Publications

Recent publications

In situ zooplankton density estimates at a foraging site in the Canadian Arctic are below minimum prey thresholds for adult bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)
McLennan, H., Fortune, S., den Haan, M., Bazinet, A., Cox, M. J., Proud, R., Mackie, C., Kilabuk, R. & Brierley, A. S., 28 Jan 2025, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 82, 1, 14 p., fsae202.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Acoustic characteristics and context of buzzes and rasps produced by northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
Haas, C. E., Wensveen, P., Hooker, S. K. & Miller, P. J. O., 18 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Bioacoustics. Latest Articles, 27 p.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Amplifying immersive climate learning
Andrei, M., Pisani, S., Miller, A., Oliver, I., Cassidy, C. A., Heinrich, S. & Bates, C. R., 2025, Immersive Learning Research Network. iLRN 2024. : 10th International Conference on Immersive Learning, ILRN 2024, Glasgow, UK, June 10–13, 2024, revised selected papers, part II. Krüger, J. M., Pedrosa, D., Beck, D., Bourguet, M.-L., Dengel, A., Ghannam, R., Miller, A., Peña-Rios, A. & Richter, J. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 37-51 15 p. 3. (Communications in computer and information science; vol. 2272).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

Anaerobic decomposition dynamics of three kelp species from the North-east Atlantic: implications for blue carbon storage
O'Dell, A., Baxter, J. M., Moore, P., Smale, D., Smeaton, C., Davies , I. & Burrows, M., 27 Feb 2025, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 755, p. 63-77
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Assessing the distribution pattern of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) carcasses in Etosha National Park and its implications for management
Scott-Hayward, L. A. S., MacKenzie, M. L., Walker, C. G., Shatumbu, G., Kilian, J. W., du Preez, P., Hauptfleisch, M. & Cloete, C., 7 Apr 2025, In: Namibian Journal of Environment . 10, p. 1-12 12 p.
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Chilean dolphin Cephalorhynchus eutropia (Gray, 1846)
Heinrich, S., 17 Jan 2025, Coastal dolphins and porpoises. Jefferson, T. A. (ed.). 1st ed. Amsterdam: Academic Press/Elsevier , p. 343-367 25 p. (Ridgway and Harrison's handbook of marine mammals; vol. 1).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

Cognitive perception of circulating oxygen in seals is the reason they don’t drown
McKnight, J. C., Bønnelycke, E.-M., Balfour, S., Milne, R., Moss, S. E. W., Armstrong, H. C., Downie, C., Hall, A. J. & Kershaw, J. L., 21 Mar 2025, In: Science. 387, 6740, p. 1276-1280 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Differential mediation of biogeochemical processes through bioturbation by fiddler and sesarmid mangrove crabs
Yang, Y., Liang, Q., Peng, Y. & Paterson, D. M., Feb 2025, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 211, p. 1-12 12 p., 117431.
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Distance matters to sperm whales: behavioural disturbance in response to both sonar received level and source distance
Wensveen, P. J., Isojunno, S., Kvadsheim, P. H., Lam, F.-P. A., Curé, C., von Benda-Beckmann, A. M. & Miller, P. J. O., 1 May 2025, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 214, 11 p., 117742.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

High-frequency vessel noise can mask porpoise echolocation
Hermannsen, L., Ladegaard, M., Tønnesen, P., Malinka, C., Beedholm, K., Tougaard, J., Rojano-Donãte, L., Tyack, P. L. & Madsen, P. T., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 228, 6, p. 1-12 12 p., jeb249963.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Humpback whale song complexity and evolution on a North-western Pacific breeding ground: Okinawa, Japan
Marwood, E. M., Eichenberger, F., Kobayashi, N., Okabe, H., Ozawa, S., Rendell, L. E. & Garland, E. C., Feb 2025, In: Royal Society Open Science. 12, 2, 15 p., 241388.
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Microbial communities and soil greenhouse gas fluxes from subtropical tidal and supratidal wetlands
Gamboa-Cutz, J. N., Trevathan-Tackett, S. M., Cadena, S., McDougall, C. & Adame, M. F., 1 Apr 2025, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 315, 10 p., 109124.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Patterns of paternity: insights into mating competition and gene flow in a recovering population of humpback whales
Eichenberger, F., Garrigue, C., Steele, D., Bonneville, C. D., Rendell, L. E. & Garland, E. C., 8 Jan 2025, In: Royal Society Open Science. 12, 1, 20 p., 241424.
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Reducing cetacean interactions with bottom set-nets and purse seining using acoustic deterrent devices in southern Iberia
Marçalo, A., Carvalho, F., Frade, M., Bentes, L., Monteiro, P., Pontes, J., Alexandre, S., Oliveira, F., Kingston, A., Erzini, K. & Gonçalves, J. M. S., 6 Feb 2025, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 35, 2, 15 p., e70061.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines
Montabaranom, J., Gillespie, D. M., Longden, E., Rapson, K., Holoborodko, A., Sparling, C. E. & Hastie, G. D., 1 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 62, 2, p. 242-252 11 p.
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Settlement and tidal zonation patterns of closely related oysters within the genus Saccostrea in a subtropical Australian estuary --implications for restoration
Richardson, M. A., Connolly, R. M., Gillies, C. L. & McDougall, C., 2 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Restoration Ecology. Early View, p. 1-12 12 p., e70052.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

