CURRICULUM VITAE, Erik Martin Biuw (BSc, PhD)
Nationality: Swedish
Date of birth: 1968/03/09
Home address: Innelvvegen 241, 9100 Kvaløysletta, Norway
Civil status: Married, one child (born 2010)
Present employment: Senior Researcher, Institute of Marine Research
Work address: Forskningsparken, Sykehusvegen 23, 9019 Tromsø, Norway
Phone: +47 55 23 85 00, E-mail: martin.biuw@imr.no
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Feb 2017 – present: Senior Researcher, Institute of Marine Research
Feb 2013 - Jan 2017: Senior Researcher, Akvaplan-niva (Permanent, 100% research)
Oct 2010 - Jul 2011: Scientific Coordinator -Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
Oct 2010 - Jul 2011: Project Manager -International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC)
ACADEMIC HISTORY
2011 – 2013: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
2007 - 2010: NFR Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Norwegian Polar Institute
2003 - 2007: NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of St Andrews, UK
2003: PhD, Environmental and Evolutionary Ecology, University of St Andrews, UK and Australian Antarctic Division, Australia
2001: Marie Curie Fellow (PhD Training Grant), Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France.
1997: BSc (Hons.), Zoology, University of Stockholm, Sweden.
PREVIOUS FUNDING:
2014: Fram Centre – Fjord & Kyst: weShare – Ecological and commercial implications of extreme winter arrivals of herring and whales into North-Norwegian fjord systems (Principal Investigator), NOK 600,000
2014: Fram Centre – Insentivmidler: Impacts of fish superabundance on oxygen levels in a constricted fjord system in Northern Norway – weBreathe (co-PI) NOK 150,000
2014: National geographic Global Exploration Fund: Image based Research and monitoring of North Norway Humped back whales A Citizen science approach (Principal Investigator), NOK 192,000
2013: Norwegian Research Council – Hav & Kyst: COEXIST - Condition and energy expenditure estimates from free-ranging marine mammals (Principal Investigator), NOK 3,169,000
2005: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Standard Grant: Remote monitoring of body mass and composition of marine predators foraging at sea: Development of sexual dimorphism in southern elephant seals, £253,740
2003: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Connect B Grant: Using southern elephant seals to provide temperature and salinity profiles across the Southern Ocean: New platforms for operational oceanography, £254,061
2001: Marie Curie PhD Training Grant: Developing methods for spatial analysis of wildlife tracking data in relation to remotely sensed oceanographic data €20,000
1999: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Small Grant: Partitioning and utilization of maternal resources by southern elephant seal pups, £35,000
TEACHING
2007 & 2009: Masters Course on Wildlife Telemetry. Invited lecturer. University Center, Svalbard (UNIS), Norway
2004, 05 & 06: Honours Course in Marine Mammal Biology. Invited lecturer. School of Environmental and Evolutionary Ecology, University of St Andrews, UK
STUDENT SUPERVISION
2018 – present: Lisa Elena Kettemer, PhD, University of Tromsø
2017 – present: Evert Mul, PhD, University of Tromsø
2013 - 2018: Ana Sofia Aniceto, PhD, University of Tromsø
2013 – 2018: Ryan Dillon, PhD, University of Tromsø
2019 – present: Emma Vogel, MSc, University of Tromsø
2019 – present: Maren Andrea Pedersen, MSc, University of Tromsø
2018 – 2019: Aleksander Malde, MSc, University of Tromsø
2015 – 2016: Kevin Ochoa, MSc, University of Tromsø
2015 – 2019: Judith Ullmann, MSc, University of Tromsø
2008 – 2009: Virginie Ramasco, MSc, University of Tromsø
2007 – 2010: Theoni Photopoulou, PhD, University of St Andrews
2004 – 2006: Lars Boehme, PhD, University of St Andrews
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & COMMITTEES
2019 – present: NAMMCO Scientific Council
2019 – present: NAMMCO/ICES/NAFO Working Group on Harp and Hooded Seals (WGHARP)
2018 – present: Sjøpattedyrutvalget, Norwegian Government Advisory Board on Marine Mammals
2010 – 2017: Ocean Search – Crowd-sourced Ocean Observation (Scientific advisor)
2006 - present: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals (EG-BAMM)
2005: Organizing Committee for the 2nd International Bio-logging Science Symposium, St Andrews, UK
RECENT RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed papers
Biuw, M., Øigård, T. A., Nilssen, K. T., Stenson, G., & Haug, T. (2019). Estimation of pup production of harp and hooded seals in the Greenland Sea in 2018. WGHARP, WP SEA 247.
