Rannsóknasetur Háskóla Íslands á Húsavík

Um setrið

Rannsóknasetur Háskóla Íslands á Húsavík var stofnað haustið 2007 og hófst þá rannsóknastarfsemi þess. Setrið var formlega opnað 4. desember 2008.

Á vegum Rannsóknaseturins er mikil samvinna við háskóla og stofnanir hérlendis og erlendis, bæði um rannsóknir og kennslu. Mörg verkefnanna beinast að hvölum, en einnig svifi, sjófuglum og loftslagsrannsóknum og öðru sem tengist rannsóknum á hafinu og lífríki þess.

Rannsóknasetrinu er stýrt af Dr. Marianne Helene Rasmussen, sérfræðingi í rannsóknum á sjávarspendýrum. Marianne er með doktorsgráðu frá Háskólanum í Suður-Danmörku, Óðinsvéum, og bar doktorsritgerð hennar titilinn "A study of communication and echolocation sounds recorded from free-ranging white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) in Icelandic waters”.

Rannsóknir

Upplýsingar um fleiri rannsóknarverkefni má finna á enskri vefsíðu setursins á Húsavík

Ritverk

Akamatsu, T, Rasmussen, MH and Iversen, I (2014). Acoustically invisible feeding blue whales in northern Icelandic waters. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 136, 939 – 944.

Akiyama, Y, Akamatsu, T, Rasmussen, MH, Iversen, MR, Iwata, T, Goto, Y, Aoki, K, Sato, K (2019). Leave or stay? Video-logger revealed foraging efficiency of humpback whales under temporal change in prey density. Plos One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211138

Alves, F, Towers, JR, Baird, RW, Bearzi, G, Bonizzoni, S, Ferreira,R, Halicka, Z, Alessandrini, A, Kopelman, AH, Yzoard, C, Rasmussen, MH, Bertulli, CG, Jourdain, E, Gullan, Rocha, D, Hupman, K, Mrusczok, MT,Samarra, FIP, Magalhaes, S, Weir,CR, Ford, JKB and A. Dinis, A (2017). The incidence of bent dorsal fins in free-ranging cetaceans. J. Anat. Rec. doi: 10.1111/joa.12729

Atem, AC, Rasmussen, MH, Wahlberg, M, Petersen, HC and Miller, LA (2009). Changes in click source levels with distance to targets: studies of free-ranging white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) and captive harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Bioacoustics 19, 49-65.

Basran, C. J., Bertulli, C. G., Cecchetti, A., Rasmussen, M. H., Whittaker, M. & Robbins, J. (2019). First estimates of entanglement rate of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae observed in coastal Icelandic waters. Endangered Species Research 38: 67-77. https://doi.org/10.3354/ESR00936

Basran, C. J. & Rasmussen M. H. (2019). Chapter 5: Conflicts Between Arctic Industries and Cetaceans. In: E. Pongrácz, V. Pavlov & N. Hänninen (Eds.) Arctic Marine Sustainability: Arctic Maritime Businesses and the Resilience of the Marine Environment. Springer Polar Series, Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28404-6

Basran, C. J., Woelfing, B., Neumann, C., & Rasmussen, M. H. (2020). Behavioural Responses of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeagliae) to Two Acousitc Deterrent Devices in a Northern Feeding Ground off Iceland. Aquatic Mammals 46(6): In press. DOI 10.1578/AM.46.6.2020.###

Bertulli, CG, Guéry, L, McGinty, N, Suzuki, A, Brannan, N, Marques,T, Rasmussen, MH Olivier Gimenez, O (2018). Capture-recapture abundance and survival estimates of three cetacean species in Icelandic coastal waters using trained scientist-volunteers. Journal of Sea Research 131, 22-31

Bertulli, CG, Galatius, A, Kinze, CC, Rasmussen, MH, Keener, W and Webber, MA (2016a). Colour patterns in white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) from Iceland. Marine Mammal Science. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12312

Bertulli, CG, Rasmussen, MH and Rosso, M (2016b). An Assessment of the Natural Marking Patterns used for Photo-Identification of Common Minke Whales and White-Beaked Dolphins in Icelandic Waters." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 96, 807–819

Bertulli, C, Tetley, M, Magnúsdóttir, EE and Rasmussen, MH (2015) Observations of movement and site fidelity of white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) in Icelandic coastal waters using photo-identification’. J. Cet. Res. Manage 15: 27-34.

