Research areas
Population dynamics and ecology
Foraging behaviour and diet of seals and cetaceans. Estimation of animal abundance. Statistical and mathematical modelling of marine mammal population parameters and processes. Interactions between marine mammals and human activities: management of whaling, cetacean bycatch in fisheries, seal-fishery interactions; conservation of vulnerable species.
PhD supervision
- Georgina Whittome
Selected publications
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Open access
Intra-population isotopic niche variation in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the northern Adriatic Sea
Genov, T., Vighi, M. & Hammond, P. S., 20 Oct 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 1000, p. 1-13 13 p., 180316.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using spatial capture-recapture methods to estimate long-term spatiotemporal variation of a wide-ranging marine species
Whittome, G., Calambokidis, J., Hammond, P. S., Smout, S. & Sutherland, C., 23 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ecography. Early View, p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing spatial patterns and density of a dolphin population through signature whistles
Romeu, B., Daura-Jorge, F. G., Hammond, P. S., Castilho, P. V. & Simões-Lopes, P. C., 1 Jan 2024, In: Marine Mammal Science. 40, 1, p. 222-236 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changes in blue whale survival and abundance in the Gulf of California
Whittome, G., Calambokidis, J., Douglas, A. B., Fishbach, M., Sears, R. & Hammond, P. S., 3 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Marine Mammal Science. Early View, 17 p., e13132.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Distribution and habitat use of deep-diving cetaceans in the central and north-eastern North Atlantic
Ramirez-Martinez, N. C., Víkingsson, G. A., Øien, N. I., Mikkelsen, B., Gunnlaugsson, T. & Hammond, P. S., 19 Dec 2024, In: NAMMCO Scientific Publications. 13, p. 1-27 27 p., 7416.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seasonal and diel patterns in Black Sea harbour porpoise acoustic activity in 2020–2022
Ivanchikova, J., Tregenza, N., Popov, D., Meshkova, G., Paiu, R., Timofte, C., Amaha Öztürk, A., Tonay, A. M., Dede, A., Özsandıkçı, U., Kopaliani, N., Dekanoidze, D., Gurielidze, Z., Vishnyakova, K., Hammond, P. S. & Gol'din, P., Oct 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution. 14, 10, 14 p., e70182.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards improved conservation of the east coast of Scotland bottlenose dolphin population: quantifying and understanding a major range expansion into northeast England
Ellis, G., Arso Civil, M., Cheney, B., Sinclair, R., Humphrey, O., Hammond, P. & Sparling, C., 11 Jan 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Distribution and habitat use modelling from satellite tracking data of humpback whales in Brazil agree with shipboard survey data modelling
Bortolotto, G. A., Zerbini, A., Thomas, L., Andriolo, A. & Hammond, P. S., 5 Oct 2023, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 720, p. 161-174 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of kelp gull harassment on southern right whale calf survival: a long-term capture–recapture analysis
Agrelo, M., Marón, C. F., Daura-Jorge, F. G., Rowntree, V. J., Sironi, M., Hammond, P. S., Ingram, S. N., Vilches, F. O., Seger, J. & Simões-Lopes, P. C., 7 Jun 2023, In: Biology Letters. 19, 6, 7 p., 20230119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards improved conservation of the east coast of Scotland bottlenose dolphin population: quantifying and understanding a major range expansion into northeast England
Ellis, G., Arso Civil, M., Cheney, B., Sinclair, R., Humphrey, O., Hammond, P. S. & Sparling, C. E., 5 Dec 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster