Aquatic Mammals (1990)
This study shows that in Bottlenose dolphins and in Harbour porpoises the presence of marginal papillae is age related. In Bottlenose dolphins the papillae disappear around the age of 16…
The olfactory regions in the nose of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Behrmann, G.
Aquatic Mammals (1989)
(...) The anatomy of the odontocete brains indicates that they can taste but cannot smell. Apparently, when the blowhole migrated to the top of the head, the neural pathways for…
Postmortem findings in stranded harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena, L. 1758) in The Netherlands from 23rd March 1983 to 25th June 1986
van Nie, C. J.
Aquatic Mammals (1989)
The post-mortem findings in 38 stranded harbour porpoises during the period 23rd March 1983 to 25th June 1986 in The Netherlands results in a general view about the parasitological status…
Respiratory arrhythmia in the hearts of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Kastelein, R. A.; Meijler, F. L.
Aquatic Mammals (1989)
The heart rates of 3 Harbour porpoises (recorded for 26 days) showed individual variation. Electrocardiograms of two of these animals, made while they were on land, showed respiratory arrhythmia. The…
Observations of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) on the Polish Baltic Coast
Skora, K. E.; Pawliczka, I.; Klinowska, M.
Aquatic Mammals (1988)
Information on the harbour porpoise in Polish waters is reviewed and a corrected and updated list of catches, strandings and sightings given. The number of records per year has changed…
The peripheral nerve ends in the tongue of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Behrmann, G.
Aquatic Mammals (1988)
(...) Tongues (Lingua) of dead harbour porpoises are much smaller than those of comparable terrestrial mammals (Boenninghaus, 1903). With the exception of a small area at the tip of the…
The conducting system of the heart of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena, Linnaeus, 1758)
van Nie, C. J.
Aquatic Mammals (1988)
The conducting system of the heart of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena, Linnaeus, 1758) is described macroscopically as well as microscopically. The topography and microscopy of this system in the…
Topographic distribution of sizes and density of ganglion cells in the retina of a porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Mass, A. M.; Supin, A. Ya.; Severtsov, A. N.
Aquatic Mammals (1986)
(...) Dolphins are well-known for their developed hearing and echolocation systems. However, data on the organization of other sensory systems in these animals are limited. Namely, the organization of the…
Investigations on cetacean sonar VII: Underwater sounds of Neophocaena phocaenoides of the Japanese coastal population
Kamminga, C.; Kataoka, T.; Engelsma, F. J.
Aquatic Mammals (1986)
This paper describes the sonar sounds from four captive Neophocaena, two males and two females, which were tape recorded and processed with regard to their behaviour in the time and…
Note on the occurrence of Spondylitis deformans in a sample of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena (L.)) taken in Danish waters
Kinze, C. C.
Aquatic Mammals (1986)
(...) Spondolytis deformans, a pathological deformation of the vertebral column, has so far been found in 41 cases in 26 recent and extinct cetacean species, among them the harbour porpoise…