Does interspecific competition drive patterns of habitat use and relative density in harbour porpoises?
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DOI: 10.1007/s00227-018-3345-8
Abstract: Determining the drivers that are responsible for the fine-scale distribution of cetacean species is fundamental to understand better how they respond to changes in their environment. We utilized information theoretic approach to carry out a… read more here.
Keywords: relative density; harbour porpoises; habitat use; density harbour ... See more keywords
Silent porpoise: potential sleeping behaviour identified in wild harbour porpoises
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.09.015
Abstract: All animals sleep and it is essential for maintaining optimal brain function. However, cetaceans engage in the unusual practice of unihemispherical sleep, where only half of their brain sleeps at a time, due to their… read more here.
Keywords: potential sleeping; harbour porpoises; dive types; parabolic dives ... See more keywords
Spatial avoidance to experimental increase of intermittent and continuous sound in two captive harbour porpoises.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.001
Abstract: The continuing rise in underwater sound levels in the oceans leads to disturbance of marine life. It is thought that one of the main impacts of sound exposure is the alteration of foraging behaviour of… read more here.
Keywords: spatial avoidance; harbour porpoises; sound; two captive ... See more keywords
Anisakid nematode species identification in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the North Sea, Baltic Sea and North Atlantic using RFLP analysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.05.004
Abstract: Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) are the only native cetacean species in the German North and Baltic Seas and the final host of Anisakis (A.) simplex, which infects their first and second gastric compartments and may… read more here.
Keywords: north sea; anisakid; sea baltic; sea ... See more keywords
Marine debris in harbour porpoises and seals from German waters.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.07.009
Abstract: Records of marine debris in and attached to stranded harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) were studied comprising information on 6587 carcasses collected along the German coast between… read more here.
Keywords: harbour seals; german waters; harbour porpoises; marine debris ... See more keywords
Spontaneous neoplasms in harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena.
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DOI: 10.3354/dao03670
Abstract: Harbour porpoises are widely distributed in the North Atlantic and represent the most abundant cetacean species in the North and Baltic Seas. Spontaneous neoplasms are relatively rarely reported in cetaceans, and only little is known… read more here.
Keywords: phocoena phocoena; porpoises phocoena; neoplasms harbour; spontaneous neoplasms ... See more keywords
Spatiotemporal accumulation of fatal pharyngeal entrapment of flatfish in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the German North Sea
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10160
Abstract: The evolution of a permanent separation of the upper respiratory and digestive tract is one of the adaptions cetaceans evolved for their aquatic life. Generally, it prevents odontocetes from choking on either saltwater or foreign… read more here.
Keywords: north sea; pharyngeal entrapment; sea; harbour porpoises ... See more keywords
Intraspecific variation in the cochleae of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and its implications for comparative studies across odontocetes
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8916
Abstract: In morphological traits, variation within species is generally considered to be lower than variation among species, although this assumption is rarely tested. This is particularly important in fields like palaeontology, where it is common to… read more here.
Keywords: intraspecific variation; variation; variation cochleae; harbour porpoises ... See more keywords