This paper reviews and summarises published and unpublished information on harbour porpoises in Irish waters and presents results of recent research. Harbour porpoises have been recorded from all Irish coasts…
Harbour porpoises are widely distributed in the seas around Denmark. Total abundance in Danish waters is estimated as approximately 100,000 animals. Population density varies considerably by area. There are probably…
Parasite and pollutant loads, reproductive status and overall condition were recorded for seven harbour porpoise shot at the Faroes in 1987-1988. Four species of nematodes were found. A mixed infection…
Eight fresh specimens of Burmeister's porpoise caught in gillnets in the Necochea area (Buenos Aires Province) were studied for external morphometrics, age, basic reproductive data, organochlorine pollutant levels and parasites.…
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…
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) suppress immunity, and may have exacerbated the effects of recent morbillivirus epizootics in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba). To test the hypothesis that…
Total Hg levels were determined in 17 harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena collected in the North Sea and the Kattegat (muscle, liver and kidney), as well as in a sperm whale…
Persistent organochlorines (PCBs and p,p′-DDE) in the bodies of dalli- and truei-type Dall's porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) from the Bering Sea and the northwestern North Pacific were used as chemical tracers…
Samples of blubber from 60 male and 55 female harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) collected from 1969 to 1973, all but 11 from the east and west coast approaches to the…
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the level of persistent chlorinated hydrocarbons and heavy metals in different tissues of four harbour porpoises caught at Danish coasts and…