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1 Curriculum vitae for Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Prof., Dr. Scient. Work address: Greenland Institute of Natural Resources c/o Greenland Representation Strandgade 91, 2, Postbox 1915 DK-1016 Copenhagen K Denmark Phone: , Cell phone in Denmark: , Cell phone in Greenland: , mhj@ghsdk.dk, Academic background: Cand.scient. (M.Sc.) in biology from University of Copenhagen in Dr. Scient. (D.Sc.) from Faculty of Natural Science, University of Copenhagen in Adjunct professor at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen from 1 October 2013 Employment: Research professor at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources from 1 October 2013 Senior Scientist at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources since From 1 January 2000 through June 2004 working as a visiting scientist at the National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle, USA. Senior Scientist at the Greenland Fisheries Research Institute from 1990 to Scientist at the Greenland Fisheries Research Institute from 1988 to Consultant in Danbiu ApS from 1986 to Memberships: The Scientific Working Group in Joint Commission for the Conservation and Management of Narwhal and Beluga, The Scientific Committee of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission The Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. Fields of interests: Ecology of whales in Greenland Methods for satellite tracking of whales Abundance estimation of whale populations Climate change and its impacts on the West Greenland ecosystem and the cetacean populations Teaching and supervising: Various undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral courses in marine biology and Arctic biology at the Universities of Copenhagen and Odense Supervision of Master of Science students; Pia Barner Neve, Outi Tervo, Eva Garde, Rikke Guldborg Hansen, Nynne Hjort Nielsen, Mads Schultz, Laia Agusti, Silje Rekdal, Stine Deepika Chistiansen, Barbara Eva Laesser Supervision of PhD students; Kristin Laidre, Malene Simon, Eva Garde, Edda Magnusdottir, Nynne Hjort Nielsen External examinator at M.Sc. examinations at the Universities of Copenhagen and Odense Opponent at Ph.D. theses; Kjell Nilssen, University of Tromsø in 1995 and Ian Gjertz, University of Oslo in Post. docs: Kristin Laidre funded by National Science Foundation, Outi Tervo funded by the Danish Research Council, and Corinne Pomerleau funded by Weston Garfield Postdoctoral Award. Publications: More than 170 scientific publications in peer reviewed international journals (see List of publications) since 1982 Recently submitted papers Heide-Jørgensen, R.G. Hansen, N.H. Nielsen. Submitted. Ice-dependent area usage of the North Water by Atlantic

2 walruses. Polar Biology Papers in press: 175) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., N.H. Nielsen, P.S. Leifsson. In prep. Long-term tag retention on small cetaceans. Marine Mammal Science 174) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., N.H. Nielsen, R.G. Hansen, H.C. Schmidt, S.B. Blackwell and O.A. Jørgensen. Accepted. The predictable narwhal. Journal of Zoology 173) Citta, J.J., L.T. Quakenbush, V. Vanek, J.J. Burns, J.C.George. In review. Does the winter range of bowhead whales overlap winter pot fisheries in the Bering Sea? Polar Biology. 172) Watt, C.A., J.R. Orr, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, N.H. Nielsen, S.H. Ferguson. Accepted. Differences in dive behavior among the world s three narwhal (Monodon monoceros) populations correspond with dietary differences. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser ) Grist, J.P., S.A. Josey, L. Boehme, M.P. Meredith, K.L. Laidre, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, K.M. Kovacs, C. Lydersen, F.J.M. Davidson, G.B. Stenson, M.O. Hammill, R. Marsh, A.C. Coward Seasonal variability of the warm Atlantic water layer in the vicinity of the Greenland shelf break. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, doi: /2014gl ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and K.L.Laidre. Accepted. Surfacing time, availability bias and abundance of humpback whales in West Greenland. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 169) Keane, M., J. Semeiks, A.E. Webb,Y-I. Li, V. Quesada, T. Craig, L.B. Madsen, S. van Dam, D. Brawand, P.I. Marques, P.Michalak, L. Kang, J. Bhak, H.-S. Yim, N.V. Grishin, N.H. Nielsen, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, E.M. Oziolor, C.W. Matson, G.M. Church, G.W. Stuart, J.C. Patton, J.C. George, R. Suydam, K. Larsen, C. Lopez-Otın, M.J. O Connell, J.W. Bickham, B. Thomsen, and J.P. de Magalhaes Insights into the evolution of longevity from the bowhead whale genome. Cell Reports 10, 1-11, January 6, ) Nielsen, N.H., K. Laidre, R.S. Larsen, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Identification of potential foraging areas for bowhead whales in Baffin Bay and adjacent waters. Arctic in press ) Andersen, O.G.N., K. Laidre, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Benthopelagic shrimp and associated pelagic bethopelagic fauna on a bowhead whale foraging ground in Disko Bay, West Greenland. Marine Science 4(1): ) Blanchet, M.-A., J. Godfroid, E.N. Breines, M.