Mul, E., Blanchet, M.-A., Biuw, M., & Rikardsen, A. (2019). Implications of tag positioning and performance on the analysis of cetacean movement. Animal Biotelemetry, 7(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-019-0173-7
Verfuss, U. K., Aniceto, A. S., Harris, D. V., Gillespie, D., Fielding, S., Jiménez, G., Johnston, P., Sinclair, R.R., Sivertsen, A., Solbø, S.A., Storvold, R., Biuw, M., Wyatt, R. (2019). A review of unmanned vehicles for the detection and monitoring of marine fauna. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.01.009
Harcourt, R., Sequeira, A. M. M., Zhang, X., Roquet, F., Komatsu, K., Heupel, M., McMahon, C., Whoriskey, F., Meekan, M., Carroll, G., Brodie, S., Simpfendorfer, C., Hindell, M., Jonsen, I., Costa, D.P., Block, B., Muelbert, M., Woodward, B., Weise, M., Aarestrup, K., Biuw, M., Boehme, L., Bograd, S.J., Cazau, D., Charrassin, J.-B., Cooke, S.J., Cowley, P., de Bruyn, P.J.N., Jeanniard du Dot, T., Duarte, C., Eguíluz, V.M., Ferreira, L.C., Fernández-Gracia, J., Goetz, K., Goto, Y., Guinet, C., Hammill, M., Hays, G.C., Hazen, E.L., Hückstädt, L.A., Huveneers, C., Iverson, S., Jaaman, S.A., Kittiwattanawong, K., Kovacs, K.M., Lydersen, C., Moltmann, T., Naruoka, M., Phillips, L., Picard, B., Queiroz, N., Reverdin, G., Sato, K., Sims, D.W., Thorstad, E.B., Thums, M., Treasure, A.M., Trites, A.W., Williams, G.D., Yonehara, Y., Fedak, M. A. (2019). Animal-borne telemetry: An integral component of the ocean observing toolkit. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6(JUN). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00326
Vacquie-Garcia, J., Lydersen, C., Biuw, M., Haug, T., Fedak, M. A., & Kovacs, K. M. (2017). Hooded seal Cystophora cristata foraging areas in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean—Investigated using three complementary methods. PLoS ONE, 12(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187889
Aune, M., Aniceto, A. S., Biuw, M., Daase, M., Falk-Petersen, S., Leu, E., … Camus, L. (2018). Seasonal ecology in ice-covered Arctic seas - Considerations for spill response decision making. Marine Environmental Research, 141(March), 275–288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.09.004
Biuw, M., Nilssen, K. T., Haug, T., & Stenson, G. (2018). Report From Surveys To Assess Harp And Hooded Seal Pup Production In The Greenland Sea Pack-Ice In 2018, (7). Retrieved from https://www.hi.no/filarkiv/2018/08/vesterisen_2018_toktrapport_nr._7-2018.pdf/nb-no
Aniceto, A. S., Biuw, M., Lindstrøm, U., Solbø, S. A., Broms, F., & Carroll, J. (2018). Monitoring marine mammals using unmanned aerial vehicles: Quantifying detection certainty. Ecosphere, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2122
Blanchet, M.-A., Acquarone, M., Biuw, M., Larsen, R., Nordøy, E. S., & Folkow, L. P. (2018). A life after research? First release of harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus) after temporary captivity for scientific purposes. Aquatic Mammals, 44(4). https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.4.2018.343
Aniceto, A. S., Biuw, M., Lindstrøm, U., Solbø, S. A., Broms, F., & Carroll, J. (2018). Monitoring marine mammals using unmanned aerial vehicles: Quantifying detection certainty. Ecosphere, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2122
Boehme, L., A. Baker, M. Fedak, M. Årthun, K. Nicholls, P. Robinson, D. Costa, M. Biuw and T. Photopoulou (2016). Bimodal Winter Haul-out Patterns of Adult Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes Weddellii) in the Southern Weddell Sea. PLoS ONE 11 (5).
Ramasco, V., F. Barraquand, M. Biuw, B. McConnell and K.T. Nilssen (2015). The Intensity of Horizontal and Vertical Search in a Diving Forager: The Harbour Seal. Movement Ecology 3(1):15. doi:10.1186/s40462-015-0042-9.
