Marine Pollution Bulletin (1996)
Levels of organochlorine compounds (PCDD, PCDF, PCB and organochlorine pesticides) were determined in cetaceans collected from the west coast of North America between 1986 and 1989. The samples included gray…
Observations of captive and wild cetaceans
Brown, David H.; Norris, Kenneth S.
Journal of Mammalogy (1956)
(...) During the first months of operation (March, 1954 to Sept. 1955) of the new oceanarium, Marineland of the Pacific, we have had numerous opportunities to observe the dolphins and…
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 contribution to the study on the three cetacean species stranded along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast
Evtimova, V.; Delov, V.; Parvanov, D.; Grozdanov, A.; Velina, Y.
Annuaire de l’Université de Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski” Faculte de Biologie (2016)
The study was conducted by examining stranded cetaceans while explicitly searching for dead marine mammals. Observations were made through covering transects along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The data collection…
Organochlorines in Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphins (Sousa chinensis) and finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) from Hong Kong
Parsons, E. C. M.; Chan, H. M.
The Marine Biology of the South China Sea (1998)
Blubber samples from eight Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphins (Sousa chinensis) and eleven finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) stranded between 1993 and 1996, in Hong Kong waters, were collected for organochlorine analysis. Levels…
Measurements and stomach contents of eleven delphinids from the northeast Pacific
Scheffer, Victor B.
The Murrelet (1953)
The writer has examined nine porpoises and two dolphins collected 1950-1952 along the west coast of North America between southern California and the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Unless otherwise noted, the…
Food habits of smaller marine mammals from northern California
Jones, R. E.
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (1981)
General food habits are discussed for 11 species of small marine mammals beach-east in northern California. The collection method allowed tabulation only of the kinds, numbers, and percentages of fish,…
Design and application of a coded format for recording observations of cetaceans at sea
Frost, P. G. H.; Best, P. B.
South African Journal of Antarctic Research (1976)
A numerical format for recording details of the main identifying features of cetaceans seen at sea is given. Each identifying character is divided into a number of character states which…
Observations on Pacific cetaceans of Californian and Mexican waters
Norris, K. S.; Prescott, J. H.
University of California Publications in Zoology (1961)
(...) For five years we have systematically gathered information of every available kind related to these animals. Fifteen species have been observed in sufficient detail to be considered here. These…
Investigations on the osteology and the functional morphology of the flipper of whales and dolphins (Cetacea)
Benke, H.
Investigations on Cetacea (1993)
Of the 79 recent species of cetaceans 51 have been examined relative to the osteology of the flipper and the scapula and, in addition to this, video-recordings of 13 different…