Observation of A Super Pod of Pacific Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena vomerina) In the Salish Sea

Robert W Butler; Rod S MacVicar; Sandra Hollick-Kenyon

doi:10.1898/NWN-17-05.1

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Robert W Butler,¹ Rod S MacVicar, Sandra Hollick-Kenyon

¹Pacific WildLife Foundation, Module 1, PO Box 12, 850 Barnet Highway, Port Moody, BC V3H 1V6 Canada

Abstract

The Harbor Porpoise normally occurs in groups of 2 to 5 individuals. We report a sighting of 74 Harbor Porpoises near the entrance to Vancouver Harbor, Canada. When corrected for detection underestimate, this group was possibly as numerous as 1894 individuals, which we call a super pod

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Robert W Butler, Rod S MacVicar, and Sandra Hollick-Kenyon "Observation of A Super Pod of Pacific Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena vomerina) In the Salish Sea," Northwestern Naturalist 98(2), 137-138, (1 September 2017). https://doi.org/10.1898/NWN-17-05.1

Received: 10 February 2017; Accepted: 1 February 2017; Published: 1 September 2017

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