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Nils Øien

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Department: Sjøpattedyr

Publications

Academic articles

2021

Marine mammal hotspots in the Greenland and Barents Seas

Charmain Danielle Hamilton, Christian Lydersen, Jon Aars, Martin Biuw, Andrei Boltunov, Erik W. Born, Rune Dietz, Lars Folkow, Dmitry M. Glazov, Tore Haug, Mads-Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Lisa Elena Kettemer, Kristin L. Laidre, Nils Inge Øien, Erling Sverre Nordøy, Audun H. Rikardsen, Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid, Varvara Semenova, Olga V. Shpak, Signe Sveegaard, Fernando Ugarte, Øystein Wiig, Kit M. Kovacs
Marine Ecology Progress Series 659 p. 3-28
2021

Distribution of rorquals and Atlantic cod in relation to their prey in the Norwegian high Arctic

Hiroko K. Solvang, Tore Haug, Tor Knutsen, Harald Gjøsæter, Bjarte Bogstad, Siri Hartvedt, Nils Øien, Ulf Lindstrøm
Polar Biology 44 p. 761-782
2020

Autumn movements of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) from Svalbard, Norway, revealed by satellite tracking

Christian Lydersen, Jade Vacquie-Garcia, Mads-Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Nils Inge Øien, Christophe Guinet, Kit M. Kovacs
Scientific Reports 10 p. 1-13
2020

Estimated abundances of cetacean species in the Northeast Atlantic from Norwegian shipboard surveys conducted in 2014-2018

Deanna Marie Leonard, Nils Inge Øien
NAMMCO scientific publications
2020

Estimated abundances of cetacean species in the Northeast Atlantic from two multiyear surveys conducted by Norwegian vessels between 2002-2013

Deanna Marie Leonard, Nils Inge Øien
NAMMCO scientific publications
2019

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) mitogenomics: A cautionary tale of defining sub-species from mitochondrial sequence monophyly

Andrea A. Cabrera, Jeroen P.A. Hoekendijk, Alex Aguilar, Susan G. Barco, Simon Berrow, Dorete Bloch, Asunción Borrell, Haydée A. Cunha, Luciano Dalla Rosa, Carolina P. Dias, Pauline Gauffier, Wensi Hao, Scott Landry, Finn Larsen, Vidal Martín, Sally Mizroch, Tom Oosting, Nils Inge Øien, Christophe Pampoulie, Simone Panigada, Rui Prieto, Christian Ramp, Vania Rivera-Léon, Jooke Robbins, Conor Ryan, Elena Schall, Richard Sears, Mónica A. Silva, Jorge Urbán, Frederick W. Wenzel, Per J. Palsbøll, Martine Bérubé
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 135 p. 86-97
2017

Late summer distribution and abundance of ice-associated whales in the Norwegian High Arctic

Jade Vacquié-Garcia, Christian Lydersen, Tiago A. Marques, Jon Aars, Heidi Ahonen, Mette Skern-Mauritzen, Nils Inge Øien, Kit M. Kovacs
Endangered Species Research 32 p. 59-70
2017

Temporal and geographical variation in body condition of common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata) in the Northeast Atlantic

Hiroko Kato Solvang, Hirokazu Yangihara, Nils Inge Øien, Tore Haug
Polar Biology 40 p. 667-683
2017

Whole genome resequencing reveals diagnostic markers for investigating global migration and hybridization between minke whale species

Ketil Malde, Bjørghild Breistein Seliussen, Maria Quintela Sanchez, Geir Dahle, Francois Besnier, Hans J. Skaug, Nils Inge Øien, Hiroko Kato Solvang, Tore Haug, Rasmus Skern-Mauritzen, Naohisa Kanda, Luis A. Pastene, Inge Jonassen, Kevin Glover
BMC Genomics 18:76 p. 1-11
2016

A genomewide catalogue of single nucleotide polymorphisms in white-beaked and Atlantic white-sided dolphins

R. Fernández, M Schubert, A. M. Vargas-Velazquez, A. Brownlow, Gisli A. Vikingsson, U Siebert, Lasse Fast Jensen, Nils Inge Øien, D. Wall, Emer Rogan, B. Mikkelsen, W. Dabin, Ahmed H. Alfarhan, S. A. Alquraishi, Khaled A.S. Al-Rasheid, Gilles Guillot, L Orlando
Molecular Ecology Resources 16 p. 266-276
2016

Canonical Correlation Analysis for Geographical and Chronological Responses

Mariko Yamamura, Hirokazu Yanagihara, Hiroko Kato Solvang, Nils Inge Øien, Tore Haug
Procedia Computer Science 96 p. 1351-1360
2015

Distribution, abundance, and feeding ecology of baleen whales in Icelandic waters: have recent environmental changes had an effect?