Blanchet, M.A., C. Lydersen, M. Biuw, P.J.N. De Bruyn, G. Hofmeyr, B.A. Krafft and K.M. Kovacs (2014). Instrumentation and Handling Effects on Antarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus Gazella). Polar Research 33. doi:10.3402/polar.v33.21630.
Lowther, A.D., C. Lydersen, M. Biuw, P.J.N. De Bruyn, G. Hofmeyr and K.M. Kovacs (2014). Post-Breeding at-Sea Movements of Three Central-Place Foragers in Relation to Submesoscale Fronts in the Southern Ocean around Bouvetøya. Antarctic Science 26 (5): 533-544. doi:10.1017/S0954102014000170.
Ramasco, V., M. Biuw and K.T. Nilssen (2014). Improving Time Budget Estimates through the Behavioural Interpretation of Dive Bouts in Harbour Seals. Animal Behaviour 94: 117–34. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.05.015.
Zhou, Q., T. Hattermann, O. A. Nøst, M. Biuw, K. M. Kovacs and C. Lydersen. (2014). Wind-Driven Spreading of Fresh Surface Water beneath Ice Shelves in the Eastern Weddell Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 119 (6): 3818–33. doi:10.1002/2013JC009556.
Arriola, A., M. Biuw, M. Walton, S. Moss and P. Pomeroy (2013). Selective Blubber Fatty Acid Mobilization in Lactating Gray Seals (Halichoerus Grypus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 86 (4): 441–50. doi:10.1086/671446.
Blanchet, M.A., M. Biuw, G. Hofmeyr, P.J.N. De Bruyn, C. Lydersen K.M. Kovacs. (2013). At-Sea Behaviour of Three Krill Predators Breeding at Bouvetøya - Antarctic Fur Seals, Macaroni Penguins and Chinstrap Penguins. Marine Ecology Progress Series 477 (285–302). doi:10.3354/meps10110.
Close, S.E., A.C. Naveira Garabato, E.L. McDonagh, B.A. King and M. Biuw. (2013). Control of Mode and Intermediate Water Properties in Drake Passage by the Amundsen Sea Low. Journal of Climate American Meteorological Society. doi:10.1175/jcli-d-12-00346.1.
Roquet, F., C. Wunsch, G. Forget, P. Heimbach, C. Guinet, G. Reverdin, J.B. Charrassin, F. Baillul, D.P. Costa, L.A. Hucktadt, K.T. Goetz, K.M. Kovacs, C. Lydersen, M. Biuw, O.A. Nøst et al. (2013). Estimates of the Southern Ocean General Circulation Improved by Animal-Borne Instruments. Geophysical Research Letters 40 (23): 6176–80. doi:10.1002/2013GL058304.
Miller, P.J.O., M. Biuw, Y.Y. Watanabe, D. Thompson and M.A. Fedak. (2012). Sink Fast and Swim Harder! Round-Trip Cost-of-Transport for Buoyant Divers. Journal of Experimental Biology 215 (20): 3622–30. doi:10.1242/jeb.070128.
Aoki, K., Y.Y. Watanabe, D.E. Crocker, P.W. Robinson, M. Biuw, D.P. Costa, N. Miyazaki, M.A. Fedak, and P.J.O. Miller. (2011). Northern Elephant Seals Adjust Gliding and Stroking Patterns with Changes in Buoyancy: Validation of at-Sea Metrics of Body Density. Journal of Experimental Biology 214 (17): 2973–87. doi:10.1242/jeb.055137.
Derocher, A.E., M. Andersen, O. W., J. Aars, E. Hansen and M.Biuw. (2011). Sea Ice and Polar Bear Den Ecology at Hopen Island, Svalbard. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 441: 273–79. doi:10.3354/meps09406.
Meredith, M.P., K.W. Nicholls, I.A. Renfrew, L. Boehme, M. Biuw and M.A. Fedak. (2011). Seasonal Evolution of the Upper-Ocean Adjacent to the South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean: Results from A ‘lazy Biological Mooring’. Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography 58: 1569–79. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.07.008.
Nost, O.A., M. Biuw, V. Tverberg, C. Lydersen, T. Hattermann, Q. Zhou, L.H. Smedsrud and K.M. Kovacs. (2011). Eddy Overturning of the Antarctic Slope Front Controls Glacial Melting in the Eastern Weddell Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 116, C11014, doi:10.1029/2011jc006965.
