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…
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…
Report on the small cetaceans stranded on the coasts of Tierra del Fuego
Goodall, R. N. P.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1978)
Little work has been done on the smaller cetaceans of Tierra del Fuego. Data on strandings and new specimens for the following 14 species is presented: Lagenorhynchus australis, Cephalorhynchus commersonii,…
Consideration of distribution and migration of toothed whales off the Pacific coast of Japan based upon aerial sighting record
Kasuya, T.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1971)
The seasonal and annual fluctuation of the sperm whale, Baird's beaked whale, killer whale, the globicephalids, and the dolphins and porpoises in the past 11 years are discussed. The sperm…
Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the eastern North Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters: A guide to their identification
Leatherwood, S.; Reeves, R. R.; Perrin, W. F.; Evans, W. E.
NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular 444 (1982)
This field guide is designed to permit observers to identify the cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) they see in the waters of the eastern North Pacific, including the Gulf of…
Review of small cetaceans: Distribution, behaviour, migration and threats
Culik, Boris
(2004)
This report summarises the available knowledge on odontocete (toothed whale) distribution, behaviour, migration and threats and was compiled for the Bonn Secretariat of CMS.
Mammalia – VIII. Cete
von Linné, Carl
Systema Naturæ (1758)
(...) Delphinus phocœna 1. Dolphin with a nearly coniform body, a wide back, and nearly blunt (obtuse) rostrum. . . . Lives in the oceans of Europe and the Baltic.…
Contribution to the knowledge of the cetaceans of southwest and monsoon Asia (Persian Gulf, Indus Delta, Malabar, Andaman Sea and Gulf of Siam)
Pilleri, G.; Gihr, M.
Investigations on Cetacea (1974)
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Ultrastructure of enamel and dentine in extant dolphins (Cetacea: Delphinoidea and Inioidea)
Loch, Carolina; Duncan, Warwick; Simões-Lopes, Paulo C.; Kieser, Jules A.; Fordyce, R. Ewan
Zoomorphology (2012)
Longitudinal and cross sections of teeth from 17 species of the Recent dolphins (Delphinoidea and Inioidea) were examined under scanning electron microscope to study the arrangement and ultrastructure of dental…
New approaches to studying the foraging ecology of small cetaceans
Read, Andrew J.
Developments in Marine Biology (1995)
Dolphins and porpoises spend the majority of their lives underwater, out of the view of human observers. Consequently, scientists have relied on indirect means to study the foraging ecology of…