-P. Heide-Jørgensen, N.H. Nielsen, I. Hasselmeier, M. Iversen, S.-K. Jensen, K. Åsbakk West Greenland harbour porpoises assayed for antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii: false positive with the direct agglutination method. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 108: ) Vikingsson, G.A. and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen First indication of autumn migration routes and destinations of common minke whales tracked by satellite in the North Atlantic during Marine Mammal Science DOI: /mms ) Rekdal, S.L., Hansen, R.G., Borchers, D., Bachmann, L., Laidre, K.L., Wiig, Ø., Nielsen, N.H., Fossette, S., Tervo, O. and M. P. Heide-Jørgensen Trends in bowhead whales in West Greenland; Aerial surveys vs. genetic capturerecapture. Marine Mammal Science DOI: /mms ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., N.H. Nielsen, R.G. Hansen, S. Blackwell Stomach temperature of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) during feeding events. Animal Biotelemetry 2:9 (doi: / ) 162) Fossette, S., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, M.V. Jensen, J. Kiszka, N. Bertrand, M. Vely Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) post breeding dispersal and southward migration in the western Indian Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Special Issue: Charismatic Megafauna, 450: ) Reeves, R.R., P.J. Ewins, S. Agbayani, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, K.M. Kovacs, C. Lydersen, R. Suydam, W. Elliott, G. Polet, Y.v.Dijk, R. Blijleven Distribution of endemic cetaceans in relation to hydrocarbon development and commercial shipping in a warming Arctic. Marine Policy 44: ) Citta, JJ., J.J. Burns, L.T. Quakenbush, V. Vanek, J.C. George, B.J. Small, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, H. Brower Potential for bowhead whale entanglement in cod and crab gear in the Bering Sea. Marine Mammal Science 30(2): DOI: /mms ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K.L. Laidre, N.H. Nielsen, R.G. Hansen, A. Røstad Winter and spring feeding behavior of bowhead whales. Animal Biotelemetry 1-15

3 158) Cynthia, L.C., J.J. Citta, L.T: Quakenbush, J.T. Clarke, B.K. Rone, R.A: Shea, M.C. Ferguson, M.P. Heide- Jørgensen Presence and behavior of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in July Polar Biology DOI /s ) K.M. Dunmall, J.D. Reist, E.C. Carmack, J.A. Babaluk, and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Pacific Salmon in the Arctic: Harbingers of Recent Changes. In: F.J. Mueter, D.M.S. Dickson, H.P. Huntington, J.R. Irvine, E.A.Logerwell, S.A. MacLean, L.T. Quakenbush, and C. Rosa (eds.), Responses of Arctic Marine Ecosystems to Climate Change. Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks. doi: /ramecc ) Watt, C.A, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, S. H. Ferguson How adaptable are narwhal: a comparison of foraging patterns among the world s three narwhal populations. Ecosphere 4(6), article 71 ( 155) Borchers, D.L., W. Zucchini, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, A. Cañadas, R. Langrock Using hidden Markov models to deal with availability bias on line transect surveys. Biometrics DOI: /biom ) Born, E.W., Boertmann, D.M., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Dietz, R., Witting, L., Kyhn, L., Fossette, S., Rigét, F.F., Laidre, K. and Ugarte, F Abundance of Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in East Greenland. NAMMCO Scientific Publications, Special Issue on walrus 153) Dietz, R., Born, E.W., Stewart, R.E.A., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Stern, H., Rigét, F., Toudal, L., Lanthier, C., Jensen, M.V., Teilmann, J Movements of walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) between Central West Greenland and Southeast Baffin Island, NAMMCO Scientific Publications, doi: 152) Garde, E., M.F. Bertelsen, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, N.H. Nielsen, A.K. Frie, D. Olafsdottir, U. Siebert, S.H. Hansen. Accepted. Temperature-dependent racemization rates of aspartic acid in mammalian eye lenses - implications for age estimation and longevity. NAMMCO Scientific Publications 151) Garde, E., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Ditlevsen, S., Tvermosegaard, K. T., Harding, K., Hansén, J. and Hansen, S. H. Submitted. Population dynamics of narwhals Monodon monoceros from East and West Greenland. Polar Research 150) Hansen, R.G. and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Abundance and spatial trends of long-finned pilot whales, whitebeaked dolphins and harbour porpoise in West Greenland. Marine Biology DOI /s ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K.L. Laidre, S. Fossette, M. Rasmussen, N.H. Nielsen and R.G. Hansen Abundance of walruses in Eastern Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. NAMMCO Scientific Publications, doi: 148) Lehnert, K., Seibel, H., Hasselmeier, I., Wohlsein, P., Iversen, M., Nielsen, N.H., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Prenger- Berninghoff, E., Siebert, U Parasitism and associated pathology in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) hunted in Greenlandic waters in Polar Biology DOI /s ) Stewart, R.E.A., Born, E.W., Dietz, R., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Rigét, FF.,Laidre, K., Villum Jensen, Knutsen, L.