Biological Conservation (2010)
The harbour porpoise is a highly mobile species and thus represents a considerable challenge in the context of using marine protected areas (MPAs) for conservation. The shelf waters off the…
Spatio-temporal associations between harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena and specific fisheries in the German Bight
Herr, Helena; Fock, Heino O.; Siebert, Ursula
Biological Conservation (2009)
Interactions between cetaceans and fisheries are a major concern of cetacean conservation and fisheries management, as by-catch and resource competition occur as a result. To assess potential interaction between porpoises…
Habitat preferences and interannual variability in occurrence of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena off northwest Scotland
Marubini, F.; Gimona, A.; Evans, P. G. H.; Wright, P. J.; Pierce, G. J.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (2009)
The harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena is the most common cetacean around the British Isles, but knowledge of its ecology, habitat preferences and inter-annual variability is still inadequate. Here, sightings collected…
Epidemiological pattern of tattoo skin disease: A potential general health indicator for cetaceans
Van Bressem, M. F.; Van Waerebeek, K.; Aznar, F. J.; Raga, J. A.; Jepson, P. D.; Duignan, P.; Deaville, R.; Flach, L.; Viddi, F.; Baker, J. R.; Di Beneditto, A. P.; Echegaray, M.; Genov, T.; Reyes, J.; Felix, F.; Gaspar, R.; Ramos, R.; Peddemors, V.; Sanino, G. P.; Siebert, U.
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (2009)
The presence of tattoo skin disease (TSD) was examined in 1392 free-ranging and dead odontocetes comprising 17 species from the Americas, Europe, South Africa, New Zealand and Greenland. We investigated…
Passive acoustic assesment of vaquita
Jaramillo-Legorreta, Armando M.; Rojas-Bracho, Lorenzo
Scientific Committee Meeting Documents (2008)
(...) During April 1997 the acoustic detector was successfully used to detect vaquitas for the first time. On that occasion we surveyed on a fixed location, aboard an outboard motor…
Changes in the occurrence of common dolphins, striped dolphins and harbour porpoises in the English Channel and Bay of Biscay
MacLeod, Colin D.; Brereton, Tom; Martin, Clive
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (2008)
Regular monitoring of the status of cetacean populations is essential for conservation, policy and management. By using a passenger ferry as a scientific research platform, this study provides information on…
Abundance and conservation status of the Yangtze finless porpoise in the Yangtze River, China
Zhao, Xiujiang; Barlow, Jay; Taylor, Barbara L.; Pitman, Robert L.; Wang, Kexiong; Wei, Zhuo; Stewart, Brent S.; Turvey, Samuel T.; Akamatsu, Tomonari; Reeves, Randall R.; Wang, Ding
Biological Conservation (2008)
The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis) is endemic to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China. It is the only freshwater population of porpoises in the…
Characterisation of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) habitat in German waters
Gilles, A.
Doctoral Thesis - Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (2008)
The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is an important top predator and as such an indicator species for its environment. Before the beginning of the 21st century, little data existed on…
Species occurrence and distributional ecology of nearshore cetaceans in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh, with abundance estimates for Irrawaddy dolphins Orcaella brevirostris and finless porpoises Neophocaena phocaenoides
Smith, B. D.; Ahmed, B.; Mowgli, R. M.; Strindberg, S.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2008)
A vessel-based line-transect survey conducted during February 2004 along 1,018km of systematic trackline in the nearshore waters of Bangladesh resulted in 111 ‘on-effort’ cetacean sightings including: Irrawaddy dolphins, Orcaella brevirostris…
A visual and acoustic survey for harbour porpoises off North-West Africa: Further evidence of a discrete population
Boisseau, O.; Matthews, J.; Gillespie, D.; Lacey, C.; Moscrop, A.; El Ouamari, N.
African Journal of Marine Science (2007)
The distribution of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in southern Europe and along the Atlantic African coast is poorly understood, with tentative assessments suggesting a discrete West African population with a…