Our Publications This is an up-to-date list of our publications from work in the Arctic. Links to the publication on the publisher website are provided when available. We have uploaded PDF copies of the publication for any open access publications. If you need a copy of any of the other publications, email William Halliday ([email protected]). We have also written plain language summaries of our publications (click here to access these). Authors from WCS Canada are listed in bold font.
2025 Paredes R, Orben R, Will A, Insley SJ (in press) Non-breeding ecology of thick-billed murres from the only colony in the western Canadian Arctic. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
Shajahan N, Halliday WD, Barclay DR, Melling M, Niemi A, Insley SJ (2025) Wind-driven ambient noise characteristics in the western Canadian Arctic. JASA Express Letters 5: 026001. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0035591
2024 Hague EL, Halliday WD, Dawson J, Ferguson SH, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Serra Sogas N, Gormley K, Young BG, McWhinnie LH (2024) Not all maps are equal: Evaluating approaches for mapping vessel collision risk to large baleen whales. Journal of Applied Ecology 61: 2576-259. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14794
Barbosa M, Halliday WD, Insley SJ, Dosso SE (2024) Characterization of the ringed seal (Pusa hispida) acoustic repertoire during spring in the Western Canadian Arctic. Bioacoustics 33: 433–447. https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2024.2381738
Shajahan N, Halliday WD, Dawson J, Maksagak I, Weese K, Melling H, Niemi A, Vagle S, Williams B, Insley SJ (2024) Opportunistic ship source level measurements in the western Canadian Arctic. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 155: 3807-3821. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0026361PDF
Dingwall J, Halliday WD, Diogou N, Niemi A, Steiner N, Insley SJ (2024) The Arctic marine soundscape of the Amundsen Gulf, Western Canadian Arctic. Marine Pollution Bulletin 204: 116510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116510
Martin MJ, Halliday WD, Ferguson SH, Young BG, Charish R, Dawson J, Fortune SME, Juanes F, Qaunaq L, Insley SJ (2024) Exposure of satellite tagged bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) to transiting vessels in the Eastern Canadian Arctic. Marine Mammal Science 40: e13125. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13125PDF
2023 Martin MJ, Halliday WD, Citta JJ, Quakenbush L, Harwood L, Lea EV, Dawson J, Nicoll A, Insley SJ (2023) Exposure and behavioural responses of tagged bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) to vessels in the Pacific Arctic. Arctic Science 9: 600-615. https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2022-0052
Diogou N, Halliday WD, Dosso SE, Mouy X, Niemi A, Insley SJ (2023) Bowhead whale year-round acoustic presence and habitat associations in the Amundsen Gulf, Western Canadian Arctic, 2018-2019. Progress in Oceanography 213: 103004.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103004PDF
Jardine AM, Provencher JF, Insley SJ, Tauzer L, Halliday WD, Bourdages M, Houde M, Muir D, Vermaire JC (2023) No accumulation of microplastics detected in western Canadian ringed seals (Pusa hispida). Marine Pollution Bulletin 188: 114692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114692
Martin MJ, Halliday WD, Storrie L, Citta JJ, Dawson J, Hussey NE, Juanes F, Loseto LL, MacPhee S, Moore L, Nicoll A, Moore L, O’Corry-Crowe G, Insley SJ (2023) Exposure and behavioral responses of tagged beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) to ships in the Pacific Arctic. Marine Mammal Science 39: 387-421. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12978PDF
Halliday WD, Le Baron N, Citta J, Dawson J, Doniol-Valcroze T, Ferguson M, Ferguson SH, Fortune S, Harwood LA, Heide-Jorgensen MP, Lea E, Quakenbush L, Young B, Yurkowski D, Insley SJ (2022) Overlap between bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) and vessel traffic in the North American Arctic and implications for conservation and management. Biological Conservation 276: 109820.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109820PDFStory Map
Halliday WD, Brittain SA, Niemi A, Majewski AR, Mouy X, Insley SJ (2022) The underwater soundscape of Minto Inlet, Northwest Territories, Canada. Arctic 75: 462-479.https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic76400
Halliday WD, Kortsalo P, Pine MK, Dawson J (2022) Vessel Traffic Patterns and Underwater Noise in Ninginganiq National Wildlife Area. Report written for Canadian Wildlife Service.
