Bilde av Rikardsen, Audun
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Bilde av Rikardsen, Audun
Professor Department of Arctic and Marine Biology audun.rikardsen@uit.no +4777644475 92443354 Tromsø You can find me here

Audun Rikardsen



  • Stine Eide, Audun H. Rikardsen, Carla Freitas :
    Comparative diving patterns of two minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and two fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in Northern Norway | Animal Biotelemetry
    Animal Biotelemetry 19. November 2025 DOI
  • Emma Vogel, Meghan Van Ruiten, Ingvild Ytterhus Utengen, Martin Biuw, Audun H. Rikardsen :
    Characterizing movement patterns of killer whales along the Norwegian coast
    Animal Biotelemetry 09. August 2025 DOI
  • Christian Lydersen, Marie-Anne Ermeline Blanchet, Kit M. Kovacs, Tiu Similä, Carla Freitas, Zoë Luccia Juliette Morange et al.:
    Migration to breeding areas by male sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus from the Northeast Atlantic Arctic
    Scientific Reports 06. March 2025 DOI
  • Emma Frances Vogel, Audun H. Rikardsen, Marie-Anne Blanchet, Pierre Blévin, Martin Biuw :
    Norwegian killer whale movements reflect their different prey types
    Polar Research 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Zoë Luccia Juliette Morange, Tiu Similä, Audun H. Rikardsen, Marie-Anne Blanchet :
    Seasonal changes in the feeding aggregation structure of male sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in Northern Norway
    Marine mammal science 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Ingvild Ytterhus Utengen, Emma Frances Vogel, Martin Biuw, Meghan Van Ruiten, Audun Håvard Rikardsen :
    Characterizing humpback whale behavior along the North-Norwegian coast
    Animal Biotelemetry 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Anaïs Remili, Rune Dietz, Christian Sonne, Filipa I. P. Samarra, Audun H. Rikardsen, Lisa Elena Kettemer et al.:
    Quantitative fatty acid signature analysis reveals a high level of dietary specialization in killer whales across the North Atlantic
    Journal of Animal Ecology 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Anaïs Remili, Rune Dietz, Christian Sonne, Filipa I P Samarra, Robert J. Letcher, Audun H. Rikardsen et al.:
    Varying Diet Composition Causes Striking Differences in Legacy and Emerging Contaminant Concentrations in Killer Whales across the North Atlantic
    Environmental Science and Technology 2023 DOI
  • Clare Andvik, Pierre Bories, Mikael Harju, Katrine Borgå, Eve Jourdain, Richard Karoliussen et al.:
    Phthalate contamination in marine mammals off the Norwegian coast
    Marine Pollution Bulletin 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Lisa Elena Kettemer, Theresia Ramm, Fredrik Björn Broms, Martin Biuw, Marie-Anne Blanchet, Sophie Bourgeon et al.:
    Don't mind if I do: Arctic humpback whales respond to winter foraging opportunities before migration
    Royal Society Open Science 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Julius Nielsen, Daniel Estévez-Barcia, Søren Post, Helle Torp Christensen, Anja Retzel, Lorenz Meire et al.:
    Validation of pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) on Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in a Greenland fjord
    Fisheries Research 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Emma Vogel, Stine Skalmerud, Martin Biuw, Marie-Anne Blanchet, Lars Kleivane, Georg Skaret et al.:
    Foraging movements of humpback whales relate to the lateral and vertical distribution of capelin in the Barents Sea
    Frontiers in Marine Science 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • J. Bjørneset, P. Blévin, P.M. Bjørnstad, R.A. Dalmo, A. Goksøyr, M. Harju et al.:
    Establishment of killer whale (Orcinus orca) primary fibroblast cell cultures and their transcriptomic responses to pollutant exposure
    Environment International 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • John Fredrik Strøm, Ola Ugedal, Audun H. Rikardsen, Eva Bonsak Thorstad :
    Marine food consumption by adult Atlantic salmon and energetic impacts of increased ocean temperatures caused by climate change
    Hydrobiologia 2023 DOI / ARKIV
  • Ronan James O'Sullivan, Mikhail Ozerov, Geir Hysing Bolstad, John Gilbey, Jan Arge Jacobsen, Jaakko Erkinaro et al.:
