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PUBLICATIONS

Science Communication

PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS

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2024​

  • Andvik, C., Jourdain, E., Borgen, A., Lyche, J. L., Karoliussen, R., Haug, T. and Borgå, K. (2024). Intercorrelations of chlorinated paraffins, dechloranes and legacy POPs in 10 species of marine mammals from Norway, in light of dietary niche. Environmental Science & Technology. Link here

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  • Jourdain, E., Karoliussen, R., Fordyce Martin, S. L., Langangen, Ø., Robeck, T., Borgå, K., ... & Foote, A. D. (2024). Social and genetic connectivity despite ecological variation in a killer whale network. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291(2021), 20240524. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0524. Link here

 

  • Andvik, C., Bories, P., Harju, M., Borgå, K., Jourdain, E., Karoliussen, R., ... & Blévin, P. (2024). Phthalate contamination in marine mammals off the Norwegian coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 199, 115936.doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115936. Link here

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2023

  • Remili, A., Dietz, R., Sonne, C., Samarra, F. I., Rikardsen, A. H., Kettemer, L. E., ... & McKinney, M. A. (2023). Quantitative fatty acid signature analysis reveals a high level of dietary specialization in killer whales across the North Atlantic. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(6), 1216-1229. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13920. Link here

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2022

  • Günther, B., Jourdain, E., Rubincam, L., Karoliussen, R., Cox, S. L., & Arnaud Haond, S. (2022). Feces DNA analyses track the rehabilitation of a free-ranging beluga whale. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 6412. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09285-8. Link here

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  • Matika, A. F., Jourdain, E., Cade, D. E., Karoliussen, R., and Hammond, P. S. (2022). Feeding characteristics and prey profitability in five herring feeding killer whales (Orcinus orca) in northern Norway. Marine Mammal Science 1-16. doi: 10.1111/mms.12931. Link here​

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2021

  • Jourdain, E., Goh, T., Kuningas, S., Similä, T., Vongraven, D., Karoliussen, R., Bisther, A. and Hammond, P. S. (2021). Killer whale (Orcinus orca) population dynamics in response to a period of rapid ecosystem change in the eastern North Atlantic. Ecology and Evolution. 00, 1– 18. doi: 10.1002/ece3.8364. Link here

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  • Jourdain, E, Barrett-Lennard LG, Ellis GM, Ford JKB, Karoliussen R, Towers JR and Vongraven D (2021). Natural Entrapments of Killer Whales (Orcinus orca): A Review of Cases and Assessment of Intervention Techniques. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2: 707616. doi: 10.3389/fcosc.2021.707616. Link here

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  • Andvik, C.,  Jourdain, E., Lyche, J. L.,  Karoliussen, R., Borgå, K.  (2021). High levels of legacy and emerging contaminants in killer whales (Orcinus orca) from Norway, 2015 to 2017. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. doi: 10.1002/etc.5064. Link here

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2020

  • Andvik, C.,  Jourdain, E.,  Ruus, A., Lyche, J. L,  Karoliussen, R., Borgå, K. (2020). Preying on seals pushes killer whales from Norway above pollution effects thresholds. Scientific Reports; 10: 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68659-y. Link here

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  • Jourdain, E.,  Andvik, C.,  Karoliussen, R.,  Ruus, A,  Vongraven, D.,  Borgå, K. (2020) Isotopic niche differs between seal and fish‐eating killer whales (Orcinus orca) in northern Norway. Ecology and Evolution, 10: 4115-4127. doi: 10.1002/ece3.6182. Link here

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2019

  • Jourdain, E., Ugarte, F., Víkingsson, G. A., Samarra, F. I. P., Ferguson S. H., Lawson, J., Vongraven, D. and Desportes, G. (2019). North Atlantic killer whale Orcinus orca populations: a review of current knowledge and threats to conservation. Mammal Review, 49: 384-400. doi: 10.1111/mam.12168. Link here

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  • Jourdain, E., Karoliussen, R., de Vos, J., Zakharov, S. and Tougard, C. (2019). Killer whales (Orcinus orca) feeding on lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) in Northern Norway. Marine Mammal Science, 36: 89-102. doi: 10.1111/mms.12618. Link here

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  • Jourdain, E., Karoliussen, R., Curé, C., Massenet, M., Barrett-Lennard, L. and Ellis, G. (2019). A case of natural killer whale (Orcinus orca) entrapment in Northern Norway: from assessment to rescue. Aquatic Mammals, 45(1): 14-20. doi: 10.1578/AM.45.1.2019.14. Link here

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2017

  • Alves, F., Towers, J. R., Baird, R. W., Bearzi, G., Bonizzoni, S., Ferreira, R., Halicka, Z., Alessandrini, A., Kopelman, A. H., Yzoard, C., Rasmussen, M. H., Bertulli, C. G., Jourdain, E., Gullan, A., Rocha, D., Hupman, K., Mrusczok, M.-T., Samarra, F. I. P., Magalhães, S., Weir, C. R., Ford, J. K. B. and Dinis, A. (2017). The incidence of bent dorsal fins in free-ranging cetaceans. Journal of Anatomy. doi: 10.1111/joa.12729. Link here

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  • Jourdain, E., Samarra, F. I. P., Tavares, S. B. and Karoliussen, R. (2017). Incidence of probable vertebral column deformities in Norwegian and Icelandic killer whales (Orcinus orca). Aquatic Mammals, 43(6): 682-690. doi: 10.1578/AM.43.6.2017.682. Link here

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  • Jourdain, E., Vongraven, D., Bisther, A., and Karoliussen, R. (2017). First longitudinal study of seal-feeding killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Norwegian coastal waters. PloS One, 12(6): e0180099. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180099. Link here

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  • Jourdain, E. and Vongraven D (2017). Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and killer whale (Orcinus orca) feeding aggregations for foraging on herring (Clupea harengus) in Northern Norway. Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, 86: 27-32. doi: 10.1016/j.mambio.2017.03.006. Link here

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REPORTS & OTHERS

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  • Jourdain, Eve., Aasen, Vegard. B., Erdal, Olve V. & Johnsen Simon (2022). Identification Catalogue of the Killer whales that frequent inner Vestlandet. Figshare. Dataset. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19350476. Link here

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  • Bjørge A, Ryeng K, Jourdain E, Wiig J (2020) A short note on unusual high frequency of cetacean strandings in Northern Norway , 28 th March – 2 nd May 2020. IWC report SC/68B/E/06. Link here

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  • Jourdain, E. and Karoliussen, R. Photo-Identification Catalogue of Norwegian killer whales 2007-2021. Figshare. Dataset. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.4205226. Link to the latest version here

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CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

We regularly attend conferences to communicate our latest findings and expand our network. Attended conferences include the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), the annual conference of the European Cetacean Society (ECS), the biennial conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) and the meeting of the Association for the Study of Animal Behavior (ASAB).

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UNIVERSITY DISSERTATIONS

  • Jourdain, E. (2020). Dietary variations and specializations of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Norway. Doctoral thesis. University of Oslo, Norway. Link here

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OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Haghani, A., Li, C. Z., Robeck, T. R., Zhang, J., Lu, A. T., Ablaeva, J., ... & Singh, K. (2023). DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits. Science, 381(6658), eabq5693. doi: 10.1126/science.abq5693. Link here

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  • Robeck, T. R., Fei, Z., Lu, A. T., Haghani, A., Jourdain, E., Zoller, J. A., ... & Horvath, S. (2021). Multi-species and multi-tissue methylation clocks for age estimation in toothed whales and dolphins. Communications biology, 4(1), 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02179-x. Link here

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