Ø., Fossette, S. and Dunn, J.B Abundance of Atlantic walrus in the Baffin Bay stock during summer. NAMMCO Scientific Publications, Special Issue on walrus, 146) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., R.G. Hansen, N.H. Nielsen, M. Rasmussen The significance of the North Water to Arctic marine mammals. Ambio 42: ) Alter, S.E., H.C. Rosenbaum, L.D. Postma, P. Whitridge, C. Gaines, D. Weber, M.G. Egan, M. Lindsay, G. Amato, L. Dueck, R.L. Brownell, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen. K.L. Laidre, G. Caccone, B. L. Hancock Gene flow on ice: the role of sea ice ad whaling in shaping Holarctic genetic diversity and population differentiation in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus). Ecology and Evolution doi: /ece ) Citta, J.J., L.T. Quakenbush, J.C. George, R.J. Small, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Winter movements of satellite tagged bowhead whales in the Bering Sea. Arctic 65 (1); ) Garde, E., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen and S. H. Hansen Aspartic acid racemization rate in narwhal (Monodon monoceros) eye lens nuclei estimated by counting of growth layers in tusks. Polar Research 31, 15865, 142) Hansen, R.G., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, K.L. Laidre Recent abundance of bowhead whales in Isabella Bay, Canada. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 12(3): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K.L. Laidre, R.G. Hansen, M.L. Burt, D.L. Borchers, J. Hansén, K. Harding, M. Rasmussen, R. Dietz, and J. Teilmann Rate of increase and current abundance of humpback whales in West Greenland. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 12(1): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., E. Garde, N.H. Nielsen and O. N. Andersen Biological data from the hunt of bowhead whales in West Greenland 2009 and Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 12(3):

4 139) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K. L. Laidre, D. Litovka, M. Villum Jensen, J.M. Grebmeier and B.I. Sirenko Identifying gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) foraging grounds along the Chukotka Peninsula, Russia using satellite telemetry. Polar Biology 35: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., R. G. Hansen, K. Westdal, R. R. Reeves, A. Mosbech Narwhals and seismic exploration: Is seismic noise increasing the risk of ice entrapments? Biological Conservation 158: ( 137) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., P. Richard, R. Dietz, K. Laidre A metapopulation model for Canadian and West Greenland narwhals. Animal Conservation 16: doi: /acv ) Laidre K.L. and M. P. Heide-Jørgensen Springtime partitioning of Disko Bay, West Greenland by Arctic and sub-arctic baleen whales. ICES Journal of Marine Science, doi: /icesjms/fss ) Lydersen, C., C. Freitas, Ø. Wiig, L. Bachmann, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, R. Swift and K.M. Kovacs Lost highway not forgotten: satellite tracking of a bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) from the critically endangered Spitsbergen stock. Arctic 65(1): ) Nielsen, N.H., E. Garde, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, C.H. Lockyer and S.H. Hansen Application of a novel technique for age estimation of a baleen whale and a porpoise. Marine Mammal Science doi: /j x 133) Stafford, K.M., K.L. Laidre, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen First acoustic recordings of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in winter. Marine Mammal Science 28(2): E197-E ) Wiig, Ø., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, K.L. Laidre, E. Garde, R.R. Reeves Geographic variation in cranial morphology of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from Greenland and the eastern Canadian Arctic. Polar Biology 35: doi: /s z ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K.L. Laidre, Ø. Wiig, L. Postma, L. Dueck, L. Bachmann Large scale sexual segregation of bowhead whales. Endangered Species Research 13: doi: /esr ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P, K. L. Laidre, L. T. Quakenbush, J.J. Citta The Northwest Passage opens for bowhead whales. Biology Letters doi: /rsbl ) Zerbini, A.N., Andriolo, A., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Moreira, S.C., Pizzorno, J.L., Maia, Y.G., VanBlaricom, G.R. and DeMaster, D.P Migration and summer destinations of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the western South Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Special Issue 3): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Iversen, M., N.H. Nielsen, C. Lockyer, H. Stern, M. H. Ribergaard Harbour porpoises respond to climate change. Ecology and Evolution doi: /ece ) Laidre, K.L. and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Life in the lead: Extreme densities of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in the offshore pack ice. Marine Ecology Progress Series 423: doi: /meps ) Laidre, K.L., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, H. Stern, P. Richard Unusual narwhal sea ice entrapments and delayed autumn freeze-up trends. Polar Biology 35: DOI /s ) Wiig, Ø., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, C. Lindqvist, K.L. Laidre, L.D. Postma, L. Dueck, P.J. Palsbøll, L. Bachmann Recaptures of genotyped bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in Eastern Canada and West Greenland. Endangered Species Research doi: /esr ) Pomerleau, C., T.A. Patterson, S. Luque, V. Lesage, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, L.L. Dueck and S.H. Ferguson Bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus diving and movement patterns in the eastern Canadian Arctic: Implications for foraging ecology. Endangered Species Research 15: DOI: /esr ) Garrigue, C., A. Zerbini, Y. Geyer, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, W. Hanaoka, P. Clapham Movements of satellitemonitored humpback whales from New Caledonia. Journal of Mammalogy 91(1): ) Hauser, N., A.N. Zerbini, Y. Geyer, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, P. Clapham Movements of satellite-monitored humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, from the Cook Islands. Marine Mammal Science DOI: /j x 121) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and E. Garde Fetal growth of narwhals (Monodon monoceros). Marine Mammal Science 27(3): DOI: 10:1111/j x 120) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K.L. Laidre, M.L. Burt, D.L. Borchers, T.A. Marques, R.G. Hansen, M. Rasmussen and S. Fossette Abundance of narwhals (Monodon monoceros L.) on the hunting grounds in Greenland. Mammalogy 91(5): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K.L. Laidre, M. Simon, M.L. Burt, D.L. Borchers, M. Rasmussen Abundance of fin whales in West Greenland in Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 11(2): 83-88

5 118) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., L. Witting, K.L. Laidre and R.G. Hansen Fully corrected estimates of minke whale abundance in West Greenland in Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 11(2): ) Laidre, K.L., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, W. Ermold and M. Steele Narwhals document continued warmng of southern Baffin Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research 115, C10049, doi: /2009jc ) Laidre, K.L., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, P. Heagerty, A. Cossio, B. Bergstrøm, M. Simon Spatial association between large baleen whales and their prey in West Greenland. Marine Ecology Progress Series 402: ) Laidre, K.L., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, M. Logsdon, L. Delwiche, T.G. Nielsen A whale of an opportunity: Examining vertical structure of chlorophyll-a in high Arctic waters using instrumented marine predators. Marine Biology Research 6: ) Quakenbush, L.T., J.J. Citta, J.C. George, R.J. Small and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Fall and winter movements of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Chukchi Sea and within a potential petroleum development area. Arctic 63 (3): ) Richard, P.R., Laake, J.L., Hobbs, R.C., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Asselin, N., and Cleator, H Baffin Bay Narwhal Population Distribution and Numbers: Aerial Surveys in the Canadian High Arctic, Arctic 63: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K.L. Laidre, D. Borchers, H. Stern and M. Simon The effect of sea ice loss on beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in West Greenland. Polar Research 29: DOI: /j x 111) Laidre, K.L., Heagerty, P.J., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Witting, L. and M. Simon 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: ) Dalla Rosa, L., E.R. Secch,,Y.G. Maia, A.N. Zerbini, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Movements of satellitemonitored humpback whales on their feeding ground along the Antarctic peninsula. Polar Biology DOI /s ) Dietz, R., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, P. Richard, J. Orr, K. Laidre, H.C. Schmidt Movements of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from Admiralty Inlet monitored by satellite telemetry. Polar Biol. 31: DOI /s ) Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., D. L. Borchers, L. Witting, K. L. Laidre, M. J. Simon, A. Rosing-Asvid, D. G. Pike Estimates of large whale abundance in West Greenland from an aerial survey in Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 10(2): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., R. Dietz, K. Laidre, P. Nicklen, E. Garde, P. Richard, J. Orr Resighting of a narwhal (Monodon monoceros) instrumented with a satellite transmitter. Arctic 61: ) Laidre, K.L., I. Stirling, L.F. Lowry, Ø. Wiig, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, S.H. Ferguson Quantifying the sensitivity of Arctic marine mammals to climate-induced habitat change. Ecological Applications 18(2): S97-S125. ( 105) Laidre, K.L., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, J. Nyeland, A. Mosbech and D. Boertmann Latitudinal gradients in sea ice and primary production determine Arctic seabird colony size in Greenland. Proc. R. Soc. B. 275: Doi; /rspb ) Stafford, K.M., S.E. Moore, K.L. Laidre, & M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Bowhead whale springtime song off West Greenland. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125 (5): DOI: / ) Garde, E., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, S.H. Hansen, G. Nachman and M.C. Forchhammer Age-specific growth and remarkable longevity in narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from West Greenland as estimated by aspartic acid racemization. Journal of Mammalogy 88(1): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., H. Stern and K. Laidre Dynamics of the sea ice edge in Davis Strait. Journal of Marine Systems 67: Doi: /j.jmarsys ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and K.L. Laidre Autumn space-use patterns of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in West Greenland. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and M. Simon Cue rates for common minke, fin and humpback whales in West Greenland. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(3): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K.L. Laidre, M.L. Logsdon, T.G. Nielsen Springtime coupling between phytoplankton, sea ice, and sea surface temperature in Disko Bay, West Greenland. Progress in Oceanography 73:

6 ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K. Laidre, D. Borchers, F. Samarrra and H. Stern Increasing abundance of bowhead whales in West Greenland. Biology Letters 3: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., M.J. Simon, K.L. Laidre Estimates of large whale abundance in Greenland waters from a ship-based survey in Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2): ) Laidre, K.L. and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Using narwhals as ocean-observing platforms in the high Arctic. Oceanography 20(4): ) Laidre, K.L., M. P. Heide-Jørgensen and T.G. Nielsen Role of bowhead whale as a predator in West Greenland. Marine Ecology Progress Series 346: ) Lockyer, C., A.A. Hohn, D. W. Doidge, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen and R. Suydam Age determination in belugas (Delphinapterus leucas): A quest for validation of dentinal layering. Aquatic Mammals 33(3): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Laidre, K.L., Jensen, M.V., Dueck, L. and L. D. Postma, L.D Dissolving stock discreteness with satellite tracking: Bowhead whales in Baffin Bay. Marine Mammal Science, 22(1): ) Jay, C.V., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Fischbach, A.S., Jensen, M.V., Tessler, D.F. and A.V. Jensen Comparison of remotely deployed satellite radio transmitters on walruses. Marine Mammal Science 22(1): ) Koski, W.R., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, K.L. Laidre Winter abundance of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, in the Hudson Strait, March Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 8(2): ) Zerbini., A., A. Andriolo, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, J.L. Pizzorno, Y.G. Maia, G.R. vanblaricom, D.P. DeMaster, P. Simoes-Lopes, S. Moreira, C. Bethlem Satellite-monitored movements of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 313: ) Laidre, K.L., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, and J. Orr Reactions of narwhals, Monodon monoceros, to killer whale, Orcinus orca, attacks in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. Canadian Field Naturalist 120(4): ) Wade, P., M.P. Heide-Jorgensen, K. Shelden, J. Barlow, J. Carretta, J. Durban, R. LeDuc, L. Munger, S. Rankin, A. Sauter, C. Stinchcomb Acoustic detection and satellite tracking leads to discovery of rare concentration of endangered North Pacific right whales. Biology Letters doi: /rsbl ) Laidre, K.L. and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Winter feeding intensity of narwhals (Monodon monoceros).marine Mammal Science 21(1): (doi: /j tb01207.x) 86) Laidre, K.L. and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Arctic sea ice trends and narwhal vulnerability. Biological Conservation 121: ) Alvarez-Flores, C. and M. P. Heide-Jørgensen Risk Assessment of the Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) harvest in West Greenland. ICES Journal of Marine Science 61: ) Borrell, A., A. Aguilar, G. Cantos, C. Lockyer, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, J. Jensen Organochlorine residues in harbour porpoises from Southwest Greenland. Environmental Pollution 138: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P Aerial digital photographic surveys of narwhals, Monodon monoceros, in Northwest Greenland. Marine Mammal Science 20(2): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and K.L. Laidre Declining extent of open water refugia for top predators in Baffin Bay and adjacent waters. Ambio 33(8): ) Laidre, K.L., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, O.A. Jørgensen and M.A. Treble Deep-ocean predation by a high Arctic cetacean. ICES Journal of Marine Science 61: (doi: /j.icesjms ) 80) Laidre, K.L., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, M.L. Logsdon, R.C. Hobbs, R. Dietz and G.R. VanBlaricom Fractal analysis of narwhal space use patterns. Zoology 107: ) Laidre, K.L., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, M.L. Logsdon, R.C. Hobbs, P.H. Heagerty, R.Dietz, M.T. Treble, and O.A. Jørgensen Seasonal habitat associations of narwhals in the High Arctic. Marine Biology 145: ) Bloch, D., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, E. Stefansson, B. Mikkelsen, L.H. Ofstad and R. Dietz Short-term movements of pilot whales around the Faroe Isles. Wildlife Biology 9: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K. L. Laidre, Ø. Wiig, M.V. Jensen, L. Dueck, H.C. Schmidt and R. C. Hobbs From Greenland to Canada in ten days: Tracks of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, across Baffin Bay. Arctic 56: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., R. Dietz, K. Laidre, H.C. Schmidt, P. Richard, J.Orr The migratory behaviour of narwhals (Monodon monoceros). Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: (doi: /z03-117)

