• Cetacean abundance and distribution in European Atlantic shelf waters to inform conservation and management 

      Hammond, Philip S.; Macleod, Kelly; Berggren, Per; Borchers, David L.; Burt, Louise; Cañadas, Ana; Desportes, Geneviève; Donovan, Greg P.; Gilles, Anita; Gillespie, Douglas; Gordon, Jonathan; Hiby, Lex; Kuklik, Iwona; Leaper, Russell; Lehnert, Kristina; Leopold, Mardik; Lovell, Phil; Øien, Nils; Paxton, C. G. M.; Ridoux, Vincent; Rogan, Emer; Samarra, Filipa; Scheidat, Meike; Sequeira, Marina; Siebert, Ursula; Skov, Henrik; Swift, René; Tasker, Mark L.; Teilmann, Jonas; Van Canneyt, Olivier; Vázquez, José Antonio (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-06-11)
      The European Union (EU) Habitats Directive requires Member States to monitor and maintain at favourable conservation status those species identified to be in need of protection, including all cetaceans. In July 2005 we ...
    • Distribution and habitat use of deep-diving cetaceans in the central and north-eastern North Atlantic 

      Ramirez-Martinez, Nadya C.; Víkingsson, Gísli A.; Øien, Nils Inge; Mikkelsen, Bjarni; Gunnlaugsson, Thorvaldur; Hammond, Philip S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Major changes in the distribution of some cetaceans have been observed coincident with changing oceanography of the North Atlantic in the last 30 years. This study aimed to improve understanding of the underlying ecological ...
    • North Atlantic humpback whale abundance and rate of increase four decades after protection from whaling 

      Stevick, Peter T.; Allen, Judith; Clapham, Phillip J.; Friday, Nancy; Katona, Steven K.; Larsen, Finn; Lien, Jon; Mattila, David K.; Palsbøll, P.J.; Sigurjónsson, Jóhann; Smith, Tim D.; Øien, Nils; Hammond, Philip S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2003-08-29)
      Humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae in the North Atlantic Ocean were severely depleted by exploitation. With legal protection since 1955, substantial recovery is likely to have occurred, but information on abundance ...
    • The distribution and abundance of harbour porpoises and other small cetaceans in the North Sea and adjacent waters 

      Hammond, Philip S.; Benke, Harald; Breggren, Per; Collet, Anne; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Heimlich-Boran, Sara; Leopold, Mardik; Øien, Nils (ICES CM Documents;1995/N:10, Working paper, 1995)
      To provide accurate and precise estimates of abundance for harbour porpoises and other small cetaceans throughout the North Sea and adjacent waters, an intensive shipboard and aerial sightings survey was conducted in ...
    • The distribution and abundance of harbour porpoises and other small cetaceans in the North Sea and adjacent waters 

      Hammond, Philip S.; Benke, Harald; Breggren, Per; Collet, Anne; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Heimlich-Boran, Sara; Leopold, Mardik; Øien, Nils (ICES CM Documents;1995/N:10, Working paper, 1995)
      To provide accurate and precise estimates of abundance for harbour porpoises and other small cetaceans throughout the North Sea and adjacent waters, an intensive shipboard and aerial sightings survey was conducted in ...