Variation in Timing of Conception between Populations of the Harbor Porpoise

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: BÖrjesson, Patrik, Read, Andrew J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2003
• Subjects: Feature Articles; Kattegat; North Atlantic; Phocoena phocoena
• Online Access: http://jmammal.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/84/3/948; https://doi.org/10.1644/BEM-016

We examined reproductive seasonality in 2 populations of the harbor porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ) in the eastern and western North Atlantic Ocean and compared our observations with historical data from the Baltic and North seas. Dates of conception for individuals were back-calculated from fetal si...