Publication List

2023

Wöhle, S., Burkhardt, E., van Opzeeland, I., & Schall, E. (2023): Exploring and verifying the acoustic presence of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) off Elephant Island, Antarctica. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America153(6), 3301-3301. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0019633

Filún, D., & Van Opzeeland, I. (2023): Spatial and temporal variability of the acoustic repertoire of Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) in the Weddell Sea. Scientific Reports 13.1, 11861. DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38793-4

2022

Schall, E. & Parcerisas, C. (2022): A Robust Method to Automatically Detect Fin Whale Acoustic Presence in Large and Diverse Passive Acoustic Datasets. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 10, 1831. DOI: doi.org/10.3390/jmse10121831

Schall, E., Djokic, D., Ross-Marsh, E. C., Oña, J.; Denkinger, J., Ernesto Baumgarten, J., Rodrigues Padovese, L., Rossi-Santos, M. R., Carvalho Goncalves, M. I., Sousa-Lima, R., Hucke-Gaete, R., Elwen, S., Buchan, S., Gridley, T. & Van Opzeeland, I. (2022): Song recordings suggest feeding ground sharing in Southern Hemisphere humpback whales. Scientific reports, 12(1), 1-11.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17999-y

Thomisch, K., Hiemer, K., Boebel, O., Burkhardt, E., Spiesecke, S., and Van Opzeeland, I. (2022). Acoustic presence and vocal repertoire of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in eastern and central Fram Strait. Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.907105

Duengen D, Burkhardt E, El-Gabbas A (2022): Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) distribution modeling on their Nordic and Barents Seas feeding grounds. Marine Mammal Science Marine Mammal Science 1-26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12943

Mattmüller R M, Thomisch K, Van Opzeeland I, Laidre K L, Simon M (2022). Passive acoustic monitoring reveals year-round marine mammal community composition off Tasiilaq, Southeast Greenland. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 151, 1380-1392. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0009429

 

2021

El-Gabbas A, Van Opzeeland I, Burkhardt E and Boebel O (2021): Dynamic species distribution models in the marine realm: predicting year-round habitat suitability of baleen whales in the Southern Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 (802276). DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.802276

Pegg N, Roca I, Cholewiak D, Davis GE, Van Parijs SM (2021) Evaluating the efficacy of acoustic metrics for understanding baleen whale presence in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science.

Schall E, Thomisch K, Boebel O, Gerlach G, Mangia Woods S, Roca I, and Van Opzeeland I (2021): Humpback whale song recordings suggest common feeding ground occupation by multiple populations. Scientific Reports, 11, 1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98295-z

Schall E, Roca I, and Van Opzeeland I (2021): Acoustic metrics to assess humpback whale song unit structure from the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149, 4649-4658. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0005315

Burkhardt E, Van Opzeeland I, Cisewski B, Mattmueller R, Meister M, Schall E, Spiesecke S, Thomisch K, Zwicker S, Boebel O (2021) Seasonal and diel cycles of fin whale acoustic occurrence near Elephant Island, Antarctica. Royal Society Open Science, 8, 201142. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201142.

El-Gabbas A, Van Opzeeland I, Burkhardt E, Boebel O (2021) Static species distribution models in the marine realm: the case of baleen whales in the Southern Ocean. Diversity and Distributions, 27(8):1536-1552. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13300.

Schall E, Thomisch K, Boebel O, Gerlach G, Magia Woods S, El-Gabbas A, and Van Opzeeland I (2021) Multi-year presence of humpback whales in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean but not during El Niño. Communications biology, 4, 1-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02332-6

Duarte CM, Chapuis L, Collin SP, Costa DP, Devassy RP, Eguiluz VM, Erbe C, Gordon TAC, Halpern BS, Harding HR, Havlik MN, Meekan M, Miksis-Olds JL, Parsons M, Predragovic M, Radford AN, Radford CA, Simpson SD, Slabbekoorn H, Staaterman E, Van Opzeeland IC, Winderen J, Zhang X, Juanes F (2021). The soundscape of the Anthropocene ocean. Science, 371(6529), eaba4658. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba4658.