Bertulli, CG, Galatius, A, Kinze, CC, Rasmussen, MH, Deaville, R, Jepson, P, Vedder, EJ, Sánchez, GJ, Contreras8, Sabin, CRC and Watson, A (2015a). Vertebral column deformities in white-beaked dolphins from the eastern North Atlantic. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 116:59-67.

Bertulli, CG, Rasmussen, MH and Tetley, MJ (2013). Photo-identification rate and wide-scale movement of common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the coastal waters of Faxaflói and Skjálfandi Bays, Iceland. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 39 – 45.

Bouchard, B, Barnaguad, J-Y, Glotin, H, Pupard, M, Gauffier, P, Ortiz, ST, Lisney, T, Campagna, S, Rasmussen, M and Célérier (2019). Behavioural responses of humpback whales to food-related chemical stimuli. Plos One, 14. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212515

Christiansen, F, Bertulli, C, Rasmussen, M and Lusseau, Dl (2015). Estimating cumulative exposure of wildlife to non-lethal disturbance using spatially explicit capture recapture models. Journal of Wildlife Management 79, 311-324

Christiansen, F, Rasmussen, M and Lusseau, D (2013). Whale watching disrupts feeding activities of minke whales on a feeding ground. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 478, 239-251

Christiansen, F, Víkingsson, G, Rasmussen, M and Lusseau, D (2013). Minke whales maximise energy storage on their feeding grounds. J.Exp.Biol., 216, 427-436

Christiansen, F, Víkingsson, G, Rasmussen, M and Lusseau, D (2014). Female body condition affects foetal growth in a capital breeding mysticete. Functional Ecology, 28, 579–588.

Christiansen, F, Rasmussen, M, Lusseau, D (2011). Inferring surface time of Minke whales from inter-surfacing intervals data using a hidden Markov model. SC/63/RMP6

Christiansen, F, Rasmussen, M, Lusseau, D (2011). Whalewatching boats disrupt the foraging activities of Minke whales in Faxaflói bay, Iceland. SC/63/WW2

Dudzinski, KM, Brown, SJ, Lammers, M, Lucke, K, Mann, DA, Simard, P, Wall,CC, Rasmussen, MH, Magnúsdóttir, EM, Tougaard, J, and Eriksen, N (2011). Trouble-shooting deployment and recovery options for various stationary passive acoustic monitoring devices in both shallow and deep water applications. J. Acoustic Soc. Am. 129, 436-448.

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

Gunnlaugsson, T, Víkingsson, G and Rasmussen MH (2009). Acrial survey in Faxaflói, Southwest iceland in 2008, Report and comparison to earlier surveys. IWC 2009 SC/61/RMP 11.

Hansen, Andersen, K, Hernandez, A, Wahlberg, M, Mooney, A and Rasmussen, M (2020). The common murre (Uria aalge), an auk seabird, reacts to underwater sound. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 147, 4069-4074.

Hansen RG, Boye TK, Larsen RS, Nielsen NH, Tervo O, Nielsen RD, Rasmussen MH, Sinding MHS and Heide-Jørgensen MP. Abundance of whales in West and East Greenland in summer 2015 (2018). NAMMCO Scientific Publication series

Heide-Jørgensen MP, Laidre, KL, Hansen, RG, Burt, LM, Simon, M, Borchers, DL, Harding, K, Rasmussen, M, Dietz abd Teilmann (2012). Rate of increase and current abundance of humpback whales in West Greenland. J. CETACEAN RES. MANAGE. 12: 1-14

