Malene Juul Simon, Ph.d.

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 7:909-9150

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

Goldbogen JA, Cade DE, Wisniewska DM, Potvin J, Segre PS, Savoca MS, Hazen EL, Czapanskiy MF, Kahane-Rapport SR,  DeRuiter Sl, Gero S, Tønnesen P, Gough WT, Hanson MB, Holt MM, Jensen FH, Simon M, Stimpert AK, Arranz P, Johnston DW, Nowacek DK, Parks SE, Visser F, Friedlaender AS, Tyack PL, Madsen PT, Pyenson ND (2020) Why whales are big but not bigger: Physiological drivers and ecological limits in the age of ocean giants. Science 366:1367-1372

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, Heinemeier J, Bushnell PG, Christiansen JS, Olsen J, Ramsey CB, Brill RW, Simon M, Steffensen KF, Steffensen JF (2016) Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus). Science 353:702-704

Boye TK, Simon M, Witting L (2014) How may an annual removal of humpback whales from Godthaabsfjord, West Greenland, affect the within-fjord sighting rate? J Cetacean Res Manage 14:51-56

Nielsen J, Hedeholm RB, Simon M, Steffensen JF (2014) Distribution and feeding ecology of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) in Greenland waters. Polar Biol 37:37-46, 10.1007/s00300-013-1408-3

Goldbogen JA, Friedlaender 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. Biosciences 63:90-100

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

Heide-Jørgensen MP, Laidre KL, Hansen RG, Burt ML, Simon M, Borchers D, Hansen BJL, Harding KC, Rasmussen MH, Dietz R, Teilmann J (2012) Rate of increase and current abundance of humpback whales in West Greenland. J Cetacean Res Manage 12:1-14

Tervo OM, Christoffersen MF, Simon M, Miller LA, Jensen FH, Parks SE, Madsen PT (2012) High Source Levels and Small Active Space of High-Pitched Song in Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus). PLOS ONE 7:e52072

Eskesen IG, Wahlberg M, Simon M, Larsen ON (2011) Comparison of echolocation clicks from geographically sympatric killer whales and long-finned pilot whales (L). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 130:9-12

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

Boye TK, Simon M, Madsen PT (2010) Habitat use of humpback whales in Godthaabsfjord, West Greenland, with implications for commercial exploitation. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 90:1529-1538

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

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

Laidre KL, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Heagerty P, Cossio A, Bergström B, Simon M (2010) Spatial associations between large baleen whales and their prey in West Greenland. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 402:269-284

Simon M, Stafford KM, Beedholm K, Lee CM, Madsen PT (2010) Singing behavior of fin whales in the Davis Strait with implications for mating, migration and foraging. J Acoust Soc Am 128:3200-3210

Laidre KL, Heagerty PJ, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Witting L, Simon M (2009) Sexual segregation of common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in Greenland, and the influence of sea temperature on the sex ratio of catches. ICES J Mar Sci 66:2253-2266

Simon M, Hanson MB, Murrey L, Tougaard J, Ugarte F (2009) From captivity to the wild and back: An attempt to release Keiko the killer whale. Mar Mamm Sci 25:693-705

Simon M, Johnson M, Tyack P, Madsen PT (2009) Behaviour and kinematics of continuous ram filtration in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biologicalsciences 276:3819-3828

Heide-Jørgensen MP, Borchers D, Witting L, Laidre KL, Simon M, Rosing-Asvid A, Pike DG (2008) Estimates of large whale abundance in West Greenland waters from an aerial survey in 2005. J Cetacean Res Manage 10:119-129

Heide-Jørgensen MP, Simon M, Laidre KL (2007) Estimates of large whale abundance in Greenlandic waters from a ship-based survey in 2005. J Cetacean Res Manage 9:95-104