Fishery Bulletin (1988)
We conducted aerial surveys in September 1984 and September and October 1985 to determine the abundance of harbor porpoise along the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington. Two observers and…
Distribution and abundance of Dall’s porpoises off Japan
Miyashita, T.; Kasuya, T.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1988)
Results of nine whale sighting cruises in the Japanese coastal waters in 1983 through 1986 and some additional cruises provided following conclusion. Dall's porpoises inhabit waters below 24°C, but the…
Distribution of mother-calf Dall’s porpoise pairs as an indication of calving grounds and stock identity
Kasuya, T.; Ogi, H.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1987)
Eighty nine mother-calf Dall's porpoise pairs were sighted in August and September 1982, 1983 and 1985 in the Bering Sea and the western North Pacific (outside the principal range of…
On three odontocete skulls from Heard Island
Guiler, E. R.; Burton, H. R.; Gales, N. J.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1987)
Two crania and a rostrum were recovered from Heard Island by the 1985 Australian National Antarctic Expedition to that island. The specimens were assigned to three species, two of which,…
Distribution of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus, in Mexican waters
Brownell, Robert L.
Marine Mammal Sci (1986)
(...) In the original description of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus, Norris and McFarland (1958) gave the range as “certainly occurring in the upper Gulf of California and probably extending south…
Factors affecting the recovery of Phocoena sinus, the vaquita or Gulf of California harbor porpoise
Barlow, J.
NMFS Administrative Report No. 86-37 (1986)
The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a small porpoise found only in the northern Gulf of California. This species may have been subject to high levels of mortality in the gill-net…
Review of the distribution and status of the Burmeister’s porpoise in Chile. Report: cetacean survey in II Region of Chile, August-September 1986
Van Waerebeek, K.; Guerra-Correa, C. G.
Report of the IUCN/UNEP Burmeister's Porpoise Project (1986)
(...) During August and September 1986 a cooperative research effort was organized between a consultant of the IUCN/UNEP Burmeister's Porpoise Project (KVW) and the head of the marine mammal and…
A review of human impact on small cetaceans
Northridge, S.; Pilleri, G.
Investigations on Cetacea (1986)
(...) This document attempts to gather together as much information as is available on the extent of current killings of small cetaceans throughout the world, and also to highlight some…
The harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, in Fish harbour, New Brunswick, Canada: Occupancy, distribution, and movements
Gaskin, D. E.; Watson, A. P.
Fishery Bulletin (1985)
The distribution, movements, and relative population abundance of harbor porpoises were studied in the Fish Harbour region of New Brunswick, Canada (lat. 44°59'30"-45°01'00"N, long. 66°54'00"-66°57'00"W), from 1970 to 1978. In…
Evolution, taxonomy and antitropical distributions of the porpoises (Phocoenidae, Mammalia)
Barnes, Lawrence G.
Marine Mammal Sci (1985)
True porpoises are a morphologically distinctive and evolutionarily old group of odontocete cetaceans classified as the family Phocoenidae. They are distinct from members of the family Delphinidae, with which they…