• Don't mind if I do: Arctic humpback whales respond to winter foraging opportunities before migration 

      Kettemer, Lisa Elena; Ramm, Theresia; Broms, Fredrik Björn; Biuw, Martin; Blanchet, Marie-Anne; Bourgeon, Sophie; Dubourg, Paul; Ellendersen, Anna C. J.; Horaud, Mathilde; Kershaw, Joanna; Miller, Patrick J. O.; Øien, Nils Inge; Pallin, Logan J.; Rikardsen, Audun H. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-06)
      Migration patterns are fundamentally linked to the spatiotemporal distributions of prey. How migrating animals can respond to changes in their prey’s distribution and abundance remains largely unclear. During the last decade, humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) used specific winter foraging sites in fjords of northern Norway, outside of their main summer foraging season, to feed on herring ...
    • Monitoring marine mammals using unmanned aerial vehicles: quantifying detection certainty 

      Aniceto, Ana Sofia; Biuw, Martin; Lindstrøm, Ulf; Solbø, Stian; Broms, Fredrik Björn; Carroll, JoLynn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-08)
      Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly being recognized as potentially useful for detection of marine mammals in their natural habitats, but an important consideration is the associated uncertainties in animal detection. We present a study based on field trials using UAVs to carry out image‐based monitoring of cetaceans in two fjords in northern Norway. We conducted 12 missions to assess ...
    • Round-trip migration and energy budget of a breeding female humpback whale in the Northeast Atlantic 

      Kettemer, Lisa Elena; Mul, Evert; Blanchet, Marie-Anne; Rikardsen, Audun; Biuw, Martin; Broms, Fredrik Björn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-05-27)
      In the northern hemisphere, humpback whales (<i>Megaptera novaeangliae</i>) typically migrate between summer/autumn feeding grounds at high latitudes, and specific winter/spring breeding grounds at low latitudes. Northeast Atlantic (NEA) humpback whales for instance forage in the Barents Sea and breed either in the West Indies, or the Cape Verde Islands, undertaking the longest recorded mammalian ...