Martin, S. B. , Gaudet, B. J. , Klinck, H. , Dugan, P. J. , Miksis-Olds, J. L. , Mellinger, D. K. , Mann, D. A. , Boebel, O. , Wilson, C. C. , Ponirakis, D. W. and Moors-Murphy, H. (2021) Hybrid millidecade spectra: A practical format for exchange of long-term ambient sound data, JASA Express Letters, 1 (1), 011203. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003324

 

2020

Schall E, Thomisch K, Boebel O, Gerlach G, Spiesecke S, Van Opzeeland IC (2020). Large-scale spatial variabilities in the humpback whale acoustic presence in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Royal Society Open Science, 7, 201347. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201347

Filun D, Thomisch K, Boebel O, Brey T, Širović A, Spiesecke S, Van Opzeeland IC (2020). Frozen verses: Antarctic minke whales (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) call predominantly during austral winter. Royal Society open science7(10), 192112. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.192112

Roca IT, Van Opzeeland IC (2020). Using acoustic metrics to characterize underwater acoustic biodiversity in the Southern Ocean. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.129

Schall E, Di Iorio L, Berchok C, Filún D, Bedriñana‐Romano L, Buchan SJ, Van Opzeeland IC, Sears R, Hucke-Gaete R (2020). Visual and passive acoustic observations of blue whale trios from two distinct populations. Marine Mammal Science,36(1):365–374. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12643.

Smith HR, Zitterbart DP, Norris TF, Flau M, Ferguson EL, Jones CG, Boebel O, Moulton VD (2020). A field comparison of marine mammal detections via visual, acoustic, and infrared (IR) imaging methods offshore Atlantic Canada. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 154:111026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111026.

Van Opzeeland IC, Hillebrand H (2020). Year-round passive acoustic data reveal spatio-temporal patterns in marine mammal community composition in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 638, 191-206. DOI: 10.3354/meps13258.

Zitterbart DP, Smith HR, Flau M, Richter S, Burkhardt E, Beland J, Bennett L, Cammareri A, Davis A, Holst M, Lanfredi C, Michel H, Noad M, Owen K, Pacini A, Boebel O (2020). Scaling the laws of thermal imaging-based whale detection. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 37:807-824. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0054.1.

2019

Cabrera A, Hoekendijk J, Aguilar A, Barco S, Berrow S, Bloch D, Borrell S, Cunha H, Dalla Rosa L, Dias C, Gauffier P, Hao W, Landry S, Larsen F, Martín V, Mizroch S, Oosting T, Øien N, Pampoulie C, Panigada S, Prieto R, Ramp C, Rivera-Léon V, Robbins J, Ryan C, Schall E, Sears R, Silva M, Urbán J, Wenzel F, Palsbøll P, Bérubé M (2019). Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) mitogenomics: A cautionary tale of defining sub-species from mitochondrial sequence monophyly. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 135, 86-97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.003.

Erbe C, Dähne M, Gordon J, Herata H, Houser DS, Koschinski S, Leaper R, McCauley R, Miller B, Müller M, Murray A, Oswald JN, Scholik-Schlomer AR, Schuster M, Van Opzeeland IC, Janik VM (2019). Managing the effects of noise from ship traffic, seismic surveying and construction on marine mammals in Antarctica. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:647. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00647

Menze S, Zitterbart D, Biuw M, Boebel O (2019). Estimating the spatial distribution of vocalizing animals from ambient sound spectra using widely spaced recorder arrays and inverse modelling. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 146(6):4699–4717. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5139406.

Thomisch K, Boebel O, Bachmann J, Filun D, Neumann S, Spiesecke S, Van Opzeeland IC (2019). Temporal patterns in the acoustic presence of baleen whale species in a presumed breeding area off Namibia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 620:201–214. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12952.

2018

Leroy EC, Thomisch K, Royer J-Y, Boebel O, Van Opzeeland IC (2018). On the reliability of acoustic annotations and automatic detections of Antarctic blue whale calls under different acoustic conditions. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(2):740–754. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5049803.

Van Opzeeland ICBoebel O (2018). Marine soundscape planning: Seeking acoustic niches for anthropogenic sound. Journal of Ecoacoustics, 2:5GSNT8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22261/jea.5gsnt8.

2017

Leroy EC, Thomisch K, Van Opzeeland IC (2017).Variability in ground-truth data sets and the performance of two automated detectors for Antarctic blue whale calls in different soundscape conditions. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141:3604–3605. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4987713.