7 75) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., P. Richard, R. Dietz, K.L. Laidre, J.Orr An estimate of the fraction of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in the Canadian High Arctic that winter in West Greenland. Polar Biology 23: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., L. Witting and M.V. Jensen Inshore-offshore movements of two satellite-tagged fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) off West Greenland. The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 5 (3): ) Laidre, K.L., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, R.Dietz and R. C. Hobbs Deep-diving by narwhals, Monodon monoceros: differences in foraging behavior between wintering areas. Marine Ecology Progress Series 261: (doi: /meps261269) 72) Lockyer, C., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, J. Jensen, M.J. Walton Life history and ecology of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from West Greenland. Scientific Publications of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission 5: ) Stern, H.L. and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Variability of sea ice in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. Polar Research 22(1): ) Hammond, P.S., Berggren, P., Benke, H., Borchers, D.L., Collett, A., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Heimlich, S., Hiby, A.R., Leopold, M.F. & N. Øien Abundance of harbour porpoise and other cetaceans in the North Sea and adjacent waters. J. Applied Ecology 39: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and Ø. Wiig (eds.) Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in the North Atlantic. Scientific Publications of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission. Vol. 4 68) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and M. Acquarone Size and trends of the bowhead, beluga and narwhal stocks wintering off West Greenland. Scientific Publications of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission Vol. 4: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and A Rosing-Asvid Catch statistics for belugas in West Greenland 1862 to Scientific Publications of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission Vol. 4: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., P. Richard, M. Ramsay and S. Akeeagok Three recent ice entrapments of Arctic cetaceans in West Greenland and the eastern Canadian High Arctic. Scientific Publications of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission Vol. 4: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., D. Bloch, E. Stefansson, B. Mikkelsen, L.H. Ofstad and R. Dietz Diving behaviour of pilot whales around the Faroe Islands. Wildlife Biology 8: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., R. Dietz, K. Laidre and P. Richard Autumn movements, home range and winter density of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from Tremblay Sound, Baffin Island. Polar biology 25: (doi: /s ) 63) Härkönen, T., K. Hårding and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Rates of increase in age-structured populations: a lesson from the European harbour seals. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: ) Innes, S., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, J. Laake, K. L. Laidre, H. Cleator, P. Richard, R.E.A. Stewart Surveys of belugas and narwhals in the Canadian high Arctic in Scientific Publications of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission Vol. 4: ) Innes, S., D.C.G. Muir, R.E.A. Stewart, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen and R. Dietz Stock identity of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in Eastern Canada and West Greenland based on organochlorine contaminants in their blubber. Scientific Publications of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission Vol. 4: ) Laidre, K..L., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, R. Dietz Diving behaviour of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) at two coastal localities in the Canadian Arctic. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: ) Palsbøll, P.J., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P.and M. Bérubé Analysis of mitochondrial control region nucleotide sequences from Baffin Bay belugas, Delphinapterus leucas: detecting pods or sub-populations? Scientific Publications of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission 4: ) Dietz, R., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, P. Richard and M. Acquarone Summer and fall Movements of Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from Northeastern Baffin Island towards Northern Davis Strait. Arctic 54 (3): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P Narwhal (Monodon monoceros). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and C. Lockyer Age and sex distributions in the catches of belugas, Delphinapterus leucas, in West Greenland and in western Russia. Mammalian Biology ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., N. Hammeken, R.Dietz, J. Orr, P. Richard Surfacing Times and Dive Rates for Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) and Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas). Arctic 54 (3):