Gisli A. Vikingsson, Daniel Gordon Pike, Hedinn Valdimarsson, Anna Schleimer, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Teresa Silva, Bjarki Elvarsson, Bjarni Mikkelsen, Nils Inge Øien, Geneviève Desportes, Valur Bogason, Philip S. Hammond
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3
2014

Investigating population genetic structure in a highly mobile marine organism: The minke whale balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata in the north east atlantic

Maria Quintela Sanchez, Hans J. Skaug, Nils Inge Øien, Tore Haug, Bjørghild Breistein Seliussen, Hiroko Kato Solvang, Christophe Pampoulie, Naohisa Kanda, Luis A. Pastene, Kevin Glover
PLOS ONE 9
2013

Cetacean abundance and distribution in European Atlantic shelf waters to inform conservation and management

Philip S. Hammond, Kelly Macleod, Per Berggren, David L. Borchers, Louise Burt, Ana Canadas, Geneviève Desportes, Greg P. Donovan, Alain Gilles, D Gillespie, Jonathan Gordon, Lex Hiby, I. Kuklik, R Leaper, Kristina Lehnert, Mardik Leopold, Phil Lovell, Nils Inge Øien, Charles G.M. Paxton, Vincent Ridoux, Emer Rogan, F Samarra, Meike Scheidat, Marina Sequeira, Ursula Siebert, Henrik Skov, Rene Swift, Mark L Tasker, J Teilmann, O. Van Canneyt, J Vazquez
Biological Conservation 164 p. 107-122
2013

Hybrids between common and Antarctic minke whales are fertile and can back-cross

Kevin Glover, Naohisa Kanda, tore Haug, Luis A. Pastene, Nils Inge Øien, Bjørghild Breistein Seliussen, Anne Grete Eide Sørvik, Hans J. Skaug
BMC Genetics 14
2013

A white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Atlantic Ocean, Svalbard, Norway, August 2012

Christian Lydersen, Nils Inge Øien, Bjarni Mikkelsen, Simon Bober, Dan Fisher, Kit Kovacs
Polar Research 32
2012

The Norwegian minke whale DNA register: a data base monitoring commercial harvest and trade of whale products

Kevin Alan Glover, tore Haug, Nils Inge Øien, Lars Walløe, Lotta Lindblom, Bjørghild Breistein Seliussen, Hans J. Skaug
Fish and Fisheries 13 p. 313-332
2011

Baleen whale distributions and prey associations in the Barents Sea

Mette Skern-Mauritzen, Edda Johannesen, Arne Jostein Bjørge, Nils Inge Øien
Marine Ecology Progress Series 426 p. 289-301
2011

Genetic differentiation among North Atlantic killer whale populations

Andre D. Foote, Julia T. Vilstrup, Renaud de Stephanis, Philippe Verborgh, Sandra C. Abel Nielsen, Robert Deaville, Lars Kleivane, Vidal Martín, Patrick J.O. Miller, Nils Øien, Monica Pérez-Gil, Morten Rasmussen, Robert Reid, Kelly M. Robertson, Emer Rogan, Tiu Similä, Maria L. Tejedor, Heike Vester, Gísli A. Vikingsson, Eske Willerslev, M. Thomas P. Gilbert
Molecular Ecology 20 p. 629-641
2010

Migration of Antarctic Minke Whales to the Arctic

Kevin Glover, Naohisa Kanda, Tore Haug, Luis A. Pastene, Nils Inge Øien, Mutsuo Goto, Bjørghild B Seliussen, Hans Julius Skaug
PLOS ONE 5
2010

Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940-2009

Øystein Wiig, Lutz Bachmann, N. Øien, K.M. Kovacs, C. Lydersen
Polar Biology 33 p. 979-984
2008

Toxaphene in minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from the North Atlantic

