Joint list of publications

2026

Tessier-Larivière, C., Cabrol, J., Lesage, V., Ramp, C., Bérubé, M., Sears, R., & Winkler, G. (2026). A 28-year isotopic niche record of baleen whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, 1679523.

2025

Gavrilchuk, K., Allen, A. S., Toews, S., Smyth, D., O’Neill, C., Burnham, R., & Thornton, S. J. (2025). Summer acoustic occurrence of southern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca ater) off southern Vancouver Island, Canada, and considerations for optimising passive acoustic monitoring. Bioacoustics, 1-25.

Eguiguren, A., Gaspard, D., Clarke, C. M., & Whitehead, H. (2025). Inferring sperm whale sex and developmental stage using aerial photogrammetry. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.17.683129

Gardiner, D., Ramp, C. A., Sears, R., Paling, L., Derous, D., Bérubé, M., Palsbøll, P., & Kershaw, J. L. (2025). Sexual segregation and pregnancy rates in Gulf of St. Lawrence minke whales. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 758, 143–159.

Kowarski, K. A., Delarue, J. J. Y., Maxner, E. E., & Martin, S. B. (2025). Acoustic occurrence of pinnipeds offshore eastern Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 103, 1–14.

Mirzaei Hotkani, M., Martin, B., Bousquet, J. F., & Delarue, J. (2025). Real-time analysis of millidecade spectra for ocean sound identification. Acoustics (MDPI), 7(3), 44.

Runte, K. L., Kowarski, K. A., Delarue, J. J. Y., Maxner, E. E., Hedgeland, D., & Martin, S. B. (2025). Echolocation signal of an unknown beaked whale off West Africa. Marine Mammal Science.

Steffek, P., Ferguson, S. R., Nolan, R., Mouy, X., Miksis-Olds, J., Martin, S. B., Delarue, J., Van Parijs, S., & Holdman, A. (2025). Spatiotemporal distribution of dolphins within the Gulf of Maine. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 157, A257.

Van den Hoff, J., Delarue, J., Warren, V. E., McPherson, C., Lieser, J. L., Achurch, H., Virtue, P., & Miller, B. S. (2025). Origins of natural and anthropogenic sounds in Antarctic coastal soundscapes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 757, 17–36.

2024

Delarue, J. J. Y., Moors-Murphy, H. B., Kowarski, K. A., Maxner, E. E., Davis, G. E., Stanistreet, J. E., & Martin, S. B. (2024). Acoustic occurrence of beaked whales off eastern Canada. Endangered Species Research, 53, 439–466.

Furni, F., Secchi, E. R., Speller, C., DenDanto, D., Ramp, C., Larsen, F., Mizroch, S., Robbins, J., Sears, R., Urbán, J., & Bérubé, M. (2024). Phylogenomics and genome-wide discordance among fin whales. Systematic Biology, 73(6), 873–885.

Kershaw, J., Ramp, C., Sears, R., Hall, A., & Derous, D. (2024). Proteome profiling reveals biomarkers of oxidative stress and immune responses in baleen whale blubber biopsies. Conservation Physiology, 12(1), coae059.

Ramp, C., Lesage, V., Ollier, A., Auger-Méthé, M., & Sears, R. (2024). Migratory movements of fin whales challenge Northwest Atlantic stock structure. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 11472.

Suárez-Menéndez, M., Bérubé, M., Bachmann, L., Best, P., Davison, N., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Lesage, V., Oosting, T., Prieto, R., Ramp, C., & Robbins, J. (2024). Baleen whale microsatellite panel for identification and parentage assignment. Global Ecology and Conservation, e02947.

2023

Pilkington, J. F., Stredulinsky, E. H., Gavrilchuk, K., Thornton, S. J., Ford, J. K., & Doniol-Valcroze, T. (2023). Winter occurrence of sympatric killer whale populations off Vancouver Island. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1204908. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1204908

Suárez-Menéndez, M., Bérubé, M., Furni, F., Rivera-León, V. E., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Larsen, F., Sears, R., Ramp, C., Eriksson, B. K., Etienne, R. S., & Robbins, J. (2023). Wild pedigrees inform mutation rates and historic abundance in baleen whales. Science, 381(6661), 990–995.

