Conservation Biology (2007)
The recent likely extinction of the baiji (Chinese river dolphin [Lipotes vexillifer]) (Turvey et al. 2007) makes the vaquita (Gulf of California porpoise [Phocoena sinus]) the most endangered cetacean. The…
Life in the fast lane: The life history of harbor porpoises from the gulf of Maine
Read, Andrew J.; Hohn, Aleta A.
Marine Mammal Sci (1995)
We describe the life history of harbor porpoises in the Gulf of Maine by examining 239 animals killed in gill net fisheries and comparing these findings with the results of…
Target detection by an echolocating harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Kastelein, R. A.; Au, W. W. L.; Rippe, H. T.; Schooneman, N. M.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (1999)
Two echolocation experiments are described. They were conducted on the same harbor porpoise housed in a sea pen, one year apart at Neeltje Jans, The Netherlands. The aims were to…
Comparison of echolocation behaviour between coastal and riverine porpoises
Akamatsu, Tomonari; Teilmann, Jonas; Miller, Lee A.; Tougaard, Jakob; Dietz, Rune; Wang, Ding; Wang, Kexiong; Siebert, Ursula; Naito, Yasuhiko
Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography (2007)
Echolocation behaviour of a harbor porpoise and six finless porpoises was recorded in open-water systems using acoustic data loggers (A-tag). In total 1359 click trains were recorded during 4.6 h…
Potential limits to anthropogenic mortality of small cetaceans in coastal waters of British Columbia
Williams, Rob; Hall, Anna; Winship, Arliss
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. (2008)
Small cetaceans are by-caught in salmon gillnet fisheries in British Columbia (BC) waters. In Canada, there is currently no generic calculation to identify when management action is necessary to reduce…