The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2009)
Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) echolocation clicks have not been widely recorded. Concurrent with visual observations, acoustic recordings of free‐ranging Dall’s porpoise were made offshore of southern California using a towed…
Can. J. Zool. (1987)
The behavior of Dall's porpoise was studied in the western Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, during the summer of 1984. Observations and theodolite trackings were made from a cliff-top observation point…
Bulletin - United States National Museum (1889)
(Phocoenid-related excerpts) (...) NEOMERIS Gray This genus appears to have but one character to distinguish it from Phocaena, namely, the absence of a dorsal fin. I was unable to discover…
Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1885)
(...) I am enabled to add a new species, through the kindness of Mr. William H. Dall, who has placed at my disposal his notes upon and drawings of two…
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:…
Magnetite Biomineralization and Magnetoreception in Organisms: A New Biomagnetism (1985)
(...) Although various sensory mechanisms are present in cetaceans, special navigational problems occur when animals are in a pelagic environment which can minimize available cues. Dawbin (1966) has observed that…
Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution (1998)
(page 121) (...) Miller (1925) and Kellogg (1928) included the true porpoises in the family Delphinidae and did not even grant them subfamily status. However, Slijper (1936) and Fraser and…
Can. J. Zool. (1992)
Structural modifications of the odontocete skull and nasal passages have shifted the position of the facial bones and associated soft anatomy to the dorsal aspect of the head. The facial…
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Dall's porpoise in the western North Pacific Ocean suffered incidental mortality from the gillnets of the Japanese high seas salmon fishery until 1987 and mortality from the high seas squid…
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Two density indices of Dall's porpoise abundance were estimated for the western North Pacific from 1979 to 1989. One index is the density of animals (number of animals per square…