(2004)
This report summarises the available knowledge on odontocete (toothed whale) distribution, behaviour, migration and threats and was compiled for the Bonn Secretariat of CMS.
COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Pacific Ocean population) in Canada
Baird, Robin W.
COSEWIC Status Reports (2003)
Species Information The harbour porpoise is one of the smallest cetacean species, born at 80-90 cm and only occasionally reaching lengths of close to 2 m. In general, harbour porpoises…
Current knowledge of the cetacean fauna of the Greek Seas
Frantzis, A.; Alexiadou, P.; Paximadis, G.; Politi, E.; Gannier, A.; Corsini-Foka, M.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2003)
From 1991-2002 data on the presence and distribution of cetaceans in the Greek Seas have been systematically collated in a database (821 sightings and 715 strandings). Data originated from dedicated…
Considering other consumers: Fisheries, predators, and Atlantic herring in the Gulf of Maine
Read, A. J.; Brownstein, C. R.
Conservation Ecology (2003)
After decades of overexploitation and severe depletion, Atlantic herring stocks in waters of the northeastern United States have recovered. Fishery managers now consider the herring resource to be underexploited. Nevertheless,…
A review of methods for defining population structure in the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Lockyer, Christina
NAMMCOSP (2003)
Wide-ranging methods that have been used to determine population structure, including distribution, life history, biology, ecological factors such as diet and contaminant loads, morphology and genetics, are reviewed. The importance…
The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the North Atlantic: Variability in habitat use, trophic ecology and contaminant exposure
Bjørge, Arne
NAMMCOSP (2003)
Harbour porpoises inhabit coastal waters, in habitats that are characterized by high diversity and complexity in terms of their bathymetry, substrate, fish communities and point sources of contaminants. The complexity…
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the north Atlantic: Abundance, removals, and sustainability of removals
Stenson, G.B.
NAMMCOSP (2003)
The status of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) populations in the North Atlantic has raised numerous concerns. Although a number of factors that may be adversely affecting harbour porpoise populations have…
Mitochondrial control region variability of baiji and the Yangtze finless porpoises, two sympatric small cetaceans in the Yangtze river
Yang, Guang; Liu, Shan; Ren, Wenhua; Zhou, Kaiya; Wei, Fuwen
Acta Theriologica (2003)
Baiji Lipotes vexillifer (Miller, 1918) and the Yangtze finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis (Pilleri and Gihr, 1972) are two sympatric small cetaceans inhabiting the middle and lower reaches of the…
Population genetic structure of finless porpoises, Neophocaena phocaenoides, in Chinese waters, inferred from mitochondrial control region sequences
Yang, Guang; Ren, Wenhua; Zhou, Kaiya; Liu, Shan; Ji, Guoqing; Yan, Jib; Wang, Limin
Marine Mammal Sci (2002)
Seven hundred and twenty base pairs (bp) of the mitochondrial control region from 73 finless porpoises, Neophocaena phocaenoides, in Chinese waters were sequenced. Thirteen variable sites were determined and 17…
Distribution and abundance of finless porpoises in Hong Kong and adjacent waters of China
Jefferson, T. A.; Hung, S. K.; Law, L.; Torey, M.; Tregenza, N.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)
We studied the distribution and abundance of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in Hong Kong and adjacent waters of China's Guangdong Province between September 1995 and November 2000. Vessel (50,194 km)…