Emer Rogan

TL;DR: The entire EU Atlantic continental shelf was surveyed in July 2005 to generate robust estimates of abundance for harbour porpoise and other cetacean species, and abundance in 2005 was similar to that in 2004.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the findings of a 2-yr study of habitat use by bottlenose dolphins in the outer Shannon estuary on the west coast of Ireland and suggest that the identification of critical areas within a population's range is a priority when planning any conservation management strategy for marine mammals.

TL;DR: This work applies a combination of recent individual-based landscape genetic approaches to investigate the population genetic structure of a highly mobile extensive range cetacean, the harbour porpoise in the eastern North Atlantic, with regards to oceanographic characteristics that could constrain its dispersal.

TL;DR: Findings are consistent with the hypothesis that chronic PCB exposure predisposes harbour porpoises in UK waters to infectious disease mortality, although further research is required to test these associations more robustly.

TL;DR: Post-mortem investigations on 86 harbour porpoises found that mean liver concentrations of Hg, selenium (Se), the Hg:Se molar ratio, and zinc (Zn) were significantly higher in the propoises that died of infectious disease compared to healthy porpoise that died from physical trauma.