Biuw, M., O.A. Nøst, A. Stien, Q. Zhou, C. Lydersen, K.M. Kovacs and O.A. Nøst. (2010). Effects of Hydrographic Variability on the Spatial, Seasonal and Diel Diving Patterns of Southern Elephant Seals in the Eastern Weddell Sea. Plos One 5 (11). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013816.
Biuw, M., C. Lydersen, P.J.N. De Bruyn, A. Arriola, G. Hofmeyr, P. Kritzinger and K.M. Kovacs. (2010). Long-Range Migration of a Chinstrap Penguin from Bouvetoya to Montagu Island, South Sandwich Islands. Antarctic Science 22 (2): 157–62. doi:10.1017/s0954102009990605.
Boehme, L., K. Kovacs, C. Lydersen, O.A. Nøst, M. Biuw, J.B. Charrassin, F. Roquet, et al. (2010). Biologging in the Global Ocean Observing System. In Proceedings of OceanObs09 Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society Vol 2. European Space Agency. http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/14472/.
Charrassin, J.B., F. Roquet, Y.H. Park, F. Bailleul, C. Guinet, M.M. Meredith, K. Nicholls, et al. (2010). New Insights into Southern Ocean Physical and Biological Processes Revealed by Instrumented Elephant Seals.” In Wildlife Research. European Space Agency. http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/14473/.
Biuw, M., B.A. Krafft, G. Hofmeyr, C. Lydersen and K.M. Kovacs. (2009). Time Budgets and at-Sea Behaviour of Lactating Female Antarctic Fur Seals Arctocephalus Gazella at Bouvetoya. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 385: 271–84. doi:10.3354/meps08025.
Boehme, L., P. Lovell, M. Biuw, F. Roquet, J. Nicholson, S.E. Thorpe, M.P. Meredith and M. Fedak. (2009). Animal-Borne CTD-Satellite Relay Data Loggers for Real-Time Oceanographic Data Collection. Ocean Science 5 (4): 685–95. doi:10.5194/os-5-685-2009.
Graves, J.A., A. Helyar, M. Biuw, M. Jussi, I. Jussi and O. Karlsson. (2009). Microsatellite and mtDNA Analysis of the Population Structure of Grey Seals (Halichoerus Grypus) from Three Breeding Areas in the Baltic Sea. Conservation Genetics 10 (1): 59–68. doi:10.1007/s10592-008-9517-1.
Boehme, L., M.P. Meredith, S.E. Thorpe, M. Biuw and M. Fedak. (2008). The Antarctic Circumpolar Current Frontal System in the South Atlantic: Monitoring Using Merged Argo and Animal-Borne Sensor Data. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 113 (C9). doi:10.1029/2007jc004647.
Boehme, L., S.E. Thorpe, M. Biuw, M. Fedak and M.P. Meredith. (2008). Monitoring Drake Passage with Elephant Seals: Frontal Structures and Snapshots of Transport. Limnology and Oceanography 53 (5): 2350–60. doi:10.4319/lo.2008.53.5_part_2.2350.
Charrassin, J.B, M. Hindell, S.R. Rintoul, F. Roquet, S. Sokolov, M. Biuw, D. Costa, et al. (2008). Southern Ocean Frontal Structure and Sea-Ice Formation Rates Revealed by Elephant Seals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105 (33): 11634–39. doi:10.1073/pnas.0800790105.
Nicholls, K.W., L. Boehme, M. Biuw and M.A. Fedak. (2008). Wintertime Ocean Conditions over the Southern Weddell Sea Continental Shelf, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters 35 (21). doi:10.1029/2008gl035742.
Bailleul, F., J.B. Charrassin, P. Monestiez, F. Roquet, M. Biuw and C. Guinet. (2007). Successful Foraging Zones of Southern Elephant Seals from the Kerguelen Islands in Relation to Oceanographic Conditions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 362 (1487): 2169–81. doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2109.
Biuw, M., L. Boehme, C. Guinet, M. Hindell, D. Costa, J.B. Charrassin, F. Roquet et al. (2007). Variations in Behavior and Condition of a Southern Ocean Top Predator in Relation to in Situ Oceanographic Conditions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104 (34): 13705–10. doi:10.1073/pnas.0701121104.
