The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (1999)
Two echolocation experiments are described. They were conducted on the same harbor porpoise housed in a sea pen, one year apart at Neeltje Jans, The Netherlands. The aims were to…
Burmeister’s porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister, 1865
Brownell, R. L. Jr.; Clapham, P. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
Abstract currently unavailable
Dall’s porpoise Phocoenoides dalli (True, 1885)
Houck, W. J.; Jefferson, T. A.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
Abstract currently unavailable
Risk factors affecting the vaquita (Phocoena sinus)
Rojas-Bracho, Lorenzo; Taylor, Barbara L.
Marine Mammal Sci (1999)
Despite the vaquita being commonly cited as one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world, there is still disagreement over which factors put the species at greatest risk…
Finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides (G. Cuvier, 1829)
Kasuya, T.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
Abstract currently unavailable
Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Read, A. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
Abstract currently unavailable
Documenting the bycatch of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in coastal gillnet fisheries from stranded carcasses
Cox, T. M.; Read, A. J.; Barco, S.; Evans, J.; Gannon, D. P.; Koopman, H. N.; McLellan, W. A.; Murray, K.; Nicolas, J.; Pabst, D. A.; Potter, C. W.; Swingle, W. M.; Thayer, V. G.; Touhey, K. M.; Westgate, A. J.
Fishery Bulletin (1998)
We examined 107 harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) carcasses recovered from beaches in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina between 1994 and 1996 for evidence of entanglement in fishing gear. Stranded porpoises…
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena L.) by-catch in set gillnets in the Celtic Sea
Tregenza, N.J.C.; Berrow, S. D.; Hammond, P. S.; Leaper, R.
ICES Journal of Marine Science (1997)
A programme to assess the cetacean by-catch in the Irish and UK set gillnet fisheries in the Celtic Sea was conducted from August 1992 to March 1994 using volunteer observers.…
Deterring harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from gillnets: Observed reactions to passive reflectors and pingers
Koschinski, S.; Culik, B.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1997)
Bycatch of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) occurs in most gillnet fisheries throughout the continental shelf area in the Northern Hemisphere. A few behavioural studies have attempted to ascertain the detection…
Blubber thickness in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Kastelein, R. A.; van der Sijs, S. J.; Staal, C.; Nieuwstraten, S. H.
The Biology of the Harbour Porpoise (1997)
The blubber thicknesses of 5 male and one female harbour porpoises were measured ultrasonically in 9 positions on the body over various periods of time. Most animals were immature and…