B. Gouteux, D.C.G. Muir, S. Backus, Erik W. Born, Rune Dietz, tore Haug, T. S. Metcalfe, M. Metcalfe, Nils Inge Øien
Environmental Pollution (1987) 153 p. 71-83
2007

A multi-elemental approach to identification of sub-populations of North Atlantic minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

Erik W. Born, Michael C.S. Kingsley, Frank F. Rigét, Rune Dietz, Per Møller, tore Haug, Derek C.G. Muir, Peter M. Outridge, Nils Inge Øien
Wildlife Biology 13 p. 84-97
2007

Historical population assessment of Barents Sea harp sea's (Pagophilus groenlandicus)

Hans Julius Skaug, Lennart Frimannslund, Nils Inge Øien
ICES Journal of Marine Science 64 p. 1356-1365
2006

Joint PINRO/IMR report on the state of teh Barents Sea Ecosystem 2005-2006

Jan Erik Stiansen, Asgeir Aglen, Bjarte Bogstad, William Paul Budgell, Padmini Dalpadado, Andrei Dolgov, Are Dommasnes, Anatoly A. Filin, Harald Gjøsæter, Kjellrun Hiis Hauge, Åge Sigurd Høines, Randi Brunvær Ingvaldsen, Edda Johannesen, Lis Lindal Jørgensen, Alexey L. Karsakov, Jarle Klungsøyr, Tor Knutsen, Gunnar Lien, Harald Loeng, Sigbjørn Mehl, Pål Buhl-Mortensen, Nina Muchina, Valentina N. Nesterova, Erik Joel Steinar Olsen, Emma L. Orlova, Vladimir K. Ozhigin, Andrey Pedchenko, Erling Kåre Stenevik, Morten D. Skogen, Oleg Titov, Sigurd Tjelmeland, Vladimir Zabavnikov, S. V. Ziryanov, Natalia Zhukova, Nils Inge Øien, Sondre Aanes
IMR/PINRO Joint Report Series 3
2005

Genetic tagging of males in North Atlantic minke whales through comparison of mother and fetus DNA-profiles

Hans Julius Skaug, Nils Øien
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 7 p. 113-117
2005

Genetic tagging of male North Atlantic minke whales through comparison of maternal and foetal DNA-profiles

Hans Julius Skaug, Nils Øien
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 7 p. 113-117
2004

Abundance of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostata) in the Northeast Atlantic: variability in time and space

Hans Julius Skaug, Nils Øien, Tore Schweder, G Bøthun
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61 p. 870-886
2004

Abundance of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) in the Northeastern Atlantic

Hans Julius Skaug, Nils Øien, Tore Schweder, Gjermund Bøthun
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61 p. 870-886
2003

Population substructure of North Atlantic minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) inferred from regional variation of elemental and stable isotopic signatures in tissues

Erik W. Born, P. Outridge, Frank F. Rigét, K.A. Hobson, Rune Dietz, Nils Inge Øien, tore Haug
Journal of Marine Systems 43 p. 1-17
2003

Levels and patterns of persistent organochlorine in minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) stocks from the North Atlantic and European Arctic

K.E. Hobbs, Derek C.G. Muir, Erik W. Born, Rune Dietz, Tore Haug, T. S. Metcalfe, C. Metcalfe, Nils Inge Øien
Environmental Pollution (1987) 121 p. 239-252
2003

Genetic population structure of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from Greenland, the North East Atlantic and the North Sea probably reflects different ecological regions

Liselotte W. Andersen, Erik W. Born, Rune Dietz, tore Haug, Nils Inge Øien, Christian Bendixen
Marine Ecology Progress Series 247 p. 263-280
2003

Regional differences in fatty acid composition in minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from the North Atlantic

Per Møller, Erik W. Born, Rune Dietz, tore Haug, D.E. Ruzzante, Nils Inge Øien
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 5 p. 115-124
2002

Regional variation in caesium-137 in minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata from West Greenland, the North Atlantic and the North Sea

Erik W. Born, Henning Dahlgaard, Frank F. Rigét, Rune Dietz, Nils Inge Øien, Tore Haug
Polar Biology 25 p. 907-913
1997

Abundance of northeastern Atlantic minke whales, estimates for 1989 and 1995

Tore Schweder, Hans J. Skaug, Xeni Kristine Dimakos, Mette Langaas, N. Øien
Rep. int. Whal. Commn 47 p. 453-483
1994

Seasonal distribution of harp seals Phoca groenlandica in the Barents Sea.

