harbor porpoise

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harbor porpoise - the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific

herring hog, Phocoena phocoena

porpoise - any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth

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Karin Forney provided unpublished data on harbor porpoise encounter rates at depth from previous aerial surveys and patiently reviewed the [CI.sub.d] method.

Abundance and depth distribution of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in northern California determined from a 1995 ship survey

Blood samples (anticoagulated with EDTA) were obtained from a live, stranded yearling female harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) that required humane killing in northern North Carolina in May 2005 (MLC 001) and from a yearling male harbor porpoise.

Bartonella henselae in porpoise blood

ABSTRACT--The Harbor Porpoise normally occurs in groups of 2 to 5 individuals.

Observation of a super pod of Pacific Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena vomerina) in the Salish Sea

A juvenile male harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) [approximately equal to] 10.5 months of age was found alive on the coast of the Netherlands on May 10, 2012, and was transported to the SOS Dolphin Foundation (Harderwijk, the Netherlands) for rehabilitation (online Technical Appendix, http://wwwnc.

Norovirus infection in harbor porpoises

Abstract--Abundance of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) was estimated from data collected during vessel surveys conducted throughout the inland waters of Southeast Alaska.

Temporal changes in abundance of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) inhabiting the inland waters of Southeast Alaska

Two marine mammal species that live there year-round are the beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, and the harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena.

Acoustic monitoring and prey association for beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, and harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, off two river mouths in Yakutat Bay, Alaska

Of the six species in the odontocete family Phocoenidae, only one is found in the Atlantic Ocean, the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).

Unusual mortality events of harbor porpoise strandings in North Carolina, 1997-2009

The objective of this study was to determine whether the risk of mortality from infectious disease in harbor porpoise in U.K.

The risk of infection from polychlorinated biphenyl exposure in the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): a case-control approach

In one case, witnesses report a group of bottlenoses ramming a sole harbor porpoise with their heads and long snouts, sending it flying into the air.

Dolphins: Flipper or Killer?

The deaths, Wilson discovered, are caused by beatings delivered by the harbor porpoise's larger relative, the bottlenose dolphin, a creature familiar to television watchers from the series Flipper.

Machiavellians of the Deep?

The harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, is among the smallest of the six porpoise species in the Family Phocoenidae, with an adult length of 1.4 m to 1.9 m (4.6-6.2 ft).