Malene Simon Hegelund

Cabrera AA,  Schall E, Bérubé M, Anderwald P, Bachmann L, Berrow S, Best PB, Clapham PJ, Cunha HA, Rosa LD, Dias C, Findlay KP, Haug T, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Hoelzel R, Kovacs KM,  Landry S, Larsen F, Lopes XM, Lydersen C, Mattila DK, Oosting T, Pace III RM, Papetti C, Paspati A, Pastene LA, Prieto R, Ramp C, Robbins J, Sears R,  Secchi ER, Silva MA, Simon M, Víkingsson G, Wiig Ø, Øien N, Palsbøll PJ (2022) Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey. Glob Chang Biol 00:1-21

Mattmüller RM, Thomisch K, Van Opzeeland I, Laidre KL, Simon M (2021) Passive acoustic monitoring reveals year-round marine mammal community composition off Tasiilaq, Southeast Greenland. J Acoust Soc Am 151: 1380

Banas NS, Møller EF, Laidre KL, Simon M, Ellingsen I, Nielsen TG (2021) Reconciling Behavioural, Bioenergetic, and Oceanographic Views of Bowhead Whale Predation on Overwintering Copepods at an Arctic Hotspot (Disko Bay, Greenland). Front Mar Sci 8:592

Yuan B, McLachlan S, Roos AM, Simon M, Strid A, de Wit A (2021) Long-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins Have Reached the Arctic. Environ Sci Technol Lett 8:753-759

Boye TK, Garde E, Nielsen J, Hedeholm R, Olsen J, Simon M (2020) Estimating the age of West Greenland humpback whales through aspartic acid racemization and eye lens bomb radiocarbon methods. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:811

Boye TK, Simon MJ, Laidre KL, Rigét F, Stafford KM (2020) Seasonal detections of bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) vocalizations in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait in relation to sea ice concentration. Polar Biol. 43:1493-1502

Schultes L, van Noordenburg C, Spaan, KM, Plassmann MM, Simon M, Roos A, Benskin JP (2020) High Concentrations of Unidentified Extractable Organofluorine Observed in Blubber from a Greenland Killer Whale (Orcinus orca). Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 7:909-915

Segre PS, Potvin J, Cade DE, Calambokidis J, Clemente JD, Fish FE, Friedlaender AS, Gough WT, Kahane-Rapport SR, Oliveira C, Parks SE, Penry GS, Simon M, Stimpert AK, Wiley DN, Bierlich KC, Madsen PT, Goldbogen JA (2020) Energetic and physical limitations on the breaching performance of large whales. eLife 2020;9:e51760

Bejder L, Videsen S, Hermannsen L, Simon M, Hanf D, Madsen PT (2019) Low energy expenditure and resting behaviour of humpback whale mother-calf pairs highlights conservation importance of sheltered breeding areas. Scientific Reports 9:771

Gough WT, Segre PS, Bierlich KC, Cade DE, Potvin J, Fish FE, Dale J, di Clemente J, Friedlaender AS, Johnston DW, Kahane-Rapport SR, Kennedy J, Long JH, Oudejans M, Penry G, Savoca MS, Simon M, Videsen SKA, Visser F, Wiley DN, Goldbogen JA (2019) Scaling of swimming performance in baleen whales. J Exp Biol 222: jeb216044

Kyhn L, Wisniewska DM, Tougaard J, Simon M, Beedholm K, Mosbech A, Madsen PT (2019) Basin-wide contributions to the underwater soundscape by multiple seismic surveys with implications for marine mammals in Baffin Bay, Greenland. Mar Pollut Bull 138:474-490

Nielsen, J, Hedeholm, RB, Bushnell, PG, Brill, RW, Olsen, J, Heinemeier, J, Christiansen, JS, Simon, M, Steffensen, KF, and Steffensen, JF. 2016. Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus). Science 08/2016. 353(6300)

Boye TB, Simon M, Witting L (2014) How may an annual removal of humpback whales from Godthaabsfjord, West Greenland, affect the within-fjord sighting rate? Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 14: 51-56

Nielsen J, Hedeholm R, Simon M, Steffensen JF (2014) Distribution and feeding ecology of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) in Greenland waters. Polar Biology 37: 37-46

Goldbogen JA, Friedlander AS, Calambokidis J, McKenna MF, Simon M, Nowacek DP (2013). Integrative Approaches to the Study of Baleen Whale Diving Behavior, Feeding Performance, and Foraging Ecology. BioScience 63: 90-100. ISSN 0006-3568. dx.