Tore Haug, Kjell Tormod Nilssen, Nils Inge Øien, Vladimir Potelov
Polar Research 13 p. 163-172
1992

A review of feeding and reproduction in large baleen whales (Mysticeti) and sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus in Norwegian and adjacent waters.

Ivar Christensen, Tore Haug, Nils Inge Øien
Fauna Norvegica 13 p. 39-48
1992

Seasonal distribution, exploitation, and present abundance of stocks of large baleen whales (Mysticeti) and sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in Norwegian and adjacent waters.

Ivar Christensen, Tore Haug, Nils Inge Øien
ICES Journal of Marine Science 49 p. 341-355

Posters

2012

T-NASS-Trans north Atlantic Sightings Survey: big is beautiful

Mario Acquarone, Geneviève Desportes, Jean-Francois Gosselin, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Jack Lawson, Bjarni Mikkelsen, Droplaug Ólafsdóttir, Daniel Gordon Pike, Gísli Arnor Víkingsson, Lars Witting, Vladimir Zabavnikov, Nils Inge Øien
2005

Intelligent Migration of a Sei Whale from the Azores to the Labrador Sea in April – June 2005

Erik Joel Steinar Olsen, Leif Nøttestad, Lars Kleivane, William Paul Budgell, Rui Prieto, Monica Silva, Nils Inge Øien

Chapters and books

2006

Pattedyr

Thrine Lise Heggberget, Arne Bjørge, Jon E. Swenson, Per Ole Syvertsen, Øystein Wiig, Nils Øien
p. 365-372

Popular science articles

2015

DNA-register for vågehval: en skattekiste for studier av hvalbiologi.

Tore Haug, Nils Inge Øien, Hans J. Skaug, Kevin A. Glover
Fisken og Havet, Særnummer 1-2015 p. 108-109
2010

Hva kan et register over vågehvalens DNA fortelle om adferd og biologi?

Hans Julius Skaug, Nils Inge Øien, Tore Haug
Ottar 280 p. 10-15

Academic lectures

2018

Distribution of rorquals and predatory fish in relation to prey in the Norwegian high Arctic

Hiroko Kato Solvang, Bjarte Bogstad, Harald Gjøsæter, Siri Hartvedt, Tore Haug, Tor Knutsen, Ulf Lindstrøm, Nils Inge Øien
2016

Updates 2014-2016: Preliminary abundance estimates of common minke whales in Svalbard 2014, the Norwegian Sea and Jan Mayen 2015, and the Jan Mayen area 2016, with distributional maps for minke, fin, humpback and sperm whales

Hiroko Kato Solvang, Nils Inge Øien
2015

Report of the Norwegian 2014 survey for minke whales in the Small Management Area ES - Svalbard

Øien, Nils Inge
2015

Abundance estimates of common minke whales in the Northeast Atlantic base don survey data collected over the period 2008-2013

Hiroko Kato Solvang, Hans J. Skaug, Nils Inge Øien
2015

Measurement error model for the Norwegian minke whale surveys 2008-2013

Hiroko Kato Solvang, Hans J. Skaug, Nils Inge Øien
2015

Den norske småhvalfangsten – fra kystfangst til moderne fangst med kvoteregulering

Øien, Nils Inge
2014

NORWAY - PROGRESS REPORT ON MARINE MAMMALS 2013

Nils Inge Øien, Tore Haug
2014

Preliminary abundance estimates of common minke whales in the Northeast Atlantic based on survey data collected over the period 2008-2013

Hiroko Kato Solvang, Hans J. Skaug, Nils Inge Øien
2014

Report of the Norwegian 2013 survey for minke whales within the Small Management Area EB - the Barents Sea

Øien, Nils Inge
2013

Genomic signatures of past global warming in Arctic marine mammals

Andrea A. Cabrera, Jurjan P. van der Zee, Martine Berube, Jon Aars, Lutz Bachmann, Steven R. Beissinger, Jesse Conklin, Rune Dietz, Richard Dodd, Mads Peter Heide Jørgensen, Kit Kovacs, Finn Larsen, Christian Lydersen, Morten T. Olsen, Christian Ramp, Richard Sears, Øystein Wiig, Gisli A. Vikingsson, Yvonne Verkuil, Nils Inge Øien, Per J. Palsbøll
2012

