Historical Range Contraction and Extent of Harbour Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the Baltic Sea Revealed by Archival Newspapers [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionOver the past several centuries, the Baltic Proper harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) has undergone significant population declines, resulting in its current IUCN classification as critically endangered.
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Echolocation by the harbour porpoise: Life in coastal waters [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2013 The harbour porpoise is one of the smallest and most widely spread of all toothed whales. They are found abundantly in coastal waters all around the northern hemisphere.
Lee Anton Miller, Magnus eWahlberg
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Harbour porpoise responses to pile-driving diminish over time [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Estimating impacts of offshore windfarm construction on marine mammals requires data on displacement in relation to different noise levels and sources.
Isla M. Graham +6 more
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First Histological Study of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Associated Lymphoid Structures of a Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) [PDF]
AnimalsThe current knowledge on the histological structure of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) in cetaceans is based on general descriptions. The aim of this study was to characterize the histology and expression of immune cell markers in samples from the GIT ...
Diego Pérez-Maroto +6 more
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Performance of theodolites versus drones in land-based studies of marine mammals [PDF]
Scientific ReportsTheodolites and drones are key instruments for observing small whales in coastal areas. This study compared their performance while observing the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the western Baltic Sea.
Thaya Mirinda Dinkel +8 more
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A matter of scale: Identifying the best spatial and temporal scale of environmental variables to model the distribution of a small cetacean [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe importance of scale when investigating ecological patterns and processes is recognised across many species. In marine ecosystems, the processes that drive species distribution have a hierarchical structure over multiple nested spatial and temporal ...
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High heart rates in hunting harbour porpoises [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2021 The impressive breath-hold capabilities of marine mammals are facilitated by both enhanced O 2 stores and reductions in the rate of O 2 consumption via peripheral vasoconstriction and bradycardia, called the dive response.
Birgitte I. McDonald +8 more
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Environmental drivers of harbour porpoise fine-scale movements. [PDF]
Mar Biol, 2018 Quantifying intraspecific variation in movement behaviour of marine predators and the underlying environmental drivers is important to inform conservation management of protected species. Here, we provide the first empirical data on fine-scale movements of free-ranging harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in their natural habitat.
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Don’t forget the porpoise: acoustic monitoring reveals fine scale temporal variation between bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise in Cardigan Bay SAC [PDF]
Marine Biology, 2017 Hanna K Nuuttila, Winnie Courtene-Jones
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 The New York-New Jersey (NY-NJ) Harbour Estuary and surrounding waters support the largest port along the U.S. East Coast, commercial and recreational fishing, and a burgeoning offshore wind energy industry.
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