Marine Mammal Sci (1997)
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A note on the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the coastal waters of Spain
Lens, S.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1997)
Information on the harbour porpoise in Spanish waters was collected and reviewed, giving an updated list of observations (strandings, incidental catches and sightings) for the period 1978-94 . The species…
Deterring harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from gillnets: Observed reactions to passive reflectors and pingers
Koschinski, S.; Culik, B.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1997)
Bycatch of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) occurs in most gillnet fisheries throughout the continental shelf area in the Northern Hemisphere. A few behavioural studies have attempted to ascertain the detection…
Persistent organochlorine residues in harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from the Black Sea
Tanabe, Shinsuke; Madhusree, Bathini; Öztürk, Ayaka Amaha; Tatsukawa, Ryo; Miyazaki, Nobuyuki; Özdamar, Emin; Aral, Orhan; Samsun, Osman; Öztürk, Bayram
Marine Pollution Bulletin (1997)
A wide range of organochlorine residues were determined in the blubber of harbour porpoises from the Black Sea. Concentrations of DDTs (8.3–180 μg g−1 wet weight) were the highest followed…
Monitoring the movements of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) with satellite telemetry
Read, A. J.; Westgate, A. J.
Marine Biology (1997)
The movements of nine harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena (L.), in the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine were tracked using satellite telemetry. Transmitters were attached to the porpoises in…
Acoustic alarms reduce porpoise mortality
Kraus, Scott D.; Read, Andrew J.; Solow, Andrew; Baldwin, Ken; Spradlin, Trevor; Anderson, Eric; Williamson, John
Nature (1997)
The most serious danger to dolphins and porpoises around the world is the threat from various forms of gill-net fishing. One potential way to reduce the number of deaths of…
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…
Violent interactions between bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises
Ross, H. M.; Wilson, B.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (1996)
The majority (63%) of harbour porpoises stranded around the Moray Firth, Scotland, died from trauma characterized by multiple skeletal fractures and damaged internal organs. Surface injuries consisted of skin cuts…
Estimates of harbour porpoise bycatch in the Gulf of Maine sink gillnet fishery, 1990-1993
Bravington, M. V.; Bisack, K. D.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1996)
Our estimates of total harbour porpoise bycatch in the Gulf of Maine sink gillnet fishery for 1990 to 1993, with 95% confidence intervals in brackets, are 2,900 [1,500-5 ,500], 2,000…
Harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in Portuguese waters
Sequeira, M.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1996)
Biological data on the harbour porpoise in Portuguese coastal waters are scarce, mainly because of the small number of animals available for study. Nevertheless, a regular geographical distribution pattern can…