Science of The Total Environment (2010)
In the European North Sea, harbour porpoises are top predators with relatively long life spans and a limited capacity for metabolic biotransformation of contaminants compared to some other marine mammal…
Morphology and microanatomy of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) dorsal fin tubercles
Ginter, Carly C.; Böttger, S. Anne; Fish, Frank E.
Journal of Morphology (2010)
The unique pattern of small tubercles on the leading edge of the dorsal fins of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) has been widely noted in the literature, though their structure or…
Click communication in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena
Clausen, K. T.; Wahlberg, M.; Beedholm, K.; Deruiter, S.; Madsen, P. T.
Bioacoustics (2010)
Sound plays an important role for toothed whales in foraging and communication. However, little is known about acoustic communication in the toothed whale species that only produce narrow band high…
Using T-PODs to assess variations in the occurrence of coastal bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises
Bailey, Helen; Clay, Gemma; Coates, Elizabeth A.; Lusseau, David; Senior, Bridget; Thompson, Paul M.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2010)
1. Assessments of anthropogenic impacts on cetaceans are often constrained by limited data on the extent to which these species use particular areas. 2. Timing porpoise detectors (T-PODs) are autonomous…
Paedomorphosis in two small species of toothed whales (Odontoceti): How and why?
Galatius, Anders
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2010)
To evaluate and assess the ontogenetic background for paedomorphosis in phocoenids, samples of 144 harbour porpoises, 81 white-beaked dolphins, and 130 Commerson's dolphins were compared in terms of the development…
Proceedings of the 2nd IWDG International Whale Conference. Muc Mhara Ireland’s Smallest Whale
Berrow, S D; Deegan, B
Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (2010)
Muc Mhara – Ireland’s smallest whale. Proceedings of the 2nd Irish Whale and Dolphin Group International Whale Conference. Papers presented include, “Introduction: The harbour porpoise or Muc Mhara”, “An Irish…
Investigations of thyroid and stress hormones in free-ranging and captive harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena): A pilot study
Siebert, Ursula; Pozniak, Blazej; Anderson Hansen, Kirstin; Nordstrom, Gwyneth; Teilmann, Jonas; van Elk, Niels; Vossen, Arndt; Dietz, Rune;
Aquatic Mammals (2011)
Increasing anthropogenic activities in the marine environment are potential threats to the health of harbor porpoises by causing unnatural continuous stress to the animals. The present study was a first…
Tissue healing in two harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) following long-term satellite transmitter attachment
Sonne, Christian; Teilmann, Jonas; Wright, Andrew J.; Dietz, Rune; Leifsson, Pall S.
Marine Mammal Science (2011)
(...) The present note evaluates, through postmortem findings, the effect of the attachment of satellite transmitters to the dorsal fin of two wild porpoises that were later lethally bycaught in…
Harbor porpoises of San Francisco Bay
Stern, J.; Keener, W.; Szczepaniak, I.; Webber, M.
Beyond the Golden Gate Research Symposium (2011)
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Harbor porpoise observations in Burrows Pass, December 2009 through December 2010
Jeffries, A.
(2011)
Pacific Biodiversity Institute (PBI) initiated a study of the harbor porpoise in the Puget Sound in 2007. One of the early outcomes of this study was to identify an area,…