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BOOKS

The role of kinship in shaping cetacean societies

Parsons, K. M., Krützen, M., Gerber, L., Jourdain, E., Konrad Clarke, C. M., Martien, K. K. & Foote, A. D. · 2026

Chapter in The Evolution of Cetacean Societies
University of Chicago Press

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REPORTS & DATASETS

Strengthening recovery actions for Southern Resident killer whales

Independent Science Panel on SRKW Recovery · 2025

Technical Report

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Screening Programme 2023

Gundersen, C. B., Nipen, M., Reid, M., Ruus, A., Rostkowski, P., Blévin, P., Jourdain, E. M., Junge, C., Bæk, K., Rundberget, T. et al. · 2024

NIVA Report

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Identification Catalogue of the Killer Whales that Frequent Inner Vestlandet

Jourdain, E., Aasen, V. B., Erdal, O. V. & Johnsen, S. · 2022

Dataset · Figshare
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19350476

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Photo-Identification Catalogue of Norwegian Killer Whales 2007–2021

Jourdain, E. & Karoliussen, R.

Dataset · Figshare
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4205226

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STUDENT THESES & DISSERTATIONS

Dietary trends and mercury accumulation in Norwegian killer whales across two contrasting periods of Norwegian Spring-Spawning herring abundance

Stephanie J. Milne · 2025

Master’s thesis · University of Oslo, Norway

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Group decision-making behaviour and social interactions of killer whales in Hardangerfjord, Norway

Marie-Laure Veys · 2025

Master’s thesis · IMBRSea, Ghent University, Belgium

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First description and photo-ID catalogue of the Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) population off northern Norway

Alexander Eckerle · 2024

Bachelor’s thesis · University of Munich, Germany

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Diet variability in Norwegian killer whales (Orcinus orca): evidence from quantitative fatty acid signature analysis (QFASA) and mercury levels

Kiah Lee · 2024

Master’s thesis · University of Oslo, Norway

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Photo-identification and seasonal occurrence of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) off Vesterålen, northern Norway

Elena Catasús Folgueras · 2023

Master’s thesis · Ghent University, Belgium

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Estimating the biomagnifying potential of mercury and chlorinated paraffins in a Norwegian Arctic food web and in killer whale (Orcinus orca)

Carl Fagerlund · 2023

Master’s thesis · University of Oslo, Norway

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Spatiotemporal distribution of killer whales (Orcinus orca) along the Norwegian coast: a MaxEnt species distribution model including citizen science data

Amanda Falch · 2023

Master’s thesis · University of Oslo, Norway

 

Killer whale (Orcinus orca) predation on harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Hardangerfjord, western Norway

Emma Høgh Åslein · 2023

Master’s thesis · University of Oslo, Norway

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Dietary variations and specializations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Norway

Eve Jourdain · 2020

Doctoral thesis · University of Oslo, Norway

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Dive characteristics, foraging energetics and prey profitability in northern Norwegian killer whales

Aimee Matika · 2019

BSc (Hons) thesis · University of St Andrews, UK

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Investigating variation in survivorship of northern Norwegian killer whales from 1986–2018 during a period of rapid ecosystem change

Tiffany Goh · 2019

Master’s thesis · University of St Andrews, UK

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The effect of dietary preferences on the levels of organohalogen contaminants and mercury in Norwegian killer whales

Clare Andvik · 2019

Master’s thesis · University of Oslo, Norway

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