Biology

2025

• Mrusczok M, Luck E, Cheeseman T, Coleman J, Cotín J, Peacock A, Stefansson RA, Von Schmalensee M (2025) First documented movement of wild killer whales (Orcinus orca) between Iceland and Norway. Marine Mammal Science 41:e13187. doi: 10.1111/mms.13187

2024

• IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group. (2024) Faxaflói Bay ISRA Factsheet. Dubai: IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group.

2023

• Marchon TMJ, Rasmussen MH, Basran CJ, Whittaker M, Bertulli CG, Harlow C, Lott R, Boisseau O, Gendron F, Guo L, Hudson T, Jónsson H, Kershaw A, Kinni J, Lionnet LAMG, Louis M, Messina M, Michel H, Neubarth BK, Ovide BG, Podt AE, Rempel JN, Ryan C, Savage E, Scott J, Smit R, Verdaat H, Vignisson SR, Samarra FIP (2023) Geographical movements, site fidelity and connectivity of killer whales within and outside herring grounds in Icelandic coastal waters. Mar Biol 171:30. doi: 10.1007/s00227-023-04345-7

• Sigurðardóttir J (2023) Investigating the feeding effort of humpback whales in sub-arctic Iceland by integrating fine-scale sensor data and land-based observations. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of a M.S. degree in Biology.

• Sydni Anne Long, (2023) Master thesis, University of Akureyri Fine-scale movement of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Icelandic coastal waters.

2022

• Blount D, Gero S, Van Oast J, Parham J, Kingen C, Scheiner B, Stere T, Fisher M, Minton G, Khan C, Dulau V, Thompson J, Moskvyak O, Berger-Wolf T, Stewart CV, Holmberg J, Levenson JJ (2022) Flukebook: an open-source AI platform for cetacean photo identification. Mamm Biol 102:1005–1023. doi: 10.1007/s42991-021-00221-3

• Selbmann A, Basran CJ, Bertulli CG, Hudson T, Mrusczok M-T, Rasmussen MH, Rempel JN, Scott J, Svavarsson J, Wensveen PJ, Whittaker M, Samarra FIP (2022) Occurrence of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) and killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Icelandic coastal waters and their interspecific interactions. acta ethol 25:141–154. doi: 10.1007/s10211-022-00394-1

2021

• Bertulli CG, Rasmussen MH, Rosso M (2021) Fission–fusion dynamics of a pelagic delphinid in the arctic: the white‐beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris). Integr Zool 16:512–526. doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12524

2019

• Basran C, Bertulli C, Cecchetti A, Rasmussen M, Whittaker M, Robbins J (2019) First estimates of entanglement rate of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae observed in coastal Icelandic waters. Endang Species Res 38:67–77. doi: 10.3354/esr00936

• Magnúsdóttir E, Víkingsson G, Hall A, Whittaker M, Chosson V, Pampoulie C, Svavarsson J, Miller P (2019) Subarctic winter whales: An overwintering strategy of humpback whales in Icelandic waters. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.18733.03047

2018

• Bertulli CG, Guéry L, McGinty N, Suzuki A, Brannan N, Marques T, Rasmussen MH, Gimenez O (2018) Capture-recapture abundance and survival estimates of three cetacean species in Icelandic coastal waters using trained scientist-volunteers. Journal of Sea Research 131:22–31. doi: 10.1016/j.seares.2017.10.001

• Samarra FIP, Bassoi M, Béesau J, Elíasdóttir MÓ, Gunnarsson K, Mrusczok M-T, Rasmussen M, Rempel JN, Thorvaldsson B, Víkingsson GA (2018) Prey of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Iceland. PLoS ONE 13:e0207287. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207287

2016

• Bertulli CG, Rasmussen MH, Rosso M (2016a) An assessment of the natural marking patterns used for photo-identification of common minke whales and white-beaked dolphins in Icelandic waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 96:807–819. doi: 10.1017/S0025315415000284

• Bertulli CG, Galatius A, Kinze CC, Rasmussen MH, Keener W, Webber MA (2016c) Color patterns in white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) from Iceland. Marine Mammal Science 32:1072–1098. doi: 10.1111/mms.12312

2015

• Bertulli C, Galatius A, Kinze C, Rasmussen M, Deaville R, Jepson P, Vedder E, Sánchez Contreras G, Sabin R, Watson A (2015a) Vertebral column deformities in white-beaked dolphins from the eastern North Atlantic. Dis Aquat Org 116:59–67. doi: 10.3354/dao02904

• Bertulli CG, Rasmussen MH, Tetley MJ (2013) Photo-identification rate and wide-scale movement of common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the coastal waters of Faxaflói and Skjálfandi Bays, Iceland. J Cetacean Res Manage 13:39–45. doi: 10.47536/jcrm.v13i1.553

• Bertulli CG, Tetley MJ, Magnusdottir EE, Rasmussen MH (2015b) Observations of movement and site fidelity of white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) in Icelandic coastal waters using photo-identification. J Cetacean Res Manage 15:27–34. doi: 10.47536/jcrm.v15i1.512

• Christiansen F, Rasmussen MH, Lusseau D (2015) Estimating cumulative exposure of wildlife to non‐lethal disturbance using spatially explicit capture–recapture models. J Wildl Manag 79:311–324. doi: 10.1002/jwmg.836

2014

• Christiansen F, Rasmussen M, Lusseau D (2014) Inferring energy expenditure from respiration rates in minke whales to measure the effects of whale watching boat interactions. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 459:96–104. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.05.014

• Hjörvarsdóttir FÓ (2014) The importance of sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) for minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) in Faxaflói Bay, Iceland. Faculty of Aquaculture and Fish Biology Háskólinn á Hólum (Hólar University College)

2013

• Bertulli CG, Rasmussen MH, Rosso M (2013) An assessment of the natural marking patterns used for photo-identification of common minke whales and white-beaked dolphins in Icelandic waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 96:807–819. doi: 10.1017/S0025315415000284

• Christiansen F, Rasmussen MH, Lusseau D (2013a) Inferring activity budgets in wild animals to estimate the consequences of disturbances. Behavioral Ecology 24:1415–1425. doi: 10.1093/beheco/art086

• Christiansen F, Rasmussen M, Lusseau D (2013b) Whale watching disrupts feeding activities of minke whales on a feeding ground. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 478:239–251. doi: 10.3354/meps10163

2012

• Cucknell, A., Boisseau, O., Romagosa, M., Ryan, C., Leaper, R., and Moscrop, A. (2012) Final report for a cetacean research project in Iceland conducted from R/V Song of the Whale July to September

• Higby LK, Stafford R, Bertulli CG (2012) An Evaluation of Ad Hoc Presence-Only Data in Explaining Patterns of Distribution: Cetacean Sightings from Whale-Watching Vessels. International Journal of Zoology 2012:428752. doi: 10.1155/2012/428752