Menze S, Zitterbart DP, Van Opzeeland IC, Boebel O (2017). The influence of sea ice, wind speed and marine mammals on Southern Ocean ambient sound. Royal Society Open Science, 4:160370. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160370.

Schall E, Van Opzeeland IC (2017). Calls produced by Ecotype C killer whales (Orcinus orca) off the Eckstroem Iceshelf, Antarctica. Aquatic Mammals, 43:117-126. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.43.2.2017.117.

Van Opzeeland IC, Boebel O (2017). Soundscape planning: An acoustic niche for anthropogenic sound in the ocean? The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141:3938–3938. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4988917.

2016

Thomisch K, Boebel O, Clark C, Hagen W, Spiesecke S, Zitterbart D, Van Opzeeland IC (2016). Spatio-temporal patterns in acoustic presence and distribution of Antarctic blue whales Balaenoptera musculus intermedia in the Weddell Sea. Endangered Species Research, 30:239-253. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00739.

2015

Menze S, Zitterbart D, Van Opzeeland IC, Boebel O (2016). The influence of sea ice, wind speed and marine mammals on Southern Ocean ambient sound. Royal Society Open Science, 4:160370. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160370.

Thomisch K, Boebel O, Zitterbart D, Samaran F, Van Parijs S, Van Opzeeland IC (2015). Effects of subsampling of passive acoustic recordings on acoustic metrics. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 138:267-278. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4922703.

Zitterbart D, Kindermann L, Boebel O (2015) United States Patent No. US 8,941,728 B2, January 27, 2025: Method for automated real-time acquisition of marine mammals.

2014

Bombosch A, Zitterbart D, Van Opzeeland IC, Frickenhaus S, Burkhardt E, Wisz MS, Boebel O (2014). Predictive habitat modelling of humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) and Antarctic minke (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) whales in the Southern Ocean as a planning tool for seismic surveys. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 91:101-114. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2014.05.017.

Risch D, Gales NJ, Gedamke J, Kindermann L, Nowacek DP, Read AJ, Siebert U, Van Opzeeland IC, Van Parijs SM, Friedlaender AS (2014). Mysterious bio-duck sound attributed to the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaearensis). Biology Letters, 10:201401. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0175.

2013

Kreiss CM, Boebel O, Bornemann H, Kindermann L, Klinck H, Klinck K, Plötz J, Rogers TL, Van Opzeeland IC (2013). Call characteristics of high-double trill leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) vocalizations from three Antarctic locations. Polarforschung Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research & Germany Society of Polar Research, 83(2):63-71. hdl: 10013/epic.44471.

Van Opzeeland IC, Samaran F, Stafford K, Findlay K, Gedamke J, Harris D, Miller BS (2013). Towards collective circum-Antarctic passive acoustic monitoring: The Southern Ocean Hydrophone Network (SOHN). Polarforschung Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research & German Society of Polar Research, 83(2):47-61. hdl: 10013/epic.44470.

Van Opzeeland IC, van Parijs S, Kindermann L, Burkhardt E, Boebel O (2013). Calling in the cold: pervasive acoustic presence of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Antarctic coastal waters. PLoS ONE, 8(9):1-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073007.

Zitterbart DP, Kindermann L, Burkhardt E, Boebel O (2013). Automatic Round-the-Clock Detection of Whales for Mitigation from Underwater Noise Impacts. PLoS ONE, 8(8):e71217. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071217.

2012

Van Opzeeland IC, Slabbekoorn, H (2012). Importance of underwater sounds for migration of fish and aquatic mammals. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 730:357-359. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7311-5_80.

Van Opzeeland IC, van Parijs S, Frickenhaus S, Kreiss CM, Boebel O (2012). Individual variation in pup vocalizations and absence of behavioral signs of maternal vocal recognition in Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii), Marine Mammal Science, E158-E172. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00505.x.

2011

Scheidat M, Friedlaender A, Kock KH, Lehnert L, Boebel O, Roberts J, Williams R (2011). Cetacean surveys in the SouthernOcean using icebreaker-supported helicopters. Polar Biology, 34(10):1513–1522. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-011-1010-5.

