Clare Andvik
@clareandvik.bsky.social
PhD candidate @unioslo👩💻 | Multiple stressors in Norwegian orcas (whale watching x pollution) 🐳🇳🇴 | MULTIWHALE | Ecotoxicologist 👩🔬| Marine mammal mum to two girls 🧒👶 | … and a dog 🐶
Thanks #nets2025 for a fantastic conference! Impressive how much science was packed into 2 days (+ early career workshop). Our @biovitenskap.bsky.social group shared results from the tropics to the Arctic, & zooplankton to whales & polar bears! 🐳🐻❄️ w/ @julia-gieb.bsky.social @khuongdinh.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Thanks #nets2025 for a fantastic conference! Impressive how much science was packed into 2 days (+ early career workshop). Our @biovitenskap.bsky.social group shared results from the tropics to the Arctic, & zooplankton to whales & polar bears! 🐳🐻❄️ w/ @julia-gieb.bsky.social @khuongdinh.bsky.social
An honour to be invited by @miljodirektoratet.no to present our research on pollution (& other stressors) in Norwegian whales! 🐳 Fun to connect with old colleagues & discuss how results can be converted into actual change (e.g. chemical regulations). Research is nothing if nobody hears about it!
August 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
An honour to be invited by @miljodirektoratet.no to present our research on pollution (& other stressors) in Norwegian whales! 🐳 Fun to connect with old colleagues & discuss how results can be converted into actual change (e.g. chemical regulations). Research is nothing if nobody hears about it!
It was great to meet future @biovitenskap.bsky.social students at the @uio.no open day last week! I gathered some beautiful photos and videos from fieldwork with #norwegianorcasurvey to give an impression of how it is to do killer whale fieldwork in Norway!🤩🐳
March 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It was great to meet future @biovitenskap.bsky.social students at the @uio.no open day last week! I gathered some beautiful photos and videos from fieldwork with #norwegianorcasurvey to give an impression of how it is to do killer whale fieldwork in Norway!🤩🐳
The V International Symposium on Orcas was the largest EVER gathering of orca researchers! 🌍🐳
I met so many talented & inspiring scientists, and presented research from our Forskingsrådet project MULTIWHALE @biovitenskap.bsky.social @uio.no
Thank you NAMMCO for funding my travel 🙏
I met so many talented & inspiring scientists, and presented research from our Forskingsrådet project MULTIWHALE @biovitenskap.bsky.social @uio.no
Thank you NAMMCO for funding my travel 🙏
February 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The V International Symposium on Orcas was the largest EVER gathering of orca researchers! 🌍🐳
I met so many talented & inspiring scientists, and presented research from our Forskingsrådet project MULTIWHALE @biovitenskap.bsky.social @uio.no
Thank you NAMMCO for funding my travel 🙏
I met so many talented & inspiring scientists, and presented research from our Forskingsrådet project MULTIWHALE @biovitenskap.bsky.social @uio.no
Thank you NAMMCO for funding my travel 🙏
Happy #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience to all the kickass #womeninSTEM 🙌💪❤️
One stereotype I love to smash is when people ask who (i.e. which man) is driving our research boat… 😉 I had fun making this reel last year, 5 months pregnant 😎💪
Let’s continue to break barriers together 🫶👊
One stereotype I love to smash is when people ask who (i.e. which man) is driving our research boat… 😉 I had fun making this reel last year, 5 months pregnant 😎💪
Let’s continue to break barriers together 🫶👊
February 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Happy #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience to all the kickass #womeninSTEM 🙌💪❤️
One stereotype I love to smash is when people ask who (i.e. which man) is driving our research boat… 😉 I had fun making this reel last year, 5 months pregnant 😎💪
Let’s continue to break barriers together 🫶👊
One stereotype I love to smash is when people ask who (i.e. which man) is driving our research boat… 😉 I had fun making this reel last year, 5 months pregnant 😎💪
Let’s continue to break barriers together 🫶👊
Thanks for a fantastic conference NSFT!
A great opportunity to share our work on killer whales 🐳 at @biovitenskap.bsky.social @uio.no & #norwegianorcasurvey in a fun, inclusive and relaxed environment ❤️ Take note, other conferences!😉
A great opportunity to share our work on killer whales 🐳 at @biovitenskap.bsky.social @uio.no & #norwegianorcasurvey in a fun, inclusive and relaxed environment ❤️ Take note, other conferences!😉
January 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Thanks for a fantastic conference NSFT!
