Aquatic Mammals (2018)
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay provides a non-invasive aerial platform where harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) can be observed mating. We photographed 144 mating events over an eight-year…
Predicting harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) activity in the Eastern Scheldt
Gansen, C.; Hoeneveld, J.-L.; Poot, J.
(2018)
The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is a small ceteacean species and is common in Dutch coastal waters. The Eastern Scheldt, an estuary in the Dutch province of Zeeland, housed a…
Spatial and temporal baseline information on marine megafauna-data facilitated by a wildlife tour operator
de Boer, Marijke Nita; Jones, Duncan; Jones, Hannah; Knee, Rebecca
Open Journal of Marine Science (2018)
The protection of marine megafauna within Europe is rather fragmented. Developing conservation measures for highly mobile species presents definite challenges, particularly due to the many knowledge gaps. Recent studies have…
Prey of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Iceland
Samarra, Filipa I. P.; Bassoi, Manuela; Béesau, Julie; Elíasdóttir, Margrét Ó.; Gunnarsson, Karl; Mrusczok, Marie-Thérèse; Rasmussen, Marianne; Rempel, Jonathan N.; Thorvaldsson, Baldur; Víkingsson, Gísli A.
PLOS ONE (2018)
Killer whales have a cosmopolitan distribution and as a species are generalists, feeding on a variety of prey. However, local populations tend to specialise on specific prey types. In Icelandic…
Crossing boundaries for cetacean conservation: Setting research priorities to guide management of harbour porpoises
IJsseldijk, Lonneke L.; ten Doeschate, Mariel T. I.; Davison, Nicholas J.; Gröne, Andrea; Brownlow, Andrew C.
Marine Policy (2018)
Effective management of natural resources involves a multidisciplinary perspective to address complex issues in data poor-environments. With mobile species that do not conform to human-defined borders a cross-boundary approach is…
High field metabolic rates of wild harbour porpoises
Rojano-Doñate, Laia; McDonald, Birgitte I.; Wisniewska, Danuta M.; Johnson, Mark; Teilmann, Jonas; Wahlberg, Magnus; Højer-Kristensen, Jakob; Madsen, Peter T.
The Journal of Experimental Biology (2018)
Reliable estimates of field metabolic rates (FMRs) in wild animals are essential for quantifying their ecological roles, as well as for evaluating fitness consequences of anthropogenic disturbances. Yet, standard methods…
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) as a confirmatory and rapid DNA detection method for grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) predation on harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Heers, Teresa; van Neer, Abbo; Becker, André; Gross, Stephanie; Hansen, Kirstin Anderson; Siebert, Ursula; Abdulmawjood, Amir
Journal of Sea Research (2018)
An increasing number of harbour porpoises along the coastlines of northern Europe are victims of attacks by preying grey seals. To confirm grey seal attacks at a molecular level, a…
Testing two types of acoustic deterrent devices (pingers) to reduce harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena (Cetacea: Phocoenidae), by catch in turbot (Psetta maxima) set gillnet fishery in the Black Sea, Turkey
Bilgin, S.; Köse, Ö.
Cahiers de Biologie Marine (2018)
Field experiments with Aquamark 100 and Aquamark 200 pingers were conducted in the bottom set gill net fishery for turbot in the Black Sea coast between March and June 2012.…
High-quality whole-genome sequence of an abundant Holarctic odontocete, the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Autenrieth, Marijke; Hartmann, Stefanie; Lah, Ljerka; Roos, Anna; Dennis, Alice B.; Tiedemann, Ralph
Molecular Ecology Resources (2018)
The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is a highly mobile cetacean found across the Northern hemisphere. It occurs in coastal waters and inhabits basins that vary broadly in salinity, temperature and…
Influence of anthropogenic activities on marine mammal strandings in the estuary and northwestern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada, 1994–2008
Truchon, M.-H.; Measures, L.; Brêthes, J.-C.; Albert, É.; Michaud, R.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2018)
Stranding records have long been used to monitor marine mammal mortalities and to help identify threats to populations. In coastal areas, marine mammals face numerous anthropogenic threats such as marine…