Nielsen J, Hedeholm R, Simon M, Fleng-Steffens, J (2013). Distribution and feeding ecology of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) in Greenland waters. Polar Biology, January 2014, Volume 37, Issue 1, pp 37-46.dx.

Heide-Jørgensen MP, Laidre KL, Hansen RG, Burt ML, Simon M, Borchers DL, Hansen J, Harding K, Rasmussen M, Diets R, Teilmann B (2012). Rate of increase and current abundance of humpback whales in West Greenland. J. Cetacan Res. Manage. 12(1): 1–14, 2012.

Simon M, Johnson M, Madsen PT (2012). Keeping momentum with a mouthful of water: behavior and kinematics of humpback whale lunge feeding. The Journal of Experimental Biology 215, 3786-3798. dx.

Tervo OM, Christoffersen MF, Simon M, Miller LA, Jensen FH, et al. (2012). High Source Levels and Small Active Space of High-Pitched Song in Bowhead. Whales (Balaena mysticetus). PLoS ONE 7(12): e52072. dx.

Tervo, O.M.; Christoffersen, Simon, M.; Miller, L.A.; Jensen, F.H.; Parks, S.E. and Madsen, P.T. 2012: High source levels and small active space of high pitched song in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus). PLoS ONE 7(12): e52072

Eskesen IG, Wahlberg M, Simon M, Larsen ON (2011). Comparison of echolocation clicks from geographically sympatric killer whales and long-finned pilot whales. Acoustical Society of America. dx.

Wahlberg M, Jensen F H, Aguilar Soto N, Beedholm K, Bejder L, Johnson M, Oliveira C, Rasmussen M, Simon M, Villadsgaard A, Madsen P T (2011). Source Parameters of Echolocation Clicks from wild Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus and T. aduncus). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 130(4): 2263–2274.

Boye TK, Simon M, and Madsen PT (2010) Habitat use of humpback whales in Godthaabsfjord, West Greenland with implications for commercial exploitation. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90:1529-1538

Heide-Jørgensen MP, Laidre KL, Borchers D, Marques TA, Stern H and Simon MJ (2010). The effect of sea ice loss on beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in West Greenland. Polar Research 29:198-208.

Heide-Jørgensen MP, Laidre KL, Simon M, Burt ML, Borchers DL and Rasmussen M (2010) Abundance of fin whales in West Greenland in 2007. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 11(2): 83–88

Laidre KL, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Heagerty P, Cossio A, Bergstrom B and Simon M (2010). Spatial associations between large baleen whales and their prey in West Greenland. Marine Ecology Progress Series 402:269-284

Simon M, Nuuttila H, Reyes-Zamudio MM, Ugarte F, Verfuß U, Evans PGH (2010) Passive acoustic monitoring of bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoise, in Cardigan Bay, Wales, with implications for habitat use and partitioning. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90(8), 1539–1545.

Simon M, Stafford K, Beedholm K, Lee C, and Madsen PT (2010) Singing behavior of fin whales in the Davis Strait with implications for mating, migration and foraging. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 128, 3200-3210

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., D. L. Borchers, L. Witting, M. J. Simon, K. L. Laidre,> and D. Pike. In Press. Final estimates of large whale abundance in West Greenland waters from an aerial survey in 2005. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Simon, M.J. & Laidre, K.L. 2007. Estimates of large whale abundance in Greenland waters from a ship-based survey in 2005. J. Cetacean Research and Management. 9(2): 95-104.

Simon, M., McGregor, P. K. & Ugarte, F. 2007. The relationship between the acoustic behaviour and surface activity of killer whales that feed on herring. Acta Ethologica. 10:47-53.

Simon, M., Wahlberg, M. and Miller, L. 2007. Echolocation clicks from killer whales (Orcinus orca) feeding on herring (Clupea harengus) in Norwegian waters”. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(2):749-752.

Simon, M.. Wahlberg, m., Ugarte, F. and Miller, L. 2006. Icelandic killer whales use a call suitable for herding herring. Bioacoustics. 16:57-74.

Simon, M., M.Wahlberg, F. Ugarte & L.A.Miller, 2005. Acoustic characteristics of underwater tail slaps used by Norwegian and Icelandic killer whales (Orcinus orca) to debilitate herring (Clupea harengus). The Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 2459-2466.

