Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2010)
Iran has 1,700km of coastline that borders the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea in the northwest Indian Ocean. Apart from a handful of records, almost nothing is known about…
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…
Distribution and abundance of marine mammals in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada
Williams, R.; Thomas, L.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2007)
Information on animal distribution and abundance is integral to wildlife conservation and management. However abundance estimates have not been available for many cetacean species inhabiting the coastal waters of Canada’s…
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…
Functional morphology and homology in the odontocete nasal complex: Implications for sound generation
Cranford, T. W.; Amundin, M.; Norris, K. S.
Journal of Morphology (1996)
The site and physiologic mechanism(s) responsible for the generation of odontocete biosonar signals have eluded investigators for decades. To address these issues we subjected postmortem toothed whale heads to interrogation…
Characterization of the temporomandibular joint of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus)
McDonald, M.; Vapniarsky-Arzi, N.; Verstraete, F.J.M.; Staszyk, C.; Leale, D.M.; Woolard, K.D.; Arzi, B.
Archives of Oral Biology (2015)
Objectives The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in cetaceans is largely uncharacterized. This study aims to describe the macroscopic, microscopic, biochemical and biomechanical features of the TMJ of two species of the…
Blood oxygen and ecology of porpoises of three genera
Ridgway, S.H.; Johnston, D.G.
Science (1966)
Blood volumes, hemoglobin concentrations, packed-cell volumes, and heart weights were determined in three genera of porpoises which differ from one another in behavior and ecology. The estimate for the total…
Epidemiology of poxvirus in small cetaceans from the eastern South Pacific
Van Bressem, Marie-Françoise; Van Waerebeek, Koen
Marine Mammal Sci (1996)
The prevalence of ‘tattoo’ skin lesions, characteristic of poxvirus infection, was examined in 339 small cetaceans captured in gillnet fisheries off coastal Peru: 196 Lagenorhynchus obscurus (34.7%, CI 29.0%–41.8%), 54…
Observations on marine mammals in southern Iran, January 2000
Keijl, Guido O.; van der Have, Tom M.
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…
The relationship between heart mass and body mass for three cetacean genera: Narrow allometry demonstrates interspecific differences
Ridgway, Sam H.; Kohin, Suzanne
Marine Mammal Sci (1995)
(...) Brody (1945) fitted an allometric equation to heart mass (kg) as a function of body mass (kg) for adult mammals ranging in body size from 0.01 to over 100,000…