Porpoises on European coasts maintain their populations but migrate southwards
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 09:00
in Earth & Climate
Seven oceanographic research vessels and three light aircraft from the SCANSII Project have recorded the abundance and distribution of small cetaceans in the waters of the European Atlantic shelf. Their results reveal that the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena, also known as the common porpoise) is the most abundant on these shores and the only species that has moved further southwards to live.