Gallon, S.L., C.E. Sparling, J.Y. Georges, M.A. Fedak, M. Biuw and D. Thompson. (2007). How Fast Does a Seal Swim? Variations in Swimming Behaviour under Differing Foraging Conditions. Journal of Experimental Biology 210 (18): 3285–94. doi:10.1242/jeb.007542.
Hooker, S.K., M. Biuw, B. J. McConnell, P.J. Miller and C.E. Sparling. (2007). Bio-Logging Science: Logging and Relaying Physical and Biological Data Using Animal-Attached Tags. Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography 54 (3–4): 177–82. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.01.001.
Fedak, M., P. Lovell, J. Nicholson, M Biuw, L. Bohme and K.M. Kovacs. (2006). Enlisting Marine Mammals as Oceanographic Explorers: Unique CTD Profilers for IPY. Geophysical Research Abstracts 8: 8935. https://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU06/08935/EGU06-J-08935.pdf.
Biuw, M, B. McConnell, C.J.A. Bradshaw, H. Burton and M. Fedak. (2003). Blubber and Buoyancy: Monitoring the Body Condition of Free-Ranging Seals Using Simple Dive Characteristics. Journal of Experimental Biology 206 (19): 3405–23. doi:10.1242/jeb.00583.
REPORTS
ICES. (2019). Report of the Joint ICES/NAFO/NAMMCO Working Group on Harp and Hooded Seals (WGHARP), 2-6 Sept. 2019, Tromsø, Norway, 1(72), 193 pp. http://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5617
Dahl-Hansen, I.E., Falk, A.H., Dahl-Hansen, G., Falk-Petersen, S. & Biuw, M. (2014) Utbygging og drift av Johan Castberg - Virkninger for marint naturmiljø. Development and operation of Johan Castberg – Consequences on the natural environment. Akvaplan-niva Report 6397-02. 99 pp.
Biuw, M., Weissenberger, J., Carroll, J.L., Aniceto, A.S. & Bluhm, K. (2014) Scoping Workshop on Marine Mammal Detection methodologies in use or under consideration by the petroleum industry. Proceedings from a workshop held at Statoil's Fornebu offices, March 25-26, 2014.
Rintoul S.R., Sparrow M., M.P. Meredith Wright L.S. (2012) The Southern Ocean Observing System: Initial science and implementation strategy. Contribution to Section on Animal-borne Sensors p. 38-40. SCAR/SCOR Report.
Biuw, M., Hooker, S.K., McConnell, B.J., Miller, P.J.O. & Sparling, C.E. (2007) Bio-logging Science: Logging and Relaying Physical and Biological Data Using Animal-Attached Tags - Proceedings of the 2005 International Symposium on Bio-logging Science, St Andrews, 13-16 June, 2005. Deep-Sea Research II, 54 (3-4), 177-436 (February 2007)
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Biuw M. Strategies, networking and career moves in polar science. Association of Polar Early Career
Scientists (APECS) Social Meeting, Tromsø, Norway, 05 May, 2010.
Biuw M., Observational approaches to vertical movements of predators and prey in relation to physi- cal/chemical structures, Workshop on Ocean Biology Observatories, Mestre, Italy, 16-18 Sep, 2009.
Biuw M. and Ausubel J. Census of Marine Life: the known, the unknown, the unknowable. Can we use marine animals as oceanographic platforms? Invited guest at the 12th session of the GCOSGOOS- WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate, IOC/UNESCO, Paris, France, 2-5 May, 2007.
Biuw M. Coping with energetic constraints in a dynamic and unpredictable environment: Ontogeny and individual variations in foraging strategies. Opening plenary, 19th Biennial Conference of the
European Cetacean Society, La Rochelle, 2-7 Apr, 2005.
Biuw M. Nordnorske fjorder: Ny(-gammel) hotspot for sild og hval. Forskernatt Framsenteret, Sep 25th,
2015.
Biuw M. et al. weShare: Ecological and commercial implications of extreme winter arrivals of herring and whales into North-Norwegian fjord systems. Presentation to Sjøpattedyrutvalget (Norwegian Governmental Marine Mammal Advisory Board), Tromsø, Oct 13, 2016.
PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS
Royal Society Science Exhibition (2006) What Ahab Never Saw
Forskningsdagane Tromsø (2008). MEOP
Forskningsdagane Tromsø (2014). Arktiske sjøpattedyr
Forskningsdagane Tromsø (2015). COEXIST