Cetaceans

Biology & Ecology Conservation & Management

Description

Ecology, behaviour, population biology and conservation of whales and dolphins, including bioacoustics, movements and the effects of human activities such as whale-watching, noise and ship strikes.

Research groups

Azores Whale Lab

Coordinators 4

Cláudia Oliveira Assistant researcher

Mónica A. Silva Principal researcher

Rui Prieto Assistant researcher

Sergi Pérez-Jorge Junior researcher

Members 1

Miguel Machete Technician · Others

Publications · By the members of this line 143

Journal of Biogeography · 53(9)

Paper DOI

Shifting Yet Persisting? Multiple Dimensions of Habitat Suitability Change in Northeast Atlantic Cetaceans

Sousa‐Guedes, D Gomes‐Pereira, JN Boavida‐Portugal, J Assis, J

Machete, M and 1 others

Sep 2026

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Paper DOI

From fluke to fragment: A multifaceted method for molecular sex identification and mitochondrial haplotyping from environmental DNA samples

Rodriguez, LK Schallhart, S Hobmeier, P Curran, TG

Pérez‐Jorge, S

Prieto, R

Oliveira, C and 2 others

Sep 2026

Endangered Species Research · 59

Paper DOI

Marine debris entanglements and associated impacts in megafauna across the open NE Atlantic Ocean

Rodríguez, Y

Vandeperre, F

Parra, H

Machete, M

Fontes, J

Pham, CK and 1 others

Apr 2026

Biodiversity and Conservation · 35(3)

Paper DOI

Ship strikes of fin whales in the north-east atlantic: identifying hotspots and simulating mitigation measures

Robbins, JR Silva, MA

Prieto, R Marley, SA

Mar 2026

Marine Mammal Science · 42(2)

Paper DOI

Headbutting Behavior Between Sperm Whales Documented Using Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles

Burslem, A Cerdà, M Brotons, T Rendell, L

Prieto, R and 1 others

Mar 2026

Projects 22

DETEKT

2025 – 2028 · FEDER

EUROPAM

2023 – 2026 · Biodiversa+

eWHALE

2023 – 2025 · Biodiversa+

Fieldwork done 5

M202 "ISAAC"

21 Jul – 7 Aug 2024 · Terceira/Açores; S. Vicente/Cabo Verde

Censo visual dedicado de cetáceos (LIFE AZORES NATURA - Cetáceos)

24 Jul – 15 Aug 2023

Foraging ecology and acoustic communication of sperm whales (RV OceanXplorer)

11 Jun – 28 Jun 2021

Financiado por fundos nacionais através da FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., no âmbito dos projetos UID/05634/2025 (DOI: 10.54499/UID/05634/2025), UID/PRR/05634/2025 (DOI: 10.54499/UID/PRR/05634/2025) e UID/PRR2/05634/2025 (DOI: 10.54499/UID/PRR2/05634/2025).

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Universidade dos Açores

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