Malene Simon Hegelund, Ph.d.

Berger ML, Shaw SD, Rolsky CB, Chen D, Sun J, Rosing-Asvid A, Granquist SM, Simon M, Backlin BM, Roos AM (2023) Alternative and legacy flame retardants in marine mammals from three northern ocean regions. Environ Pollut 335:122255

Land-Miller H, Roos AM, Simon M, Dietz R, Sonne C, Pedro S, Rosing-Asvid A, Rigét FF, McKinney MA (2023) Comparison of feeding niches between Arctic and northward-moving sub-Arctic marine mammals in Greenland. Mar Ecol Prog Ser SHIFTav7

Merkel FR, Lage Labansen A, Feldskou Autzen T, Simon M, Hermannsen L (2023) Quantifying marine traffic intensity in Northwest Greenland and the potential disturbance of two seabird colonies. Mar Pollut Bulletin 194:115298

Selbmann A, Deecke VB, Filatova OA, Fedutin ID, Miller PJO, Simon M, Bowles AE, Lyrholm T, Lacey C, Magnúsdottir EE, Maunder W, Wensveen PJ, Svavarsson J, Samarra FIP (2023) Call type repertoire of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Iceland and its variation across regions. Mar Mammal Sci 39:1136-1160

Videsen SKA, Simon M, Christiansen F, Friedlaender A, Goldbogen J, Malte H, Segre P, Wang T, Johnson M, Madsen PT (2023) Cheap gulp foraging of a giga-predator enables efficient exploitation of sparse prey. Sci Adv 9:eade3889

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 (2022) 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

Ladegaard M, Macauley J, Simon M, Laidre KL, Mitseva A, Videsen S, Pedersen MB, Tougaard J, Madsen PT (2021) Soundscape and ambient noise levels of the Arctic waters around Greenland. Sci Rep 23360

Videsen SKA, Simon M, Johnson M, Madsen PT, Christiansen F (2021) Cryptic vocal behavior of foraging humpback whales on feeding grounds in West Greenland. The J Acoust Soc Am 150:2879-2887

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 7:909-9150

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