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Overview

Martine Bérubé is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research spans several areas within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, focusing largely on marine ecosystems and related ecological dynamics.

The scientist's work has appeared in multiple publication venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Global Change Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Bérubé's main fields of study include environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with subfields concentrating on ecology, oceanography, atmospheric science, genetics, and global and planetary change.

Their principal research topics cover:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Isotope analysis in ecology
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Frequent co-authors in Bérubé's publications include:

  • Per J. Palsbøll
  • Jooke Robbins
  • Richard Sears
  • Christian Ramp
  • Marcos Suárez-Menéndez

Recent papers by Martine Bérubé provide insights into cetacean ecology and evolutionary biology, among other marine topics. These include:

  • "A note on genetic isolation of Mediterranean sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) suggested by mitochondrial DNA" (2023) in The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • "Decadal shift in foraging strategy of a migratory southern ocean predator" (2020) in Global Change Biology
  • "Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey" (2022) in Global Change Biology
  • "Individual and population dietary specialization decline in fin whales during a period of ecosystem shift" (2021) in Scientific Reports
  • "A Genetic Perspective on Cetacean Evolution" (2021) in Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Best Publications

  • Identification of management units using population genetic data

    Per J. Palsboll;Per J. Palsboll;Martine Berube;Fred W. Allendorf;Fred W. Allendorf

  • Genetic tagging of humpback whales

    Per J. Palsbøll;Judith Allen;Martine Bérube;Phillip J. Clapham

  • Fin whales and microplastics: The Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Cortez scenarios

    Maria Cristina Fossi;Letizia Marsili;Matteo Baini;Matteo Giannetti

  • Population genetic structure of North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Sea of Cortez fin whales, Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus 1758): analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear loci

    Martine Bérubé;Álex A. Aguilar;Daniel D. Dendanto;Finn F. Larsen

  • Identification of sex in Cetaceans by multiplexing with three ZFX and ZFY specific primers

    Martine Bérubé;Per Palsboll

  • Primers for the amplification of tri- and tetramer microsatellite loci in baleen whales

    Per Palsboll;Martine Bérubé;AH Larsen;H Jorgensen

  • INTERACTIONS OF SINGING HUMPBACK WHALES WITH OTHER MALES

    James D. Darling;Martine Bérubé

  • Polymorphic di-nucleotide microsatellite loci isolated from the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae.

    Martine Berube;Hanne JOrgensen;Ross McEwing;Per J. Palsboll

  • Identification of sex in cetaceans by multiplexing with three ZFX and ZFY specific primers.

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  • Segregation of migration by feeding ground origin in North Atlantic humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

    Peter T. Stevick;Judith Allen;Martine Bérubé;Phillip J. Clapham

  • Primers for the amplification of tri‐ and tetramer microsatellite loci in baleen whales

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  • Discerning between recurrent gene flow and recent divergence under a finite-site mutation model applied to North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) populations.

    Per J. Palsbøll;Martine Bérubé;Alex Aguilar;Giuseppe Notarbartolo-Di-Sciara

  • Return to the Sea, Get Huge, Beat Cancer: An Analysis of Cetacean Genomes Including an Assembly for the Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

    Marc Tollis;Marc Tollis;Jooke Robbins;Andrew E Webb;Lukas F K Kuderna

  • Genetic identification of a small and highly isolated population of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico

    Martine Bérubé;Jorge Urbán;Andrew E. Dizon;Robert L. Brownell

  • A NEW HYBRID BETWEEN A BLUE WHALE, BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS, AND A FIN WHALE, B. PHYSALUS: FREQUENCY AND IMPLICATIONS OF HYBRIDIZATION

    Martine Bérubé;Alex Aguilar

  • Identification of sex in Cetaceans by multiplexing with three ZFX and ZFY specific primers

    Unknown

  • Mitogenomic Phylogenetics of Fin Whales (Balaenoptera physalus spp.): Genetic Evidence for Revision of Subspecies

    Frederick I. Archer;Phillip A. Morin;Brittany L. Hancock-Hanser;Kelly M. Robertson

  • DNA Registers of Legally Obtained Wildlife and Derived Products as Means to Identify Illegal Takes

    Per J. Palsbøll;Martine Bérubé;Hans J. Skaug;Caroline Raymakers

  • Detecting populations in the 'ambiguous' zone: Kinship-based estimation of population structure at low genetic divergence

    Per J. Palsbøll;M. Zachariah Peery;Martine Bérubé

  • Characterizing source-sink dynamics with genetic parentage assignments.

    M. Zachariah Peery;M. Zachariah Peery;Steven R. Beissinger;Roger F. House;Martine Bérubé;Martine Bérubé

  • Trophic niche partitioning among sympatric baleen whale species following the collapse of groundfish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic

    Katherine Gavrilchuk;Veronique Lesage;Christian Ramp;Richard Sears

  • Age-related multi-year associations in female humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

    Christian Ramp;Wilhelm Hagen;Per Palsbøll;Martine Bérubé

  • Genetic analyses of historic and modern marbled murrelets suggest decoupling of migration and gene flow after habitat fragmentation

    M. Zachariah Peery;M. Zachariah Peery;Laurie A. Hall;Laurie A. Hall;Anna Sellas;Steven R. Beissinger

  • Characterization of nuclear microsatellites in Pinus halepensis Mill. and their inheritance in P. halepensis and Pinus brutia Ten.

    RN Keys;A Autino;Keith J Edwards;B Fady

Frequent Co-Authors

Per J. Palsbøll
Per J. Palsbøll University of Groningen
M. Zachariah Peery
M. Zachariah Peery University of Wisconsin–Madison
Alex Aguilar
Alex Aguilar University of Barcelona
Christian Lydersen
Christian Lydersen Norwegian Polar Institute
Steven R. Beissinger
Steven R. Beissinger University of California, Berkeley
Philip S. Hammond
Philip S. Hammond University of St Andrews
Asunción Borrell
Asunción Borrell University of Barcelona
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Tore Haug
Tore Haug Norwegian Institute of Marine Research
Ana Colaço
Ana Colaço University of the Azores

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