The effect of depth on the composition and saturation of total fatty acids present within the tissues and skeletons of two reef-building corals
von Xylander, N. S. H., Hedouin, L., Smith, T. K. & Allison, N., 1 May 2025, In: Marine Biology. 172, 5, 16 p., 65.
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Understanding dynamic molecular responses is key to designing environmental stress experiments: a review of gene and protein expression in cnidaria under stress
Molinari, C. G., McDougall, C. & Pitt, K. A., 1 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Ecology. Early View, 16 p., e17753.
Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Whale song shows language-like statistical structure
Arnon, I., Kirby, S., Allen, J. A., Garrigue, C., Carroll, E. L. & Garland, E. C., 7 Feb 2025, In: Science. 387, 6734, p. 649 - 653 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Whalesong patterns follow a universal law of human language, new research finds
Allen, J., Garland, E. C., Arnon, I. & Kirby, S., 6 Feb 2025, The Conversation.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

A pan-cetacean MHC amplicon sequencing panel developed and evaluated in combination with genome assemblies
Heimeier, D., Garland, E. C., Eichenberger, F., Garrigue, C., Vella, A., Baker, C. S. & Carroll, E. L., 23 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Ecology Resources. Early View, 19 p.
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A workflow for standardizing the analysis of highly resolved vessel tracking data
Mendo, T., Mujal-Colilles, A., Stounberg, J., Glemarec, G., Egekvist, J., Mugerza, E., Rufino, M., Swift, R. & James, M., 11 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. Advance Article, 12 p., fsad209.
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African penguin Spheniscus demersus foraging on juvenile fish in jellyfish tentacles
Glencross, J., Jewell, A., Grigg, J., McInnes, A., Brierley, A. S. & Sherley, R., 1 Nov 2024, In: Seabird. 36, 19 p.
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Animal displacement from marine energy development: Mechanisms and consequences
Hemery, L. G., Garavelli, L., Copping, A. E., Farr, H., Jones, K., Baker-Horne, N., Kregting, L., McGarry, L. P., Sparling, C. & Verling, E., 20 Mar 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 917, 170390.
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Association of microbial community structure with gill disease in marine-stage farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar); a yearlong study
Clinton, M., Wyness, A. J., Martin, S. A. M., Brierley, A. S. & Ferrier, D. E. K., 1 Dec 2024, In: BMC Veterinary Research. 20, 21 p., 340.
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Automatic Deep-Learning-Based Classification of Bottlenose Dolphin Signature Whistles
Jensen, F. H., Wolters, P., Van Zeeland, L., Morrison, E., Ermi, G., Smith, S., Tyack, P. L., Wells, R. S., McKennoch, S., Janik, V. M. & Sayigh, L. S., 1 Jan 2024, The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life: Principles and Practical Considerations. Springer, p. 2059-2070 12 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

B(OH)4- and CO32- do not compete for incorporation into aragonite in synthetic precipitations at pHtotal 8.20 and 8.41 but do compete at pHtotal 8.59
Castillo Alvarez, M. C., Penkman, K., Kroger, R., Finch, A. A., Clog, M., Hathorne, E. & Allison, N., 15 Aug 2024, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 379, p. 39-52
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Biogeography of vine thickets and open woodland in subtropical eastern Australia: a case study of three camaenid land snail genera
Stanisic, L., McDougall, C. & Oliver, P., 13 Feb 2024, In: Australian Journal of Zoology. 71, 3, 15 p., ZO23032.
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Biomineralization of heavy metals based on urea transport and hydrolysis within a new bacterial isolate, B. intermedia TSBOI
Hu, X., Yu, C., Li, X., Zou, J., Du, Y. & Paterson, D. M., 5 May 2024, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials . 469, p. 1-11 11 p., 134049.
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Cerebral hemodynamic and systemic physiological changes in trained freedivers completing sled-assisted dives to two different depths
Bønnelycke, E.-M. S., Giacon, T. A., Bosco, G., Kainerstorfer, J. M., Paganini, M., Ruesch, A., Wu, J. & McKnight, J. C., 1 Dec 2024, In: American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 327, 6, p. R553-R567 15 p.
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Changes in blue whale survival and abundance in the Gulf of California
Whittome, G., Calambokidis, J., Douglas, A. B., Fishbach, M., Sears, R. & Hammond, P. S., 3 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Marine Mammal Science. Early View, 17 p., e13132.
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Collecting baleen whale blow samples by drone: a minimally intrusive tool for conservation genetics
O'Mahony, É., Sremba, A., Keen, E., Robinson, N., Dundas, A., Steele, D., Wray, J., Baker, C. S. & Gaggiotti, O. E., 4 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Ecology Resources. Early View
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Commercial fishery no-take zones for African penguins minimize fisheries losses at the expense of conservation gains
McInnes, A., Weideman, E., Carpenter-Kling, T., Barham, P., Christian, M., Day, K., Glencross, J., Hagen, C., Kock, A., Lawrence, C., Ludynia, K., Makhado, A., Pichegru, L., Shannon, L., Sherley, R., Smith, C., Steinfurth, A., Stander, N., Upfold, L. & Waller, L., 1 Oct 2024, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 81, 8, p. 1632-1646 15 p.
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Common dolphin whistle response to experimental mid-frequency sonar
Casey, C., Fregosi, S., Oswald, J. N., Janik, V. M., Visser, F. & Southall, B., 26 Apr 2024, In: PLoS One. 19, 4, 21 p., e0302035.
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Comparing migratory connectivity across species: the importance of considering the pattern of sampling and the processes that lead to connectivity
Cresswell, W. & Patchett, R. B., Apr 2024, In: Ibis. 166, 2, p. 666-681 16 p.
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