Joint list of publications
Aoki, K., S. Isojunno, C. Bellot, T. Iwata, J. Kershaw, Y. Akiyama, L.M. Martín López, C. Ramp, M. Biuw, R. Swift, P.J. Wensveen, P. Pomeroy, T. Narazaki, A. Hall, K. Sato, P.J. O. Miller. 2021. Aerial photogrammetry and tag-derived tissue density reveal patterns of lipid-store body condition of humpback whales on their feeding grounds. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Series B, 288(1943): 20202307. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2307
Archer, F.I., S. Rankin, K.M. Stafford, M. Castellote, J. Delarue. 2020. Quantifying spatial and temporal variation of North Pacific fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) acoustic behavior. Marine Mammal Science, 36(1): 224-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12640
Blanchard, A.L., R.H. Day, A.E. Gall, L.A.M. Aerts, J. Delarue, E.L. Dobbins, R.R. Hopcroft, J.M. Questel, T.J. Weingartner, S.S. Wisdom. 2017. Ecosystem variability in the offshore Northeastern Chukchi Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 159: 130-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.08.008
Cabrera A.A, J.P.A. Hoekendijk, A. Aguilar, S.G. Barco, S. Berrow, D. Bloch, A. Borrell, H.A. Cunha, L. Dalla Rosa, C.P. Dias, P. Gauffier, W. Hao, S. Landry, F. Larsen, V. Martín, S. Mizroch, T. Oosting, N. Øien, C. Pampoulie, S. Panigada, R. Prieto, C. Ramp, V. Rivera-Léon, J. Robbins, C. Ryan, E. Schall, R. Sears, M.A. Silva, J. Urbán, F.W. Wenzel, P.J. Palsbøll, M. Bérubé. 2019. Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) mitogenomics: A cautionary tale of defining sub-species from mitochondrial sequence monophyly. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 135: 86-97 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.003
Cabrera A.A., E. Schall, M. Bérubé, P. Anderwald, L. Bachmann, S. Berrow, P.B. Best, P.J. Clapham, H.A. Cunha, L. Dalla Rosa, C. Dias, K.P. Findlay, T. Haug, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, A.R. Hoelzel, K.M. Kovacs, S. Landry, F. Larsen, X.M. Lopes, C. Lydersen, D.K. Mattila, T. Oosting, R.M. Pace III, C. Papetti, A. Paspati, L.A. Pastene, R. Prieto, C. Ramp, J. Robbins, R. Sears, E.R. Secchi, M.A. Silva, M. Simon, G. Víkingsson, Ø. Wiig, N. Øien, P.J. Palsbøll. 2022. Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey. Global Change Biology, 28(8): 2657-2677. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16085
Charry B., M. Marcoux, J.A. Cardille, X. Giroux-Bougard, M.M. Humphries. 2020. Hierarchical classification of narwhal subpopulations using social distance. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 84(2): 311-319. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21799
Charry B., M. Marcoux, M. Humphries. 2018. Aerial photographic identification of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) newborns and their spatial proximity to the nearest adult female. Arctic Science, 4(4): 513-524. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0051
Charry, B., E. Tissier, J. Iacozza, M. Marcoux, C.A. Watt. 2021. Mapping Arctic cetaceans from space: A case study for beluga and narwhal. PloS One, 16(8): e0254380. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254380
Contasti A.L., E.J. Tissier, J.F. Johnstone, P.D. McLoughlin. 2012. Explaining spatial heterogeneity in population dynamics and genetics from spatial variation in resources for a large herbivore. PLoS ONE, 7: e47858. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047858
COSEWIC. 2019. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus, Atlantic population and Pacific population, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xv + 72 pp. [Prepared by Stredulinsky E., J. Ford, J. Delarue, C. Ramp]. https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.878715/publication.html
Crowe L., M.W. Brown, P.J. Corkeron, P.K. Hamilton, C. Ramp, S. Ratelle, A.S.M. Vanderlaan, T.V.N. Cole. 2021. In plane sight: a mark-recapture analysis of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Endangered Species Research, 46: 227-251. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01156
