NAMMCOSP (2003)
Biological parameters for harbour porpoises are reviewed throughout their range in the North Atlantic. Most information is based on studies of a combination of directed catches, bycatches and strandings. All…
Growth and reproduction of the finless porpoise in southern China
Jefferson, T. A.; Robertson, K. M.; Wang, J. Y.
The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (2002)
We studied the growth and reproduction of finless porpoises in southern China, based on 86 specimens collected as strandings or fisheries bycatches in Hong Kong, southern Fujian Province, and Taiwan.…
Reproduction and reproductive organs in Neophocaena asiaeorientalis from the Yangtse River
Chen, P-X.; Renjun, L.; Harrison, J.
Aquatic Mammals (1982)
Two species of freshwater dolphin are known to have existed in the Yangtse River, China, for over two thousand years. One is a white form, the Baiji (Lipotes vexllifer), the…
Growth and reproduction of three populations of finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides, in Chinese waters
Gao, Anli; Zhou, Kaiya
Aquatic Mammals (1993)
We have 189 specimens available for this work. One-hundred and sixty-seven specimens from the Yangtze, Yellow Sea and South China Sea populations were aged and used in studying the growth…
A record of twin fetuses in a harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) stranded on the Dutch coast
IJsseldijk, Lonneke L.; Gröne, Andrea; Hiemstra, Sjoukje; Hoekendijk, Jeroen; Begeman, Lineke
Aquatic Mammals (2014)
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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…
Age, growth, and reproduction of the finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides, in the coastal waters of western Kyushu, Japan
Shirakihara, Miki; Takemura, Akira; Shirakihara, Kunio
Marine Mammal Sci (1993)
In the coastal waters of western Kyushu, Japan, a total of 97 incidentally taken or stranded finless porpoises, Neophocaena phocaenoides, was collected for studying age, growth and reproduction. An additional…
Segregative migration of Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) in the Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk
Amano, Masao; Kuramochi, Toshiaki
Marine Mammal Sci (1992)
Dall's porpoises from the Sea of Japan population taken by a dolphin fishery vessel were examined. Estimated body lengths at sexual maturity were similar to those for the truei-type population…
Records of the finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in the waters adjacent to Kanmon Pass, Japan
Shirakihara, Miki; Shirakihara, Kunio; Takemura, Akira
Marine Mammal Sci (1992)
(...) The finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) is found in the Inland Sea of Japan (Kasuya and Kureha 1979), but has not previously been confirmed to occur in the southwestern part…
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…