Publications & presentations

Whale Wise team names are in bold.

Whale Wise led publications

Peer-reviewed publications led by Whale Wise.

Laute A, Grove TJ, Stoller A, Smith A, Fournet MEH (2024). Characterizing the underwater soundscape at the site of a proposed port in northeast Iceland. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 209:117072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117072.

Laute A, Glarou M, Dodds F, Røsand SCG, Grove TJ, Stoller A, Rasmussen MH and Fournet MEH (2023). Underwater sound of three unoccupied aerial vehicles at varying altitudes and horizontal distances. JASA (Journal of the Acoustical Society of America), 153:3419. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0019805. Download here*

Laute A, Grove TJ, Rasmussen MH, Smith A, Loisa O and Fournet MEH (2022). Impact of whale-watching vessels on humpback whale calling behavior on an Icelandic foraging ground during the Covid-19 pandemic. MEPS (Marine Ecology Progress Series), 701:159-173. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14202.

Grove TJ, Senglat C, Petitguyot M, Kosiba D and Rasmussen MH (2020). Mass stranding and unusual sightings of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) in Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland. Marine Mammal Science, e12689. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12689.

Other Whale Wise publications

Whale Wise has also contributed data and expertise to peer-reviewed publications which were led by other institutions.

Bellon G, Selbmann A, Wensveen P, Rasmussen M, Laute A, Mouy X, Samarra F. (2024). Killer whale (Orcinus orca) occurrence in Icelandic waters revealed by passive acoustic monitoring. Marine Mammal Science, e13211. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13211.

Napoli C, Hirtle N, Stepanuk J, Christiansen F, Heywood EI, Grove TJ, Stoller A, Dodds F, et al. (2024). Drone-based photogrammetry reveals differences in humpback whale body condition and mass across North Atlantic foraging grounds. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11:1336455. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1336455

Basran C, Chosson V, Williams A, Simpson N, Long SA, Dodds F, et al. (2023). Short Communication: First documented migration of an Icelandic humpback whale mother and calf pair from the West Indies breeding grounds. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 24(1):205-208. https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v24i1.833

Conference presentations

Mogwitz M, Stoller A, Grove TJ, Glarou M, Basran C.J, Þórhallsdóttir A.G. (2026). Entangled in Fishing Gear and Epistemologies: Comparing different methodologies to assess physical entanglement of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Icelandic waters and ethical entanglements in animal research. Student presentation at the NAMMCO Marine Mammal Student Symposium 2026, at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø.

Lyall L, Stoller A, Grove TJ, Brown J, Regoczi B, Basran C, Rasmussen MH (2026). Assessing the importance of Ísafjarðardjúp, Iceland for foraging humpback whales. Poster presentation at the European Cetacean Society conference, Dundee, Scotland, UK.

Mogwitz M., Stoller A., Glarou M., Basran C.J., Þórhallsdóttir A.G. (2025). Whale-Human-Entanglements: Assessing Humpback-whale Entanglement in North-East Iceland and Situating Whale Conservation in a Wider Ethical Perspective. Flash Presentation at the 8th Anthrozoology Symposium, Iași, Romania / Online.

Lyall L, Stoller A, Grove TJ, Brown J, Regoczi, B, Rasmussen MH (2025). Assessing the importance of Ísafjarðardjúp, Iceland for foraging humpback whales. Poster presentation at the Humpback Whale World Congress, Tadoussac, Quebec, Canada.

Helgudóttir S, Grove TJ, Stoller A, Samara F (2025). Killers in Training: Evidence in Teaching in a Group of Icelandic Killer Whales. Talk at Annual Whale Congress Húsavík Whale Museum 2025, Húsavík, Iceland.

Regoczi B, Grove TJ, Lyall L, Grove, Stoller A, Samara F (2025). Shared waters: Humpback whale distribution and spatial overlap with anthropogenic activities in Ísafjarðardjúp, Iceland. Long talk at Icelandic Ecological Society meeting 2025, Reykjavík, Iceland.

Regoczi B, Grove TJ, Lyall L, Stoller A, Samara F (2025). Shared waters: Humpback whale distribution and spatial overlap with anthropogenic activities in Ísafjarðardjúp, Iceland. Poster at European Cetacean Society Conference, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal [best MSc poster award].

Grove TJ, Stoller A, Laute A, Rasmussen MH, Henry L-A (2025). Assessing the behavioural response of humpback whales to variable vessel practices in Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland. Short talk at European Cetacean Society Conference, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

Dodds F, Stoller A, Robinson A, Ward J, Slavík P, Røsand SCG, Laute A, Grove TJ (2025). Low-impact cetacean monitoring: Advancing land-based drone methods for cetacean research in Iceland. Poster at European Cetacean Society Conference, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.

