Marine Mammal Sci (1994)
(...) Little data exists on the swimming movements of dolphins and whales. The earliest record of cetacean swimming kinematics came from Parry (1949), who observed the swimming motions of a…
First case of a monitored pregnancy of a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) under human care
Blanchet, Marie-Anne; Nance, Tiffany; Ast, Colleen; Wahlberg, Magnus; Acquarone, Mario
Aquatic Mammals (2008)
Most of the data collected on the reproduction of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) comes from by-caught or stranded animals and is therefore opportunistic in nature. Harbour porpoises kept in a…
Morphometric comparison of the epidermis in several cetacean species
Jones, F. M.; Pfeiffer, C. J.
Aquatic Mammals (1994)
Epidermal thickness and relative papillary height of the skin from the urogenital region were compared with values from the ventral aspect of the flipper and the mid-dorsal body wall. Data…
Refractive index in the cornea of a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) measured by two-wavelengths laser-interferometry
Kröger, R.H.H.; Kirschfeld, K.
Aquatic Mammals (1994)
The refractive index of the cornea of a harbor porpoise eye was measured by two-wavelengths laser-interferometry. In the thickest part of the cornea a refractive index of about 1.53 was…
The relationship between body weight and morphological measurements in Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the North Sea
Kastelein, R. A.; van Battum, R.
Aquatic Mammals (1990)
From length and girth measurements of live stranded animals, treated at the Harderwijk Marine Mammal Park, a formula has been developed to calculate the body weight of Harbour porpoises from…
The tuberous organs of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linné, 1758)
Behrmann, G.
Aquatic Mammals (1990)
(...) Tuberous organs in the integument of the harbour porpoise were briefly described for the first time in connection with other nerve end corpuscles in the tongue (Behrmann, 1988). A…
The medical treatment of 3 stranded Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Kastelein, R. A.; Bakker, M. J.; Dokter, T.
Aquatic Mammals (1990)
In March 1988 three Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) were stranded on the Dutch coast and sent to the Harderwijk Marine Mammal Park for rehabilitation. The following parameters were recorded during…
Marginal papillae on the tongue of the Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Commerson’s dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii)
Kastelein, R. A.; Dubbeldam, J. L
Aquatic Mammals (1990)
This study shows that in Bottlenose dolphins and in Harbour porpoises the presence of marginal papillae is age related. In Bottlenose dolphins the papillae disappear around the age of 16…
The olfactory regions in the nose of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Behrmann, G.
Aquatic Mammals (1989)
(...) The anatomy of the odontocete brains indicates that they can taste but cannot smell. Apparently, when the blowhole migrated to the top of the head, the neural pathways for…
Respiratory arrhythmia in the hearts of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Kastelein, R. A.; Meijler, F. L.
Aquatic Mammals (1989)
The heart rates of 3 Harbour porpoises (recorded for 26 days) showed individual variation. Electrocardiograms of two of these animals, made while they were on land, showed respiratory arrhythmia. The…