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Pavel GOL'DIN, Ph.D.

D. Sci., Assoc. Prof., Leading Researcher

 

Department of Evolutionary Morphology,

Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of NAS of Ukraine

15 Bogdan Khmelnytskyi Street

Kyiv, Ukraine 01054

Tel.: +380 44 2343093

E-mail: pavelgoldin412 [at] gmail [dot] com


Education:

2021: D. Sci. Biological Sciences (Zoology), National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology. Thesis: Heterochroniesi n cetacean evolution. Advisor: Dr. Igor I. Dzeverin

2006: Ph.D. Biological Sciences (Zoology), National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology. Thesis: Postnatal growth of the harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena relicta Abel, 1905 in the Azov and the Black Seas. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Mikhail V. Yurakhno

May 2000: M.S. Biology, cum laude. Vernadsky Taurida National University

Docent-level competence:

April 2013: Docent in Zoology. Vernadsky Taurida National University

Additional training:

The course “Analysis of Organismal Form” by Christian Klingenberg, the University of Manchester, 2009

International Grants and Awards :

2020: National Research Foundation of Ukraine, grant 2020.02/0247: Integration of mammalian organism as a proxy of stability at aquatic and aerial life (as illustrated by skeleton traits)

2019: ACCOBAMS Secretariat: Establishing the bank of cetacean tissue samples in Ukraine2019: ITN, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Actions: SeaChanges: Thresholds in human exploitation of marine vertebrates (researcher in charge from the partner organization)

2019: DG ENV, European Commission: CeNoBS: Support MSFD implementation in the Black Sea through establishing a regional monitoring system of cetaceans (D1) and noise monitoring (D11) for achieving GES (research coordinator from Ukraine)

2016: ACCOBAMS Secretariat: Identification and initial assessment of cetacean groupings in coastal waters of the north-western Black Sea, Ukrainian sector

2014: Ministry of Culture of Denmark: Re-description of the extinct baleen whale “Mesocetus” argillarius from the Late Miocene Gram Formation of Denmark

2011: Sepkoski Grant, Paleontological Society International Research Program: Research on fossil marine mammals in Crimea and adjacent areas

Areas of Expertise:

Comparative anatomy, evolution and ontogeny of marine mammals

Paleontology of marine mammals

Populations of marine mammals: dynamics, morphology, mortality factors

Age, growth, longevity and life history of mammals

Zooarchaeology

Conservation of marine and coastal areas

Marine mammals of the Azov and the Black Seas.

Professional Involvement:

Since 2022 – Operational Headquarters at the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine, Expert

Since 2021 - IUCN Species Survival Commission, Expert

Since 2019 – member of the Expert Group on Effectiveness Assessment of Research Institutions in natural Sciences, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

2018 - editor of the Sixth National Report of Ukraine on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Since 2016 - member of the Working Group on the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Implementation, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine.

2016 – present: National Advisory Council on Conservation of Marine Mammals, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine, secretary

2008 - present: European Cetacean Society, National Contact Person in Ukraine

Other:

Professor at the PhD programme at Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, member of the Group of Scientific and Educational Training.

External resources:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6118-1384

Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=16024435800

Language skills:

English, Russian, Ukrainian


Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed papers:

Dewaele, L., Gol’din, P., Marx, F. G., Lambert, O., Laurin, M., Obada, T., & de Buffrenil, V. 2022. Hypersalinity drives convergent bone mass increases in Miocene marine mammals from the Paratethys. Current Biology 32(1): 248-255.e2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.065

Yu, H., Jamieson, A., Hulme-Beaman, A., Conroy, C. J., Knight, B., Speller, C., Al-Jarah, H., Eager, H., Trinks, A., Adikari, G., Baron, H., Bohlendorf-Arslan, B., Bohingamuwa, W., Crowther, A., Cucchi, T., Esser, K., Fleisher, J., Gidney, L., Gladilina, E., Gol’din, P., Goodman, S. M., Hamilton-Dyer, S., Helm, R., Hillman, C., Kallala, N., Kivikero, H., Kovacs, Z. E., Kunst, G. K., Kysely, R., Linderholm, A., Maraoui-Telmini, B., Morales-Muniz, A., Nabais, M., O'Connor, T., Oueslati, T., Quintana Morales, E. M., Pasda, K., Perera, J., Perera, N., Radbauer, S., Ramon, J., Rannamae, E., Grego, J. S., Treasure, E., Valenzuela-Lamas, S., van der Jagt, I., Van Neer, W., Vigne, J.-D.,, Walker, T., Wynne-Jones, S., Zeiler, J., Dobney, K., Boivin, N., Searle, J. B., Krause-Kyora, B., Krause, J., Larson, G., Orton, D. 2022. Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history. Nature Communications 13, 2399. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30009-z

