Beaufortia (1977)
A Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, taken from near Shallow Bay, Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories (68°48’ N 136°35’ W) in July 1973 represents a range extension 800 km eastwards from…
The life history of Dall’s porpoise with special reference to the stock off the Pacific coast of Japan
Kasuya, T.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1978)
The geographical variation of the colour types of the species indicates three local stocks in the northwestern North Pacific and western Bering Sea (WNP/BS), off the Pacific coast of Japan…
The role of recorded data in acclimatizing a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Myers, W. A.; Horton, H. C.; Heard, F. A.; Winsett, G.; McCulloch, S. A.
Aquatic Mammals (1978)
In March of 1976, the aquarium’s veterinarian brought a young female harbor porpoise to the aquarium and housed her in a shallow (60 cm) portable pool. The animal had stranded…
Distribution, ecology, behaviour and conservation of the dolphins of the middle reaches of Changjiang (Yangtze) River (Wuhan-Yueyang)
Chen, P.; Liu, P.; Liu, R.; Lin, K.; Pilleri, G.
Investigations on Cetacea (1979)
Two species of cetaceans live in the Yangtze river (Changjiang R.): Lipotes vexillifer (MILLER, 1918) and Neophocaena asiaeorientalis (PILLERI and GIHR, 1972). Both species are only found in the middle…
How the finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) carries its calves on its back, and the function of the denticulated area of skin, as observed in the Changjiang River, China
Pilleri, G.; Chen, P.
Investigations on Cetacea (1979)
Finless porpoise mothers are able to carry their calves balanced securely on their back. This behaviour was frequently observed by the authors in the course of an expedition to the…
Observations on the dolphins in the Indus Delta (Sousa plumbea and Neophocaena phocaenoides) in winter 1978-1979
Pilleri, G.; Pilleri, O.
Investigations on Cetacea (1979)
An account is given of observations on two dolphin species Sousa plumbea and Neophocaena phocaenoides which belong to the typical fauna of the Indus Delta. Sousa is a permanent inhabitant…
Observations on the baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) and the finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River between Nanjing and Taiyangzhou, with remarks on some physiological adaptations of the baiji to its environment
Zhou, K.; Pilleri, G.; Li, Y.
Investigations on Cetacea (1979)
Two species of dolphin inhabit the Changjiang (Yangtze): Lipotes vexillifer MILLER, 1918 (known as Baiji in Chinese) and the Finless porpoise, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis PILLERI and GIHR, 1972. Although quite a…
The population of finless porpoise in the Inland Sea of Japan
Kasuya, T.; Kureha, K.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1979)
The observation of 1,194 finless porpoises made through 11,549 km of sighting cruises in the Inland Sea and some ancillary observations provided the following informations. The porpoise migrates annually to…
The natural history of Dall’s Porpoise in the north Pacific Ocean
Morejohn, G. Victor
Behavior of Marine Animals (1979)
Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli (True), is commonly encountered over the continental shelf of North America and in offshore and pelagic waters of the western and eastern North Pacific Ocean. This…
Food of the Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli, and northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, off California and Washington; with appendices on size and food of Dall’s porpoise from Alaskan waters
Kajimura, H.; Fiscus, C. H.; Stroud, R. K.
NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS F/NWC-2 (1980)
The food of the Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, and Dali's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli -- collected off California and Washington in 1958-72 -- is compared with food of the northern…