2010

Klinck H, Mellinger DK, Klinck K, Hager J, Kindermann L, Boebel O (2010). Long-range underwater vocalizations of the crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128(1):474–479. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3442362.

Slabbekoorn H, Bouton N, Van Opzeeland IC, Coers A, Ten Cate C, Popper AN (2010). A noisy spring: the impact of globally rising underwater sound levels on fish, Trends in Ecology & Evolution. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2010.04.005.

Van Opzeeland IC, Van Parijs SM, Bornemann H, Frickenhaus S, Kindermann L, Klinck H, Plötz J, Boebel O (2010). Acoustic ecology of Antarctic pinnipeds, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 414:267-291. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08683.

2009

Klinck H, Kindermann L, Mellinger DK, Boebel O (2009). Screening large data sets and real-time data streams for bioacoustic signals. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(4):2587–2587. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4783830.

Van Opzeeland IC, Corkeron PJ, Risch D, Stenson GB, Van Parijs SM (2009). Variation in harp seal, Phoca groenlandica, pup vocalisations and behaviour between whelping patches in the Greenland Sea and Newfoundland, Canada. Aquatic Biology 6:109-120. hdl: 10013/epic.32935.

van Parijs SM, Clark CW, Sousa-Lima RS, Parks SE, Rankin S, Risch D, Van Opzeeland IC (2009). Management and research applications of real-time and archival passive acoustic sensors over varying temporal and spatial scales, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 395:21-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08123.

2008

Boebel O, Klinck H, Kindermann L, El Naggar SD (2008). PALAOA: Broadband Recordings of the Antarctic Coastal Soundspace. Bioacoustics, 17(1-3):18–21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2008.9753749.

Breitzke M, Boebel O, El Naggar S, Jokat W, Werner B (2008). Broad-band calibration of marine seismic sources used by R/V Polarstern for academic research in polar regions. Geophysical Journal International, 174(2):505–524. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03831.x.

Burkhardt E, Boebel O, Bornemann H, Ruholl C (2008). RISK ASSESSMENT OF SCIENTIFIC SONARS. Bioacoustics, 17(1-3):235–237. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2008.9753830.

Kindermann L, Klinck H, Van Opzeeland IC (2008). Data Handling of a Perennial Acoustic Observatory in the Antarctic Ocean. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(5):3208–3208. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2933381.

Van Opzeeland IC, Corkeron PJ, Risch D, Stenson GB, Van Parijs S (2008). Variation in pup vocalisations and mother-pup behaviour between harp seal whelping patches: effects of climate or geography. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(5):3509–3509. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2934407.

2007

Van Opzeeland IC, Slabbekoorn H, Andringa T, Ten Cate C (2007). Underwater racket: fish and noise pollution. De Levende Natuur, 108:39-43. hdl: 10013/epic.27016.

2006

Boebel O, Kindermann L, Klinck H, Bornemann H, Plötz J, Steinhage D, Riedel S, Burkhardt E (2006). Real-time underwater sounds from the Southern Ocean.Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 87(36):361. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2006EO360002.

2005

Van Opzeeland IC, Corkeron PJ, Leyssen T, Simila T, van Parijs SM (2005). Vocal behaviour of Norwegian killer whales, Orcinus orca, during carousel and seiner foraging on spring-spawning herring. Aquatic Mammals, 31:110-119. hdl: 10013/epic.27014.

2004

Van Opzeeland IC, Van Parijs SM (2004). Individuality in harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) pup vocalisations. Animal Behaviour, 68:1115-1123. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.07.005.

Contributions to books

Boebel O, Burkhardt E, Van Opzeeland IC (2018). Input of Energy/Underwater Sound. In: Handbook on Marine Environment Protection: Science, Impacts and Sustainable Management, edited by M. Salomon and T. Markus, pp. 463-485, Springer International Publishing. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60156-4_24.

Klinck H, Kindermann L, Boebel O (2016). PALAOA: The Perennial Acoustic Observatory in the Antarctic Ocean—Real-Time Eavesdropping on the Antarctic Underwater Soundscape. In: Listening in the Ocean, edited by W. W. L. Au and M. O. Lammers, pp. 207-219, Springer New York, New York, NY. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3176-7_8.