Davis, G.E., M.F. Baumgartner, J.M. Bonnell, J. Bell, C. Berchok, J. Bort Thornton, S. Brault, G. Buchanan, R.A. Charif, D. Cholewiak, C.W. Clark, P. Corkeron, J. Delarue, K. Dudzinski, L. Hatch, J. Hildebrand, L. Hodge, H. Klinck, S. Kraus, B. Martin, D.K. Mellinger, H. Moors-Murphy, S. Nieukirk, D.P. Nowacek, S. Parks, A.J. Read, A.N. Rice, D. Risch, A. Širović, M. Soldevilla, K. Stafford, J.E. Stanistreet, E. Summers, S. Todd, A. Warde, S.M. Van Parijs. 2017. Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014. Scientific Reports, 7: 13460. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13359-3
Davis, G.E., M.F. Baumgartner, P.J. Corkeron, J. Bell, C. Berchok, J.M. Bonnell, J.Bort Thornton, S. Brault, G.A. Buchanan, D.M. Cholewiak, C.W. Clark, J. Delarue, L.T. Hatch, H. Klinck, S.D. Kraus, B. Martin, D.K. Mellinger, H. Moors-Murphy, S. Nieukirk, D.P. Nowacek, S.E. Parks, D. Parry, N. Pegg, A.J. Read, A.N. Rice, D. Risch, A. Scott, M.S. Soldevilla, K.M. Stafford, J.E. Stanistreet, E. Summers, S. Todd, S.M. Van Parijs. 2020. Exploring movement patterns and changing distributions of baleen whales in the western North Atlantic using a decade of passive acoustic data. Global Change Biology, 26(9): 4812-4840. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15191
Delarue, J., L. Di Iorio, S.K. Todd, S.V. Van Parijs. 2009. Geographic variation in Northwest Atlantic fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) songs: Implications for stock structure assessment. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 125:1774-1782. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3068454
Delarue, J., M. Laurinolli, B. Martin. 2009. Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) songs in the Chukchi Sea between October 2007 and May 2008. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 126(6): 3319-3328. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3257201
Delarue, J., M. Laurinolli, B. Martin. 2011. Acoustic detections of beluga whales in the Northeastern Chukchi Sea, July 2007 to July 2008. Arctic, 64(1): 15-24. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4076
Delarue, J., B. Martin, D.E. Hannay. 2012. Minke whale boing sound detections in the northeastern Chukchi Sea. Marine Mammal Science, 29(3): E333–E341. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00611.x
Delarue, J., B. Martin, D.E. Hannay, C.L. Berchok. 2013. Acoustic occurrence and affiliation of fin whales detected in the Northeastern Chukchi Sea, July to October 2007–10. Arctic, 66(2): 159-172. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4287
Delarue, J., H. Moors-Murphy, K.A. Kowarski, G.E. Davis, I.R. Urazghildiiev, S.B. Martin. 2022. Acoustic occurrence of baleen whales, particularly blue, fin, and humpback whales, off eastern Canada, 2015–2017. Endangered Species Research, 47: 265-289. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01176
Delarue, J.J.Y., Moors-Murphy, H.B., Kowarski, K.A., Maxner, E.E., Davis, G.E., Stanistreet, J.E. and Martin, S.B., 2024. Acoustic occurrence of beaked whales off eastern Canada, 2015–2017. Endangered Species Research, 53, pp.439-466. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01314
Durette-Morin, D., C. Evers, H.D. Johnson, K. Kowarski, J. Delarue, H. Moors-Murphy, E. Maxner, J.W. Lawson, K.T.A. Davies. 2022. The distribution of North Atlantic right whales in Canadian waters from 2015-2017 revealed by passive acoustic monitoring. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:976044. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.976044
Eguiguren, A., Gaspard, D., Clarke, C.M. and Whitehead, H., 2025. Inferring sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sex and developmental stage using aerial photogrammetry. bioRxiv, pp.2025-10. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.17.683129
Friesen, V., L.E. Doig, B.E., Markwart, M. Haakensen, E. Tissier, K. Liber. 2017. Genetic characterization of periphyton communities associated with selenium bioconcentration and trophic transfer in a simple food chain. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(13): 7532-7541. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b01001