8 54) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., N. Øien, L. Kleivane, M.V. Jensen A new technique for deploying satellite transmitters on baleen whales: tracking a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) in the North Atlantic. Marine Mammal Science 17(4): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., E. S. Nordøy, N. Øien, L. P. Folkow, L. Kleivane, A. S. Blix, M. V. Jensen Satellite tracking of minke whales (Balaenoptera auctorostrata) off the north Norwegian coast. The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 3(2) ) Richard, P.R., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, J.R. Orr, R. Dietz Autumn Movements and Habitat use by Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in Baffin Bay and Adjacent Waters. Arctic 54 (3): ) Lockyer, C., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, J. Jensen, C.C. Kinze, T. Buus Sørensen Age, length and reproductive parameters of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena (L.) from West Greenland. ICES 51Journal of Marine Science 58: ) Wunschmann, U. Siebert, K. Frese, R. Weiss, C. Lockyer, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, G. Müller, W. Baumgärtner Veterinary Record 148: ) Borrell, A., G. Cantos, A. Aguilar, C. Lockyer, A. Brouwer, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, J. Jensen, B. Spenkelink Patterns of variability of retinol levels in a harbor porpoise population from an unpolluted environment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 185: ) Born, E.W., Dietz, R. and Heide-Jørgensen, M.P The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in East Greenland. Meddr Grønland, Bioscience 46: 73 pp. 47) Heide-Jørgensen, M. P. and C. Lydersen The ringed seal (Phoca hispida) in the North Atlantic Introduction. Scientific Publications of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission Scientific Publications vol. 1: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., P. Richard and A. Rosing-Asvid Dive patterns of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in waters surrounding Eastern Devon Island. Arctic 51: ) Kapel, F.O., J. Christiansen, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, T. Härkönen, E.W. Born, L.Ø. Knutsen and J. Teilmann Netting and conventional tagging used for studying movements of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Greenland. North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, Scientific Publications vol. 1: ) Orr, J., D.J.St. Aubin, P.R. Richard and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Recapture of belugas, Delphinapterus leucas, tagged in Canadian Arctic. Marine Mammal Science 14: ) Richard, P., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, D. St-Aubin Movements of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) instrumented with satellite-linked transmitters in Croker Bay, SE Devon Island, Eastern Canadian Arctic. Arctic 51: ) Siegstad, H., P.B. Neve, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen and T. Härkönen The diet of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Greenland. Scientific Publications of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission 1: ) Palsbøll, P., M.-P. Heide-Jørgensen and R. Dietz Distribution of mt DNA haplotypes in narwhals, Monodon monoceros. Heredity 78: (doi: /hdy ) ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P Contribution to the ecology of marine mammals. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. Dr. Scient. thesis. 39) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and R.R. Reeves Evidence of a decline in beluga abundance (Delphinapterus leucas) off West Greenland. ICES Journal of Marine Science 53: ) Reeves, R.R. and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Recent status of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, in the wintering grounds off West Greenland. Polar Research 15 (2): ) Dietz, R. and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, Movements and swimming speed of narwhals, Monodon monoceros, equipped with satellite transmitters in Melville Bay, Northwest Greenland. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73 (11): (doi: /z95-248) 36) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P The scientific background for the management of monodontids in Greenland. In: Whales, seals, fish and man (eds. A.S: Blix, L. Walløe, Ø. Ulltang), Elsevier Science Press 35) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and R. Dietz, Some characteristics of narwhal, Monodon monoceros, diving behaviour in Baffin Bay. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: ) Born, E.W., M.-P. Heide-Jørgensen and R.A. Davis The Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in West Greenland. Meddr Grønland, Bioscience 40: 33 pp.

