Biological Conservation (1994)
A global review of mortality of porpoises in gillnet fisheries indicates that individuals of all six species become entangled and die in gillnets. Harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena are taken throughout…
Brief review of passive fishing gear and incidental catches of small cetaceans in Chinese waters
Zhou, K.; Wang, X.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
A total of 139 types of passive fishing gear are used in Chinese marine fisheries. Finless porpoises, false killer whales, bottlenose dolphins and common dolphins are known to be caught…
A brief review of stock identity in small marine cetaceans in relation to assessment of driftnet mortality in the north Pacific
Perrin, W. F.; Brownell, R. L. Jr.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
Dolphins of several species are killed incidentally in driftnet fisheries on the high seas in the North Pacific. Information on stock identity, necessary for assessment and management of the dolphin…
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…
Geographical variations of skull among the populations of Neophocaena in Chinese waters
Gao, Anli; Zhou, Kaiya
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 variations of postcranial skeleton among populations of Neophocaena in Chinese waters
Gao, Anli; Zhou, Kaiya
Acta Theriologica Sinica (1995)
Geographical variations of postcranial skeleton among the Yangtze, Yellow Sea and South China Sea populations of the finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides, in Chinese waters were studied with t-test, covariance analysis…
Phylogenetic relationships among the true porpoises (Cetacea: Phocoenidae)
Rosel, P; Haygood, M; Perrin, W
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (1995)
Portions of the cytochrome b gene and control region of the mitochondrial DNA molecule were sequenced to investigate systematic relationships among the six extant species of true porpoises, (Cetacea: Phocoenidae).…
Investigations on cetacean sonar XI: Intrinsic comparison of the wave shapes of some members of the Phocoenidae family
Kamminga, C.; Cohen Stuart, A.; Silber, G. K.
Aquatic Mammals (1996)
A comparison of the acoustic waveforms of three different species, Phocoena phocoena, Phocoena sinus and Neophocaena phocaenoides of the sub-family Phocoeninae is made with the species Phocoenoides dalli of the…
Hong Kong’s Cetaceans: The biology, socioecology and behaviour of Sousa chinensis and Neophocaena phocaenoides
Parsons, E. C. M.
Doctoral Thesis - University of Hong Kong (1997)
From an intensive review of historical records and the examination of stranded cetaceans it was determined that 16 cetacean species have been reported from Hong Kong, including resident populations of…
Target discrimination by an echolocating finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides
Nakahara, Fumio; Takemura, Akira; Koido, Takashi; Hiruda, Hisoka
Marine Mammal Sci (1997)
The ability of a finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) to discriminate the material and size of a target by echolocation was investigated. The porpoise was required to choose a standard target…