Mammalian Species (1974)
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Functional analysis of the surfacing behaviour in the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena (L.)
Amundin, M.
Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde (1974)
This study confirms earlier observations of apparently involuntary movements, strongly associated with the breathing. The movements include taxes - a dorsal flexure of the thorax and steering movements with the…
Contribution to the knowledge of the cetaceans of southwest and monsoon Asia (Persian Gulf, Indus Delta, Malabar, Andaman Sea and Gulf of Siam)
Pilleri, G.; Gihr, M.
Investigations on Cetacea (1974)
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Strange organ in the anal region of the finless porpoise
Nishiwaki, M.; Kureha, K.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1975)
(...) This 114 cm male specimen had a small hole in the genital aperture just in between the anus and the penis opening. Investigating with a surgical tool, the examiner…
Progress report on small cetacean research in Chile
Aguayo L., Anelio
J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. (1975)
The geographic distribution is plotted, and where known, the seasonal occurrence with new data on sightings is given for the smaller Cetacea of Chile. Species documented are: Cephalorhynchus commersonii, C.…
Phocoena dioptrica
Brownell, Robert L.
Mammalian Species (1975)
(...) The original description of the holotype of P. dioptrica was based on an unique and distinctive color pattern. The dorsal surface and upper lateral surface to just above the'…
On the taxonomy and ecology of the finless black porpoise, Neophocaena (Cetacea, Delphinidae)
Pilleri, G.; Gihr, M.
Mammalia (1975)
This study was concerned with the taxonomy of the Finless Black Porpoise. Morphological and biometric analyses of the body and skull measurements of Pakistani, Chinese and Japanese specimens revealed that…
Preliminary study of movements of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the Bay of Fundy using radiotelemetry
Gaskin, D. E.; Smith, G. J. D.; Watson, A. P.
Canadian Journal of Zoology (1975)
Six harbor porpoises captured in herring weirs between September 1973 and September 1974 on the southern coast of New Brunswick were tagged and released. The three smallest animals were given…
The ‘black finless porpoise’ (Neophocaena phocaenoides Cuvier, 1829) is not black
Pilleri, G.; Zbinden, K.; Gihr, M.
Investigations on Cetacea (1976)
The widespread belief handed down through the cetacean literature for the past hundred years that the body colour of Neophocaena phocaenoides is black, is refuted by observations and photographs of…
Polychlorinated hydrocarbons and heavy metals in harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) from Danish waters
Andersen, S. H.; Rebsdorff, A.
Aquatic Mammals (1976)
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the level of persistent chlorinated hydrocarbons and heavy metals in different tissues of four harbour porpoises caught at Danish coasts and…