Miksis-Olds JL, Van Opzeeland IC, Van Parijs SM, Jones J (2016). Pinniped Sounds in the Polar Oceans. In: Listening in the Ocean, edited by W. W. L. Au and M. O. Lammers, pp. 257-308, Springer New York, New York, NY. DOI: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4939-3176-7_11.

Burkhardt E, Boebel,  Zitterbart, D. (2015) Detection of marine mammals in European waters using ship-based thermography: prospects and limitations / Evans, P. G. H. (editor) , European Cetacean Society, 113 p. hdl: 10013/epic.46523

Boebel O, Breitzke M, Burkhardt E, Bornemann H (2012). Strategic Assessment of the Risk Posed to Marine Mammals by the Use of Air Guns in the Antarctic: Concepts, Methods, Results, and Controversies. In: The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, edited by A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins, pp. 529-531, Springer New York, New York, NY. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007./978-1-4419-7311-5_120.

Burkhardt E, Kindermann L, Zitterbart D, Boebel O (2012), Detection and Tracking of Whales Using a Shipborne, 360° Thermal-Imaging System. In: The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, edited by A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins, pp. 299-301, Springer New York, New York, NY. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7311-5_66.

Van Opzeeland IC, Slabbekoorn H (2012). Importance of Underwater Sounds for Migration of Fish and Aquatic Mammals. In: The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, edited by A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins, pp. 357-359, Springer New York, New York, NY. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7311-5_80.

van Opzeeland I and Miksis-Olds J (2011) Acoustic ecology of pinnipeds in polar habitats, in Aquatic Animals: Biology, Habitats, and Threats, ed. D.L. Eder (Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers), ISBN: 978-1-61470-123-1. hdl: 10013/epic.38693.

Van Opzeeland IC, Kindermann L, Boebel O, Van Parijs SM (2008), Insights into the acoustic behaviour of polar pinnipeds: current knowledge and emerging techniques of study. In: Animal behaviour: new research, edited by E. A. Weber and L. H. Krause, pp. 133-161, Nova Science Publishers, New York. hdl: 10013/epic.31833.

Contributions to the International Whaling Commission (Scientific Committee)

2021

Branch TA, Monnahan CC, Širović A, Al Harthi S, Allison C, Balcazar NE, Barlow DR, Calderan S, Cerchio S, Double MC, Dréo1 R, Gavrilov AN, Gedamke J, Hodge KB, Jenner KCS, Leroy EC, Mccauley RD, Miksis-olds JL, Miller BS, Panicker D, Rogers T, Royer J, Samaran F, Shabangu FW, Stafford KM, Thomisch K, Torres LG, Torterotot M, Tripovich JS, Warren VE, Willson A, Willson MS (2021) Monthly movements and historical catches of pygmy blue whale populations inferred from song detections. Paper SC/68c/SH/17 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from: https://iwc.int/sc-documents

El-Gabbas A, Van Opzeeland I, Burkhardt E, Boebel O (2021) Static species distribution models in the marine realm: the case of baleen whales in the Southern Ocean. Diversity and Distributions (accepted). https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13300. Paper SC/68c/EM/01 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from: https://iwc.int/sc-documents 

2020

Hiemer K, Van Opzeeland IC, Boebel O, Burkhardt E, Spiesecke S, Thomisch K (2020). Vocal behaviour of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in eastern Fram Strait. Paper SC/68/NH/03 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from: https://iwc.int/sc-documents

2017

Herr H, Bell E, Burkhardt E, Butterworth DS, Dalla Rosa L, Donovan G, Double MC, Findlay K, Friedlaender A, Hevia M, et al. (2017). Southern Hemisphere Fin Whales: review of available data. Paper SC/67A/SH09 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from: https://iwc.int/sc-documents

Herr H, Bell E, Burkhardt E, Butterworth D, Dalla Rosa L, Donovan G, Double M, Findlay K, Friedlaender A, Hevia M, Iñíguez M, Jackson J, Kelly N, Miller B, Olson P, Panigada S, PérezAlvarez MJ, Reyes VR Rodriguez-Fonseca J, Širović A, Williams R, Zerbini A (2017). Southern Hemisphere Fin Whales: development of a study proposal. Paper SC/67A/SH07 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from: https://iwc.int/sc-documents 

