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Abundance and conservation status of the Yangtze finless porpoise in the Yangtze River, China

Biological Conservation, 2008
middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China. It is the only freshwater population of porpoises in the world and is currently listed as Endangered by IUCN. In November and December 2006 we used two boats and line transect methods to survey the entire current range of the population, except for two lakes (Poyang and Dongting).
Zhao, Xiujiang, Barlow, Jay, Taylor, Barbara L., Pitman, Robert L., Wang, Kexiong, Wei, Zhuo, Stewart, Brent S., Turvey, Samuel T., Akamatsu, Tomonari, Reeves, Randall R., Wang, Ding   +10 more
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Population genomics of finless porpoises reveal an incipient cetacean species adapted to freshwater [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2018
Whales, dolphins and porpoises are adapted to various aquatic habitats. Here, Zhou et al. show that polymorphisms associated with renal function and the urea cycle have undergone selection in the freshwater Yangtze finless porpoise and provide genomic ...
Xuming Zhou, Xuanmin Guang, Di Sun, Shixia Xu, Mingzhou Li, Inge Seim, Wencai Jie, Linfeng Yang, Qianhua Zhu, Jiabao Xu, Qiang Gao, Alaattin Kaya, Qianhui Dou, Bingyao Chen, Wenhua Ren, Shuaicheng Li, Kaiya Zhou, Vadim N. Gladyshev, Rasmus Nielsen, Xiaodong Fang, Guang Yang   +20 more
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Validation of indicators for the welfare assessment of captive Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) [PDF]

Animal Welfare
The Five Domains model (FDM) is a widely accepted framework for developing welfare assessment tools across various contexts, including wild animals under human care. However, only two protocols have been developed for captive cetaceans.
Sara Platto, Agathe Serres, Simona C. Normando, Xavier Manteca, Deborah Temple, Yujiang Hao   +5 more
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The first complete hand-rearing of two neonatal finless porpoises.

PLoS ONE
Hand-rearing of marine mammals is an essential technique for the husbandry of orphans in captivity or the wild, especially endangered cetacean species.
Masahiko Kasamatsu, Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Ikuo Wakabayashi, Masami Furuta, Hiroki Inoue, Hidetomo Iwano   +5 more
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Spatiotemporal variations and driving factors of fine-scale habitat use by the Yangtze finless porpoise population in the Yangtze River

BMC Zoology
Background The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is critically endangered and has suffered from extensive habitat loss and fragmentation.
Ping Zhang, Zhongyin Yu, Daoping Yu, Bangzhi Ding, Minmin Chen   +4 more
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Standardised scoring system to assess the welfare of Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)

Animal Welfare
The current study represents the second phase of developing the Yangtze Finless Porpoise Welfare Assessment Protocol (YFP-WAP), guided by the Five Domains model (FDM).
Sara Platto, Agathe Serres, Simona Normando, Yujiang Hao   +3 more
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The diel rhythms of biosonar behavior in the Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) in the port of the Yangtze River: The correlation between prey availability and boat traffic. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Information on the habitat use of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is critical for its conservation.
Zhitao Wang, Tomonari Akamatsu, Kexiong Wang, Ding Wang   +3 more
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Blood Transcriptome Analysis Provides Responsive Changes in Gene Expression between Ex Situ and Captive Yangtze Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)

Fishes, 2023
The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis, YFP) is an endangered species endemic to the Yangtze River in China, and it is the only freshwater whale in the genus Neophocaena.
Zhichen Cao, Denghua Yin, Zhanwei Li, Yan Yan, Peng Zhang, Sigang Zhang, Danqing Lin, Zhong Hua, Jialu Zhang, Congping Ying, Han Zhang, Pao Xu, Guixin Dong, Kai Liu   +13 more
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A review on the driving forces of water decline and its impacts on the environment in Poyang Lake, China

Journal of Water and Climate Change, 2021
The recession of water levels of natural lakes and their associated impacts on wetland ecosystems is a serious issue worldwide. Poyang Lake (the largest freshwater lake in China) has experienced a heightened and prolonged water decline since the year ...
Qiyue Li, Geying Lai, Adam Thomas Devlin
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The Source Parameters of Echolocation Clicks from Captive and Free-Ranging Yangtze Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The clicks of Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) from 7 individuals in the tank of Baiji aquarium, 2 individuals in a netted pen at Shishou Tian-e-zhou Reserve and 4 free-ranging individuals at Tianxingzhou were ...
Liang Fang, Ding Wang, Yongtao Li, Zhaolong Cheng, Matthew K Pine, Kexiong Wang, Songhai Li   +6 more
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