Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (1999)
The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is subject to a high rate of incidental mortality in fisheries worldwide and, in some areas, these rates are sufficiently high to warrant concern over…
Investigating potential associations between chronic exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and infectious disease mortality in harbour porpoises from England and Wales
Jepson, Paul D.; Bennett, Peter M.; Allchin, Colin R.; Law, Robin J.; Kuiken, Thijs; Baker, John R.; Rogan, Emer; Kirkwood, James K.
Science of The Total Environment (1999)
Bioaccumulation of immunosuppressive organochlorines like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may pose a threat to the health and viability of cetacean populations. To investigate possible associations between chronic exposure to PCBs and…
A review of virus infections of cetaceans and the potential impact of morbilliviruses, poxviruses and papillomaviruses on host population dynamics
Van Bressem, M. F.; Van Waerebeek, K.; Raga, J. A.
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (1999)
Viruses belonging to 9 families have been detected in cetaceans. We critically review the clinical features, pathology and epidemiology of the diseases they cause. Cetacean morbillivirus (family Paramyxoviridae) induces a…
Dall’s porpoise Phocoenoides dalli (True, 1885)
Houck, W. J.; Jefferson, T. A.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
Abstract currently unavailable
Investigating potential associations between chronic exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and infectious disease mortality in harbour porpoises from England and Wales
Jepson, Paul D.; Bennett, Peter M.; Allchin, Colin R.; Law, Robin J.; Kuiken, Thijs; Baker, John R.; Rogan, Emer; Kirkwood, James K.
Science of the Total Environment (1999)
Bioaccumulation of immunosuppressive organochlorines like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may pose a threat to the health and viability of cetacean populations. To investigate possible associations between chronic exposure to PCBs and…
Identification of the first harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) calving ground in the North Sea
Sonntag, R. P.; Benke, H.; Hiby, A. R.; Lick, R.; Adelung, D.
Journal of Sea Research (1999)
We investigated the occurrence of harbour porpoises in the North Sea off Schleswig-Holstein by conducting aerial surveys with emphasis on calves. Fourteen per cent of the sighted porpoises off the…
A note on radionuclide 137Cs and 40K concentrations in Dall’s porpoises, Phocoenoides dalli, in coastal waters of Japan
Kasamatsu, F.; Kawabe, K.; Inatomi, N.; Murayama, T.;
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (1999)
Concentrations of artificial radionuclide 137Cs and natural radionuclide 40K in Dall's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli, from the Pacific coast of northern Japan in 1996 are presented. Concentrations of 137Cs in muscle…
Target detection by an echolocating harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Kastelein, R. A.; Au, W. W. L.; Rippe, H. T.; Schooneman, N. M.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (1999)
Two echolocation experiments are described. They were conducted on the same harbor porpoise housed in a sea pen, one year apart at Neeltje Jans, The Netherlands. The aims were to…
Finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides (G. Cuvier, 1829)
Kasuya, T.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
Abstract currently unavailable
Examining the risk of inbreeding depression in a naturally rare cetacean, the vaquita (Phocoena sinus)
Taylor, Barbara L.; Rojas-Bracho, Lorenzo
Marine Mammal Sci (1999)
Uncertainty about the magnitude of various risks facing endangered species can paralyze conservation action. The vaquita is a naturally rare porpoise that has declined to the low hundreds of individuals…