Acta Theriologica Sinica (1995)
Geographical variations of postcranial skeleton among the Yangtze, Yellow Sea and South China Sea populations of the finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides, in Chinese waters were studied with t-test, covariance analysis…
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in California are subject to incidental mortality in gillnet fisheries. The status of this population is uncertain. We review information on population structure and conclude that…
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Eight fresh specimens of Burmeister's porpoise caught in gillnets in the Necochea area (Buenos Aires Province) were studied for external morphometrics, age, basic reproductive data, organochlorine pollutant levels and parasites.…
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Two density indices of Dall's porpoise abundance were estimated for the western North Pacific from 1979 to 1989. One index is the density of animals (number of animals per square…
Master's Thesis - McGill University (1995)
Seventy-eight harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, (33 females, 45 males) were obtained from the summer (June-September) cod fishery incidental-by-catch in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and examined for the presence of…
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Historically harbour porpoises have been taken at six major catch sites in Danish waters. The most important site, in the northern Little Belt at Middelfart, was first mentioned in 1357…
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
A workshop on age determination in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) was held in Oslo, Norway, 21-23 May 1990. During the workshop, the principles of formation of dental layers were reviewed,…
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis), one of the most common small cetaceans in Peruvian waters, suffers the second highest fishing mortality. Biological data obtained from porpoises caught in gillnets off Peru…
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
This note provides information on harbour porpoises around the Faroe Islands based on interviews with islanders. The harbour porpoise hunt has never been of importance in the Faroe Islands although…
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. (1995)
The diving behaviour of seven free-ranging harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) was examined using time–depth recorders. In total, 8167 individual dives were recorded over 254 h. The longest period of data collection…