Report of the International Whaling Commission (1996)
The reported decline of the harbour porpoise in the coastal areas of the North Sea after 1940, has also been seen in Dutch waters. Information on the distribution and abundance…
Pollution and harbour porpoises in the eastern north Atlantic: A review
Aguilar, A.; Borrell, A.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Published data on concentrations of organochlorine compounds and heavy metals in tissues of harbour porpoises from the eastern North Atlantic are reviewed. The dynamics of pollutants in this population are…
New approaches to studying the foraging ecology of small cetaceans
Read, Andrew J.
Developments in Marine Biology (1995)
Dolphins and porpoises spend the majority of their lives underwater, out of the view of human observers. Consequently, scientists have relied on indirect means to study the foraging ecology of…
Sightings of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Swedish waters before 1990
Berggren, P.; Arrhenius, F.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
This paper examines trends in abundance and distribution of harbour porpoises in Swedish waters. Returns from questionnaires suggested a decline in number of sightings per year in all areas around…
Diet of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena in Scandinavian waters
Aarefjord, H.; Bjørge, A.; Kinze., C. C.; Lindstedt, I.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
In this paper we report findings on the diet of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian waters. The study is based on stomach contents from 247…
Report of the harbour porpoise age determination workshop, Oslo, 21-23 May 1990
Bjorge, A.; Hohn, A.A.; Kvam, T.; Lockyer, C.; Schweder, T.; Aarefjord, H.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
A workshop on age determination in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) was held in Oslo, Norway, 21-23 May 1990. During the workshop, the principles of formation of dental layers were reviewed,…
Densities and seasonal distribution of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the Swedish Skagerrak, Kattegat and Baltic seas
Berggren, P.; Arrhenius, F.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Strip transect aerial surveys were conducted in the Skagerrak and Kattegat Seas for 8 days in June-August, and 2 days in October 1991. Nine sightings of harbour porpoises were recorded…
A review of factors involved in zonation in Odontocete teeth, and an investigation of the likely impact of environmental factors and major life events on harbour porpoise tooth structure
Lockyer, C.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Variation in zonation and Growth Layer Group (GLG) formation and underlying causes are reviewed. Five different types of anomaly were investigated in the teeth of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): pulp…
Study of the cranial sinus nematode, Stenurus minor (Metastrongyloidea), in the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Faulkner, J.
Master's Thesis - McGill University (1995)
Seventy-eight harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, (33 females, 45 males) were obtained from the summer (June-September) cod fishery incidental-by-catch in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and examined for the presence of…
An assessment of the status of the harbour porpoise in central California
Barlow, J.; Hanan, D.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in California are subject to incidental mortality in gillnet fisheries. The status of this population is uncertain. We review information on population structure and conclude that…