9 33) Born, E.W., M.P.Heide-Jørgensen, F. Larsen and A. Martin Abundance and stock composition of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in Inglefield Bredning (NW Greenland). Meddr Grønland, Bioscience 39: ) Dietz, R., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, C. Glahder and E.W. Born Occurrence of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) and white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in East Greenland. Meddr Grønland, Bioscience 39: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P Distribution, exploitation and population status of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) and narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in West Greenland. Meddr Grønland, Bioscience 39: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and J. Teilmann Growth, reproduction, age structure and feeding habits of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from West Greenland. Meddr Grønland, Bioscience 39: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., J.Jensen, A. Larsen, J. Teilmann and B. Neurohr Age estimation of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from Greenland. Meddr Grønland, Bioscience 39: ) Høier, R. and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Steroid hormones and prolactin in the beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) from West Greenland. Meddr Grønland, Bioscience 39: ) Reeves, R.R. and M.-P. Heide-Jørgensen Commercial aspects of the exploitation of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in Greenland, with emphasis on tusk exports. Meddr Grønland, Bioscience 39: ) Larsen, F., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, A. R. Martin, E.W. Born Line-transect estimation of abundance of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) in Scoresby Sund and adjacent waters. Meddr. Grønland, Bioscience 39: ) Siegstad, H. and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Ice entrapments of narhwals (Monodon monoceros) and white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Greenland. Meddr Grønland, Bioscience 39: ) Stern, G.A., C.G. Muir, R. Dietz and M.-P. Heide-Jørgensen PCB s and other organochlorine contaminants in white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from West Greenland: variations with age and sex. Meddr Grønland, Bioscience 39: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.-P., H. Lassen, J. Teilmann and R.A. Davis An index of the relative abundance of wintering belugas, Delphinapterus leucas, and narwhals, Monodon monoceros, off West Greenland. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., J. Teilmann, H. Benke and J. Wulf Abundance and distribution of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in selected areas of the western Baltic and the North Sea. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen 47: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and R.R. Reeves Description of an anomalous monodontid skull from west Greenland: A possible hybrid? Marine Mammal Science ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P Advances in research on the beluga whale. Marine Mammal Science 8(2): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P Behaviour of pinnipeds. Antarctic Science 4 (2). p ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., B.S. Stewart and S. Leatherwood Satellite tracking of ringed seals, Phoca hispida, off northwest Greenland. Holarctic Ecology: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.-P., T. Härkönen, R. Dietz and P.M. Thompson Retrospective of the 1988 European seal epizootic. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 13: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.-P., A, Mosbech, J. Teilmann, H. Benke and W. Schultz Harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, densities obtained from aerial surveys north of Fyn and in the bay of Kiel. Ophelia 35: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.-P., T. Härkönen and P. Åberg Long-term effects of epizootic in harbor seals. Ambio 21: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.-P. and T. Härkönen Epizootiology of the seal disease in the eastern North Sea. Journal of Applied Ecology 29: ) Bengtson, J.L., P. Boveng, U. Franzén, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen and T. Härkönen Antibodies to canine distemper virus present in Antarctic seals. Marine Mammal Science 7(1): ) Dietz, R., M.-P. Heide-Jørgensen, T. Härkönen, J. Teilmann and N. Valentin Age determination of European harbour seals Phoca vitulina L. Sarsia 76: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.-P. and K.J. Finley Photographic re-identification of a bowhead whale in Davis Strait. Arctic 44: ) Härkönen, T. and M.-P. Heide-Jørgensen The harbour seal Phoca vitulina as a predator in the Skagerrak. Ophelia 34(3): ) Härkönen, T., and M.-P. Heide-Jørgensen Density and distribution of the ringed seal in the Bothnian Bay.

10 Holarctic Ecology 13: ) Härkönen, T. and M.-P. Heide-Jørgensen Comparative life histories of East Atlantic and other harbour seal populations. Ophelia 32(3): ) Härkönen, T. and M.-P. Heide-Jørgensen Short-term effects of the mass dying of harbour seals in the Kattegat- Skagerrak area during Zeitschrift für Säugertierkunde 55: ) Dietz, R., M.P. Heide-Jørgensen and T. Härkönen Mass deaths of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in Europe. Ambio 18 (5): ) Dietz, R., C.T. Hansen, P. Have and M.-P. Heide-Jørgensen Clue to seal epizootic? Nature 338: ) Stewart, B.S., S. Leatherwood, P.K. Yochem and M.P. Heide-Jørgensen Harbor seal tracking and telemetry by satellite. Marine Mammal Science 5(4): ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.P Occurrence and hunting of killer whales in Greenland. Rit Fiskideildar 11: ) Heide-Jørgensen, M.-P. and T. Härkönen Rebuilding seal stocks in the Kattegat-Skagerrak. Marine Mammal Science 4: ) Born, E.W. and M.-P. Heide-Jørgensen. 1982: Observations of the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) in central west Greenland in March-May Rep. Int. Whal. Commn. 33: Books Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and K.L.Laidre Greenland s Winter Whales. Ilinniusiorfik, ISBN-13: , 124 pp. Editing of books Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and C.Lydersen (eds.) The ringed seal (Phoca hispida) in the North Atlantic. Scientific Publications of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission Vol 1: 273 pp (ISBN ). Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and Ø. Wiig (eds.) Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in the North Atlantic and the Russian Arctic. Scientific Publications of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission. Vol. 4: 270 pp (ISBN ).

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