Furni, F., Secchi, E.R., Speller, C., DenDanto, D., Ramp, C., Larsen, F., Mizroch, S., Robbins, J., Sears, R., Urbán R, J. and Bérubé, M., 2024. Phylogenomics and pervasive genome-wide phylogenetic discordance among fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus). Systematic biology, 73(6), pp.873-885. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae049
Gardiner, D., Ramp, C.A., Sears, R., Paling, L., Derous, D., Bérubé, M., Palsbøll, P. and Kershaw, J.L., 2025. Sexual segregation and stable pregnancy rates in the Gulf of St. Lawrence’s minke whales Balaenoptera acutorostrata amidst environmental changes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 758, pp.143-159. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14825
Gavrilchuk K., V. Lesage, C. Ramp, R. Sears, M. Bérubé, S. Bearhop, G. Beauplet 2014. Trophic niche partitioning among sympatric baleen whale species following the collapse of groundfish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 497: 285-301 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10578
Gavrilchuk, K., Lesage, V., Fortune, S.M., Trites, A.W. and Plourde, S., 2021. Foraging habitat of North Atlantic right whales has declined in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, and may be insufficient for successful reproduction. Endangered Species Research, 44, pp.113-136. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr
Pilkington, J.F., Stredulinsky, E.H., Gavrilchuk, K., Thornton, S.J., Ford, J.K. and Doniol-Valcroze, T., 2023. Patterns of winter occurrence of three sympatric killer whale populations off eastern Vancouver Island, Canada, based on passive acoustic monitoring. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, p.1204908. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1204908
Giorli, G., K.T. Goetz, J. Delarue, E. Maxner, K.A. Kowarski, S.B. Martin, C. McPherson. 2018. Unknown beaked whale echolocation signals recorded off eastern New Zealand. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143(4): EL285-EL291. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5032127
Hannay, D.E., J. Delarue, X. Mouy, B.S. Martin, D. Leary, J.N. Oswald, J. Vallarta. 2013. Marine mammal acoustic detections in the northeastern Chukchi Sea, September 2007–July 2011. Continental Shelf Research. 67: 127-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.07.009
Kershaw, J.L., A. Brownlow, C. Ramp, P.J.O. Miller, A.J. Hall. 2019. Assessing cetacean body condition: Is total lipid content in blubber biopsies a useful monitoring tool? Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29(S1): 271-282. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3105
Kershaw, J.L., C. Ramp, R. Sears, S. Plourde, P. Brosset, P.J.O. Miller, A. Hall. 2020. Declining reproductive success in the Gulf of St. Lawrence’s humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) reflects ecosystem shifts on their feeding grounds. Global Change Biology, 27(5): 1027-1041. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15466
Kershaw, J., Ramp, C., Sears, R., Hall, A. and Derous, D., 2024. Proteome profiling reveals opportunities to investigate biomarkers of oxidative stress and immune responses in blubber biopsies from free-ranging baleen whales. Conservation Physiology, 12(1), p.coae059. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coae059
Kleinertz, S., L.M.R. Silva, S. Köpper, C. Hermosilla, C. Ramp. 2020. Endoparasitic insights of free-living fin (Balaenoptera physalus), humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae) and North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from Eastern Canadian waters. Acta Parasitologica, 66: 682-686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-020-00298-9
Kot, B.W., C. Ramp, R. Sears. 2009. Decreased feeding ability of a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) with entanglement-like injuries. Marine Mammal Science, 25(3): 706-713. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00285.x
