Prof Peter Tyack
Professor (Research Focused) (Re-engaged)
Research areas
I am interested in the evolution of vocal learning in mammals and what effects this has on social behavior, especially mediating indvidual-specific relationships. My lab primarily studies cetaceans in the field, and we have developed new methods to sample behavior continuously from individuals. I am also concerned about the effects of anthropogenic sound on wildlife, and have studied effects of sounds such as naval sonar and airguns used for seismic survey on cetaceans.
PhD supervision
- Gabrielle Arrieta
- Dinah Hartmann
Selected publications
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High-frequency vessel noise can mask porpoise echolocation
Hermannsen, L., Ladegaard, M., Tønnesen, P., Malinka, C., Beedholm, K., Tougaard, J., Rojano-Donãte, L., Tyack, P. L. & Madsen, P. T., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 228, 6, p. 1-12 12 p., jeb249963.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sensitivity of density estimates to off-axis beam pattern assumptions in deep-diving odontocetes
Gkikopoulou, K. C., Gillespie, D. M., Johnson, M., Aguilar de Soto, N., Tyack, P. L. & Marques, T. A., Jun 2025, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 157, 6, p. 4002-4016 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Automatic Deep-Learning-Based Classification of Bottlenose Dolphin Signature Whistles
Jensen, F. H., Wolters, P., Van Zeeland, L., Morrison, E., Ermi, G., Smith, S., Tyack, P. L., Wells, R. S., McKennoch, S., Janik, V. M. & Sayigh, L. S., 1 Jan 2024, The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life: Principles and Practical Considerations. Springer, p. 2059-2070 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Decreasing body size is associated with reduced calving probability in critically endangered North Atlantic right whales
Pirotta, E., Tyack, P. L., Durban, J. W., Fearnbach, H., Hamilton, P., Harris, C. M., Knowlton, A., Kraus, S. D., Miller, C., Moore, M., Pettis, H., Photopoulou, T., Rolland, R., Schick, R. & Thomas, L., 28 Feb 2024, In: Royal Society Open Science. 11, 2, 8 p., 240050.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Monitoring bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) welfare during a functional neuroimaging study
Ames, A. E., Agustí, C., Dick, F., Talló-Parra, O., Price, A., Álvarez, T. Á., Párraga, D. G., Lozano, J. A., Quintero, A. G., Monne, A. R., Ten-Esteve, A., Almendros-Riaza, A., Uus, A., Gomez, M., Marti-Bonmati, L., Shinn-Cunningham, B. & Tyack, P. L., 1 Dec 2024, In: Aquatic Mammals. 50, 6, p. 495-525 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Soundscape of the Northeast Pacific Ocean Revisited
Ainslie, M. A., Andrew, R. K., Tyack, P. L., Halvorsen, M. B., Eickmeier, J. M., MacGillivray, A. O., Nedelec, S. L. & Robinson, S. P., 1 Jan 2024, The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life: Principles and Practical Considerations. Springer, p. 389-406 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Anthropogenic noise impairs cooperation in bottlenose dolphins
Sørensen, P. M., Haddock, A., Guarino, E., Jaakkola, K., McMullen, C., Jensen, F. H., Tyack, P. L. & King, S. L., 27 Feb 2023, In: Current Biology. 33, 4, p. 749-754 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bottlenose dolphin mothers modify signature whistles in the presence of their own calves
Sayigh, L. S., El Haddad, N., Tyack, P. L., Janik, V. M., Wells, R. S. & Jensen, F. H., 4 Jul 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120, 27, 6 p., e2300262120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Estimating the effects of stressors on the health, survival and reproduction of a critically endangered, long-lived species
Pirotta, E., Schick, R., Hamilton, P., Harris, C. M., Hewitt, J., Knowlton, A. R., Kraus, S., Meyer-Gutbrod, E., Moore, M. J., Pettis, H., Photopoulou, T., Rolland, R., Tyack, P. L. & Thomas, L., 4 May 2023, In: Oikos. 2023, 5, 15 p., e09801.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Latencies of click-evoked auditory responses in a harbor porpoise exceed the time interval between subsequent echolocation clicks
Beedholm, K., Ladegaard, M., Madsen, P. T. & Tyack, P. L., 7 Feb 2023, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 153, 2, p. 952-960 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review