Variation in timing of conception between populations of the harbor porpoise

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 948-955

  Börjesson, Patrik ^a   Read, Andrew J ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Food availability; Phocoena phocoena; Predation; Reproductive seasonality; Size at birth; Temperature

Indexed keywords

INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; PORPOISE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

MAMMALIA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141457791     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BEM-016     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. AAREFJORD, H., A. J. BJØRGE, C. C. KINZE, AND I. LINDSTEDT. 1995. Diet of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Scandinavian waters. Reports of the International Whaling Commission, Special Issue 16:211-222.
2. BARLOW, J. 1984. Reproductive seasonality in pelagic dolphins (Stenella spp.): implications for measuring rates. Reports of the International Whaling Commission, Special Issue 6:191-198.
3. BERGER, J. 1992. Facilitation of reproductive synchrony by gestation adjustment in gregarious mammals - a new hypothesis. Ecology 73:323-329.
4. BÖRJESSON, P., P. BERGGREN, AND B. GANNING. 2003. Diet of harbor porpoises in the Kattegat and Skagerrak seas: accounting for individual variation and sample size. Marine Mammal Science 19:38-58.
5. BOYD, I. L. 1996. Individual variation in the duration of pregnancy and birth date in Antarctic fur seals: the role of environment, age, and sex of fetus. Journal of Mammalogy 77:124-133.
6. BOYD, I. L., C. LOCKYER, AND H. MARSH. 1999. Reproduction in marine mammals. Pp. 218-286 in Biology of marine mammals (J. E. Reynolds and S. A. Rommel, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
7. BRONSON, F. H. 1989. Mammalian reproductive biology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
8. CALDER, W. A., III. 1982. The pace of growth: an allometric approach to comparative embryonic and post-embryonic growth. Journal of Zoology (London) 198:215-225.
9. FONTALNE, P. M., M. O. HAMMILL, C. BARRETTE, AND M. C. KINGSLEY. 1994. Summer diet of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the estuary and the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51:172-178.
10. GANNON, D. P., J. E. CRADDOCK, AND A. J. READ. 1998. Autumn food habits of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, in the Gulf of Maine. Fishery Bulletin 96:428-437.
11. GASKIN, D. E., G. J. D. SMITH, A. R WATSON, W. Y. YASUI, AND D. B. YURICK. 1984. Reproduction in the porpoises (Phocoenidae): implications for management. Reports of the International Whaling Commission, Special Issue 6:191-198.
12. GRIEG, J. A. 1898. Nogle cetologiske notiser. Bergens Museums Aarbog 1987 6:3-6 (in Norwegian).
13. HANKS, J. 1969. Seasonal breeding of the African elephant in Zambia. East African Wildlife Journal 7: 167.
14. HUGGET, A. ST. G., AND W. F. WIDDAS. 1951. The relationship between mammalian foetal weight and conception age. Journal of Physiology 114:306-317.
15. INNES, D. G. L., AND J. S. MILLAR. 1994. Life-histories of Clethrionomys and Microtus (Microtinae). Mammal Review 24:179-207.
16. KASTELEIN, R. A., ET AL. 1993. The food consumption of Commerson's dolphins (Cephatorhyncus commersonii). Aquatic Mammals 19:99-121.
17. KASTELEIN, R. A., N. VAUGHAN, S. WALTON, AND P. R. WIEPKEMA. 2002. Food intake and body measurements of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in captivity. Marine Environmental Research 53:199-218.
18. KILTIE, R. A. 1982. Intraspecific variation in the mammalian gestation period. Journal of Mammalogy 63:646-652.
19. LINDROTH, A. 1962. Baltic salmon fluctuation 2: porpoise and salmon. Institute of Freshwater Research, Drottningholm, Report 44:105-112.
20. MØHL-HANSEN, U. 1954. Investigations on reproduction and growth of the porpoise (Phocaena phocaena (L.)) from the Baltic. Viddenskaplige Meddelelser fra den Danske Naturhistoriske Forening 116:369-396.
21. NEIMANIS, A. S., A. J. READ, R. A. FOSTER, AND D. E. GASKIN. 2000. Seasonal regression in testicular size and histology in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena, L.) from the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine. Journal of Zoology (London) 250:221-229.
22. PAYNE, P. R., AND E. F. WHEELER. 1967. Growth of the foetus. Nature 215:849-850.
23. PERRIN, W. F., AND S. B. REILLY. 1984. Reproductive parameters of dolphins and small whales of the family Delphinidae. Reports of the International Whaling Commission, Special Issue 6:97-125.
24. READ, A. J. 1990. Reproductive seasonality in harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, from the Bay of Fundy. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68:284-288.
25. READ, A. J. 1999. Harbour porpoise - Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758). Pp. 323-355 in Handbook of marine mammals (S. H. Ridgway and R. J. Harrison, eds.). Academic Press, New York 6:1-486.
26. READ, A. J., AND A. A. HOHN. 1995. Life in the fast lane: the life history of harbor porpoises from the Gulf of Maine. Marine Mammal Science 11:423-440.
27. RECCHIA, C. A., AND A. J. READ. 1989. Stomach contents of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena (L.), from the Bay of Fundy (Canada). Canadian Journal of Zoology 67:2140-2146.
28. SADLEIR, R. M. F. S. 1984. Ecological consequences of lactation. Acta Zoologica Fennica 171:179-182.
29. SOKAL, R. R., AND J. F. ROHLF. 1995. Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research. 3rd ed. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York.
30. SØRENSEN, T. B., AND C. C. KINZE. 1994. Reproduction and reproductive seasonality in Danish harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena. Ophelia 39:159-176.
31. TOMILIN, A. G. 1967. Cetacea. Pp. 643-665 in Mammals of the USSR and adjacent countries (S. I. Ognev, ed.). Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, Israel 9:1-717.
32. URIAN, K. W., D. A. DUFFIELD, A. J. READ, R. S. WELLS, AND D. A. SHELL. 1996. Seasonality of reproduction in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. Journal of Mammalogy 77:394-403.