Kristin L. Laidre | Peer-Reviewed Publications


Laidre, K. L., P. Heagerty, M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, L. Witting, and M. Simon. In Press. Sexual segregation of common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and sex ratio of catches in Greenland. ICES J of Marine Science

Born, E. W., A. Heilmann, L. Kielsen Holm, and K. L. Laidre. 2009. Polar bears in Northwest Greenland – An interview survey about the catch and the climate. Meddelelser om Grønland. In Press

Laidre, K. L. , R. J. Jameson, E. Gurarie, S. J. Jeffries, H. Allen. 2009. Spatial habitat use patterns of sea otters in coastal Washington. Journal of Mammalogy 90(4): 906-917. Download Adobe PDF

Gurarie, E., R. Andrews, and K. L. Laidre. 2009. A novel method for identifying behavioral changes in animal movement data. Ecology Letters 12(5):395-408. Download Adobe PDF

Heide-Jørgensen M. P., K. L. Laidre, M.J. Simon, D. Borchers, and H. Stern. 2009. The effect of sea ice loss on beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in West Greenland. Polar Research In Press

Laidre, K. L
., M. P Heide-Jørgensen, J. Nyland, A. Mosbech, and D. Boertmann. 2008. Latitudinal gradients in sea ice and primary production determine Arctic seabird colony size in Greenland. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275: 2695–2702 doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.0874 Download Adobe PDF

Stafford, K., S. E. Moore, K. L. Laidre, and M. P. Heide-Jørgensen. 2008. Bowhead whale springtime song offshore West Greenland. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 124(5): 3315-3323.  Download Adobe PDF

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., D. L. Borchers, L. Witting, M. J. Simon, K. L. Laidre, A. Rosing-Asvid, and D. Pike. 2008. Final estimates of large whale abundance in West Greenland waters from an aerial survey in 2005. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 10(2):119-129. Download Adobe PDF

Dietz, R., M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, P. Richard, J. Orr, K. L. Laidre, and H. C. Schmidt. 2008. Movements of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from Admiralty Inlet monitored by satellite telemetry. Polar Biology 31:1295-1306. Download Adobe PDF

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., R. Dietz, K. L. Laidre, P. Nicklen, E. Garde, P. Richard, J. Orr. 2008. Resighting of a narwhal (Monodon monoceros) instrumented with a satellite transmitter. Arctic 61(4):395-398.
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I. Stirling, L. Lowry, Ø. Wiig, M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, and S. Ferguson. 2008. Quantifying the sensitivity of arctic marine mammals to climate-induced habitat change. Ecological Applications 18(2):S97-S125.  Download Adobe PDF

Laidre, K. L., M. P. Heide-Jørgensen. 2007. Using narwhals as oceanographic sampling platforms in the high Arctic. Oceanography 20(4): 30-35.  Download Adobe PDF

Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. and K. L. Laidre. 2007. Autumn-space use patterns of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in West Greenland. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2): 121-126. Download Adobe PDF

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aidre, K. L.
, M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, and T. G. Nielsen. 2007. The role of the bowhead whale as a predator in West Greenland. Marine Ecology Progress Series 346: 285-297. Download Adobe PDF

Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., K. L. Laidre, D. Borchers, F. I. P. Samara, H. Stern.
2007. Surprising increase of bowhead whales. Biology Letters 3: 577-580.
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Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., K. L. Laidre, M. L. Logsdon, and T. G. Nielsen. 2007. Springtime coupling between phytoplankton, sea ice and sea temperature in Disko Bay, West Greenland. Progress in Oceanography 73:79-95.
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Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., M. Juul Simon, and K. L. Laidre. 2007. Estimates of large whale abundance in Greenland in September 2005. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2): 95-104.  Download Adobe PDF

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., H. Stern, and K. L. Laidre. 2007.
Dynamics of the sea ice edge in Davis Strait. Journal of Marine Systems 67:170-178. Download Adobe PDF

Laidre, K. L. , M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, and J. Orr. 2006. Reactions of narwhals, Monodon monoceros, to killer whale, Orcinus orca, attacks in the eastern Canadian High Arctic. Canadian Field-Naturalist 120:457-465. Download Adobe PDF

Laidre, K. L.
, J. A. Estes, M. T. Tinker, J. Bodkin, D. Monson, and K. Schneider. 2006. Patterns of growth and body condition in sea otters in the Aleutian archipelago before and after the recent population decline. Journal of Animal Ecology 75:978-989.
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Laidre, K. L.
, and R. J. Jameson. 2006. Foraging patterns and prey selection in an increasing and expanding sea otter population. Journal of Mammalogy 87(4): 799-807.
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Moore, S. E. and K. L. Laidre. 2006. Analysis of sea ice trends scaled to habitats used by bowhead whales in the western Arctic. Ecological Applications 16(3): 932-944.
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Koski, W. R., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., and K. L. Laidre. 2006. Winter abundance of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, in Hudson Strait in March 1981. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 8(2): 139-144.
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Heide-Jørgensen
, M. P., K. L. Laidre, M. V. Jensen, L. Dueck, and L. D. Postma. 2006. Dissolving stock discreteness with satellite tracking: Bowhead whales in Baffin Bay. Marine Mammal Science 22(1):34-45.
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Hobbs, R. C., K. L. Laidre, D. J. Vos, and B. A. Mahoney. 2005. Movements and area use of belugas, Delphinapterus leucas, in a subarctic Alaskan estuary. Arctic 58(4):331-340.  Download Adobe PDF