A great opportunity to share our work on killer whales 🐳 at @biovitenskap.bsky.social @uio.no & #norwegianorcasurvey in a fun, inclusive and relaxed environment ❤️ Take note, other conferences!😉
A great opportunity to share our work on killer whales 🐳 at @biovitenskap.bsky.social @uio.no & #norwegianorcasurvey in a fun, inclusive and relaxed environment ❤️ Take note, other conferences!😉
Call for papers! 📣
If you research human-related disturbances affecting marine mammals in the North Atlantic, submit to NAMMCO! 🐳
I'm serving as one of the Volume Editors for manuscripts related to the impact of contaminants 🧪👩🔬
❗📅 The deadline for this special issue is January 31st, 2025.
t.ly/wWDrK
If you research human-related disturbances affecting marine mammals in the North Atlantic, submit to NAMMCO! 🐳
I'm serving as one of the Volume Editors for manuscripts related to the impact of contaminants 🧪👩🔬
❗📅 The deadline for this special issue is January 31st, 2025.
t.ly/wWDrK
January 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Call for papers! 📣
If you research human-related disturbances affecting marine mammals in the North Atlantic, submit to NAMMCO! 🐳
I'm serving as one of the Volume Editors for manuscripts related to the impact of contaminants 🧪👩🔬
❗📅 The deadline for this special issue is January 31st, 2025.
t.ly/wWDrK
If you research human-related disturbances affecting marine mammals in the North Atlantic, submit to NAMMCO! 🐳
I'm serving as one of the Volume Editors for manuscripts related to the impact of contaminants 🧪👩🔬
❗📅 The deadline for this special issue is January 31st, 2025.
t.ly/wWDrK
The MULTIWHALE team are looking forward to sharing our results soon! 📈📊👩🔬👩💻
Our project is funded by the Norwegian Research Council and we are a collaboration between @uio.no @biovitenskap.bsky.social , #norwegianorcasurvey plus many more! 🤗🙌
(7/7)
Our project is funded by the Norwegian Research Council and we are a collaboration between @uio.no @biovitenskap.bsky.social , #norwegianorcasurvey plus many more! 🤗🙌
(7/7)
December 10, 2024 at 2:42 PM
The MULTIWHALE team are looking forward to sharing our results soon! 📈📊👩🔬👩💻
Our project is funded by the Norwegian Research Council and we are a collaboration between @uio.no @biovitenskap.bsky.social , #norwegianorcasurvey plus many more! 🤗🙌
(7/7)
Our project is funded by the Norwegian Research Council and we are a collaboration between @uio.no @biovitenskap.bsky.social , #norwegianorcasurvey plus many more! 🤗🙌
(7/7)
Note that we never sample calves 🖤🤍 And always assess the body condition and behaviour of the group before sampling. Animal welfare first 🙏❤️ (6/7)
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
December 10, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Note that we never sample calves 🖤🤍 And always assess the body condition and behaviour of the group before sampling. Animal welfare first 🙏❤️ (6/7)
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
Normally the whales barely notice the sampling and quickly resume their pre-sampling behaviour. A 3cm long and 1g sample is, after all, not much for a 10m long 10 tonne animal 😆🐳 (5/7)
📷 Krisztina Balotay
📷 Krisztina Balotay
December 10, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Normally the whales barely notice the sampling and quickly resume their pre-sampling behaviour. A 3cm long and 1g sample is, after all, not much for a 10m long 10 tonne animal 😆🐳 (5/7)
📷 Krisztina Balotay
📷 Krisztina Balotay
The tiny sample is used for EIGHT different analyses! 🔎🧬🔬It gives valuable knowledge into diet, health, pollutant levels, genetics and more to help us understand and mitigate the multiple stressors facing the population 🇳🇴🐳 (4/7)
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
December 10, 2024 at 2:42 PM
The tiny sample is used for EIGHT different analyses! 🔎🧬🔬It gives valuable knowledge into diet, health, pollutant levels, genetics and more to help us understand and mitigate the multiple stressors facing the population 🇳🇴🐳 (4/7)
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
Every sampled whale is photo-identified 📸 So tissue analysis results can be linked to what we know about the whales from previous sightings. This also ensures we don’t sample the same whale twice in a season, and allows us to to observe the wound healing quickly! ☺️✅ (3/7)
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
December 10, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Every sampled whale is photo-identified 📸 So tissue analysis results can be linked to what we know about the whales from previous sightings. This also ensures we don’t sample the same whale twice in a season, and allows us to to observe the wound healing quickly! ☺️✅ (3/7)
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
A small dart with a mounted tip is fired at the area behind the dorsal fin of a whale. When the dart hits the whale, it bounces off and floats. We can then retrieve the dart using a net, extract the tissue from the tip, and freeze it immediately on board ❄️🧪 (2/7)
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
December 10, 2024 at 2:42 PM
A small dart with a mounted tip is fired at the area behind the dorsal fin of a whale. When the dart hits the whale, it bounces off and floats. We can then retrieve the dart using a net, extract the tissue from the tip, and freeze it immediately on board ❄️🧪 (2/7)
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
📷 #norwegianorcasurvey
BIOPSY SAMPLING - WHAT & WHY? 🤔🐳
A thread 🧵
