Mar. Biodivers. Rec. (2013)
This paper describes a rare sighting of an anomalously white harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the coastal waters of the outer Moray Firth in north-east Scotland. The recording provides the…
Sexual dimorphism of Dall’s porpoise and harbor porpoise skulls
Frandsen, Marie Schou; Galatius, Anders
Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde (2013)
To evaluate and quantify sexual dimorphism of skull shape and assess the ontogenetic background for differences, samples of 134 harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and 85 Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) were…
Contingent Valuation of Yangtze Finless Porpoises in Poyang Lake, China
Dong, Yanyan
(2013)
Yangtze finless porpoises (YFPs) are the only fresh water adapted porpoises in the world, living in the middle and downstream of the Yangtze River, in China. They are facing the…
Genome-wide SNP and population divergence of finless porpoises
Li, S.; Xu, S.; Wan, H.; Ji, H.; Zhou, K.; Yang, G.
Genome Biology and Evolution (2013)
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are rapidly becoming the population genomic markers in addressing ecology, evolution, and conservation issues for their high capacity to access variability across the genome. We isolated…
Estimated bycatch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in two coastal gillnet fisheries in Norway, 2006–2008. Mitigation and implications for conservation
Bjørge, Arne; Skern-Mauritzen, Mette; Rossman, Marjorie C.
Biological Conservation (2013)
Using data collected during 2006–2008 from a monitored segment (18 vessels) of the Norwegian coastal fleet (vessels
Possible causes of a harbour porpoise mass stranding in Danish waters in 2005
Wright, Andrew J.; Maar, Marie; Mohn, Christian; Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob; Siebert, Ursula; Jensen, Lasse Fast; Baagøe, Hans J.; Teilmann, Jonas
PLoS ONE (2013)
An unprecedented 85 harbour porpoises stranded freshly dead along approximately 100 km of Danish coastline from 7–15 April, 2005. This total is considerably above the mean weekly stranding rate for…
Cetacean distribution and abundance in relation to oceanographic domains on the eastern Bering Sea shelf, June and July of 2002, 2008, and 2010
Friday, Nancy A.; Zerbini, Alexandre N.; Waite, Janice M.; Moore, Sue E.; Clapham, Phillip J.
Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography (2013)
As part of the Bering Sea Project, cetacean surveys were conducted to describe distribution and estimate abundance on the eastern Bering Sea shelf. Three marine mammal observers conducted visual surveys…
To ping or not to ping: The use of active acoustic devices in mitigating interactions between small cetaceans and gillnet fisheries
Dawson, S. M.; Northridge, S.; Waples, D.; Read, A. J.
Endangered Species Research (2013)
Active sound emitters (‘pingers’) are used in several gillnet fisheries to reduce bycatch of small cetaceans, and/or to reduce depredation by dolphins. Here, we review studies conducted to determine how…
Identifying foraging behaviour of wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) with static acoustic dataloggers
Nuuttila, H. K.; Meier, R.; Evans, P. G. H.; Turner, J. R.; Bennell, J. D.; Hiddink, J. G.
Aquatic Mammals (2013)
Sound is the main means of communication for cetaceans, and studying their vocal behaviour can reveal important information about their activity patterns. As static acoustic monitoring (SAM) of whales, dolphins,…
Using pingers to reduce bycatch of small cetaceans in Peru’s small-scale driftnet fishery
Mangel, Jeffrey C.; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna; Witt, Matthew J.; Hodgson, David J.; Godley, Brendan J.
Oryx (2013)
There is growing awareness that small-scale fisheries may have large impacts on threatened marine fauna. Bycatch of small cetaceans by the Peruvian small-scale driftnet fleet results in the deaths of…