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Sightings of Cetaceans in the waters of Yuzhny Sea Port (Hryhorivsky Estuary, Black Sea) in 2015–2016 [PDF]

open access: yesПраці Теріологічної школи, 2016
The use of transformed coastal ecosystems by the Black Sea cetaceans is an important, but little studied issue. In 2015–2016, coastal visual observations of cetaceans were conducted in the waters of Yuzhny Sea Port.
Оksana Savenko   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

First report of infestation by a parasitic copepod (Pennella balaenopterae) in a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) from the Aegean Sea: a case report

open access: yesVeterinární Medicína, 2014
An adult, female harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta) was found stranded on the southern Aegean Sea coast of Turkey. Thirteen holes made by copepods were observed on the lateral sides of the porpoise.
E. Danyer   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Return of the Salish Sea Harbor Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena: Knowledge Gaps, Current Research, and What We Need to Do to Protect Their Future

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2021
The harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of the most abundant coastal cetacean species in the Northern Hemisphere with differential levels of regional knowledge.
Cindy R. Elliser, Anna Hall, Anna Hall
doaj   +1 more source

An evolutionary divergent pestivirus lacking the Npro gene systemically infects a whale species

open access: yesEmerging Microbes and Infections, 2019
Pestiviruses typically infect members of the order Artiodactyla, including ruminants and pigs, although putative rat and bat pestiviruses have also been described. In the present study, we identified and characterized an evolutionary divergent pestivirus
Wendy K. Jo   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) aggressive behavior towards other cetacean species in the western Mediterranean

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Aggressive behavior of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) towards conspecifics is widely described, but they have also often been reported attacking and killing harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) around the world. However, very few reports exist
J. L. Crespo-Picazo   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phocoena phocoena

open access: yes, 1982
Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:77. TYPE LOCALITY: Baltic Sea, “Swedish Seas.” DISTRIBUTION: Temperate to arctic N. Pacific and N. Atlantic; isolated population in Black Sea. COMMENT: Reviewed by Gaskin et al., 1974, Mamm. Species, 42:1-8. PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea.
Honacki, James H.   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Natural History and Exploitation of the Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena Linnaeus, 1758) during the Neolithic (ca. 4000–2000 cal. BC) in the Eastern Baltic Region

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
Compared with the history of seals in the Baltic Sea, the porpoise has received much less research attention. The harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) has been quite rare in the eastern Baltic in recent centuries, but according to archaeological finds ...
Lembi Lõugas, Valdis Bērziņš
doaj   +1 more source

Diurnal variation in harbour porpoise detection – potential implications for management [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Brookes, K L   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Testicular morphology and spermatogenesis in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) [PDF]

open access: yesTheriogenology, 2019
Knowledge about reproductive parameters in male harbour porpoises such as testicular histology and germ cell maturation as well as seasonal changes in spermatogenesis is scarce. Thus, the aim of the present study was to report changes in the histological appearance of the testicular morphology of neonatal and juvenile harbour porpoises during ...
Kesselring, T   +8 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Acoustic behavior of melon-headed whales varies on a diel cycle. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many terrestrial and marine species have a diel activity pattern, and their acoustic signaling follows their current behavioral state. Whistles and echolocation clicks on long-term recordings produced by melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) at ...
Baumann-Pickering, Simone   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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