    Genetic stock identification reveals greater use of an oceanic feeding ground around the Faroe Islands by multi-sea winter Atlantic salmon, with variation in use across reporting groups
    ICES Journal of Marine Science 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Richard David Hedger, Mari Kjellman, Eva Bonsak Thorstad, John Fredrik Strøm, Audun H. Rikardsen :
    Diving and feeding of adult Atlantic salmon when migrating through the coastal zone in Norway
    Environmental Biology of Fishes 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Helena Sofia Gomes Costa, Andrew Rogan, Christopher Zadra, Oddbjørn Larsen, Audun H. Rikardsen, Courtney Alice Waugh :
    Blowing in the Wind: Using a Consumer Drone for the Collection of Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Blow Samples during the Arctic Polar Nights
    Drones 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Anna Lippold, Mikael Harju, Jon Aars, Pierre Blévin, Jenny Bytingsvik, Geir W. Gabrielsen et al.:
    Occurrence of emerging brominated flame retardants and organophosphate esters in marine wildlife from the Norwegian Arctic
    Environmental Pollution (1987) 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Lisa Elena Kettemer, Audun Rikardsen, Martin Biuw, Fredrik Björn Broms, Evert Mul, Marie-Anne Blanchet :
    Round-trip migration and energy budget of a breeding female humpback whale in the Northeast Atlantic
    PLOS ONE 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Emma Vogel, Martin Biuw, Marie-Anne Blanchet, Ian D. Jonsen, Evert Mul, Espen Johnsen et al.:
    Killer whale movements on the Norwegian shelf are associated with herring density
    Marine Ecology Progress Series 2021 DOI
  • Audun H. Rikardsen, David Righton, John Fredrik Strøm, Eva Bonsak Thorstad, Patrick G. Gargan, Timothy F. Sheehan et al.:
    Redefining the oceanic distribution of Atlantic salmon
    Scientific Reports 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Charmain Danielle Hamilton, Christian Lydersen, Jon Aars, Martin Biuw, Andrei Boltunov, Erik W. Born et al.:
    Marine mammal hotspots in the Greenland and Barents Seas
    Marine Ecology Progress Series 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Pierre Bories, Audun H. Rikardsen, Pim Leonards, Aaron T. Fisk, Sabrina Tartu, Emma Vogel et al.:
    A deep dive into fat: Investigating blubber lipidomic fingerprint of killer whales and humpback whales in northern Norway
    Ecology and Evolution 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Ana Sofia Aniceto, Luca Tassara, Audun H. Rikardsen, Pierre Blévin :
    Mass standings of seven toothed and baleen whale species in Northern Norway in March 2020 call for further investigation
    Polar Biology 2021 DOI
  • Ana Sofia Aniceto, Luca Tassara, Audun Rikardsen, Pierre Blévin :
    Mass strandings of seven toothed and baleen whale species in Northern Norway in March 2020 call for further investigation
    Polar Biology 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Benjamin J. Atencio, Eva Bonsak Thorstad, Audun H. Rikardsen, Jenny Lovisa Alexandra Jensen :
    Keeping close to the river, shore and surface: the first marine migration of brown trout (Salmo trutta) and Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) post-smolts
    Journal of Fish Biology 2021 DOI / ARKIV
  • Evert Mul, Marie-Anne Blanchet, Brett McClintock, James Grecian, Martin Biuw, Audun H. Rikardsen :
    Killer whales are attracted to herring fishing vessels
    Marine Ecology Progress Series 2020 DOI / ARKIV
  • Rune Dietz, Audun H. Rikardsen, Martin Biuw, Lars Kleivane, Christina Lehmkuhl Noer, Dominique Stalder et al.:
    Migratory and diurnal activity of North Atlantic killer whales (Orcinus orca) off northern Norway
    Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2020 DOI
  • Evert Mul, Marie-Anne Blanchet, Martin Biuw, Audun H. Rikardsen :
    Implications of tag positioning and performance on the analysis of cetacean movement
    Animal Biotelemetry 17. May 2019 DOI / ARKIV
  • John Fredrik Strøm, Eva Bonsak Thorstad, Audun Rikardsen :
    Thermal habitat of adult Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in a warming ocean
    Journal of Fish Biology 2019 DOI / ARKIV
  • John Fredrik Strøm, Audun H. Rikardsen, Steven E. Campana, David Righton, Jonathan Carr, Kim Aarestrup et al.:
    Ocean predation and mortality of adult Atlantic salmon
