Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica (1998)
A pregnant finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides), whose body length (BL) was 1.63 m and body weight (BW) was 75.8 kg, gave birth to a female calf successfully in Enoshima Aquarium,…
Age and reproduction of the finless porpoises, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis , in the Yellow Sea, Korea
Lee, Young Ran; An, Yong Rock; Park, Kyum Joon; Sohn, Hawsun; An, Du Hae; Kim, Su Am
Animal Cells and Systems (2013)
A total of 116 finless porpoises, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis, were collected in the Yellow Sea off Korea. About 111 specimens were incidentally caught by stow nets on anchors from March to…
COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Pacific Ocean population) in Canada
Baird, Robin W.
COSEWIC Status Reports (2003)
Species Information The harbour porpoise is one of the smallest cetacean species, born at 80-90 cm and only occasionally reaching lengths of close to 2 m. In general, harbour porpoises…
Reproduction and reproductive seasonality in Danish harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena
Sørensen, Thomas Buus; Kinze, Carl Christian
Ophelia (1994)
The reproduction and reproductive seasonality of 365 Danish harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena (L.)) incidentally caught in various gill nets or stranded, was studied. The animals were collected from all Danish…
An environmental index for habitat utilization by female harbour porpoises with calves near Deer Island, Bay of Fundy
Smith, Gary J. D.; Gaskin, David E.
Ophelia (1983)
The Bay of Fundy is a known area of concentration of Phocoena phocoena during the summer months. In this study, 698 females with calves and 5 473 porpoises of other…
Stranding patterns of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the German North and Baltic Seas: When does the birth period occur?
Hasselmeier, I.; Abt, K. F.; Adelung, D.; Siebert, U.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (2004)
Stranded harbour porpoises were analysed to investigate differences in stranding patterns along the North and Baltic Sea coasts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. A total of 1,015 stranded or bycaught harbour porpoises…
Functional morphology of the reproductive system in Cetacea
Slijper, E. J.
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises [Proceedings] (1966)
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Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (L.) in the western approaches to the Bay of Fundy 1969-75
Gaskin, D. E.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1977)
(...) Studies on the biology and ecology of the species [harbour porpoise] by the University of Guelph, largely sponsored by the National Research Council of Canada, were begun in the…
Interactions between marine mammals and the coastal fisheries of Necochea and Claromecó (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina)
Corcuera, J.; Monzon, F.; Crespo, E. A.; Aguilar, A.; Raga, J. A.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
Coastal and pelagic fishing activities in the area of Necochea harbour, where high mortality of franciscanas (Pontoporia blainvillei) in gillnets had been previously reported, and at Claromeco, a small gillnet…
Harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in Portuguese waters
Sequeira, M.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1996)
Biological data on the harbour porpoise in Portuguese coastal waters are scarce, mainly because of the small number of animals available for study. Nevertheless, a regular geographical distribution pattern can…