Heide-Jørgensen, MP, Burt, LM, Hansen, RG, Nielsen, NH, Rasmussen, M, Fossette, S and Stern, H (2012). The Significance of the North Water Polynya to Arctic Top Predators. AMBIO

Heide-Jørgensen MP, Laidre, KL, Burt, ML, Borchers, DL, Hansen, RG, Rasmussen, M and S Fossette (2010). Abundance of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in Greenland. Journal of Mammalogy, 91, 1135–1151

Heide-Jørgensen MP, Witting, L, Laidre, KL, Hansen, RG and Rasmussen, M (2010). Fully corrected estimates of common minke whale abundance in West Greenland in 2007. J. CETACEAN RES. MANAGE. 11: 75-82.

Heide-Jørgensen MP, Laidre, KL, Simon, M, Burt, ML, Borchers, D and Rasmussen M (2010). Abundance of fin whales in West Greenland in 2007. J. CETACEAN RES. MANAGE. 11: 83-88.

Klotz, L, Fernández, R and Rasmussen, MH (2017). Annual and monthly fluctuations in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) presence in Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland, during the feeding season. J. CETACEAN RES. MANAGE 16: 9–16

Koblitz, J, Stilz, P, Rasmussen, MH and Laidre, K (2016). Highly directional sonar beam of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) measured with a vertical 16 hydrophone array. Plos one: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162069

Lopes-Marques, M, Machado, AM, Alves, LQ, Fonseca, MM, Barbosa, S, Sinding, MH, Rasmussen, MH, Iversen, MR, Bertelsen, MF, Campos, PF, Fonseca, R, Raquel Ruivo, R, and Castro, FC (2019). Complete Inactivation of Sebum-Producing Genes Parallels the Loss of Sebaceous Glands in Cetacea. Mol. Biol. Evol. 36: 1270–1280

Magnúsdóttir, EE, Rasmussen, MH, Lammers, MO and Svavarsson, J (2014). Humpback whale songs during winter in subarctic waters. Polar Biology 37, 427 – 433

Mooney, TA, Smith, A, Larsen, ON, Hansen, KA, and Rasmussen, M (2020). A field study of hearing in the Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica. J.Exp. Biol. doi:10.1242/jeb.228270

Mooney, TA, Smith, A, Larsen, O, Hansen, KA, Wahlberg, M and Rasmussen, M (2019). Field-based hearing measurements of two seabird species. J. Exp. Biol.222 (doi:10.1242/jeb.190710).

Mooney, TA, Nachtigall, P, Taylor, KA, Rasmussen, MH and Miller, LA (2009). Auditory temporal resolution of a wild white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris). J. Comp. Physiol. 195, 375-384.

Nachtigall, PE, Mooney, TA, Taylor; KA, Miller, LA, Rasmussen, MH, Akamatsu, T, Teilmann, J, Linnenschmidt, M, and Vikingsson, GA (2008). Shipboard measurements of the hearing of white-beaked dolphins, (Lagenorhynchus albirostris). J Exp Biol 211: 642-647.

Pampoulie, C., Gíslason, D., Ólafsdóttir, Chosson, V., Halldórsson S.D., Mariani S., Elvarsson, B.Þ., Rasmussen, M.H., Daníelsdóttir A.K., and Víkingsson G.A. (2020). Evidence of unidirectional hybridization and second-generation adult hybrid between the two largest animals on Earth, the fin and blue whales. Evolutionary Applications: in press. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13091

Rasmussen, MH, Atem, A and Miller, LA (2016). Behavioral Responses by Icelandic White-Beaked Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) to Playback Sounds. Aquatic Mammals 42, 317-329

Rasmussen, MH, Koblitz, J and Laidre, K (2015). Buzzes and High-Frequency Clicks Recorded from Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) at Their Wintering Ground. Aquatic Mammals, 41, 256-264.

