Investigations on Cetacea (1980)
The Chinese finless porpoise of the Changjiang river, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis (PILLERI and GIHR, 1972) presents a taxonomic entity which differs from N. phocaenoides (G. CUVIER, 1829) of south and south-west…
The Chinese finless porpoise of the Changjiang river, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis (PILLERI and GIHR, 1972) presents a taxonomic entity which differs from N. phocaenoides (G. CUVIER, 1829) of south and south-west…
This field guide is designed to permit observers to identify the cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) they see in the waters of the eastern North Pacific, including the Gulf of…
(...) Several studies on the population and distribution of marine mammals were conducted between 1978 and 1981 in the North Pacific Ocean under a United States-Japan cooperative agreement of the…
The Bay of Fundy is a known area of concentration of Phocoena phocoena during the summer months. In this study, 698 females with calves and 5 473 porpoises of other…
The purpose of this study was to gather base-line life history data on the harbor porpoise. The information presented here describes only those aspects which would affect a census. During…
To improve knowledge of the life history of Dall's porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli (True, 1885) that are incidentally caught by the Japanese salmon mothership fishery in the northwestern North Pacific, a…
During 349 hours of sighting surveys conducted from late June to early August 1979 in the northwestern North Pacific Ocean and the southern Bering Sea, 167 schools of Phocoenoides dalli…
The distribution, movements, and relative population abundance of harbor porpoises were studied in the Fish Harbour region of New Brunswick, Canada (lat. 44°59'30"-45°01'00"N, long. 66°54'00"-66°57'00"W), from 1970 to 1978. In…
The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a small porpoise found only in the northern Gulf of California. This species may have been subject to high levels of mortality in the gill-net…
The early postnatal growth of bottlenose dolphins and finless porpoises was studied using 97 body length records of 61 individuals born in aquariums. The growth rates observed were similar to…