Marine Biology (2010)
The finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) inhabits a wide range of tropical and temperate waters of the Indo-Pacific region. Genetic structure of finless porpoises in Chinese waters in three regions (Yangtze…
Mixing of porpoise ecotypes in southwestern UK waters revealed by genetic profiling
Fontaine, Michaël C.; Thatcher, Oliver; Ray, Nicolas; Piry, Sylvain; Brownlow, Andrew; Davison, Nicholas J.; Jepson, Paul; Deaville, Rob; Goodman, Simon J.
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…
Geographic variation of skeletal ontogeny and skull shape in the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Galatius, A.; Gol’din, P. E.
Canadian Journal of Zoology (2011)
All extant porpoise species show paedomorphic skeletal traits. These traits are hypothesized to be connected with rapid growth to reproductive size and could thus show geographic variation according to ecological…
Morphological and genetic differentiation of the Black Sea harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena
Viaud-Martínez, K. A.; Martínez Vergara, M.; Gol'din, P. E.; Ridoux, V.; Öztürk, A. A.; Öztürk, B.; Rosel, P. E.; Frantzis, A.; Komnenou, A.; Bohonak, A. J.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (2007)
The ecological and conservation status of the geographically isolated Black Sea harbour porpoise is currently unknown. Although it has been suggested that Black Sea harbour porpoises are distinct from other…
Population survey showing hope for population recovery of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise
Huang, Jie; Mei, Zhigang; Chen, Mao; Han, Yi; Zhang, Xinqiao; Moore, Jeffrey E.; Zhao, Xiujiang; Hao, Yujiang; Wang, Kexiong; Wang, Ding
Biological Conservation (2020)
The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis), has experienced rapid declines in recent decades. We estimate its abundance based on surveys conducted between November and December 2017 in the main-stem…
Abundance decline in the narrow‐ridged finless porpoise population off the Pacific coast of eastern Japan
Shirakihara, Kunio; Nakahara, Fumio; Shinohara, Masanori; Shirakihara, Miki; Hiramatsu, Kazuhiko; Irie, Takahiro
Population Ecology (2019)
The narrow‐ridged finless porpoise Neophocaena asiaeorientalis is a small‐toothed whale with a coastal habitat and is sensitive to human activity. Aerial sighting surveys were conducted in 2012 to evaluate the…
The morphology and geographic distribution of epidermal diatoms of the Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli True) in the northern Pacific Ocean
Holmes, R. W.; Nagasawa, S.; Takano, H.
Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Series B (1993)
The morphology of diatoms which consistently occur in circular to oval colonies on the skin of North Pacific Dall's porpoise was examined. Two previously described cetacean diatoms Stauroneis aleutica Nemoto…
Population structure and historical demography of eastern North Atlantic harbour porpoises inferred through mtDNA sequences
Tolley, K. A.; Rosel, P. E.
Marine Ecology Progress Series (2006)
The harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena experiences high rates of incidental mortality in commercial fisheries, and in some areas these rates are sufficiently high to justify concern over population sustainability. Given…
Group characteristics, site fidelity, and photo-identification of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in Burrows Pass, Fidalgo Island, Washington
Elliser, Cindy R.; MacIver, Katrina H.; Green, Michelle
Marine Mammal Science (2017)
Little is known about harbor porpoises at the individual level or local group structure. Group characteristics, site fidelity, and photo‐identification of harbor porpoises were investigated off Fidalgo Island, Washington State.…
Population structure of bycaught harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Norway
Quintela, María; Besnier, François; Seliussen, Bjørghild; Glover, Kevin A.; Lindstrøm, Ulf
Marine Biology Research (2020)
The preference for coastal habitats makes the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, vulnerable to fisheries conflicts and hence prone to die due to entangling in fishing nets. An opportunistic sampling of…