Meister M, Burkhardt E, Spiesecke S, Thomisch K, Van Opzeeland IC, Boebel O (2017). Inter-annual and diel patterns in the acoustic presence of fin whales (B. physalus) off Elephant Island. Paper SC67A/SH/06 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from: https://iwc.int/sc-documents

Miller BS, Miller E, Calderan S, Leaper R, Stafford K, Širović A, Rankin S, Findlay K, Samaran F, Van Opzeeland IC, McCauley R, Gavrilov A, Harris D, Gedamke J, Bell E, Andrews-Goff V, Double M (2017) Circumpolar acoustic mapping of endangered Southern Ocean whales: Voyage report and preliminary results for the 2016/17 Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition. Paper SC/66b/SH03 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from: https://iwc.int/sc-documents 

Miller BS, Miller E, Calderan S, Leaper R, Stafford K, Širović A, Rankin S, Findlay K, Samaran F, Van Opzeeland IC, McCauley R, Gavrilov A, Harris D, Gedamke J, Bell E, Andrews-Goff V, Double M (2017) Circumpolar acoustic mapping of endangered Southern Ocean whales: A proposal and preliminary project plan for the 2016/17 Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition. Paper SC/66b/SH07 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from: https://iwc.int/sc-documents

2016

Thomisch K, Boebel O, Clark CW, Hagen W, Spiesecke S, Zitterbart DP, Van Opzeeland I (2016) Spatio-temporal patterns in acoustic presence and distribution of Antarctic blue whales Balaenoptera musculus intermedia in the Weddell Sea. Endangered Species Research 30:239-253. Paper SC/67a/Forinfo03 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from: https://iwc.int/sc-documents 

2014

Risch D, Gales N, Gedamke J, Kindermann L, Nowacek D, Read A, Siebert U, Van Opzeeland I, Van Parjis, Friedlaender AS (2014) Mysterious ‘bioduck’ signal attributed to the Antarctic minke whale. BiologyLetters10: 20140175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0175. Paper SC/65b/Forinfo13 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from: https://iwc.int/sc-documents

2012

Burkhardt E, Lanfredi C (2012). Fall feeding aggregations of fin whales off Elephant Island (Antarctica). Paper SC/64/SH9 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from: https://iwc.int/sc-documents

Outreach activities

2022

Februray 2022: Interview Aveen Asmail, Ipek Bedir, Sarah Zahed, Oberschule am Leibnizplatz

February 2022: Interview Timo Nicolas, Deutschlandfunk Nova, 'Die Meeres-Audiothek'  https://www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/artenschutz-die-meeres-audiothek

February 2022: Interview Volker Mrasek, Deutschlandfunk Forschung aktuell 'BioakustikWie Fische und andere Gewässer-Bewohner kommunizieren' https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/von-wegen-stumm-wie-ein-fisch-100.html

January 2022: Beratung Chiara Fürst, Gruppe |5 Filmproduktion GmbH, für einen Dokumentarfilm begleitend zur ZDF Serie "Der Schwarm" von Frank Schäzing

January 2022: Interview with Marco Pauli, Journalist, for a radio feature of Antarctic underwater acoustics for the Bayrischer Rundfunk

January 2022: Advise of Lavinia Sommer, pupil 9th grade, on  "Minimizing Underwater Sound" as an entry for the annual First-Lego-League competition.

2021

November 2021: Public science talk at Rotary Wiesmoor 'Klang des Ozeans'

October 2021: Science Goes Public: Buckelwale in der Antarktis - Was uns ihre Gesänge über Veränderungen von Ökosystemen sagen können

September 2021: Talk at Pastorale for the Planet and the Polar Perspective

September 2021: Scientific Advice and contribution of sound files for a BBC documentry on fin whales off Elephant Island (Bertie Gregory and Will West)

July 2021: Interview und Beratung um Thema Orca Übergriffe auf Segelboote im Bereich der Iberischen Halbinsel und Straße von Gibraltar (Fabian Boerger, Yacht-Magazin), erschienen in Yacht Nr18/2021

July 2021: Podcast Interview zu nicht-tödlichen Methoden in der modernen Walforschung (Sabrina Nisius und Benedikt Neuhauser, https://soundcloud.com/user-235215937/walfanger-rau-ix)