Kowarski, K.A., J. Delarue, B.J. Gaudet, S.B. Martin. 2021. Automatic data selection for validation: A method to determine cetacean occurrence in large acoustic data sets. JASA Express Letters, 1(5): 051201. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0004851
Kowarski, K., J. Delarue, B. Martin, J. O’Brien, R. Meade, O.O. Cadhla, S. Berrow. 2018. Signals from the deep: spatial and temporal acoustic occurrence of beaked whales off western Ireland. PloS ONE, 13(6): e0199431. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199431
Kowarski, K. A., S.B. Martin, E.E. Maxner, C.B. Lawrence, J. Delarue, J.L. MiksisOlds. 2022. Cetacean acoustic occurrence on the US Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf from 2017 to 2020. Marine Mammal Science, 39(1): 175-199. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12962
Kowarski, K.A., Delarue, J.J.Y., Maxner, E.E. and Martin, S.B., 2025. Acoustic occurrence of pinnipeds offshore eastern Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 103, pp.1-14. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2025-0043
Letessier, T. B., J. Johnston, J. Delarue, S.B. Martin, R.C. Anderson. 2022. Spinner dolphin residency in tropical lagoons: diurnal presence, seasonal variability, and implications for nutrient dynamics. Journal of Zoology, 318(1): 10-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13000
Meyer-Gutbrod, E.L., K.T.A Davies, C.L. Johnson, S. Plourde, K.A. Sorochan, R.D. Kenney, C. Ramp, J.F. Gosselin, J.W. Lawson, C.H. Greene. 2022. Redefining North Atlantic right whale habitat-use patterns under climate change. Limnology and Oceanography, 9999: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12242
Mirzaei Hotkani, M., Martin, B., Bousquet, J.F. and Delarue, J., 2025, July. Real-time analysis of millidecade spectra for ocean sound identification and wind speed quantification. In Acoustics (Vol. 7, No. 3, p. 44). MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/acoustics7030044
Mouy, X., J.N. Oswald, D. Leary, J. Delarue, J. Vallarta, B. Rideout, D.K. Mellinger, C. Erbe, D. Hannay, B. Martin. 2013. Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals in the Arctic. In Samaran, O. and F. Samaran (eds.). Detection, Classification and Localisation of Marine Mammals using Passive Acoustics: 2003–2013, 10 years of International Research. Dirac NGO, Paris, France. 185-224.
Narazaki, T., S. Isojunno, D.P. Novacek, R. Swift. A.S. Friedlaender, C. Ramp, S. Smout, K. Aoki, V.B. Deecke, K. Sato, P.J.O. Miller. 2018. Body density of humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) in feeding aggregations estimated from hydrodynamic gliding performances. PLoS ONE, 13(7): e0200287. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200287
Pilkington, J.F., E.H. Stredulinsky, K. Gavrilchuk, S. Thornton, J.K. Ford, T. Doniol-Valcroze. 2023. Patterns of winter occurrence of three sympatric killer whale populations off eastern Vancouver Island, Canada, based on passive acoustic monitoring. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10: 1204908. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1204908
Ramp, C., M. Bérubé, W. Hagen, R. Sears. 2006. Survival of adult blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 319: 287-295. DOI: 10.3354/meps319287
Ramp, C., M. Bérubé, P. Palsbøll, W. Hagen, R. Sears. 2010. Age-related multi-year associations in female humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 64: 1563-1576. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-010-0970-8
Ramp C., M. Bérubé, P.J. Palsbøll, W. Hagen, R. Sears. 2010. Sex-specific survival in the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 400: 267-276 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08426
Ramp C., J. Delarue, M. Bérubé, P. Hammond, R. Sears. 2014. Fin whale survival and abundance in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Endangered Species Research, 23: 125-132 https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00571
