Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
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The marine mammal ecology and evolution group seeks to document and understand effects of environmental change, pathogens, and human activities on the abundance, distribution, diversity and speciation of marine organisms with a focus on marine mammals, their prey and predators.
Our research is interdisciplinary with a focus on ancient, environmental and modern DNA analyses, museum collections and observations in the wild.
We teach Marine Mammal Biology and Research, Molecular Ecology, Arctic Biology, and Danish Vertebrate Zoology, and are always looking for new Postdocs, PhDs, MScs and BScs student to join our group.
Current research
Main research areas
Marine mammal ecology and evolution
Environmental change, pathogens and human interactions
Applied molecular ecology
Postdocs
Jacob Roved - Pinniped immune gene diversity
PhD students
Xenia Weber - Prehistoric population structure and human utilisation of Atlantic walrus
Maiken Hemme Bro-Jørgensen - Colonisation and extinction of harp seals in the Baltic
Iben Stokholm - Zoonotic diseases in marine mammals
Dóra Székely - eDNA for marine mammal monitoring
Morgan McCarthy - Beaked whale phylogenomics
Magie Aiken - Exploitation and phylogenomics of Black Sea cetaceans
Emily Ruiz - Walrus exploitation and genetic diversity
MSc students
Stefanie Nielsen - Bearded seal genomics
Ida-Marie Mollerup - eDNA and trophic interactions in Disko Bay
BSc students
Sarah Saboia - Baltic Sea cetacean zooarchaeology
Teaching
Marine Mammal Biology and Research (lecturer and course manager) http://kurser.ku.dk/course/NNMB15001U
Molecular Ecology (lecturer and co-manager)
Danmarks Fauna (guest lecturer)
Basic Arctic Biology (guest lecturer)
Arctic Field Course (guest lecturer)
Forensic Geobiology (guest lecturer)
Keywords
- Faculty of Science
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Did algal toxin and Klebsiella infections cause the unexplained 2007 mass mortality event in Danish and Swedish marine mammals?
Mollerup, I-M., Bjørneset, J., Krock, B., Jensen, T. H., Galatius, A., Dietz, R., Teilmann, J., van den Brand, J. M. A., Osterhaus, A., Kokotovic, B., Lundholm, N. & Olsen, M. T., 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 914, 9 p., 169817.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Earliest Records of Holocene Cetaceans in the Black Sea
Aiken, M., Gladilina, E., Çakirlar, C., Telizhenko, S., Bejenaru, L., Bukhsianidze, M., Olsen, M. T. & Gol'din, P., 2024, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 39, 4, p. 585-591 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evidence of distribution overlap between Atlantic and Baltic grey seals
Galatius, A., Olsen, M. T., Allentoft-Larsen, M., Balle, J. D., Kyhn, L. A., Sveegaard, S. & Teilmann, J., 2024, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 104, 6 p., e30.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Exploring the potential of extreme citizen science with Danish high school students using environmental DNA for marine monitoring
Leerhøi, F., Rytter, M., Lillemark, M. R., Randeris, B., Rix, C., Olesen, J., Olsen, M. T., Møller, P. R., Lundholm, N., Knudsen, S. W. & Tøttrup, A. P., 2024, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 11, 14 p., 1347298.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Genome-wide analysis of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) indicates isolation-by-distance across the North Atlantic and potential local adaptation in adjacent waters
Autenrieth, M., Havenstein, K., De Cahsan, B., Canitz, J., Benke, H., Roos, A., Pampoulie, C., Sigurðsson, G. M., Siebert, U., Olsen, M. T., Biard, V., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Öztürk, A. A., Öztürk, B., Lawson, J. W. & Tiedemann, R., 2024, In: Conservation Genetics. 25, 2, p. 563-584 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Greenland Norse walrus exploitation deep into the Arctic
Ruiz-Puerta, E. J., Jarrett, G., McCarthy, M. L., Pan, S. E., Keighley, X., Aiken, M., Zampirolo, G., Loonen, M. J. J. E., Gotfredsen, A. B., Howse, L. R., Szpak, P., Pálsson, S., Rufolo, S., Malmquist, H. J., Desjardins, S. P. A., Olsen, M. T. & Jordan, P. D., 2024, In: Science advances. 10, 39, 12 p., eadq4127.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Has the real rate of return “depreciated”?
Dalgaard, C. J. & Olsen, M., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Economic Growth.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Palaeoproteomic identification of a whale bone tool from Bronze Age Heiloo, the Netherlands
Dekker, J. A. A., Mylopotamitaki, D., Verbaas, A., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Presslee, S., McCarthy, M. L., Olsen, M. T., Olsen, J. V., van den Hurk, Y., Brattinga, J. & Welker, F., 2024, In: Peer Community Journal. 4, 28 p., e81.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Activities
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The activity page will not be updated (January 2019)
Morten Tange Olsen (Participant)
2019Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Age- and sex-biased dispersal in harbour seals assessed by genetic analyses at the individual and population level
Morten Tange Olsen (Lecturer)
10 Dec 2013Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Havpattedyr: Et liv som postdoc
Morten Tange Olsen (Lecturer)
20 Nov 2013Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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HELCOM Seal Expert Group
Morten Tange Olsen (Participant)
15 Oct 2013 → 17 Oct 2013Activity: Participating in an event - types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Mit liv som forsker
Morten Tange Olsen (Lecturer)
7 Oct 2013 → 8 Oct 2013Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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The 10th Danish Marine Mammal Symposium
Morten Tange Olsen (Organizer)
19 Apr 2013 → 20 Apr 2013Activity: Participating in an event - types › Organisation of and participation in conference
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Using genetic data to identify populations and management units: Concepts, cases and consequences with focus on marine mammals
Morten Tange Olsen (Lecturer)
19 Apr 2013Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Integrating genetic and demographic data for the identification of harbour seal management units
Morten Tange Olsen (Lecturer)
9 Apr 2013Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution