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2297
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817

Overview

Lars Bejder is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on marine animal studies, with a significant emphasis on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. A notable aspect of their work includes investigations related to ecology, oceanography, and atmospheric science.

The scientist has contributed to various subfields including developmental biology and aerospace engineering, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach in their research career. Their publications cover topics such as marine animal behavioral studies, underwater acoustics, and wildlife ecology and conservation, as well as broader environmental and atmospheric processes.

Frequent publication venues for Lars Bejder include:

  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Marine Mammal Science
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Lars Bejder include:

  • "Population comparison of right whale body condition reveals poor state of the North Atlantic right whale," 2020, Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • "Chronic interaction between humans and free-ranging bottlenose dolphins near Panama City Beach, Florida, USA," 2023, The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. Special issue
  • "Poor body condition associated with an unusual mortality event in gray whales," 2020, Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • "Marine Mammal Noise Exposure Criteria: Assessing the Severity of Marine Mammal Behavioral Responses to Human Noise," 2021, Aquatic Mammals
  • "Anthropogenic Threats to Wild Cetacean Welfare and a Tool to Inform Policy in This Area," 2020, Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Lars Bejder has worked frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Fredrik Christiansen
  • Jens J. Currie
  • Martin van Aswegen
  • Stephanie H. Stack
  • Aude Pacini

Key topics of research covered by this scientist are:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Best Publications

  • Decline in Relative Abundance of Bottlenose Dolphins Exposed to Long-Term Disturbance

    Lars Bejder;Amy Samuels;Hal Whitehead;Nick Gales

  • Cultural transmission of tool use in bottlenose dolphins

    Michael Krützen;Janet Mann;Michael R. Heithaus;Richard C. Connor

  • A method for testing association patterns of social animals

    Lars Bejder;David Fletcher;Stefan Bräger

  • Impact assessment research: use and misuse of habituation, sensitisation and tolerance in describing wildlife responses to anthropogenic stimuli

    Lars Bejder;Amy Samuels;Hal Whitehead;H. Finn

  • Interpreting short-term behavioural responses to disturbance within a longitudinal perspective

    Lars Bejder;Amy Samuels;Hal Whitehead;Nick Gales

  • State‐dependent risk‐taking by green sea turtles mediates top‐down effects of tiger shark intimidation in a marine ecosystem

    Michael R. Heithaus;Alejandro Frid;Aaron J. Wirsing;Lawrence M. Dill

  • Responses by Hector's dolphins to boats and swimmers in Porpoise bay, New Zealand

    Lars Bejder;Stephen M. Dawson;John A. Harraway

  • Vessel noise effects on delphinid communication

    FH Jensen;L. Bejder;M. Wahlberg;N. Aguilar de Soto

  • Noninvasive unmanned aerial vehicle provides estimates of the energetic cost of reproduction in humpback whales

    Fredrik Christiansen;Antoine M. Dujon;Kate R. Sprogis;John P. Y. Arnould

  • Social and genetic interactions drive fitness variation in a free-living dolphin population

    Celine H. Frère;Michael Krützen;Janet Mann;Richard C. Connor

  • Underestimating the damage: interpreting cetacean carcass recoveries in the context of the Deepwater Horizon/BP incident

    Rob Williams;Shane Gero;Lars Bejder;John Calambokidis

  • Synchrony, social behaviour and alliance affiliation in Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops aduncus

    Richard C. Connor;Rachel Smolker;Lars Bejder

  • Microplastics: No small problem for filter-feeding megafauna

    Elitza S. Germanov;Andrea D. Marshall;Lars Bejder;Maria Cristina Fossi

  • Maternal body size and condition determine calf growth rates in southern right whales

    Fredrik Christiansen;Fabien Vivier;Claire Charlton;Rhianne Ward

  • The Long-term Consequences of Short-term Responses to Disturbance Experiences from Whalewatching Impact Assessment

    David Lusseau;Lars Bejder

  • DNA metabarcoding for diet analysis and biodiversity: A case study using the endangered Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea).

    Tina E. Berry;Sylvia K. Osterrieder;Dáithí C. Murray;Megan L. Coghlan

  • Evaluating the effects of nature-based tourism on cetaceans

    L. Bejder;A. Samuels

  • Testing association patterns: issues arising and extensions

    Hal Whitehead;Lars Bejder;C. Andrea Ottensmeyer

  • Limbs in whales and limblessness in other vertebrates: mechanisms of evolutionary and developmental transformation and loss

    Lars Bejder;Brian K. Hall

  • Noise levels of multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles with implications for potential underwater impacts on marine mammals

    Fredrik Christiansen;Laia Rojano-Doñate;Peter T. Madsen;Peter T. Madsen;Lars Bejder

  • Home range overlap, matrilineal and biparental kinship drive female associations in bottlenose dolphins

    C.H. Frère;M. Krützen;M. Krützen;J. Mann;J. Mann;J.J. Watson-Capps

  • Chronic interaction between humans and free-ranging bottlenose dolphins near Panama City Beach, Florida, USA

    Amy Samuels;Lars Bejder

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon J. Allen
Simon J. Allen University of Zurich
Kenneth H. Pollock
Kenneth H. Pollock North Carolina State University
Peter T. Madsen
Peter T. Madsen Aarhus University
Michael Krützen
Michael Krützen University of Zurich
Neil R. Loneragan
Neil R. Loneragan Murdoch University
James Higham
James Higham University of Otago
David Lusseau
David Lusseau Technical University of Denmark
Janet Mann
Janet Mann Georgetown University
William B. Sherwin
William B. Sherwin University of New South Wales
Rob Williams
Rob Williams Oceans Initiative

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