    Scientific Reports 2019 DOI / ARKIV
  • Michael B. Courtney, Mark D. Evans, John Fredrik Strøm, Audun H. Rikardsen, Andrew C. Seitz :
    Behavior and thermal environment of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha in the North Pacific Ocean, elucidated from pop-up satellite archival tags
    Environmental Biology of Fishes 2019 DOI / ARKIV
  • John Fredrik Strøm, Eva Bonsak Thorstad, Richard David Hedger, Audun H. Rikardsen :
    Revealing the full ocean migration of individual Atlantic salmon
    Animal Biotelemetry 2018 DOI / ARKIV
  • Eva Marita Ulvan, Anders Foldvik, Arne Johan Jensen, Bengt Finstad, Eva Bonsak Thorstad, Audun H. Rikardsen et al.:
    Return migration of adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) to northern Norway
    ICES Journal of Marine Science 2018 DOI / ARKIV
  • Arne Johan Jensen, Bengt Finstad, Peder Fiske, Torbjørn Forseth, Audun H. Rikardsen, Ola Ugedal :
    Relationship between marine growth and sea survival of two anadromous salmonid fish species
    Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2018 DOI / ARKIV
  • Michael B. Courtney, Brendan S. Scanlon, Randy J Brown, Audun H. Rikardsen, Colin P Gallagher, Andrew C. Seitz :
    Offshore ocean dispersal of adult Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma in the Beaufort Sea
    Polar Biology 2018 DOI
  • Sofie Søderstrøm, Anya Mukundan, Sara Zamani, Maud Van Essche, Demetri Spyropoulos, Heli Anna Irmeli Routti et al.:
    Marma-detox: Whales and polar bear in a petri dish: decoding marine mammal toxicology through in vitro and in silico approaches
    09. August 2025 DOI
  • Diogo Oliveira, Heli Anna Irmeli Routti, Jenny Bytingsvik, Filipe Castro, Bram Danneels, A Fisk et al.:
    POPs in Barents Sea Marine Mammals: Accumulation vs Biotransformation
    24. July 2025
  • Audrey su, Eve Marie Jourdain, Clare Margaret Andvik, Audun H. Rikardsen, Sofie Søderstrøm, Pierre Blévin et al.:
    Den forgiftede hvalen
    01. July 2025 DOI
  • Audrey Su, Pierre Blévin, Laura Pirard, maud van essche, Veslemøy Mantor, Sofie Søderstrøm et al.:
    From Sea to Lab: Using innovative methods to study large marine mammals
    03. March 2025 DOI
  • maud van essche, Anders Goksøyr, Audun H. Rikardsen, cathy debier, demetri spyropoulos, Jon Aars et al.:
    Marine mammals and polar bears in a petri dish: Cell isolation, differentiation, and exposure experiments for pollution impact assessment
    28. August 2025
  • Veslemøy Mantor, Derrick Kwame Odei, Audun H. Rikardsen, Jasmine Nahrgang, Aurelien warnant, Cathy debier et al.:
    Blubber under stress: ex vivo cortisol exposure induced anti-inflammatory state in adipose tissue slices of humpback whale
    28. August 2025
  • Sofie Søderstrøm, Pierre Blévin, Audun H. Rikardsen, Emily Lam, Elizabeth Piotrowski, Fekadu Yadetie et al.:
    Marma-detox Whales and polar bear in a petri dish: decoding marine mammal toxicology through in vitro and in silico approaches
    26. January 2024 DOI
  • Maria Tenningen, Lise Doksæter Sivle, Martin Biuw, Audun H. Rikardsen :
    Sluttrapport for prosjekt: "Kartlegging og testing av metoder for å redusere interaksjoner mellom fiskeri og hval" - FHF 901681
    Havforskningsinstituttet 2024 ARKIV / FULLTEKST
  • Sofie Karin Søderstrøm, Pierre Blévin, Audun Håvard Rikardsen, Emily Lam, Elizabeth Piotrowski, Fekadu Yadetie et al.:
    The Marma-detox project ( 2023-2027) “Whales and polar bear in a petri dish: decoding marine mammal toxicology through in vitro and in silico approaches
    2024
  • Juni Bjørneset, Pierre Blévin, Pål Marius Bjørnstad, Roy Ambli Dalmo, Anders Goksøyr, Giacomo Limonta et al.:
    Establishment of killer whale cell cultures and their transcriptome responses to pollutant exposure
    2022
  • Helena Costa, Andrew Rogan, Chris Zadra, Oddbjørn Larsen, Cesc Gordó-Vilaseca, Charles Patrick Lavin et al.:
    Blowing in the wind: testing a consumer drone for the collection of humpback whales’ blows during the Arctic polar nights
    2022
  • Audun H. Rikardsen :
    Winter whales
    Tofoto 2019
  • Audun H. Rikardsen :
    Vinterkval
    Tofoto 2019
  • John Fredrik Strøm, Eva Bonsak Thorstad, Richard David Hedger, Audun H. Rikardsen :
    Correction: Revealing the full ocean migration of individual Atlantic salmon
    Animal Biotelemetry 2018 DOI

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