Ever wondered how whale researchers get samples? For our NRC project #MULTIWHALE, we collect skin & blubber from wild killer whales in Arctic Norway 🐳 This is how! 👇 (1/7)
📷 Krisztina Balotay
@uio.no
@biovitenskap.bsky.social
#norwegianorcasurvey
A thread 🧵
Ever wondered how whale researchers get samples? For our NRC project #MULTIWHALE, we collect skin & blubber from wild killer whales in Arctic Norway 🐳 This is how! 👇 (1/7)
📷 Krisztina Balotay
@uio.no
@biovitenskap.bsky.social
#norwegianorcasurvey
December 10, 2024 at 2:42 PM
BIOPSY SAMPLING - WHAT & WHY? 🤔🐳
A thread 🧵
Ever wondered how whale researchers get samples? For our NRC project #MULTIWHALE, we collect skin & blubber from wild killer whales in Arctic Norway 🐳 This is how! 👇 (1/7)
📷 Krisztina Balotay
@uio.no
@biovitenskap.bsky.social
#norwegianorcasurvey
A thread 🧵
Ever wondered how whale researchers get samples? For our NRC project #MULTIWHALE, we collect skin & blubber from wild killer whales in Arctic Norway 🐳 This is how! 👇 (1/7)
📷 Krisztina Balotay
@uio.no
@biovitenskap.bsky.social
#norwegianorcasurvey
and thanks to the Society of Marine Mammalogy conference team for the making the conference so #familyfriendly and accessible for parents! Play stations were dotted around, and the kids room had a live stream to the plenary sessions. Absolute inspiration for how conference should be ❤️ #smmPerth2024
November 24, 2024 at 9:36 AM
and thanks to the Society of Marine Mammalogy conference team for the making the conference so #familyfriendly and accessible for parents! Play stations were dotted around, and the kids room had a live stream to the plenary sessions. Absolute inspiration for how conference should be ❤️ #smmPerth2024
Also shout out to these incredible women in science who made the week so fun! ❤️🤗 Lucky to have friends we are also kickass scientists 🐳
@emmaluck22.bsky.social @bellareeves.bsky.social
@emmaluck22.bsky.social @bellareeves.bsky.social
November 24, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Also shout out to these incredible women in science who made the week so fun! ❤️🤗 Lucky to have friends we are also kickass scientists 🐳
@emmaluck22.bsky.social @bellareeves.bsky.social
@emmaluck22.bsky.social @bellareeves.bsky.social
Still feeling high after an incredible week of science at #smmPerth2024 🤩 I presented results from MULTIWHALE & how stress hormones in Norwegian orcas are affected by whale watching boats. Stay tuned for the publication 🙌 #norwegianorcasurvey @biovitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo.bsky.social #forskning
November 24, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Still feeling high after an incredible week of science at #smmPerth2024 🤩 I presented results from MULTIWHALE & how stress hormones in Norwegian orcas are affected by whale watching boats. Stay tuned for the publication 🙌 #norwegianorcasurvey @biovitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo.bsky.social #forskning
We suggest that large species-specific differences such as lifespan, biotransformation / elimination capacities or habitat use could be masking the effect of diet 🐳 Our results aid in understanding behaviour of contaminants that will aid in regulation 🧪❌
November 22, 2024 at 9:01 AM
We suggest that large species-specific differences such as lifespan, biotransformation / elimination capacities or habitat use could be masking the effect of diet 🐳 Our results aid in understanding behaviour of contaminants that will aid in regulation 🧪❌
We looked at levels & intercorrelations of #legacy #PersistentOrganicPollutants, #dechloranes & #ChlorinatedParaffins
SCCPS and decorates positively correlated with recalcitrant POPs to a stronger extent than MCCPs or LCCPs, but all were surprisingly unrelated to dietary niche
SCCPS and decorates positively correlated with recalcitrant POPs to a stronger extent than MCCPs or LCCPs, but all were surprisingly unrelated to dietary niche
November 22, 2024 at 9:01 AM
We looked at levels & intercorrelations of #legacy #PersistentOrganicPollutants, #dechloranes & #ChlorinatedParaffins
SCCPS and decorates positively correlated with recalcitrant POPs to a stronger extent than MCCPs or LCCPs, but all were surprisingly unrelated to dietary niche
SCCPS and decorates positively correlated with recalcitrant POPs to a stronger extent than MCCPs or LCCPs, but all were surprisingly unrelated to dietary niche
Our latest paper! 🚨🥳
We measured pollution levels in 10 species of marine mammals from Norway 🐳🐬🦭
See “Part 1” of our “general public” study summary below 🫶
& keep reading 👇 for Part 2, and more details 🤓
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#Openaccess
@biovitenskap.bsky.social
@unioslo.bsky.social
We measured pollution levels in 10 species of marine mammals from Norway 🐳🐬🦭
See “Part 1” of our “general public” study summary below 🫶
& keep reading 👇 for Part 2, and more details 🤓
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#Openaccess
@biovitenskap.bsky.social
@unioslo.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Our latest paper! 🚨🥳
We measured pollution levels in 10 species of marine mammals from Norway 🐳🐬🦭
See “Part 1” of our “general public” study summary below 🫶
& keep reading 👇 for Part 2, and more details 🤓
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#Openaccess
@biovitenskap.bsky.social
@unioslo.bsky.social
We measured pollution levels in 10 species of marine mammals from Norway 🐳🐬🦭
See “Part 1” of our “general public” study summary below 🫶
& keep reading 👇 for Part 2, and more details 🤓
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
#Openaccess
@biovitenskap.bsky.social
@unioslo.bsky.social