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Overview

Patrick J. O. Miller is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on related subfields such as Ecology, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

They have contributed to a range of publication venues with the highest number of papers appearing in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), followed by the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Marine Mammal Science, and Cancer Research.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Patrick J. O. Miller include:

  • "Understanding the impacts of anthropogenic sound on beaked whales" (2023), published in The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • "Understanding the combined effects of multiple stressors: A new perspective on a longstanding challenge" (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Aerial photogrammetry and tag-derived tissue density reveal patterns of lipid-store body condition of humpback whales on their feeding grounds" (2021), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Comparison of germline mutations in African American and Caucasian men with metastatic prostate cancer" (2021), published in The Prostate
  • "Declining reproductive success in the Gulf of St. Lawrence's humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) reflects ecosystem shifts on their feeding grounds" (2020), published in Global Change Biology

Frequent co-authors include Elisa M. Ledet, Ellen Jaeger, Saana Isojunno, Paul J. Wensveen, and Oliver Sartor. These collaborations indicate an interdisciplinary approach that intersects fields such as marine biology, environmental science, and cancer research.

Best Publications

  • Deep‐diving foraging behaviour of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)

    Stephanie L. Watwood;Patrick J. O. Miller;Mark Johnson;Peter T. Madsen

  • Whale songs lengthen in response to sonar

    Patrick J. O. Miller;Nicoletta Biassoni;Amy Samuels;Amy Samuels;Peter L. Tyack

  • Sperm whale behaviour indicates the use of echolocation click buzzes 'creaks' in prey capture

    Patrick J. O. Miller;Mark P. Johnson;Peter L. Tyack

  • Swimming gaits, passive drag and buoyancy of diving sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus.

    Patrick J. O. Miller;Mark P. Johnson;Peter L. Tyack;Eugene A. Terray

  • Understanding the combined effects of multiple stressors: A new perspective on a longstanding challenge.

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  • Stroke frequency, but not swimming speed, is related to body size in free-ranging seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans

    Katsufumi Sato;Yutaka Watanuki;Akinori Takahashi;Patrick J. O. Miller;Patrick J. O. Miller

  • Using at-sea experiments to study the effects of airguns on the foraging behavior of sperm whales in the Gulf of Mexico

    P.J.O. Miller;M.P. Johnson;P.T. Madsen;N. Biassoni

  • Mixed-directionality of killer whale stereotyped calls: a direction of movement cue?

    Patrick J. O. Miller

  • Within-pod variation in the sound production of a pod of killer whales, Orcinus orca.

    Patrick J.O Miller;Patrick J.O Miller;David E Bain;David E Bain

  • Quantitative measures of air-gun pulses recorded on sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) using acoustic tags during controlled exposure experiments.

    P. T. Madsen;M. Johnson;P. J. O. Miller;N. Aguilar Soto

  • Diversity in sound pressure levels and estimated active space of resident killer whale vocalizations

    Patrick J. O. Miller;Patrick J. O. Miller

  • Female philopatry in coastal basins and male dispersion across the North Atlantic in a highly mobile marine species, the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus).

    Daniel Engelhaupt;A. Rus Hoelzel;Colin Nicholson;Alexandros Frantzis

  • Call-type matching in vocal exchanges of free-ranging resident killer whales, Orcinus orca

    P.J.O. Miller;A.D. Shapiro;A.D. Shapiro;P.L. Tyack;A.R. Solow

  • The Severity of behavioral changes observed during experimental exposures of killer (Orcinus orca), long-finned Pilot (Globicephala melas), and sperm (Physeter macrocephalus) whales to naval sonar

    P.J.O. Miller;P.H. Kvadsheim;F.A. Lam;P.J. Wensveen

  • Marine mammals and sonar: Dose‐response studies, the risk‐disturbance hypothesis and the role of exposure context

    Catriona Harris;Len Thomas;Erin Falcone;Jon Hildebrand

  • Killer whales are capable of vocal learning.

    Andrew D Foote;Rachael M Griffin;David Howitt;Lisa Larsson

  • Dose-response relationships for the onset of avoidance of sonar by free-ranging killer whales

    Patrick Miller;Ricardo Nuno Antunes;Paulus Jacobus Wensveen;Filipa Isabel Pereira Samarra

  • Marine seismic surveys and ocean noise: time for coordinated and prudent planning

    Douglas P. Nowacek;Christopher W. Clark;David Mann;Patrick J. O. Miller

  • A small towed beamforming array to identify vocalizing resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) concurrent with focal behavioral observations

    Patrick J. Miller;Peter L. Tyack

  • Classification of large acoustic datasets using machine learning and crowdsourcing: Application to whale calls

    Lior Shamir;Carol Yerby;Robert Simpson;Alexander M. von Benda-Beckmann

  • Genetic differentiation among North Atlantic killer whale populations

    Andrew D. Foote;Andrew D. Foote;Julia T. Vilstrup;Renaud De Stephanis;Philippe Verborgh

  • Determination of steroid hormones in whale blow: It is possible

    C. J. Hogg;T. L. Rogers;A. Shorter;K. Barton

  • Stereotypical resting behavior of the sperm whale.

    Patrick J.O. Miller;Kagari Aoki;Luke E. Rendell;Masao Amano

  • Bio-logging science: Logging and relaying physical and biological data using animal-attached tags

    Sascha K. Hooker;Martin Biuw;Bernie J. McConnell;Patrick J.O. Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter L. Tyack
Peter L. Tyack University of St Andrews
Len Thomas
Len Thomas University of St Andrews
Peter T. Madsen
Peter T. Madsen Aarhus University
Brandon L. Southall
Brandon L. Southall University of California, Santa Cruz
Douglas P. Nowacek
Douglas P. Nowacek Duke University
Yuuki Y. Watanabe
Yuuki Y. Watanabe The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Hans Slabbekoorn
Hans Slabbekoorn Leiden University
Luke Rendell
Luke Rendell University of St Andrews
John K. B. Ford
John K. B. Ford Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Andrew D. Foote
Andrew D. Foote Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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