Halliday WD, Dawson J, Yurkowski DJ, Doniol-Valcroze T, Ferguson SH, Gjerdrum C, Hussey NE, Kochanowicz Z, Mallory ML, Marcoux M, Watt CW, Wong SNP (2022). Vessel risks to marine wildlife in the Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area and the eastern entrance to the Northwest Passage. Environmental Science & Policy 127: 181-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.10.026
2021 Steiner NS, Bowman J, Campbell K, Chierici M, Eronen-Rasimus E, Falardeau M, Flores H, Fransson A, Herr H, Insley S, Kauko HM, Lannuzel D, Loseto L, Lynnes A, Majewski A, Meiners KM, Miller LA, Michel LN, Moreau S, Nacke M, Nomura D, Tedesco L, van Franeker JA, van Leeuwe MA, Wongpan P (2021) Climate change impacts on sea ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 9(1): 00007. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00007
Keatts LO, Robards M, Olson SH, Hueffer K, Insley SJ, Joly DO, Kutz S, Lee DS, Chetkiewicz CB, Lair SL, Preston ND, Pruvot M, Ray JC, Reid D, Sleeman JM, Stimmelmayr R, Stephen C, Walzer C (2021) Implications of zoonoses from hunting and use of wildlife in North American arctic and boreal biomes: Pandemic potential, monitoring, and mitigation.Frontiers in Public Health 9: 627654. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.627654
Hooker SK, Andrews RD, Arnould JPY, Bester MN, Davis RW, Insley SJ, Gales NJ, Goldsworthy SD, McKnight JC (2021) Fur seals do, but sea lions don’t — cross taxa insights into exhalation during ascent from dives. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376: 20200219. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0219
Halliday WD (2021) Underwater Sound Levels in the Arctic: Filling Knowledge Gaps. Geophysical Research Letters 48: e2021GL094607. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094607PDF
Kochanowicz Z, Dawson J, Halliday WD, Sawada M, Copland L, Carter NA, Nicoll A, Ferguson SH, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Marcoux M, Watt C, Yurkowski D (2021) Using western science and Inuit knowledge to model ship-source noise exposure for cetaceans (marine mammals) in Tallurutiup Imanga (Lancaster Sound), Nunavut, Canada. Marine Policy 130: 104557. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104557PDF
Halliday WD, Barclay D, Barkley AN, Cook E, Dawson J, Hilliard RC, Hussey N, Jones J, Juanes F, Marcoux M, Niemi A, Nudds S, Pine MK, Richards C, Scharffenberg K, Westdal K, Insley SJ (2021) Underwater Sound Levels in the Canadian Arctic, 2014–2019. Marine Pollution Bulletin 168: 112437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112437
Insley SJ, Halliday WD, Mouy X, Diogou N (2021) Bowhead whales overwinter in the Amundsen Gulf and Eastern Beaufort Sea. Royal Society Open Science 8: 202268. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202268PDF
Halliday WD, Dawson J (2021) Ship-Source Noise Modeling from 2015-2018 in the Kitikmeot Region and Lancaster Sound (Northwest Passage), Nunavut. Report written for the Nunavut General Monitoring Plan, March 2021.
Halliday WD (2021) Underwater noise from ship traffic near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut in 2017 and 2018. Report written for Transport Canada, 5 February 2021. PDF
Dawson J, Carter NA, Holloway J, van Luijk N, Halliday WD (2021) Infusing Arctic Corridors and Northern Voices research into the Inuvialuit Settlement Region Safe Waterway Strategy. Report written for the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, January 2021.
