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Porpoise Research Library

Showing entries tagged with "morphology". 124 entries found.
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Population structure of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in coastal waters of Japan

Yoshida, H.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)

To clarify population structure of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in Japan, a sequence of studies have been conducted: a questionnaire survey and aerial sighting surveys to obtain information on porpoise…

  • Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
  • distribution
  • genetics
  • morphology
  • population structure
  • skeleton

Osteological variation in the spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica)

Perrin, William F.; Goodall, R. Natalie P.; Cozzuol, Mario A.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2000)

Cranial and post-cranial variation is described for a large series of specimens of spectacled porpoise from Argentina and compared with that for specimens from other areas of the Southern Hemisphere.…

  • Phocoena dioptrica
  • morphology
  • skeleton

Re-evaluation of geographic variation in the white flank patch of dalli-type Dall’s porpoises

Amano, Masao; Marui, Miho; Guenther, Tamara; Ohizumi, Hiroshi; Miyazaki, Nobuyuki
Marine Mammal Sci (2000)

(...) Amano and Miyazaki (1996) found a geographic difference in the size of the white flank patch among dalli-type animals and reported that porpoises from the Sea of Japan-Okhotsk population…

  • Phocoenoides dalli
  • coloration
  • comparison
  • morphology

Sperm morphology and morphometry of Burmeister’s porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)

Beilis, Adela; Cetica, P.; Merani, M. S.
Marine Mammal Sci (2000)

(...) Burmeister's porpoise inhabits temperate waters of South America, from Tierra del Fuego to Rio de la Plata (Uruguay) on the Atlantic coast, and from Tierra del Fuego to Paita…

  • Phocoena spinipinnis
  • comparison
  • morphology
  • reproduction

Application of a new method to investigate population structure in the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, with special reference to the North and Baltic Seas

Lockyer, C.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (1999)

Tooth ultrastructure in harbour porpoise is examined as a possible tool for differentiating between animals from different geographical regions in the North Atlantic. Nine different characteristics in both dentine and…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • comparison
  • morphology
  • population structure

Burmeister’s porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister, 1865

Brownell, R. L. Jr.; Clapham, P. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Phocoena spinipinnis
  • behaviour
  • bycatch
  • capture
  • classification
  • coloration
  • disease
  • distribution
  • diving
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  • growth
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Dall’s porpoise Phocoenoides dalli (True, 1885)

Houck, W. J.; Jefferson, T. A.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Phocoenoides dalli
  • abundance
  • behaviour
  • bycatch
  • captivity
  • capture
  • classification
  • coloration
  • distribution
  • diving
  • echolocation
  • feeding
  • growth
  • habitat use
  • life history
  • morphology
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  • skeleton

Testicular and ovarian development in the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

Karakosta, C. V.; Jepson, P. D.; Ohira, H.; Moore, A.; Bennett, P. M.; Holt, W. V.
Journal of Zoology (1999)

Testicular and ovarian development in neonatal and juvenile harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena was examined, using tissue from animals (males n= 65 and females n= 10) stranded or caught off the…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • comparison
  • growth
  • morphology
  • physiology
  • reproduction

Finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides (G. Cuvier, 1829)

Kasuya, T.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Neophocaena phocaenoides
  • Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
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  • growth
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Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)

Read, A. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Phocoena phocoena
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