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Herring Biology - Ecology
... copepods. What eats herring? (Short answer: almost everything) Skittish harbor porpoises (Phocena phocena), also known as herring porpoises, are associated with schools of herring. Author's Notes ... Maine, Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and gray seals (Halichoerus grypus), detect herring schools through their vibrissae (whiskers) that serve as important sensory organs. [REFERENCE???] Harbor porpoises ...
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Clayoquot Field Station: Activities
... decades of extirpation, Steller Sea Lions lounge on rocks, and a sharp eye will catch Harbor Porpoises diving down as your boat passes by. Sample Topics and Projects Whale watching and black ...
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Gulf of Maine Aquarium - Marine Mammal Natural History
... are usually small to medium sized, and encompass a broad variety of species, including dolphins, porpoises, narwhals, and river dolphins. They chase and eat a wide variety of prey as ... have pointed rostrums and cone-shaped teeth, while porpoises have rounded rostrums and spade-shaped teeth. There are six species of porpoises (Phocoenidae). Harbor Porpoise Photo: credit Nan Hauser & Hoyt Peckham, ...
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The Gasteria Reference Collection in North America - Home
... from hotel March 13th began with a view of the Mossel Bay harbor outside of my hotel window. Another fine, bright, clear day in the ... nearer to the Lighthouse I took this photo. Rocks behind Ridge Hyrax Porpoises This was the first time I would be not only driving ... Procavia capensis) however up on some rocks above me, and lots of porpoises swimming near the shor, far below. Jade plant in habitat Jade ...
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