The Biology of the Harbour Porpoise (1997)
Surface temperatures were taken once every minute for 10 minutes in 10 places on the skin of a juvenile harbour porpoise with a radiation thermometer, immediately after the animal had…
Contamination by butyltin compounds in harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from the Black Sea
Madhusree, Bathini; Tanabe, Shinsuke; Öztürk, Ayaka Amaha; Tatsukawa, Ryo; Miyazaki, Nobuyuki; Özdamar, Emin; Aral, Orhan; Samsun, Osman; Öztürk, Bayram
Fresenius' Journal of Analytical Chemistry (1997)
Concentrations of butyltin compounds (BTs) were determined in harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) collected from the Turkish coastal waters of the Black Sea. Total butyltin compounds (∑ BTs) in the liver…
First estimates of vaquita abundance
Barlow, Jay; Gerrodette, Tim; Silber, Greg
Marine Mammal Sci (1997)
The abundance of the only population of vaquitas, Gulf of California harbor porpoise (Phocoena sinus), is estimated from four surveys conducted in Mexico between 1986 and 1993, using a variety…
Hong Kong’s Cetaceans: The biology, socioecology and behaviour of Sousa chinensis and Neophocaena phocaenoides
Parsons, E. C. M.
Doctoral Thesis - University of Hong Kong (1997)
From an intensive review of historical records and the examination of stranded cetaceans it was determined that 16 cetacean species have been reported from Hong Kong, including resident populations of…
Composition of the incidental kill of cetaceans in two California gillnet fisheries: 1990-1995
Chivers, S. J.; Robertson, K. M.; Henshaw, M. D.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1997)
In July 1990, an observer program was established to collect data on the bycatch of the drift and set gillnet fisheries operating off the coast of California. These data are…
Helminth parasites of the digestive tract of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena in Danish waters: A comparative geographical analysis
Herreras, MV; Kaarstad, SE; Balbuena, JA; Kinze, CC; Raga, JA
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (1997)
Most studies of the helminth fauna of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena have focused on taxonomy, associated pathologies and surveys reporting prevalence and abundance of the parasite species. This study…
Population structure of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in the seas around the UK and adjacent waters
Walton, M. J.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (1997)
The population structure of harbour porpoises from British and adjacent waters was studied by examining variability in a 200 bp (base pair) section of the control region of mitochondrial DNA…
Blubber thickness in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Kastelein, R. A.; van der Sijs, S. J.; Staal, C.; Nieuwstraten, S. H.
The Biology of the Harbour Porpoise (1997)
The blubber thicknesses of 5 male and one female harbour porpoises were measured ultrasonically in 9 positions on the body over various periods of time. Most animals were immature and…
Violent interactions between bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises
Ross, H. M.; Wilson, B.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (1996)
The majority (63%) of harbour porpoises stranded around the Moray Firth, Scotland, died from trauma characterized by multiple skeletal fractures and damaged internal organs. Surface injuries consisted of skin cuts…
The phylogeographic pattern of mitochondrial DNA variation in the Dall’s porpoise Phocoenoides dalli
MCMILLAN, W. O.; BERMINGHAM, E.
Molecular Ecology (1996)
We used 11 restriction endonucleases to study mtDNA variation in 101 Dall's porpoises Phocoenoides dalli from the Bering Sea and western North Pacific. There was little phylogeographic patterning among the…