Laute A, Grove TJ, Stoller A, Fournet MEH (2025). Humpback whale song and odontocete whistles at the site of a proposed port in northeast Iceland. Poster at European Cetacean Society Conference, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.

Laute A, Grove TJ, Stoller A, Fournet MEH (2025). Humpback whale song and odontocete whistles at the site of a proposed port in northeast Iceland. Poster at Emerging Bioacousticians’ Days, Vernon, France.

Slavík P, Stoller AM, Rassmusen MH, Heide AB, Ercoletti G, Joisa O & Grove TJ (2025). Temporal variability in the acoustic presence of cetaceans outside Isfjorden, Svalbard, in relation to maritime traffic. Poster at European Cetacean Society Conference, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.

Laute A, Grove TJ, Stoller A, Smith A, Fournet MEH (2024). Characterizing the underwater soundscape at the site of a proposed port in northeast Iceland. Presentation Ocean Sciences Meeting New Orleans, USA.

Laute A, Grove T, Rasmussen MH, Smith A, Loisa O and Fournet MEH (2022). Impact of Covid-19 on acoustic habitat, vessel activity, and humpback whale calling behavior on an Icelandic foraging ground. Talk presented at the Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, Palm Beach, USA.

Stoller A, Grove T, Hauksson IÖ and Keane, A (2022). Assessing the feasibility of citizen science to monitor change and cetacean distribution in Iceland. Speed talk presented at the Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, Palm Beach, USA.

Dodds F, Grove T, Stoller A and Rasmussen MH (2022). Does Diatom Coverage of Humpback Whale Flukes Reflect Temporal Variation in Primary Productivity? Video presented at the Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, Palm Beach, USA.

Glarou M, Laute A, Dodds F, Grove T, Røsand S, Stoller A, Rasmussen MH and Fournet MEH (2022). Stay behind, not high above – underwater noise levels of three drones measured at various horizontal and vertical distances. Poster presented at the Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference, Palm Beach, USA.

Laute A, Glarou M, Dodds F, Grove T, Røsand S, Stoller A, Rasmussen MH and Fournet MEH (2022). Stay behind, not high above – underwater noise levels of three drones measured at various horizontal and verticals distances. Speed talk presented at the European Cetacean Society Conference, Ashdod [student award].

Grove T, King R, Stevenson A and Henry L-A (2021). Reconstructing abundance trends of humpback whales at an oceanic migratory stopover. Speed talk presented at annual meeting of the National Society of Statistical Ecology [short talk award].

Stoller A, Grove T, Hauksson IÖ and Keane, A (2020). Assessing the feasibility of citizen science to monitor change and cetacean distribution in Iceland. Speed talk presented at the Annual Science Meeting of the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology in Scotland.

Grove T, Homer N, Romanov M, Stoller A, Robinson A, Rasmussen MH and Henry L-A (2020). Snot and steroids: exploring steroid hormones in whale blow via UAV collection for physiological monitoring. Speed talk presented at the Annual Science Meeting of the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology in Scotland.

Grove T, Homer N, Romanov M, Rasmussen MH and Henry L-A (2019). Estimating circulating concentrations of cortisol in large whales via blow sample collection with an unmanned aerial vehicle. Speed talk presented at the World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona.

Dodds F, Grove T, Tan B, Rasmussen MH and Henry L-A (2019). Assessing summer body condition of humpback and blue whales using an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in Skjálfandi Bay, Northern Iceland. Poster presented at the World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona.

Petitguyot M, Grove T, Senglat C, Kosiba D and Rasmussen MH (2019). Mass stranding and unusual sightings of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) in Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland. Poster presented at the World Marine Mammal Conference, Barcelona.

Grove T, Homer N, Denham S, Henry L-A, Romanov M and Rasmussen MH (2019). Quantifying cortisol concentration in respiratory condensate of large cetaceans. Poster presented at the Scottish Metabolomics Network Conference, Glasgow [people’s choice award].

Grove T, Henry L-A, Homer N and Rasmussen MH (2019). Whale Wise: assessing and mitigating the impact of whale watching encounters on whale populations in north Iceland. Speed talk presented at the UK & Ireland Regional Student Chapter of the Society of Marine Mammalogy Conference.

* Copyright 2023 Acoustical Society of America. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Acoustical Society of America. The article appeared in Laute A, Glarou M, Dodds F, Røsand SCG, Grove TJ, Stoller A, Rasmussen MH and Fournet MEH (2023) Underwater sound of three unoccupied aerial vehicles at varying altitudes and horizontal distances. JASA (Journal of the Acoustical Society of America), 153:3419 and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0019805.