First record of the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Cetacea: Phocoenidae), in the Azores (NE Atlantic)

Copyright © 2006 aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is a small cetacean widely distributed on both sides of the North Atlantic. It is a coastal species seriously threatened by fishing, pollution and environmental changes (Donovan & Bjørge, 1995;...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Barreiros, João P., Rodeia, João, Teves, Manuel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Aquapress 2006
Subjects:
Phocoena phocoena
Cetacea
Odontoceti
Azores Islands
New Record
Harbour porpoise
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/1608
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Summary:Copyright © 2006 aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is a small cetacean widely distributed on both sides of the North Atlantic. It is a coastal species seriously threatened by fishing, pollution and environmental changes (Donovan & Bjørge, 1995; Palka et al., 1996) with some populations, such as those from the Baltic, North and Black seas, drastically dwindling. [.]

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