sequence of cries used by insectivorous bats when hunting for and capturing prey. The temporal…
Abundance of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in three Alaskan regions, corrected for observer errors due to perception bias and species misidentification, and corrected for animals submerged from view
Hobbs, Roderick C.; Waite, Janice M.
Fishery Bulletin (2010)
Estimating the abundance of cetaceans from aerial survey data requires careful attention to survey design and analysis. Once an aerial observer perceives a marine mammal or group of marine mammals,…
Variation in sexual behaviors in a group of captive male Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis): Motivated by physiological changes?
Wu, Hai-Ping; Hao, Yu-Jiang; Yu, Xue-Ying; Xian, Yi-Jie; Zhao, Qing-Zhong; Chen, Dao-Quan; Kuang, Xin-An; Kou, Zhang-Bin; Feng, Kang-Kang; Gong, Wei-Ming; Wang, Ding
Theriogenology (2010)
Most male mammals in temperate regions demonstrate seasonal sexual behaviors that coincide with seasonal variations in gonadal activities and androgen hormones. The Yangtze finless porpoise is a temperate freshwater cetacean…
High-density areas for harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) identified by satellite tracking
Sveegaard, Signe; Teilmann, Jonas; Tougaard, Jakob; Dietz, Rune; Mouritsen, Kim N.; Desportes, Geneviève; Siebert, Ursula
Marine Mammal Science (2010)
The population status of harbor porpoises has been of concern for several years, and the establishment of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) has been suggested as a method to protect the…
Diversity and summer distribution of cetaceans in inlet waters of northern Aisén, Chile
Zamorano-Abramson, José; Gibbons, Jorge; Capella, Juan
Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia (2010)
(...) In this paper we present results on diversity, local distribution and group composition of cetacean species along inshore waters of the fjord Puyuhuapi and Channels Jacaf and Moraleda (between…
Molecular identification of small cetacean samples from Peruvian fish markets
Tzika, Athanasia C.; D’Amico, Eva; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna; Mangel, Jeffrey C.; Van Waerebeek, Koen; Milinkovitch, Michel C.
Conservation Genetics (2010)
In the last 60 years, incidental entanglement in fishing gears (so called by-catch) became the main cause of mortality worldwide for small cetaceans and is pushing several populations and species…
Distinguishing between two species of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides and N. asiaeorientalis) in areas of sympatry
Wang, John Y.; Yang, Shih Chu; Wang, Bi J.; Wang, Lo S.
Mammalia (2010)
The existence of at least two biological species of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides and N. asiaeorientalis) was accepted only recently. Given the vulnerability of finless porpoises to human activities throughout…
Ethogram of Yangtze finless porpoise calves (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis)
XIAN, Yi-Jie; WANG, Ke-Xiong; JIANG, Wen-Hua; ZHENG, Bang-You; WANG, Ding
Zoological Research (2010)
Underwater behavioral patterns of one Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) calf in captivity and those performed on the water surface by two calves in semi-natural environment were focally followed…
Geographic variation of skeletal ontogeny and skull shape in the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Galatius, A.; Gol’din, P. E.
Canadian Journal of Zoology (2011)
All extant porpoise species show paedomorphic skeletal traits. These traits are hypothesized to be connected with rapid growth to reproductive size and could thus show geographic variation according to ecological…