M. A. Simpkins, K. L. Laidre, and P. J. Heagerty. 2005.  Multivariate regression of satellite-linked dive recorder data: Simultaneous analysis of all bins. Marine Mammal Science 21(2):243-259. Download Adobe PDF

Laidre, K. L. and M. P. Heide-Jørgensen. 2005. Winter feeding intensity of narwhals. Marine Mammal Science 21(1):45-57. Download Adobe PDF

Laidre, K. L. and M. P. Heide-Jørgensen. 2005. Arctic sea ice trends and narwhal vulnerability. Biological Conservation 121:509-517. Download Adobe PDF

Laidre, K. L., M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, M. L. Logsdon, R. C. Hobbs, P. Heagerty, R. Dietz, O. A. Jørgensen, and M. A. Treble. 2004. Seasonal habitat associations of narwhals in the high Arctic. Marine Biology 145:821-831. Download Adobe PDF

Laidre, K. L., M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, O. A. Jørgensen, and M. A. Treble. 2004. Deep ocean predation by a high Arctic cetacean. ICES Journal of Marine Science 61(3):430-440. Download Adobe PDF

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P. and K. L. Laidre. 2004. Declining open water refugia for top predators in Baffin Bay and adjacent waters. Ambio 33(8):488-495.  Download Adobe PDF

Laidre, K. L.
, M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, M. L. Logsdon, R. C. Hobbs, R. Dietz, and G. R. VanBlaricom. 2004. Fractal analysis of narwhal space use patterns. Zoology 107:3-11. Download Adobe PDF


Laidre, K. L.
, M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, R. Dietz, R. C. Hobbs, and O. A. Jørgensen. 2003. Deep-diving by narwhals, Monodon monoceros: differences in foraging behavior between wintering areas? Marine Ecology Progress Series 261:269-281. Download Adobe PDF

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., R. Dietz, K. L. Laidre, P. Richard, J. Orr, and H. C. Schmidt. 2003. The migratory habits of narwhals. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:1298-1305. Download Adobe PDF

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., P. Richard, R Dietz, and K. L. Laidre. 2003. An estimate of the fraction of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in the Canadian High Arctic that winter in West Greenland. Polar Biology 26:318-326. Download Adobe PDF

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., K. L. Laidre, O. Wiig, M. V. Jensen, L. Dueck, H. C. Schmidt, and R. C. Hobbs. 2003. From Greenland to Canada in two weeks: Movements of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, in Baffin Bay. Arctic 56(1):21-31. Download Word Abstract

Laidre, K. L., R. J. Jameson, S. J. Jeffries, R. C. Hobbs, C. E. Bowlby, and G. R. VanBlaricom. 2002. Estimates of carrying capacity for sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Washington State. Wildlife Society Bulletin: 30(4):1172-1181. Download Adobe PDF

Innes, S., M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, J. L. Laake, K. L. Laidre, H. J. Cleator, P. R. Richard, and R. E. A. Stewart. 2002. Surveys of belugas and narwhals in the Canadian high Arctic in 1996. NAMMCO Scientific Publications 4:147-190. Download Adobe PDF

Laidre, K. L., M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, and R. Dietz. 2002. Diving behavior of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) at two coastal localities in the Canadian High Arctic. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80:624-635. Download Adobe PDF

Heide-Jørgensen. M. P., R. Dietz, K. L. Laidre, and P. Richard.  2002.  Autumn movements, home range and winter density of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from Tremblay Sound, Baffin Island. Polar Biology 25:331-341. Download Adobe PDF

Laidre. K.L., R.J. Jameson, and D. P. DeMaster. 2001.  An estimation of carrying capacity for the sea otter along the California coast. Marine Mammal Science 17(2):294-309. Download Word Abstract

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., L. Kleivane, N. Øien, K. L. Laidre, and M. V. Jensen. 2001. A new technique for satellite tagging baleen whales: Tracking a blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) in the North Atlantic. Marine Mammal Science 17(4):949-954. 

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., E. Nordøy, N. Øien, L. P. Folkow, L. Kleivane, A. S. Blix, M. V. Jensen, and K. L. Laidre. 2001. Satellite tracking of minke whales (Balaenoptera aucorostrata) off the North Norwegian coast. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 3(2):175-178. Download Adobe PDF

Laidre, K.L., K.E.W. Shelden, D.J. Rugh, and B. A. Mahoney. 2000. Distribution of beluga whales and survey effort in the Gulf of Alaska. Marine Fisheries Review 62(3):27-36. Download Adobe PDF

Books


Heide-Jørgensen
, M. P. and K. L. Laidre. 2006. ”Greenland’s Winter Whales: The beluga, the narwhal and the bowhead whale”. Published in Danish as ”Grønlands Vinterhvaler: Hvidhvalen, narhvalen og grønlandshvalen” and in Greenlandic as ”Kalaallit Nunaanni ukiumi arferit: Qilalugaq qaqortaq, qilalugaq qernertaq arfivillu”. Ilinniusiorfik Undervisningsmiddelforlag, Nuuk, Greenland. 128 pages. ISBN-13: 978-87-7975-299-3. Book Cover Photos