Aquatic Mammals (1978)
This paper gives a survey of the fate of 67 harbour porpoises collected alive from Danish waters and kept in captivity for bioacoustical and physiological investigations. Even if the harbour…
The role of recorded data in acclimatizing a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Myers, W. A.; Horton, H. C.; Heard, F. A.; Winsett, G.; McCulloch, S. A.
Aquatic Mammals (1978)
In March of 1976, the aquarium’s veterinarian brought a young female harbor porpoise to the aquarium and housed her in a shallow (60 cm) portable pool. The animal had stranded…
The life history of Dall’s porpoise with special reference to the stock off the Pacific coast of Japan
Kasuya, T.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1978)
The geographical variation of the colour types of the species indicates three local stocks in the northwestern North Pacific and western Bering Sea (WNP/BS), off the Pacific coast of Japan…
Report on the small cetaceans stranded on the coasts of Tierra del Fuego
Goodall, R. N. P.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1978)
Little work has been done on the smaller cetaceans of Tierra del Fuego. Data on strandings and new specimens for the following 14 species is presented: Lagenorhynchus australis, Cephalorhynchus commersonii,…
The population of finless porpoise in the Inland Sea of Japan
Kasuya, T.; Kureha, K.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1979)
The observation of 1,194 finless porpoises made through 11,549 km of sighting cruises in the Inland Sea and some ancillary observations provided the following informations. The porpoise migrates annually to…
Distribution, ecology, behaviour and conservation of the dolphins of the middle reaches of Changjiang (Yangtze) River (Wuhan-Yueyang)
Chen, P.; Liu, P.; Liu, R.; Lin, K.; Pilleri, G.
Investigations on Cetacea (1979)
Two species of cetaceans live in the Yangtze river (Changjiang R.): Lipotes vexillifer (MILLER, 1918) and Neophocaena asiaeorientalis (PILLERI and GIHR, 1972). Both species are only found in the middle…
How the finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) carries its calves on its back, and the function of the denticulated area of skin, as observed in the Changjiang River, China
Pilleri, G.; Chen, P.
Investigations on Cetacea (1979)
Finless porpoise mothers are able to carry their calves balanced securely on their back. This behaviour was frequently observed by the authors in the course of an expedition to the…
Observations on the dolphins in the Indus Delta (Sousa plumbea and Neophocaena phocaenoides) in winter 1978-1979
Pilleri, G.; Pilleri, O.
Investigations on Cetacea (1979)
An account is given of observations on two dolphin species Sousa plumbea and Neophocaena phocaenoides which belong to the typical fauna of the Indus Delta. Sousa is a permanent inhabitant…
Observations on the baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) and the finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River between Nanjing and Taiyangzhou, with remarks on some physiological adaptations of the baiji to its environment
Zhou, K.; Pilleri, G.; Li, Y.
Investigations on Cetacea (1979)
Two species of dolphin inhabit the Changjiang (Yangtze): Lipotes vexillifer MILLER, 1918 (known as Baiji in Chinese) and the Finless porpoise, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis PILLERI and GIHR, 1972. Although quite a…
The natural history of Dall’s Porpoise in the north Pacific Ocean
Morejohn, G. Victor
Behavior of Marine Animals (1979)
Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli (True), is commonly encountered over the continental shelf of North America and in offshore and pelagic waters of the western and eastern North Pacific Ocean. This…