Royal Society Open Science (2017)
Contact zones between ecotypes are windows for understanding how species may react to climate changes. Here, we analysed the fine-scale genetic and morphological variation in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) around…
Scientific Reports (2017)
Understanding demographic trends and patterns of gene flow in an endangered species is crucial for devising conservation strategies. Here, we examined the extent of population structure and recent evolution of…
(2016)
Contact zones between marine ecotypes are of interest for understanding how key pelagic predators may react to climate change. We analysed the fine scale genetic structure and morphological variation in…
Advances in Marine Biology (2016)
The harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, is one of the best studied cetacean species owing to its common distribution along the coastal waters of the Northern Hemisphere. In European waters, strandings…
PLOS ONE (2016)
The population structure of the highly mobile marine mammal, the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), in the Atlantic shelf waters follows a pattern of significant isolation-by-distance. The population structure of harbor…
Journal of Sea Research (2016)
(...) Recently, van der Plas-Duivesteijn et al. (2015) presented a genetic assessment of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, along the Dutch coast, which concluded that all analysed Dutch harbour porpoises are…
Journal of Sea Research (2016)
(...) Kopps and Palsboll conclude by implying that conservation research should somehow be held to higher standards of rigor than more basic academic endeavors, because it has ‘direct impact on…
Scientific Reports (2016)
Little is known about the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in the genome of Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) (YFP) or other cetaceans. In this study, a high quality YFP…
Biological Conservation (2016)
The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is the world's only freshwater porpoise and is endemic to the Yangtze River. However, it is now Critically Endangered, with its long-term survival…
Mitochondrial DNA Part A (2016)
Genetic population structure of geographically isolated endangered Black Sea harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta) is little known in Turkish waters, especially in the Turkish Straits System (TSS- Marmara Sea, Bosphorus…