PLOS ONE (2015)
Airguns used in seismic surveys are among the most prevalent and powerful anthropogenic noise sources in marine habitats. They are designed to produce most energy below 100 Hz, but the…
Bigg’s (transient) killer whale predation on Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) and harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
McInnes, Josh D.; Cullen, Kelsey D.; Browne, Lynette M.; Dehalt, Annette; Templeman, Nick M.
Technical Report for the Royal British Columbia Museum (2015)
(...) Two separate predation events were documented off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia between the years 2013-2014. Both predation events occurred on small cetaceans from the Phocoenidae family:…
Developing a new research tool for use in free-ranging cetaceans: recovering cortisol from harbour porpoise skin
Bechshoft, T.; Wright, A. J.; Weisser, J. J.; Teilmann, J.; Dietz, R.; Hansen, M.; Bjorklund, E.; Styrishave, B.
Conservation Physiology (2015)
We developed a chemical analytical procedure for sampling, extracting and determining epidermal skin cortisol concentrations (SCCs) in the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) using gas chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. In brief, this…
Cetaceans of the Moroccan coast: Information from a reconstructed strandings database
Masski, Hicham; De Stéphanis, Renaud
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (2015)
Cetaceans of Morocco have been poorly studied to date, and only sporadic information comes from scientific cruises for this group. In an attempt to learn more on the occurrence, distribution…
Reproductive Failure in UK Harbour Porpoises Phocoena phocoena: Legacy of Pollutant Exposure?
Sinéad Murphy; Jonathan L Barber; Jennifer A. Learmonth; Fiona L. Read; Robert Deaville; Matthew W. Perkins; Andrew Brownlow; Nick Davison; Rod Penrose; Graham J. Pierce; Robin J. Law; Paul D. Jepson
PLOS ONE (2015)
Reproductive failure in mammals due to exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can occur either through endocrine disrupting effects or via immunosuppression and increased disease risk. To investigate further, full necropsies…
Differences in skull size of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena (Cetacea), in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea: evidence for different morphotypes and populations
Goldin, P. E.; Vishnyakova, K. A.
Vestnik Zoologii (2015)
There are two porpoise stocks in the northern Black Sea: the north-western (Odessa Gulf) and northeastern (Crimean and Caucasian waters); in addition, another stock is in the Sea of Azov.…
Organophosphorus flame retardants (PFRs) and plasticisers in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded or bycaught in the UK during 2012
Papachlimitzou, Alexandra; Barber, Jonathan L.; Losada, Sara; Bersuder, Philippe; Deaville, Rob; Brownlow, Andrew; Penrose, Rod; Jepson, Paul D.; Law, Robin J.
Marine Pollution Bulletin (2015)
A suite of twenty organophosphorus flame retardant compounds have been determined in blubber and liver tissue of twenty harbour porpoises stranded or bycaught in the UK during 2012 in order…
First report of infestation by a parasitic copepod (Pennella balaenopterae) in a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from the Aegean Sea: A case report
Danyer, E.; Tonay, A. M.; Aytemiz, I.; Dede, A.; Yildirim, F.; Gurel, A.
Veterinarni Medicina (2014)
An adult, female harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta) was found stranded on the southern Aegean Sea coast of Turkey. Thirteen holes made by copepods were observed on the lateral sides…
Determining genotypes from blowhole exhalation samples of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Borowska, Ewa I.; Nowak, Zuzanna; van Elk, Cornelis; Wahlberg, Magnus
Aquatic Mammals (2014)
(...) It is currently not known if DNA could be obtained from blowhole exhalations of smaller- toothed whales, such as harbour porpoises, with much smaller exhalation volumes than bottlenose dolphins.…
Variation in harbour porpoise activity in response to seismic survey noise
Pirotta, E.; Brookes, K. L.; Graham, I. M.; Thompson, P. M.
Biology Letters (2014)
Animals exposed to anthropogenic disturbance make trade-offs between perceived risk and the cost of leaving disturbed areas. Impact assessments tend to focus on overt behavioural responses leading to displacement, but…