Aquatic Mammals (1989)
The post-mortem findings in 38 stranded harbour porpoises during the period 23rd March 1983 to 25th June 1986 in The Netherlands results in a general view about the parasitological status…
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…
Foreign bodies in the stomach of a female Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from the North Sea
Kastelein, R. A.; Lavaleije, M. S. S.
Aquatic Mammals (1992)
The medical treatment of a 4-year-old female Harbour porpoise which was stranded on the Dutch coast is described. The animal was emaciated on arrival at Harderwijk, and survived for 3…
First record of a truei-type Dall’s porpoise from the eastern north Pacific
Szczepaniak, Isidore D.; Webber, Marc A.; Jefferson, Thomas A.
Marine Mammal Sci (1992)
(...) On 28 August 1989, we were informed by California State Park Ranger Robert Breen that a small porpoise had washed ashore at the James Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, San Mateo…
Coastal fisheries and cetacean mortality in Portugal
Sequeira, M.; Ferreira, C.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
Considerable numbers of cetaceans are killed incidentally every year during fishing operations on the Portuguese coast. Although a small number of marine mammals are caught by trawlers and fishing traps,…
An investigation into the causes of an unusual porpoise (Phocoena phocoena and Phocoenoides dalli) mortality event in southern British Columbia
Baird, R. W.; Guenther, T. J.; Lewis, R. J.; McAdie, M. L.; Cornish, T. E.
Report No. IIHS3-050 (1994)
Cetacean strandings have typically been classified into two types: 1) single strandings (including a mother/offspring pair); and 2) mass strandings. Singly stranded cetaceans have been reported world-wide wherever populations of…
A note on odontocete mortality from fishing gear entanglements off southern California
Heyning, J. E.; Lewis, T. D.; Woodhouse, C. D.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1994)
Strandings and sightings data of toothed whales entangled in fishing gear are documented for the Southern California Bight from 1975-90. Entanglements involve three fisheries: a nearshore set gillnet fishery; an…
PCBs, cause of death and body condition in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from British waters
Kuiken, Thijs; Bennett, Peter M.; Allchin, Colin R.; Kirkwood, James K.; Baker, John R.; Lockyer, Christina H.; Walton, Michael J.; Sheldrick, Martin C.
Aquatic Toxicology (1994)
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) suppress immunity, and may have exacerbated the effects of recent morbillivirus epizootics in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba). To test the hypothesis that…
Account of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) strandings and bycatches along the coast of British Columbia
Baird, R.W.; Guenther, T.J.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Little is known about the biology or status of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in British Columbia (BC), Canada. In this study, all available records of stranded and incidentally caught…
Study of the cranial sinus nematode, Stenurus minor (Metastrongyloidea), in the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena
Faulkner, J.
Master's Thesis - McGill University (1995)
Seventy-eight harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, (33 females, 45 males) were obtained from the summer (June-September) cod fishery incidental-by-catch in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and examined for the presence of…