Kvoteutsiktene for de viktigste fiskeslagene de neste 5 årene

Ole Arve Misund, Bjarte Bogstad, tore Haug, Elvar H. Hallfredsson, Irene Huse, Carsten Hvingel, Åge Sigurd Høines, Randi Ingvaldsen, Espen Johnsen, Leif Nøttestad, Erling Kåre Stenevik, Sigurd Tjelmeland, Else Torstensen, Nils Inge Øien
2011

Oppsummering av resultater fra Økosystemtoktet i Barentshavet 2011

Lis Lindal Jørgensen, Randi Brunvær Ingvaldsen, Padmini Dalpadado, Elena Eriksen, Harald Gjøsæter, Tor Knutsen, Mette Skern-Mauritzen, Sigurd Tjelmeland, Nils Inge Øien, Jaime Tapia Alvarez, Bente Skarsten Røttingen
2010

Oppsummering av resultater fra Økosystemtoktet i Barentshavet 2010

Randi Brunvær Ingvaldsen, Padmini Dalpadado, Elena Eriksen, Harald Gjøsæter, Tor Knutsen, Mette Skern-Mauritzen, Sigurd Tjelmeland, Nils Inge Øien, Jaime Tapia Alvarez, Bente Skarsten Røttingen
2007

Stock assessment methodology for the Barents Sea capelin. WD # 24 to AFWG

Jaime Tapia Alvarez, Konstantin V. Drevetnyak, Elena Eriksen, Petter Fossum, Harald Gjøsæter, Yuri A. Kovalev, Erik Joel Steinar Olsen, Dmitry A. Prozorkevich, Bente Skarsten Røttingen, Sigurd Tjelmeland, Nikolay Ushakov, Nils Inge Øien

Annet tidsskriftbidrag

2014

Unødvendig med fem fangstområder for vågehval.

Tore Haug, Nils Inge Øien, Hans J. Skaug, Kevin Glover
Forskning.no
2014

Large scale surveys for cetaceans: Line transect assumptions, reliability of abundance estimates and improving survey efficiency - A response to MacLeod

Philip S. Hammond, Douglas Gillespie, Phil Lovell, Filipa Samarra, René Swift, Kelly Macleod, Mark L Tasker, Per Berggren, David L. Borchers, Louise Burt, Charles G.M. Paxton, Ana Canadas, Geneviève Desportes, Greg P. Donovan, Anita Gilles, Kristina Lehnert, Ursula Siebert, Jonathan Gordon, Russell Leaper, Mardik Leopold, Meike Scheidat, Nils Inge Øien, Vincent Ridoux, Emer Rogan, Henrik Skov, Jonas Teilmann, Olivier Van Canneyt, José Antonio Vazquez
Biological Conservation 170 p. 338-339

Reports and papers

2021

Forskerutvalg om sjøpattedyr 2020 - Tilrådning om forskning og forvaltning

Arne Jostein Bjørge, Nils Inge Øien, Tore Haug, Kjell Tormod Nilssen, Martin Biuw, Lise Doksæter Sivle, Petter Helgevold Kvadsheim
2020

Forskerutvalg om sjøpattedyr 2019 - Anbefalinger om forskning og forvaltning

Arne Jostein Bjørge, Martin Biuw, Tore Haug, Kjell Tormod Nilssen, Nils Inge Øien
2019

A CITES risk assessment for the common minke whale (Balaneoptera acutorostrata). Scientific opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment

Eli Knispel Rueness, Maria Gulbrandsen Asmyhr, Kyrre Kausrud, Erlend Birkeland Nilsen, Nils Inge Øien, Hugo de Boer, Katrine Eldegard, Kjetil Hindar, Lars R Hole, Johanna Järnegren, Lawrence R. Kirkendall, Inger Elisabeth Måren, Anders Nielsen, Eva Bonsak Thorstad, Gaute Velle
2009

Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940 – 2008

Øystein Wiig, Lutz Bachmann, Nils Øien, K.M. Kovacs, C. Lydersen
1990

Absolute and relative abundance of minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede) in the northeast Atlantic

Øien, Nils Inge
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