Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy (2012)
The present study describes the organization of the orexinergic (hypocretinergic) neurons in the hypothalamus of the giraffe and harbour porpoise – two members of the mammalian Order Cetartiodactyla which is…
Spatio-temporal associations between harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena and specific fisheries in the German Bight
Herr, Helena; Fock, Heino O.; Siebert, Ursula
Biological Conservation (2009)
Interactions between cetaceans and fisheries are a major concern of cetacean conservation and fisheries management, as by-catch and resource competition occur as a result. To assess potential interaction between porpoises…
The elusive harbour porpoise exposed: Strip transect counts off southwestern Ireland
Leopold, M. F.; Wolf, P. A.; Van Der Meer, J.
Netherlands Journal of Sea Research (1992)
Harbour Porpoises Phocoena phocoena were counted along a 270-km-long transect around southwestern Ireland on 17 July 1989, a day with exceptionally favourable weather conditions. A total of 251 porpoises were…
Phocoena phocoena
Gaskin, David E.; Arnold, Peter W.; Blair, Barbara A.
Mammalian Species (1974)
Abstract currently unavailable
Consumption of euphausiids by harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) calves in the Bay of Fundy
Smith, Richard J.; Read, Andrew J.
Canadian Journal of Zoology (1992)
We compared the contents of 31 stomachs of harbour porpoise calves killed in commercial gill nets in the Bay of Fundy between July and September, 1985–1991, with the stomach contents…
Ontogenetic allometry and body composition of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena, L.) from the western North Atlantic
McLellan, W. A.; Koopman, H. N.; Rommel, S. A.; Read, A. J.; Potter, C. W.; Nicolas, J. R.; Westgate, A. J.; Pabst, D. A.
Journal of Zoology (2002)
North Atlantic harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena (L.) face considerable energetic challenges, as they are relatively small marine mammals with an intense reproductive schedule and a cold-water habitat. Post-natal growth of…
Phocoena sinus
Brownell, Robert L.
Mammalian Species (1983)
Abstract currently unavailable
Preliminary report on the ecology of the finless porpoise in Hong Kong waters
Jefferson, T. A.; Braulik, G. T.
IBI Reports (1999)
Two species of small cetaceans, the Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin and the finless porpoise, occur year-round in waters of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Research conducted from September 1995 to…
Effects of noise and by-catch on a Danish harbour porpoise population
Nabe-Nielsen, Jacob; Sibly, Richard M.; Tougaard, Jakob; Teilmann, Jonas; Sveegaard, Signe
Ecological Modelling (2014)
Ships and wind turbines generate noise, which can have a negative impact on marine mammal populations by scaring animals away. Effective modelling of how this affects the populations has to…
Food habits of finless porpoises Neophocaena phocaenoides in Western Kyushu, Japan
Shirakihara, Miki; Seki, Kenji; Takemura, Akira; Shirakihara, Kunio; Yoshida, Hideyoshi; Yamazaki, Takeshi
Journal of Mammalogy (2008)
We examined the stomach contents of 87 finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in the Ariake Sound–Tachibana Bay area and Omura Bay in western Kyushu, Japan, between 1987 and 1992. Fish (Gobiidae…