Age, length and reproductive parameters of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena (L.) from West Greenland

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Lockyer, C., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Jensen, J., Kinze, C. C., Sørensen, T. Buus
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2001
• Subjects: Regular Articles; Greenland; Maniitsoq; Nuuk; Paamiut; North Atlantic; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/58/1/154; https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.2000.0998

During 1988, 1989 and 1995, 187 harbour porpoises ( Phocoena phocoena ) were sampled from the catches off West Greenland during the months of July, August and September. The samples were taken between 62°N and 69°30′N in Maniitsoq and three more northerly locations (134), Paamiut (23), and Nuuk (30)...