May 2021: Scientific advice and contribution to the sound-animated exhibit on the Anthropocene (Spanish Museum of Natural History; Curator: Dr. Diego Gil)

May 2021: Interview Spektrum der Wissenschaft - Lärm im Ozean. T. Kalvelage

May 2021: Beratung BBC Frozen Planet II zum Thema Weddell seal vocal recognition

March 2021: Beratung und Interview Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum (DSM) zum Thema (nicht-lethale) Walforschung und Walfang

April 2021: Interview ZDF: Klimawandel in der Antarktis (https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/panorama/polarstern-expedition-antarktis-100.html)

March 2021: Interview "Ozeanische Klangwelten" FAZ Sonntagszeitung (R. Hahn, https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/erde-klima/auch-in-den-ozeanen-nimmt-der-laerm-zu-17283603.html)

March 2021: Sueddeutsche Zeitung Wissen "Ruhe da unten!" Samstag 06.03.2021

February 2021: Scientific advice and contribution of sound files to a digital story on whaling at the Deutsches Museum (contact person: Mareike Wöhler)

February 2021: Nordseezeitung 05.02.2021 "Forscher warnen: In den Meeren wird es immer lauter" & "Abhoerprogramm im Suedpolarmeer"

February 2021:  Scientific American 24.02.2021 "A few fixes could cut noise pollution that hurts ocean animals"

February 2021: Interviews Tv/Radio Bremen (https://www.butenunbinnen.de/videos/sendungen/butenunbinnen-2996.html), Bayerische Rundfunk, ARD, SWR, WDR, MDR, Deutschlandfunk (e.g. https://ondemand-mp3.dradio.de/file/dradio/2021/02/15/laermverschmutzung_die_ozeane_muessen_leiser_werden_dlf_20210215_1647_c4945b8b.mp3)

January 2021: Interview ZDF: Neue Erkenntnisse zum Walgesang (https://www.zdf.de/wissen/nano/210210-wale-nano-104.html#xtor=CS5-95)

2020

Februar 2020: Wale in der Antaktis, science talk Heimatverein Albstedt

2019

December 2019: Scientific advice for TV production Antarktis – Expedition in die Zukunft Faszination Erde mit Dirk Steffens

July 2019: Interview Nordseezeitung "Biologin kämpft gegen Ausrottung der Wale"

June/July 2019: Interviews radioWissen BR Wale-Faszinierende Wanderer der Ozeane (https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/radiowissen/wale-faszinierende-wanderer-der-ozeane-1/1792241)

April 2019: Wale in der Antarktis, public science talk TSV Wulsbüttel und Umgebung.e.V.

March 2019: Raetsel fuer die Ohren. Berliner Zeitung

February 2019: Lionsclub Verden Kristina Regina, science talk: The sound of the ocean

January 2019: Interview Radio Bremen, Mare Radio Wasser, Wege, Waren (https://www.radiobremen.de/bremenzwei/sendungen/mare-radio/mare-radio-wasser-wege-waren100.html)

2018

September 2018: AWI HAutnah: Wale und andere Meeressäuger im Südpolarmeer

2017

July 2017: Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung Alumni Conference: Workshop Ocean Acoustics

May 2017: Interview WDR: ‘Ocean Acoustic research’

March 2017: Science goes Public: Der Klang des Ozeans (pub science talk).

2016

March 2016: SRF Sendung Einstein ‘Der mysteriöse Klang des Meeres’.

2013

September 2013: AWI Press release: Surprising underwater-sounds: Humpback whales also spend their winter in Antarctica, https://www.awi.de/en/about-us/service/press/single-view/surprising-underwater-sounds-humpback-whales-also-spend-their-winter-in-antarctica.html

September 2013: Earth & Sky: Humpback whales also spend their winter in Antarctica, https://earthsky.org/science-wire/humpback-whales-also-spend-their-winter-in-antarctica/

2012

January 2012: Interview 'ZEIT Wissen: H2B - Studieren, Forschen, Leben in Bremen und Bremerhaven'.

March 2012: Interview ‘Bayerische Rundfunk, radioWissen Thema Wale – ein Steckbrief der Meeresriesen’.