Zoology in the Middle East (2002)
Observations on the Finless Porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides, Humpback Dolphin, Sousa plumbea, and Dugong, Dugong dugon, in the Hara Protected Area, Khouran Straits, are presented. All are on the Red List…
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…
Observations on distribution and intraspecific variation in pigmentation patterns of Odontocete Cetacea in the western North Atlantic
Mercer, M. C.
J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. (1973)
This paper comprises sight records for nine species and morphometries, color descriptions, and miscellaneous notes on the food and parasites of seven species of small odontocetes observed from West Greenland…
What do stranding data say about harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)?
Polacheck, T.; Wenzel, F.W.; Early, G.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History maintains a centralized database on marine mammal strandings that occur along the eastern United States coastline. Data from this stranding database plus additional…
Densities and seasonal distribution of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the Swedish Skagerrak, Kattegat and Baltic seas
Berggren, P.; Arrhenius, F.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Strip transect aerial surveys were conducted in the Skagerrak and Kattegat Seas for 8 days in June-August, and 2 days in October 1991. Nine sightings of harbour porpoises were recorded…
Sightings of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in Swedish waters before 1990
Berggren, P.; Arrhenius, F.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
This paper examines trends in abundance and distribution of harbour porpoises in Swedish waters. Returns from questionnaires suggested a decline in number of sightings per year in all areas around…
Distribution and abundance of harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, in Norwegian waters
Bjorge, A.; Oien, N.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
This paper presents information on the distribution of harbour porpoise in Norwegian coastal and adjacent waters based on incidental sightings during the period 1964-1968, bycatches in the driftnet salmon fishery…
Harbour porpoises in the north Atlantic: edited extract from the Report of the IWC Scientific Committee, Dublin 1995
Donovan, G.P.; Bjorge, A.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
At the meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee held in Dublin in May 1995, the special topic addressed by the sub-committee on small cetaceans was the North Atlantic harbour porpoise.…
Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena): Investigation of density, distribution patterns, habitat use and acoustics in the German North and Baltic Seas
Siebert, Ursula; Benke, Harald; Dehnhardt, Guido; Gilles, Anita; Hanke, Wolf; Honnef, Christopher G; Lucke, Klaus; Ludwig, Stefan; Scheidat, Meike; Verfuß, Ursula K
Offshore Wind Energy (2005)
The harbour, or common, porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is the smallest cetacean inhabiting temperate to cold waters throughout the northern hemisphere. Due to its occurrence mainly but not exclusively in coastal…
Population estimates and distribution patterns of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) and Indo-Pacific finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in the Kuching Bay, Sarawak
Minton, Gianna; Peter, Cindy; Poh, Anna Norliza Zulkifli; Ngeian, Jenny; Braulik, Gill; Hammond, Philip S.; Tuen, Andrew Alek
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2013)
Small boat surveys were conducted in the Kuching Bay area of Sarawak, East Malaysia, in order to determine the distribution and abundance of coastal cetaceans. Photographic data collected from Jul.…