SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Ongoing Projects

Feeding Ecology

Evaluating killer whales’ dietary habits and flexibility to identify contaminants sources and evaluate resilience to rapidly changing marine ecosystems.

Population Dynamics

Monitoring the demography of Norwegian killer whales to evaluate their vulnerability to rapidly changing marine ecosystems.

Ecotoxicology

Measuring contaminant burdens in killer whales’ tissues and assessing health effects.

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Social Behaviors

Investigating the interplay between social structure, kinship and feeding ecology to understand evolution of behaviors, and help predict resilience of killer whales to changing marine habitats.

Stranding Program

Investigating contamination, in relation with ecology, of Norwegian marine mammals to help ban chemicals harmful to wildlife and protect our marine ecosystems.

Other whales

Collecting data on other whale species in Norwegian waters to help colleagues building an understanding of regional populations of cetaceans and marine ecosystems.

MULTIWHALE

Investigating the combined effects of multiple stressors on the health and population dynamics of Norwegian killer whales. Project in collaboration with, and hosted by, the University of Oslo (UiO).

NOS-Vestlandet

This Citizen Science project aims at collecting data and samples of killer whales from the middle and southern coasts of Norway by engaging local actors.