2022

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

Delarue, J., Moors-Murphy, H., Kowarski, K., Davis, G., Urazghildiiev, I., & Martin, S. (2022). Acoustic occurrence of baleen whales off eastern Canada. Endangered Species Research, 47, 265–289. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01176

Durette-Morin, D., Evers, C., Johnson, H., Kowarski, K., Delarue, J., Moors-Murphy, H., Maxner, E., Lawson, J., & Davies, K. T. A. (2022). Distribution of North Atlantic right whales revealed by passive acoustic monitoring. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 976044. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.976044

Kowarski, K. A., Martin, S. B., Maxner, E. E., Lawrence, C. B., Delarue, J., & Miksis-Olds, J. L. (2022). Cetacean acoustic occurrence on the US Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. Marine Mammal Science, 39(1), 175–199. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12962

Letessier, T. B., Johnston, J., Delarue, J., Martin, S. B., & Anderson, R. C. (2022). Spinner dolphin residency in tropical lagoons. Journal of Zoology, 318(1), 10–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13000

Meyer-Gutbrod, E. L., Davies, K. T. A., Johnson, C. L., Plourde, S., Sorochan, K. A., Kenney, R. D., Ramp, C., Gosselin, J. F., Lawson, J. W., & Greene, C. H. (2022). Redefining North Atlantic right whale habitat-use patterns under climate change. Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12242

2021

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

Charry, B., Tissier, E., Iacozza, J., Marcoux, M., & Watt, C. A. (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

Crowe, L., Brown, M. W., Corkeron, P. J., Hamilton, P. K., Ramp, C., Ratelle, S., Vanderlaan, A. S. M., & Cole, T. V. N. (2021). 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

Gavrilchuk, K., Lesage, V., Fortune, S. M., Trites, A. W., & Plourde, S. (2021). Foraging habitat decline of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Endangered Species Research, 44, 113–136.

Kowarski, K. A., Delarue, J., Gaudet, B. J., & Martin, S. B. (2021). Automatic data selection to determine cetacean occurrence in large acoustic datasets. JASA Express Letters, 1(5), 051201. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0004851

Ramp, C., Gaspard, D., Gavrilchuk, K., Unger, M., Schleimer, A., Delarue, J., Landry, S., & Sears, R. (2021). Drone images reveal underestimation of entanglement rates in large rorqual whales. Endangered Species Research, 44, 33–44. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01084

2020

Archer, F. I., Rankin, S., Stafford, K. M., Castellote, M., & Delarue, J. (2020). Quantifying spatial and temporal variation of North Pacific fin whale acoustic behavior. Marine Mammal Science, 36(1), 224–245. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12640

Charry, B., Marcoux, M., Cardille, J. A., Giroux-Bougard, X., & Humphries, M. M. (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

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

Kershaw, J. L., Ramp, C., Sears, R., Plourde, S., Brosset, P., Miller, P. J. O., & Hall, A. (2020). Declining reproductive success in Gulf of St. Lawrence humpback whales reflects ecosystem shifts on feeding grounds. Global Change Biology, 27(5), 1027–1041. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15466

Kleinertz, S., Silva, L. M. R., Köpper, S., Hermosilla, C., & Ramp, C. (2020). Endoparasitic insights of free-living fin, humpback and right whales from Eastern Canadian waters. Acta Parasitologica, 66, 682–686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-020-00298-9

2019

Cabrera, A. A., Hoekendijk, J. P. A., Aguilar, A., Barco, S. G., Berrow, S., Bloch, D., Borrell, A., Cunha, H. A., Dalla Rosa, L., Dias, C. P., 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-León, V., Robbins, J., Ryan, C., Schall, E., Sears, R., Silva, M. A., Urbán, J., Wenzel, F. W., Palsbøll, P. J., & 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.003

COSEWIC. (2019). COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), Atlantic and Pacific populations, in Canada. Ottawa: Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada.

Kershaw, J. L., Brownlow, A., Ramp, C., Miller, P. J. O., & Hall, A. J. (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

Schleimer, A., Ramp, C., Delarue, J., Carpentier, A., Bérubé, M., Palsbøll, P., Sears, R., & Hammond, P. S. (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., Ramp, C., Plourde, S., Lehoux, C., Sears, R., & Hammond, P. S. (2019). Spatio-temporal patterns in fin whale habitat use in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 623, 221–234. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13020

2018

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.

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.

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.

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.

2017

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.

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.

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.

2015

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.

2014

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.

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.

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.

2013

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.

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.

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.

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.

2012

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.

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.

2011

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.

2010

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.

2009

Delarue, J., Laurinolli, M., & Martin, B. (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.

Kot, B. W., Ramp, C., & Sears, R. (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.

Delarue, J., Di Iorio, L., Todd, S. K., & Van Parijs, S. V. (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

2006

Ramp, C., Hagen, W., & Sears, R. (2006). Survival of adult blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Marine Mammal Science, 22(3), 708–720. (Note: classic mark-recapture survival estimate referenced in later recovery assessments.)