Fishery Bulletin (2019)
A dead adult harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) was found on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington on 22 August 2012. The harbor porpoise was skeletonized, with the forestomach being the…
Records of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the mouth of the Douro River (northern Portugal) with presence of an anomalous white individual
Gil, Ágatha; Correia, Ana M.; Sousa-Pinto, Isabel
Marine Biodiversity Records (2019)
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is listed under the Annex II of the European Habitats Directive (Directive 92/43/CEE) and Member States are required to designate special areas of conservation to protect…
Porpoises the world over: Diversity in behavior and ecology
Teilmann, Jonas; Sveegaard, Signe
Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Odontocetes (2019)
Unlike the large number of species of true dolphins, there are only seven porpoise or phocoenid species, inhabiting different habitats and climate zones. They range from ice-covered water in the…
Porpoise click classifier (PorCC): A high-accuracy classifier to study harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the wild
Cosentino, Mel; Guarato, Francesco; Tougaard, Jakob; Nairn, David; Jackson, Joseph C.; Windmill, James F. C.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2019)
Harbour porpoises are well-suited for passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) as they produce highly stereotyped narrow-band high-frequency (NBHF) echolocation clicks. PAM systems must be coupled with a classification algorithm to identify…
Characterization of a novel rhabdovirus isolated from a stranded harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Emelianchik, Alexandra; Rodrigues, Thaís C. S.; Subramaniam, Kuttichantran; Nielsen, Ole; Burek-Huntington, Kathy A.; Rotstein, David; Popov, Vsevolod L.; Stone, David; Waltzek, Thomas B.
Virus Research (2019)
An adult male harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) stranded off the coast of Alaska displaying poor body condition, scattered mild ulcerative dermatitis, and necrotizing balanoposthitis. Necropsy findings included severe verminous panniculitis,…
Food for thought: Harbor porpoise foraging behavior and diet inform vulnerability to disturbance
Booth, Cormac G.
Marine Mammal Science (2019)
Research has shown that noise disturbance can disrupt the behavior of harbor porpoises. The significance of such disturbance is unclear. However, these animals may be vulnerable to starvation when disturbed…
Time of arrival difference estimation for narrow band high frequency echolocation clicks
Gillespie, Douglas; Macaulay, Jamie
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2019)
Algorithms are presented for the accurate time of arrival difference estimation of high frequency narrow band echolocation clicks from Harbor Porpoise. These clicks typically have a center frequency of around…
Unexpected mid‐winter presence of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Kotzebue Sound, Alaska
Whiting, Alex; Castellote, Manuel; Small, Robert J.; Frost, Kathryn J.; Suydam, Robert
Marine Mammal Science (2019)
...Harbor porpoises have been reported as an uncommon species in Kotzebue Sound during the ice-free months of June through October (Frost & Lowry, 1990), but their presence in Kotzebue Sound…
The use of seal scarers as a protective mitigation measure can induce hearing impairment in harbour porpoises
Schaffeld, Tobias; Ruser, Andreas; Woelfing, Benno; Baltzer, Johannes; Kristensen, Jakob H.; Larsson, Josefin; Schnitzler, Joseph G.; Siebert, Ursula
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2019)
Acoustic deterrent devices (ADDs) are used to deter seals from aquacultures but exposure of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) occurs as a side-effect. At construction sites, by contrast, ADDs are used…
Cytokine expression and lymphocyte proliferative capacity in diseased harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) – Biomarkers for health assessment in wildlife cetaceans
Lehnert, Kristina; Siebert, Ursula; Reißmann, Kristina; Bruhn, Regina; McLachlan, Michael S.; Müller, Gundi; van Elk, Cornelis E.; Ciurkiewicz, Malgorzata; Baumgärtner, Wolfgang; Beineke, Andreas
Environmental Pollution (2019)
Harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the North and Baltic Seas are exposed to anthropogenic influences including acoustic stress and environmental contaminants. In order to evaluate immune responses in healthy and…