Insley SJ, Tauzer L, Halliday WD, Illasiak J, Green R, Kudlak A, Kuptana J (2021) Ringed seal diet and condition in the Amundsen Gulf region, eastern Beaufort Sea. Arctic74: 127-138. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic72447 Halliday WD, Pine MK, Citta J, Harwood L, Hauser DDW, Hilliard RC, Lea E, Loseto LL, Quakenbush L, Insley SJ (2021) Potential exposure of beluga and bowhead whales to underwater noise from ship traffic in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Ocean and Coastal Management 204: 105473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105473
Heimrich AF, Halliday WD, Frouin-Mouy H, Pine MK, Juanes F, Insley SJ (2021) Vocalizations of bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) and their influence on the soundscape of the western Canadian Arctic. Marine Mammal Science 37: 173-192. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12732
2020 Pine MK, Halliday WD, Juanes J, Insley SJ (2020) Fish sounds near Sachs Harbour and Ulukhaktok in Canada’s Western Arctic. Polar Biology 43: 1207-1216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02701-7
Halliday WD, Pine MK, Insley SJ (2020) Underwater noise and Arctic marine mammals: review and policy recommendations. Environmental Reviews 28: 438-448. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2019-0033
Halliday WD, Pine MK, Mouy X, Kortsalo P, Hilliard RC, Insley SJ (2020) The coastal Arctic marine soundscape near Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada. Polar Biology 43: 623-636. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02665-8
Halliday WD, Scharffenberg K, Whalen D, MacPhee S, Loseto LL, Insley SJ (2020) The summer soundscape of a shallow-water estuary used by beluga whales in the western Canadian Arctic. Arctic Science 6: 361-383. https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2019-0022 PDF
Halliday WD (2020) Literature review of ship strike risk to whales. Report written for Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 28 February 2020. PDF
Halliday WD (2020) Vessel traffic trends in the Arctic and overlap with important marine mammal areas. Report written for PAME [Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment working group of the Arctic Council]. PDFPresentation of the report
2019 Southall BL, Casey C, Holt M, Insley S, Reichmuth C (2019) High-amplitude vocalizations of male northern elephant seals and associated ambient noise on a breeding rookery. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146: 4514-4524. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5139422
Halliday WD, Scharffenberg K, MacPhee S, Hilliard RC, Mouy X, Whalen D, Loseto L, Insley SJ (2019) Beluga vocalizations decrease in response to vessel traffic in the Mackenzie River estuary. Arctic 72: 337-346. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic69294
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)* (2019) Underwater Noise in the Arctic: A State of Knowledge Report. Rovaniemi, May 2019. PAME Secretariat, Akureyri. *Report written by Halliday WD, Pine MK, and Insley SJ. PDF Halliday WD, Pine MK, Insley SJ, Soares RN, Kortsalo P, Mouy X (2019) Acoustic detections of Arctic marine mammals near Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories. Canadian Journal of Zoology 97: 72-80. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2018-0077
2018 Halliday WD, Insley SJ, de Jong T, Mouy X (2018) Seasonal patterns in acoustic detections of marine mammals near Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories. Arctic Science 4: 259-278. https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2017-0021 PDFSummary Material
Halliday WD, Têtu P-L, Dawson J, Insley SJ, Hilliard RC (2018) Tourist vessel traffic in important whale areas in the western Canadian Arctic: risks and possible management solutions. Marine Policy 97: 72-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.08.035
Pine MK, Hannay DE, Insley SJ, Halliday WD, Juanes F (2018) Assessing vessel slowdown for reducing auditory masking for marine mammals and fish of the western Canadian Arctic. Marine Pollution Bulletin 135: 290-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.07.031
McWhinnie L, Halliday WD, Hilliard C, Insley SJ, Canessa R (2018) Vessel traffic in the Canadian Arctic: management solutions for minimizing impacts on whales in a changing Northern region. Ocean and Coastal Management 160: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.03.042
2017 Halliday WD, Insley SJ, Hilliard RC, de Jong T, Pine MK (2017) Potential impacts of shipping noise on marine mammals in the western Canadian Arctic. Marine Pollution Bulletin 123: 73-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.09.027
Insley SJ, Halliday WD, de Jong T (2017) Seasonal patterns in ocean ambient noise near Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories. Arctic 70: 239-248. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4662 PDFAppendix