Davydenko, S., Shevchenko, T., Ryabokon, T., Tretiakov, R., Gol’din, P. 2021. A Giant Eocene whale from Ukraine uncovers early cetacean adaptations to the fully aquatic life. Evolutionary Biology 48: 67-80.

Davydenko, S., Mors, T., Gol’din, P. 2021. A small whale reveals diversity of the Eocene cetacean fauna of Antarctica. Antarctic Science 33(1):81-88.

Zinenko, O, Vishnyakova, K. A., Stoyanov, L., Gol’din, P. E. 2021. The northernmost record of the loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta (Testudines, Cheloniidae), in the Black Sea with the review of the species occurrence in the region. Zoodiversity 55 (2): 127-132.

Xie, M., Gol’din, P., Herdina, A.N., Estefa, J., Medvedeva, E.V., Li, L., Newton, P.T., Kotova, S., Shavkuta, B., Saxena, A., Shumate, L.T., Metscher, B. D., Groβschmidt, K., Nishimori, S., Akovantseva, A., Usanova, A. P., Kurenkova, A. D., Kumar, A., Arregui, I. L., Tafforeau, P., Fried, K., Carlstrom, M., Simon, Andras, Gasser, C., Kronenberg, H. M., Bastepe, M., Cooper, K. L., Timashev, P., Sanchez, S., Adameyko, I., Eriksson, A., Chagin, A. S. 2020. Secondary ossification center induces and protects growth plate structure. eLife 9:e55212. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.55212

Davydenko, S., Mors, T., Gol’din, P. 2020. A small whale reveals diversity of the Eocene cetacean fauna of Antarctica. Antarctic Science doi:10.1017/S0954102020000516

Gol’din, P., Haiduc, B. S., Kovalchuk, O., Gorka, M., Otryazhyi, P., Branzila, M., Paun, E. I., Barkaszi, Z., Tibuleac, P., Ratoi, B. G. 2020. The Volhynian (late Middle Miocene) marine fishes and mammals as proxies for the onset of the Eastern Paratethys re-colonisation by vertebrate fauna. Palaeontologia Electronica 23(3):a43. https://doi.org/10.26879/1091

Ben Chehida, Y., Thumloup, J., Vishnyakova, K., Gol’din, P., Fontaine, M C. 2020. Genetic homogeneity in the face of morphological heterogeneity in the harbor porpoise from the Black Sea and adjacent waters (Phocoena phocoena relicta). Heredity 124(3): 469–484.

Gol’din, P., Kovalchuk, O., Krakhmalnaya, T. 2019. The first record of Sirenia (Mammalia) from the early Oligocene of the Paratethys. Historical Biology 31(10): 1373-1378.

Gol’din P. 2018. New Paratethyan dwarf baleen whales mark the origin of cetotheres. PeerJ 6: e5800 >>>

Davydenko, S., Laime, M. L., Gol’din, P. 2018. The earliest record of a marine mammal (Cetacea: Basilosauridae) from the Eocene of the Amazonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1549060

Gol’din, P., Godlevska, L., Ghazali, M. 2018. Age-related changes of teeth in two species of bats: dental wear, pulp cavity and growth layers in dentin. Acta Chiropterologica. 20(2): 519-530.

Gladilina, E., Shpak, O., Serbin, V., Kryukova, A., Glazov, D., Gol’din, P. 2018. Individual movements between local coastal populations of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the northern and eastern Black Sea. Journal of Marine Biology Association, U.K. 98(2): 223-229.

Gol’din, P., Radovic, P. 2018. A Middle Miocene baleen whale from Bele Vode in Belgrade, Serbia. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 124(1): 127-138.