Ramp C., J. Delarue, P. Palsbøll, R. Sears, P. Hammond. 2015. Adapting to a warmer ocean – seasonal shift of baleen whale movements over three decades. PLoS ONE, 10(3): e0121374 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121374
Ramp, C., D. Gaspard, K. Gavrilchuk, M. Unger, A. Schleimer, J. Delarue, S. Landry, R. Sears. 2021. Up in the air: drone images reveal underestimation of entanglement rates in large rorqual whales. Endangered Species Research, 44: 33-44. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01084
Ramp, C., Lesage, V., Ollier, A., Auger-Méthé, M. and Sears, R., 2024. Migratory movements of fin whales from the Gulf of St. Lawrence challenge our understanding of the Northwest Atlantic stock structure. Scientific Reports, 14(1), p.11472. https://rdcu.be/eUFek
Risch D., M. Castellote, C.W. Clark, G.E. Davis, P.J. Dugan, L. Hodge, A. Kumar, K. Lucke, D.K. Mellinger, S.L. Nieukirk, C.M. Popescu, C. Ramp, A.J. Read, A.N. Rice, M.A. Silva, U. Siebert, K.M. Stafford, H. Verdaat, S.M. Van Parijs. 2014. Seasonal migrations of North Atlantic minke whales: novel insights from large-scale passive acoustic monitoring networks. Movement Ecology, 2: 24 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-014-0024-3
Runte, K.L., Kowarski, K.A., Delarue, J.J.Y., Maxner, E.E., Hedgeland, D. and Martin, S.B., 2025. We go signaling into the night: Describing an echolocation signal of an unknown beaked whale (Cetacea; Ziphiidae) off West Africa. Marine Mammal Science, p.e70002. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70002
Schleimer, A., C. Ramp, J. Delarue, A. Carpentier, M. Bérubé, P. Palsbøll, R. Sears, P.S. Hammond. 2019. Decline in abundance and apparent survival rates of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Ecology and Evolution, 9(7): 4231-4244. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5055
Schleimer, A., C. Ramp, S. Plourde, C. Lehoux, R. Sears, P.S. Hammond. 2019. Spatio-temporal patterns in fin whale Balaenoptera physalus habitat use in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 623: 221-234. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13020
Sears, R., C. Ramp, A. Douglas, J. Calambokidis. 2013. Reproductive parameters of eastern North Pacific blue whales Balaenoptera musculus. Endangered Species Research, 22: 23-31. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00532
Steffek, P., Ferguson, S.R., Nolan, R., Mouy, X., Miksis-Olds, J., Martin, S.B., Delarue, J., Van Parijs, S. and Holdman, A., 2025. Spatiotemporal distribution of dolphins within the Gulf of Maine. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 157(4_Supplement), pp.A257-A257. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0037987
Suárez-Menéndez, M., M. Bérubé, F. Furni, V.E. Rivera-León, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, F. Larsen, R. Sears, C. Ramp, B.K. Eriksson, R.S. Etienne, J. Robbins. 2023. Wild pedigrees inform mutation rates and historic abundance in baleen whales. Science, 381(6661): 990-995. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.adf2160
Suárez-Menéndez, M., Bérubé, M., Bachmann, L., Best, P., Davison, N., Heide Jørgensen, M.P., Lesage, V., Oosting, T., Prieto, R., Ramp, C. and Robbins, J., 2024. Baleen whale microsatellite panel for individual identification and parentage assignment in Mysticeti. Global Ecology and Conservation, p.e02947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02947
Tessier-Larivière, C., Cabrol, J., Lesage, V., Ramp, C., Berube, M., Sears, R. and Winkler, G., A 28-YEAR RECORD OF THE ISOTOPIC NICHE OF BALEEN WHALES IN THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE, CANADA: A PERSPECTIVE ON ECOSYSTEM CHANGES AND POTENTIAL FOR FOOD COMPETITION. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, p.1679523.
van den Hoff, J., Delarue, J., Warren, V.E., McPherson, C., Lieser, J.L., Achurch, H., Virtue, P. and Miller, B.S., 2025. Origins of natural and anthropogenic sounds in a coastal, seasonally ice-covered, Antarctic marine soundscape. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 757, pp.17-36. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14813