Dalls Porpoise

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessment.  Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page for any further reports on the species. 

BC Cetacean Sightings Network species information

http://www.mi.mun.ca/mi-net/fishdeve/cetace16.htm - DFO page on porpoises

Voices of the Sea - website where you can hear the sounds of Dalls porpoise, see the spectrogram of their sounds, see video clips and learn cool facts from scientists! Click on the porpoise and then click on the Dalls porpoise at the bottom of the page.

www.whaleresearch.com/thecenter/Encounters_2008_007.html - amazing photos capture the attack of transient killer whales on a harbour seal and a Dall's porpoise. 

http://www.killerwhale.ca/animals-dalls.html - Information from Environment Canada 2004

Rare fungal disease in porpoises

Article on a pregnant female hybird Dalls porpoise / harbour porpoise (May 2011). Photos from the necropsy.

See information from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.

http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/dallsPorpoise/dalls-porpoise.pdf - excellent. Not a Canadian page

http://www.vanaqua.org/education/aquafacts/dolphins.html - Aquafacts from the Vancouver Aquarium on dolphins and porpoises in BC

http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/publications/whalesdpbook/default_e.htm -Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises of British Columbia, Canada

"Smart Gear" =  net technology to reduce chance of entanglement of small cetaceans.

http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/A59B71D6C8A9EB17802568F800443577 - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society's species information. Not a Canadian page

http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/A59B71D6C8A9EB17802568F800443577 - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society's species information.  Click "porpoise." Not a Canadian page

http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/marine_mammals.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=122 - lots of detail about identification some information about  behaviour and threats. Not a Canadian page

http://www.cetacea.org/dalls.htm - Site is currently down.  Will be up again in the summer of 2007.  Especially valuable for its "influence of man" section 

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jaap/dalls.htm Not a Canadian page

Pacific Wildlife Foundation’s species information.  Be sure you click all the tabs e.g. "distribution."

http://www.dosits.org/animals/intro.htm - study how marine mammals make sound and how sound effects them.

http://www.ngo.grida.no/wwfap/whalewatching/whales_porpoises_dalls.shtml - see "conservation concerns" Not a Canadian page

http://www.answers.com/topic/dall-s-porpoise Not a Canadian page

http://www.cms.int/reports/small_cetaceans/data/P_dalli/p_dalli.htm - this is a report by the Convention on Migratory Species looking at the threats to small cetaceans internationally.  See the bottom of the document for threats.  Not a Canadian page

http://www.vanaqua.org/aquanews/archive.html - enter the species name in the search field to get any AquaNews bulletins posted by the Vancouver Marine Sciences Centre

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Phocoenoides_dalli.html  Not a Canadian page

http://www.cms.int/reports/small_cetaceans/data/P_dalli/p_dalli.htm Not a Canadian page

www.oceanlink.island.net - Bamfield Research Station’s detailed marine biology page search for your species

http://www.vanaqua.org/education/aquafacts/ - Vancouver Aquarium’s web data base of frequently asked questions about marine ecosystems; click "Dolphins and Porpoises"

http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/intermediate.asp?curGroupID=5 - Click "marine mammals" and do a search for your animal. Excellent on-line field guides Not a Canadian page

www.racerocks.com/racerock/marmam/mammals.htm and http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/archivemammals.htm
- involvement of Lester B. Pearson School in a fantastic marine mammal project.  Search the site at http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/web/sitemap.htm

http://www.whalesongs.org/cetacean/home.html - natural history of cetaceans Not a Canadian page

http://netvet.wustl.edu/marine.htm  - net vet marine mammals; search links for information that may be relevant to your species Not a Canadian page