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…
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…
An unusually large aggregation of Burmeister’s porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis off Peru, with a review of sightings from the eastern south Pacific
Van Waerebeek, Koen; Santillán, Luis; Reyes, Julio C.
Noticiario Mensual - Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (2002)
A highly unusual sighting is described of a group of ca. 150 Burmeister’s porpoises near Isla Guañape Sur (08°28’04”S, 78°58’16.7”W) off the north-central Peruvian coast, in September 2001. The fishermen…
Notes on the biology of the Burmeister’s porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, off southern South America
Goodall, R. Natalie P.; Norris, Kenneth S.; Harris, Guillermo; Oporto, Jorge A.; Castello, Hugo P.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Published and new fresh and museum specimens of Burmeister's porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, collected prior to the recent research in Peru, Chile and Argentina, are listed and described. Distribution is from…
Sightings of Burmeister’s porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, off southern South America
Goodall, R. Natalie P.; Würsig, Bernd; Würsig, Melany; Harris, Guillermo; Norris, Kenneth S.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Although thought to be fairly common off the western and southeastern coasts of South America, Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) has seldom been seen alive by cetacean researchers. Published sightings are…
Exposing the grey seal as a major predator of harbour porpoises
Leopold, M. F.; Begeman, L.; van Bleijswijk, J. D. L.; IJsseldijk, L. L.; Witte, H. J.; Grone, A.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2014)
Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranding in large numbers around the southern North Sea with fatal, sharp-edged mutilations have spurred controversy among scientists, the fishing industry and conservationists, whose views about…
Population biology and incidental mortality of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus
Vidal, O.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
This paper reviews available information on the population biology and incidental mortality of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus. A re-examination of previous records and the collection of new records reveals that…
Distribution of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus, based on sightings from systematic surveys
Gerrodette, Tim; Fleischer, Luis A.; Perez-Cortes, Hector; Villa-Ramirez, Bernardo
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Sightings of 37 groups of vaquitas, Phocoena sinus, with an estimated total of 62 individuals, are reported from six major systematic surveys and four small boat surveys in the Gulf…
Vaquita bycatch in Mexico’s artisanal gillnet fisheries: Driving a small population to extinction
D'agrosa, Caterina; Lennert-Cody, Cleridy E.; Vidal, Omar
Conservation Biology (2000)
The world's most endangered marine cetacean, the vaquita (Phocoena sinus), continues to be caught in small-mesh gillnet fisheries throughout much of its range. We monitored fishing effort and incidental vaquita…
Phocoena dioptrica
Brownell, Robert L.
Mammalian Species (1975)
(...) The original description of the holotype of P. dioptrica was based on an unique and distinctive color pattern. The dorsal surface and upper lateral surface to just above the'…