Appendix C. A thermo-energetic model of the starvation process in the harbor porpoise.

A thermo-energetic model of the starvation process in the harbor porpoise

Appendix D. Detailed descriptions of individual analyses used for testing specific hypotheses and predictions.

Detailed descriptions of individual analyses used for testing specific hypotheses and predictions

Appendix A. Data sources, selection, processing, and other considerations.

Data sources, selection, processing, and other considerations

Appendix B. Analysis of monthly variation in body mass in harbor porpoises that died due to bottlenose dolphin predation.

Analysis of monthly variation in body mass in harbor porpoises that died due to bottlenose dolphin predation

Estimated pregnancy rates, based on the presence of a foetus and excluding the conception period, of mature female harbour porpoises.

<p>¹Included porpoises from the Iberian Peninsula population, and all causes of death.</p><p>²Included porpoises from the Danish North Sea and Inner Danish waters.</p><p>³Average age of 50% mature.</p><p>⁴Mean age of first-time ovulators.</p><p>⁵Study did not exclude the mating period, and included two recently pregnant lactating females.</p><p>Estimated pregnancy rates, based on the presence of a foetus and excluding the conception period, of mature female harbour porpoises.</p

Box plots of (a) female reproductive status and ΣPCBs, and (b) cause of death groups and ΣPCBs.

<p>The dark horizontal line indicates the median, and the dashed blue line the mean. Outliers are highlighted by blue circles.</p

Frequency distribution of age profiles for female reproductive status categories in UK stranded harbour porpoises (n = 250).

<p>Frequency distribution of age profiles for female reproductive status categories in UK stranded harbour porpoises (n = 250).</p

Criteria for assessing categories of reproductive failure in UK harbour porpoises.

<p>Criteria for assessing categories of reproductive failure in UK harbour porpoises.</p

Accumulation of PCBs with age in male stranded UK harbour porpoises.

<p>Fitted regression line and 95% CI values are shown, n = 257. Annual ΣPCB accumulation rate is 1.11 mg/kg.</p

Total number of corpora scars (corpora albicantia and corpora lutea) in UK stranded harbour porpoise ovaries as a function of age (n = 225).

<p>Dashed box highlights three females that presented with higher than expected number of corpora scars.</p