Nr. 108 - MapHab - Mapping Benthic Habitats in Greenland. Best practice protocol.

Nr. 109 - Maphab - Mapping Benthic Habitats in Greenland - pilot study in Disko Bay

AMAP (2018). Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic: Perspectives from the Baffin Bay/Davis Strait Region. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway. Xvi + 354pp.

Juul-Pedersen T, Arendt KE, Mortensen J, Retzel A, Burmeister A, Sejr MK, Blicher M, Krause-Jensen D, Olesen B, Labansen AL, Rasmussen LM, Witting L, Boye T, Simon M, Rysgaard S (2014) Nuuk Basic. The MarinBasis Program. In Jensen LM (ed.) (2014) Nuuk Ecological Research Operations, 6th Annual Report, 2013. Aarhus University, DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy. 84 pp

Juul-Pedersen T, Arendt KE, Mortensen J, Retzel A, Burmeister A, Sejr MK, Blicher M, Krause-Jensen D, Olesen B, Labansen AL, Rasmussen LM, Witting L, Boye T, Simon M, Rysgaard S (2014) Nuuk Basic. The MarinBasis Program. In Jensen LM (ed.) (2014) Nuuk Ecological Research Operations, 6th Annual Report, 2013. Aarhus University, DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy. 84 pp

Tiedemann R, Pampoulie C, Schneider A R R , Kiemel K, Witting L, Simon M J, Olsen M, Skaug H J, Øien N and Víkingsson G A. (2014) Genetic structure of the North Atlantic common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) at feeding grounds: a combined microsatellite and mtDNA analysis, IWC/SC/65b/RMP09

Tiedemann R, Schneider A R R , Kiemel K, Pampoulie C, Witting L, Simon M J, Olsen M, Skaug H J, Øien N and Víkingsson G A. (2014) Genetic structure of the North Atlantic common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) at feeding grounds: an update of the microsatellite and mtDNA analysis, IWC/SC/A14/AWMP-RMP03

Heide-Jørgensen MP, KL Laidre, D Borchers, H Stern and M Simon (2009) The effect of sea ice loss on beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in West Greenland. NAMMCO/SC/16-JCNB/SWG/2009-JWG/6

Heide-Jørgensen MP, KL Laidre, M Simon, M Rasmussen, ML Burt and DL Borchers (2009) Revised abundance estimates of fin whales in West Greenland in 2007. SC/M09/AWMP1

Desportes, G., Pike, D., Gunnlaugsson, T., Mikkelsen, B., Lawson, J., Simon, M., Víkingsson, G., Witting, L., Øien, N., Zabavnikov, V. and Acquarone, M. Trans North Atlantic Sightings Survey – TNASS 2007. IWC/SC/59/O19.

Heide-Jorgensen, M.P., Simon, M.J. and Laidre, K.L. Estimates of large whale abundance in Greenland waters from a ship-based survey in 2005. IWC/SC/MO7/AWMP13

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Borchers, D. L., Witting, L., Simon, M. J., Laidre, K. L., Rosing-Asvid, A., Pike, D. G. 2007. Final estimates of large whale abundance in West Greenland waters from an aerial survey in 2005. IWC/SC/59/AWMP7.

Simon, M., Kingsley, M. and Witting, L. 2007. Biological parameters and the seasonal and spatial distribution of minke whale catch off West Greenland, 1987–2006. IWC/SC/59/AWMP3.

Simon, M., Kingsley, M. and Witting, L. 2007. Seasonal and spatial distribution and sex ratio of fin whale catches off West Greenland, 1987—2006. IWC/SC/59/AWMP2.

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Borchers, D. L., Witting, L., Simon, M. J., Laidre, K. L., Rosing-Asvid, A. and Pike, D. 2006. Preliminary analyses of the 2005 aerial survey (SC/58/AWMP7) of large whale abundance in West Greenland. IWC/SC/58/AWMP9.

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Borchers, D. L., Witting, L., Simon, M. J., Laidre, K. L., Rosing-Asvid, A. and Pike, D. 2006. Summary of an aerial survey of large whales in West Greenland in 2005. IWC/SC/58/AWMP7.

Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Borchers, D.L., Witting, L., Simon, M.J., Laidre, K.L., Rosing-Asvid, A. and Pike, D. Preliminary analyses of the 2005 aerial survey (SC/58/AWMP7) of large whale abundance in West Greenland. IWC SC/58/AWMP9. 12pp.