Research areas
I study animal ecology to understand what drives individual flexibility and resilience to cope with environmental stressors and change. Within this, I am interested in how individuals manage uncertainty, risks and resources in foraging and predator-prey contexts. I have focused on free-ranging marine mammals, which as long-lived species in dynamic marine environments often rely on individual plasticity to respond to environmental change.
For my PhD and postdoctoral research so far I’ve focused on how and why cetaceans respond to whale-watching and navy sonar, using bioacoustics and bio-logging as tools with a focus on quantitative methods. I run a project about killer whale predation of seals in Scotland, looking at the interaction both from the prey risk-taking and predator foraging point of views ().
Ultimately, I aim to translate my research into evidence for conservation practice. In the future, I hope to integrate a longer-term view on individual life histories (e.g., juvenile growth, survival) in my research to better answer the "so what" question of conservation behaviour and physiology.
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PhD supervision
- Grace Edmondson
Selected publications
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Burslem, A., Isojunno, S., Prieto, R., Silva, M. A. & Miller, P. J. O., Apr 2026, In: Marine Mammal Science. 42, 2, p. 1-4 4 p., e70144.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Harris, C. M., Isojunno, S. & Thomas, L., 26 Feb 2025, (Unpublished) 39 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Open access
Darias-O'Hara, A. K., Booth, C. G., Erbe, C., Isojunno, S., Janik, V. M., Lucke, K., Southall, B. L., Tougaard, J., von Benda-Beckmann, A. M. & Verfuss, U. K., Sept 2025, In: Marine Policy. 179, p. 1-11 11 p., 106738.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Wensveen, P. J., Isojunno, S., Kvadsheim, P. H., Lam, F.-P. A., Curé, C., von Benda-Beckmann, A. M. & Miller, P. J. O., 1 May 2025, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 214, 11 p., 117742.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Burslem, A., Isojunno, S., Prieto, R., Silva, M. A. & Miller, P. J. O., Dec 2025, In: Ecology and Evolution. 15, 12, p. 1-14 14 p., e72472.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Isojunno, S., Scott-Hayward, L., Lunde Pedersen, C., Thomsen, H., Chetcuti, J., Frederiksen, M., Bregnballe, T., Sterup, J., Nielsen, R. D., MacKenzie, M. & Krag Petersen, I., Jan 2025, Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University, DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy. 101 p. (Technical report from DCE, Danish Centre for Environment and Energy; no. 331)
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Open access
MartÃn López, L. M., Isojunno, S., Cade, D., Colson, K., Paradinas, I., Miller, P. J. O., Fahlman, A., Hickmott, L. S. & Visser, F., 5 Nov 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, p. 1-13 13 p., 38686 .
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Scott-Hayward, L., Krag Petersen, I., MacKenzie, M., Lunde Pedersen, C., Isojunno, S., Due Nielsen, R., Sterup, J., Thomsen, H. M. & Neergaard, R. S., 18 Nov 2024, Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University, DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy. 115 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Scott-Hayward, L. A. S., MacKenzie, M. L. & Isojunno, S., Apr 2024, (Unpublished)
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Open access
Krag Petersen, I., Thomsen, H. M., Scott-Hayward, L., Isojunno, S., MacKenzie, M., Alison, J., Pederson, C. L., Neergaard, R. S., Ortvad, T. E., Nielsen, R. D. & Sterup, J., 18 Nov 2024, Aarhus: Aarhus University, DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy. 137 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report