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…
Harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, abundance estimation for California, Oregon, and Washington: I. Ship surveys
Barlow, J.
Fishery Bulletin (1988)
The density and total population size of harbor porpoise along the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington are estimated from ship surveys using line transect methods. Surveys were completed between…
The exploitation of small cetaceans in coastal Peru
Read, Andrew J.; Van Waerebeek, Koen; Reyes, Julio C.; McKinnon, Jeff S.; Lehman, Lynda C.
Biological Conservation (1988)
Several species of small cetaceans are captured by fishermen in Peruvian coastal waters and used for human consumption. A large directed fishery exists for one species, the dusky dolphin Lagenorhynchus…
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…
Morphogenesis of the brain in the harbour porpoise
Buhl, Eberhard H.; Oelschläger, Helmut A.
Journal of Comparative Neurology (1988)
Morphogenesis of the brain in a cetacean species has been investigated by means of reconstructions from serial sections of successive prenatal stages of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Four specimens…
Harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, abundance estimation for California, Oregon, and Washington: II. Aerial surveys
Barlow, Jay; Oliver, Charles W.; Jackson, Terry D.; Taylor, Barbara L.
Fishery Bulletin (1988)
We conducted aerial surveys in September 1984 and September and October 1985 to determine the abundance of harbor porpoise along the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington. Two observers and…
Exploitation of small cetaceans off Argentina 1979-1986
Goodall, R. N. P.; Galeazzi, A. R.; Lichter, A. A.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1988)
Types of fisheries and exploitation of small cetaceans in Argentinian waters are reviewed. During the study period, live-captures included five specimens of Cephalorhynchus commersonii for Germany, while eight of Tursiops…
Observations on the behavior and ventilation cycles of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus
Silber, Gregory K.; Newcomer, Michael W.; Barros, Gwendolyn J.
Marine Mammal Sci (1988)
(...) The vaquita or Gulf of California harbor porpoise, Phocoena sinus Norris and McFarland 1958, has been observed rarely (Wells et al. 1981, Brownell 1983, Brownell 1986). Although a number…
Phocoenoides dalli
Jefferson, Thomas A.
Mammalian Species (1988)
(...) Order Cetacea, Suborder Odontoceti, Family Phocoenidae. The family contains four extant genera: Phocoena, Australophocaena, Neophocaena, and Phocoenoides (Barnes, 1985). Barnes (1984, 1985) has proposed two subfamilies within the Phocoenidae.…
Distribution and abundance of Dall’s porpoises off Japan
Miyashita, T.; Kasuya, T.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1988)
Results of nine whale sighting cruises in the Japanese coastal waters in 1983 through 1986 and some additional cruises provided following conclusion. Dall's porpoises inhabit waters below 24°C, but the…