Aquatic Mammals (2012)
In September 2011, two harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) presenting extensive traumatic lesions washed ashore in Belgium. Similar lesions, with large parts of skin and blubber missing, had not been recorded…
An unusual mortality event of Harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) off central California: Increase in blunt trauma rather than an epizootic
Wilkin, Sarah; Cordaro, Joe; Gulland, Frances M. D.; Wheeler, Elizabeth; Dunkin, Robin; Sigler, Teri; Casper, Dave; Berman, Michelle; Flannery, Moe; Fire, Spencer; Wang, Zhihong; Colegrove, Kathleen; Baker, Jason
Aquatic Mammals (2012)
In 2007, the apparent increase in the number of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranding along the central California coast compared to the number of strandings the previous year resulted in…
The development of spatial positions between mother and calf of Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) maintained in captive and seminatural environments
Xian, Yijie; Wang, Kexiong; Jiang, Wenhua; Zheng, Bangyou; Wang, Ding
Aquatic Mammals (2012)
For many toothed whales, two predominant and multifunctional spatial positions occur between a mother/calf pair after birth: (1) the echelon position and (2) the infant position. Other nonpredominant positions also…
Rake marks on a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) calf suggestive of a fatal interaction with an Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
Larrat, Sylvain; Measures, Lena N.; Lair, Stéphane;
Aquatic Mammals (2012)
(...) Little is known regarding other causes of mortality and population trends of harbor porpoises from the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Harbor porpoises have been reported to be…
Investigations of thyroid and stress hormones in free-ranging and captive harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena): A pilot study
Siebert, Ursula; Pozniak, Blazej; Anderson Hansen, Kirstin; Nordstrom, Gwyneth; Teilmann, Jonas; van Elk, Niels; Vossen, Arndt; Dietz, Rune;
Aquatic Mammals (2011)
Increasing anthropogenic activities in the marine environment are potential threats to the health of harbor porpoises by causing unnatural continuous stress to the animals. The present study was a first…
Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) discovered at Okinawa Island, Japan, with the source population inferred from mitochondrial DNA
Yoshida, Hideyoshi; Higashi, Naoto; Ono, Hidehiko; Uchida, Senzo
Aquatic Mammals (2010)
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The behaviour of Hong Kong’s resident cetaceans: The Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin and the finless porpoise
Parsons, E. C. M.
Aquatic Mammals (1998)
A series of behavioural surveys were conducted in Hong Kong upon resident populations of Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphins (Sousa chinensis) and finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides). The surveys were carried out from…
Geographic variation in external morphology of Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli
Amano, M.; Miyazaki, N.
Aquatic Mammals (1996)
We examined geographic variation in external measurements of Dall’s porpoises, using 269 sexually mature specimens from throughout their range, excluding coastal waters off North America and the northern Okhotsk Sea.…
Occurrence, behavior and feeding habits of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) at Pajaro Dunes, Monterey Bay, California
Sekiguchi, K.
Aquatic Mammals (1995)
From September 1984 to November 1985, sightings of 1594 groups of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were made from a high vantage point at Pajaro Dunes, Monterey Bay, California, in a…
Morphometric comparison of the epidermis in several cetacean species
Jones, F. M.; Pfeiffer, C. J.
Aquatic Mammals (1994)
Epidermal thickness and relative papillary height of the skin from the urogenital region were compared with values from the ventral aspect of the flipper and the mid-dorsal body wall. Data…