Dr Conor Ryan


        Conor Ryan with sunglasses on his head on a research ship

Honorary Research Fellow

After completing my PhD on the ecology of baleen whales using stable isotope analysis and persistent organochlorine pollutants, my interests broadened to include acoustic and visual cetacean surveys. I am interested in understanding cetacean migrations through non-invasive means and in generating baseline data on the historical distribution and occurence of cetaceans, e.g. from whaling records. My recent research also focuses on ethics in marine mammal science.

website: conorryan.photography

twitter: @whale_nerd

instagram: @whale_nerd

Conor.Ryan@sams.ac.uk

SAMS Research Outputs

Twentieth-century whaling of Minke Whales (<i>Balaenoptera acutorostrata</i>) around Ireland until 1977
Conor Ryan, Peter Wilson, Steven Benjamins
31/12/2024 | Article | DOI:
Minke whale entanglement in static fishing gear: identifying consistent areas of high risk in Western Scotland
Jessica Rayner, Clare b. Embling, Conor Ryan, Lauren Hartny-Mills
26/2/2024 | Article | DOI: 10.1017/S0025315423000930
Morphology of nares associated with stereo-olfaction in baleen whales
Conor Ryan, Maria C.I. Martins, Kevin Healy, Lars Bejder, Salvatore Cerchio, Fredrik Christiansen, John Durban, Holly Fearnbach, Sarah Fortune, Ari Friedlaender, William R. Koski, Carolyn Miller, Fabian M. Rodríguez-González, Paolo S. Segre, R. Jorge Urbán, Fabien Vivier, Caroline R. Weir, Michael J. Moore
31/1/2024 | Article | DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0479
Acoustic estimates of sperm whale abundance in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative
Oliver Boisseau, Jonathan Reid, Conor Ryan, Anna Moscrop, Richard McLanaghan, Simone Panigada
25/1/2024 | Article | DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1164026
Geographical movements, site fidelity and connectivity of killer whales within and outside herring grounds in Icelandic coastal waters
Tatiana M.J. Marchon, Marianne H. Rasmussen, Charla J. Basran, Megan Whittaker, Chiara G. Bertulli, Cathy Harlow, Rob Lott, Oliver Boisseau, Frédéric Gendron, Luisa Guo, Tess Hudson, Hörður Jónsson, Alexa Kershaw, Joonas Kinni, Laetitia A.M.G. Lionnet, Marie Louis, Matt Messina, Hanna Michel, Barbara K. Neubarth, Belén G. Ovide, Annemieke E. Podt, Jonathan N. Rempel, Conor Ryan, Eddy Savage, Judith Scott, Ronald Smit, Hans Verdaat, Solvi R. Vignisson, Filipa I.P. Samarra
13/12/2023 | Article | DOI: 10.1007/s00227-023-04345-7

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