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Porpoise Research Library

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  • P. spinipinnis 92
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Geographical variation of external measurements and three subspecies of Neophocaena phocaenoides in Chinese waters

Gao, Anli; Zhou, Kaiya
Acta Theriologica Sinica (1995)

The finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides, is distributed in the form of a narrow band along the coast line of tropical and temperate Asia and in the Yangtze river.The differences of…

  • Neophocaena phocaenoides
  • Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
  • distribution
  • morphology

Sightings of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Swedish waters before 1990

Berggren, P.; Arrhenius, F.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)

This paper examines trends in abundance and distribution of harbour porpoises in Swedish waters. Returns from questionnaires suggested a decline in number of sightings per year in all areas around…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • abundance
  • bycatch
  • distribution
  • stranding

Diet of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena in Scandinavian waters

Aarefjord, H.; Bjørge, A.; Kinze., C. C.; Lindstedt, I.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)

In this paper we report findings on the diet of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian waters. The study is based on stomach contents from 247…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • feeding

Mortality of the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) in gillnet fisheries during 1993-94

D'Agrosa, C.; Vidal, O.; Graham, W.C.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)

Gillnet fisheries in El Golfo de Santa Clara, Sonora and neighboring fishing camps, in the upper Gulf of California, Mexico, were monitored for 114 days, from 23 January to 7…

  • Phocoena sinus
  • bycatch
  • mortality

Geographical variations of skull among the populations of Neophocaena in Chinese waters

Gao, Anli; Zhou, Kaiya
Acta Theriologica Sinica (1995)

Geographical variations of skull among the Yangtze, Yellow Sea and South China Sea populations of the finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides, in Chinese waters were studied using 42 skull measurements based…

  • Neophocaena phocaenoides
  • Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
  • morphology
  • skeleton

Densities and seasonal distribution of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the Swedish Skagerrak, Kattegat and Baltic seas

Berggren, P.; Arrhenius, F.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)

Strip transect aerial surveys were conducted in the Skagerrak and Kattegat Seas for 8 days in June-August, and 2 days in October 1991. Nine sightings of harbour porpoises were recorded…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • conservation
  • distribution
  • population trends

Population abundance of Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) in the western north Pacific Ocean

Turnock, B.J.; Buckland, S.T.; Boucher, G.C.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)

Dall's porpoise in the western North Pacific Ocean suffered incidental mortality from the gillnets of the Japanese high seas salmon fishery until 1987 and mortality from the high seas squid…

  • Phocoenoides dalli
  • abundance
  • behaviour

On the biology of the spectacled porpoise, Australophocaena dioptrica

Goodall, R.N.P.; Schiavini, A.C.M.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)

Published descriptions of the biology of the spectacled porpoise, Australophocaena dioptrica, are reviewed and compared to new material collected in Tierra del Fuego and Chubut, Argentina. Although over 173 cranial…

  • Phocoena dioptrica
  • coloration
  • distribution
  • morphology

The relationship between heart mass and body mass for three cetacean genera: Narrow allometry demonstrates interspecific differences

Ridgway, Sam H.; Kohin, Suzanne
Marine Mammal Sci (1995)

(...) Brody (1945) fitted an allometric equation to heart mass (kg) as a function of body mass (kg) for adult mammals ranging in body size from 0.01 to over 100,000…

  • Phocoenoides dalli
  • bottlenose dolphin
  • comparison
  • dolphin
  • morphology
  • physiology

Geographical variations of postcranial skeleton among populations of Neophocaena in Chinese waters

Gao, Anli; Zhou, Kaiya
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…

  • Neophocaena phocaenoides
  • Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
  • morphology
  • skeleton

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