Zoology in the Middle East (2002)
Observations on the Finless Porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides, Humpback Dolphin, Sousa plumbea, and Dugong, Dugong dugon, in the Hara Protected Area, Khouran Straits, are presented. All are on the Red List…
Acoustic signals from free-ranging finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in the waters around Hong Kong
Goold, J. C.; Jefferson, T. A.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)
Acoustic signals from free-ranging finless porpoises were recorded in the waters around Hong Kong during March 2000. Finless porpoises produced short-duration high-frequency clicks. Signal analysis showed finless porpoise clicks to…
Inferring ecological separation from regional differences in radioactive caesium in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena
Tolley, KA; Heldal, HE
Marine Ecology Progress Series (2002)
Geographic variation in the level of radioactive caesium-137 (137Cs) was examined from the axial muscle of 36 harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena obtained as bycatch from 5 locations along the coast…
Preliminary analysis of geographic variation in cranial morphometrics of the finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
Jefferson, T. A.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)
The taxonomy of the finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides), while better-studied than that of many species of small cetaceans, still suffers from some uncertainties and a general lack of data from…
Geographical variation of the parasite, Phyllobothrium delphini (Cestoda), in Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli, in the northern north Pacific, Bering Sea, and Sea of Okhotsk
Walker, William A.
Marine Mammal Sci (2001)
Prevalence of the larval cestode, Phyllobothrium delphini, was estimated from 2,445 Dall's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli, from the incidental take of the Japanese high seas salmon drift-net fishery in the northwestern…
Trends in the maternal investment of harbour porpoises are uncoupled from the dynamics of their primary prey
Read, A. J.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2001)
Harbour porpoises in the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine feed primarily on Atlantic herring. Herring stocks have undergone dramatic fluctuations in abundance over the past three decades due…
Proceedings of the International Harbour Porpoise Workshop
Bowen, D.; Brodie, P.; Conway, J.; Gearin, P.; Hammill, M.; Hood, C. C.; Kingsley, M.; Lesage, V.; Lien, J.; Metuzals, K.; Palka, D.; Potter, D.; Read, A.; Rosel, P.; Simon, P.; Stenson, G.
(2001)
Serious concerns have been raised regarding the status of the harbour porpoise populations in the North Atlantic and specifically for those inhabiting Atlantic Canadian waters. In 1991 harbour porpoise in…
The enigma of harbor porpoise presence in the Mediterranean Sea
Frantzis, Alexandros; Gordon, Jonathan; Hassidis, Gilda; Komnenou, Anastasia
Marine Mammal Sci (2001)
(...) Harbor porpoises are assumed to have colonized the Black Sea from the Atlantic Ocean (Gaskin 1982, Rosel 1997). This hypothesized relationship is based on both geographical proximity and genetic…
First records of the spectacled porpoise Phocoena dioptrica in continental Australian waters
Evans, Karen; Kemper, Catherine; Hill, Mark
Marine Mammal Sci (2001)
(...) The spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica (Lahille, 1912), is a little-known species found in cool temperate, sub- and low-antarctic waters of the Southern Hemisphere (Jefferson et al. 1993, Goodall and…
Reactions of harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena and herring Clupea harengus to acoustic alarms
Culik, B.M.; Koschinski, S.; Tregenza, N.; Ellis, G.M.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (2001)
Small cetaceans are susceptible to incidental mortality in the various forms of gillnet fisheries throughout their range. Research conducted since 1994 has shown that acoustic alarms (pingers) emitting high-frequency pulsed…