Conservation Genetics (2005)
Little is known about the biology of Burmeister’s porpoises (Phocoena spinipinnis), a small cetacean species endemic to South American waters. Information on stock structure, however, is urgently needed, as the…
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and organochlorines in small cetaceans from Hong Kong waters: Levels, profiles and distribution
Ramu, Karri; Kajiwara, Natsuko; Tanabe, Shinsuke; Lam, Paul K.S.; Jefferson, Thomas A.
Marine Pollution Bulletin (2005)
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and organochlorine compounds (OCs) were determined in the blubber, liver and kidney of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) and finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) stranded in Hong…
The first Yangtze finless porpoise successfully born in captivity
WANG, Ding; HAO, Yujiang; WANG, Kexiong; ZHAO, Quingzhong; CHEN, Daoquang; WEI, Zhuo; ZHANG, Xianfeng
Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2005)
As the sole freshwater subspecies of finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides), the Yangtze finless porpoise (N. p. asiaeorientalis) lives only in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and…
Ex-situ conservation status of an endangered Yangtze finless porpoise population (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) as measured from microsatellites and mtDNA diversity
XIA, J; ZHENG, J; WANG, D
ICES Journal of Marine Science (2005)
The Yangtze finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis, is an endangered small cetacean that occurs only in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River of China. The establishment of…
A review of acoustic surveys and conservations actions for the vaquita
JARAMILLO-LEGORRETA, A.; ROJAS-BRACHO, L.; URBAN, J.
Scientific Committee Meeting Documents (2005)
In the first part of this report we present our results, so far, derived from the application of passive acoustic techniques to study the habitat use of vaquita. In the…
Entrapment of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in herring weirs in the Bay of Fundy, Canada
Neimanis, A. S.; Koopman, H. N.; Westgate, A. J.; Murison, L. D.; Read, A. J.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2004)
Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are small coastal cetaceans vulnerable to mortality in fishing operations. Not all interactions are fatal, however, and each year many porpoises swim into and are subsequently…
By-catch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the lower Bay of Fundy gillnet fishery, 1998–2001
Trippel, E. A.; Shepherd, T. D.
Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (2004)
The most serious threat to the status of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is incidental mortalities caused by entanglement in fishing gear. As part of an ongoing study to evaluate the…
Echolocation behavior of harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena around chemically enhanced gill nets
Cox, T. M.; Read, A. J.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (2004)
The echolocation behavior of harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena around gillnets was monitored to test their response to chemically (BaSO4) enhanced gill nets, designed to be more acoustically reflective than commercial…
Summer distribution of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea
Scheidat, M.; Kock, K.-H.; Siebert, U.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2004)
Current plans to utilise German offshore waters as sites for windmill parks as well as ongoing investigation of potential areas to implement Natura 2000 have led to an increased research…
Neophocaena phocaenoides
Jefferson, T.A.; Hung, S.K.
Mammalian Species (2004)
(...) Neophocaena phocaenoides is the only member of the family Phocoenidae without a dorsal fin (Fig. I ). In its place is a low, geographically-variable dorsal ridge (sometimes inappropriately called…