Rasmussen, MH (2014). “The Bottlenose Dolphin: biology and conservation”. Book Review. Ecology 95, 790–793

Rasmussen, MH (2014). Chapter 7. A history of whaling and whale watching in Iceland. Whaling-watching, sustainable tourism and ecological management. Editors: J.E.S. Higham, L. Bejder and R. Williams. Cambridge University Press. 400pp.

Rasmussen, MH, Akamatsu, T, Teilmann, T, Víkingsson, G and Miller, LA (2013). Biosonar, diving and movements of two tagged white-beaked dolphin in Icelandic waters. Deep-Sea Research II 88-89, 97-105.

Rasmussen, MH (2011). Discovers of the Census of Marine Life - Making Ocean Life Count. Book Review. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 43, 490-491.

Rasmussen MH, Lammers M, Beedholm K, and Miller LA (2006). Source levels and harmonic content of whistles in white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120: 510-517.

Rasmussen MH, Wahlberg M, and Miller LA (2004). Estimated transmission beam pattern of clicks recorded from free-ranging white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 116: 1826-1831.

Rasmussen MH and Miller LA (2004). Echolocation and social signals from white-beaked dolphins, (Lagenorhynchus albirostris), recorded in Icelandic waters. In: Echolocation in bats and dolphins chapter number .5.1. Pp. 0-53 (editor J. Thomas, C. Moss and M. Vater),University of Chicago press, Chicago.

Rasmussen MH and Jacobsen T (2003). Photo-identification of White-beaked dolphins in Icelandic waters. In: ECS proceedings 2003, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.

Rasmussen MH and Miller LA (2002). Whistles and clicks from white-beaked dolphins, (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) recorded in FaxaflóiBay. Aquatic Mammals 28:78-89.

Rasmussen MH, Miller LA and Au WWL (2002). Source levels of clicks from free-ranging white beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris Gray) 1846) recorded in Icelandic waters. J. Acous. Soc. Am. 111: 1122-1125.

Rasmussen MH (2001). Behaviour of free-ranging white-beaked dolphins. In: ECS-proceedings 2001, Rome, Italy.

Rasmussen MH, Miller LA and Au WWL (2000). The sounds and calculated source levels from the white-beaked dolphin recorded in Icelandic waters. In: ECS-proceedings 1999, Valencia, Spain.

Samara, FIP, Bassoi, M, Béesau, J, Elíasdóttir, MO, Gunnarsson, K, Mrusczo, M-T, Rasmussen, M, Rempel, JN, Thorvaldsson, B and Víkingsson, GA (2018). Prey of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Iceland. PLOS One 13 (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207287)

Samara, FIP, Deecke, VB, Vinding, K, Rasmussen, MH, Swift, R and Miller, PM (2010). Killer whales (Orcinus orca) produce ultrasonic whistles. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 128, 205-210.

Wahlberg, M, Jensen, FH, Natacha Arguilar Soto, NA, Beedholm, K, Bejder, L, Oliveira, C, Rasmussen, M, Simon, M, Villadsgaard, A and Madsen, P (2011). Source paraments of echolocation clicks from wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus and Tursiops truncatus). J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 130, 2263-2274.

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Skjálfandaflói er einn besti staðurinn á Íslandi til að fylgjast með hvölum og stunda rannsóknir á þeim. Námskeiðið Aðferðir við rannsóknir á sjávarspendýrum er haldið á sumrin í samstarfi við Líf- og umhverfisvísindadeild. Þar eru kynntar margar þær aðferðir sem notaðar eru við rannsóknir á villtum hvölum. Í samstarfi við hvalaskoðunarfyrirtæki fá þátttakendur tækifæri til að kynnast og taka á virkan þátt í rannsóknum, auk þess sem þeir framkvæma eigið rannsóknarverkefni.

Þátttakendur greiða sjálfir gistingu, uppihald og annan kostnað og bera ábyrgð á að koma sér á staðinn. Rannsóknasetrið tekur frá gistingu á Húsavík Hostel fyrir þá sem það kjósa.

Umsóknarfrestur er til 15. mars og er hægt að sækja um og fá frekari upplýsingar hér.

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