Gladilina, E. V., Vishnyakova, K. A., Neprokin, O. O., Ivanchikova, Yu. F., Derkacheva, T. A., Kryukova, A. A., Savenko, O. V., Gol’din, P. E. 2017. Linear transect surveys of abundance and density of cetaceans in the area near the Dzharylgach Island in the north-western Black Sea. Vestnik zoologii, 51(4): 335–342.

Biard, V., Gol'din, P., Gladilina, E., Vishnyakova, K., McGrath, K., Vieira, F. G., Wales N., Fontaine, M. C., Speller, C., Olsen, M. T. 2017. Genomic and proteomic identification of Late Holocene remains: Setting baselines for Black Sea odontocetes. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 15: 262–271.

Gol’din, P., Startsev, D. 2017. A systematic review of cetothere baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of Crimea and Caucasus, with a new genus. Papers in Palaeontology 3: 49–68.

Gol’din, P. E. 2016. Underground whales of Ukraine. Visnyk NAN Ukrainy. 10: 51–59. doi: 10.15407/visn2016.10.051 (In Ukrainian)

Gol’din, P., Vishnyakova, K. 2016. Habitat shapes skull profile of small cetaceans: evidence from geographical variation in Black Sea harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena relicta). Zoomorphology 135(3): 387–393.

Gladilina, E. V., Gol’din, P. E. 2016. Abundance and summer distribution of a local stock of Black Sea bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus (Cetacea, Delphinidae), in coastal waters near Sudak. Vestnik Zoologii. 50: 49–56.

Gol’din, P., Steeman, M. E. 2015. From problem taxa to problem solver: A new Miocene family, Tranatocetidae, brings perspective on baleen whale evolution. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0135500. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135500

Goldin, P. E., Vishnyakova, K. A. 2015. Differences in skull size of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena (Cetacea), in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea: evidence for different morphotypes and populations. Vestnik zoologii 49(2): 171–180.

Vishnyakova, K., Gol’din, P. 2015. Seasonality of strandings and bycatch of harbour porpoises in the Sea of Azov: the effects of fisheries, weather conditions and life history. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72(3): 981–991.

Vishnyakova, K., Gol’din, P. 2015. Cetacean stranding rate correlates with fish stock dynamics: Research of harbour porpoises in the Sea of Azov. Marine Biology 162:359–366.

Gol’din, P., Gladilina, E. 2015. Small dolphins in a small sea: Age, growth and aspects of life history of the Black Sea common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Aquatic Biology 23: 159-166.

Godlevska, L. V., Gol'din, P. E. 2014. Unusual age structure of the winter aggregation of Nyctalus noctula (Chiroptera) in Kiev. Vestnik zoologii 48 (6): 533–538.

Gol’din, P., Startsev D., Krakhmalnaya, T. 2014. The anatomy of the Late Miocene baleen whale Cetotherium riabinini from Ukraine. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 (4): 795–814.

Gol’din, P. 2014. 'Antlers inside': Are the skull structures of beaked whales (Cetacea: Ziphiidae) used for echoic imaging and visual display? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 510–515.

Gol’din, P. 2014. Naming an innominate: pelvis and hindlimbs of Miocene whales give an insight into evolution and homology of cetacean pelvic girdle. Evolutionary Biology 41(3): 473–479.

Gladilina E. V., Gol’din P. E. 2014. New Prey Fishes in Diet of Black Sea Bottlenose Dolphins Tursiops truncatus (Mammalia, Cetacea). Vestnik zoologii. 48(1): 83–92.

Gol’din, P., Startsev, D. 2014. Brandtocetus, a new genus of baleen whales (Cetacea, Cetotheriidae) from the late Miocene of Crimea, Ukraine. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(2):419–433.

Gol’din, P., Zvonok, E., Rekovets, L., Kovalchuk, A., Krakhmalnaya, T. 2014. Basilotritus (Cetacea: Pelagiceti) from the Eocene of Nagornoye (Ukraine): New data on anatomy, ontogeny and feeding of early basilosaurids. Comptes Rendus Palevol 13(4): 267–276.

Kerem, D., Kent, R., Roditi-Elasar, M., Goffman, O., Scheinin, A., Gol'din, P. 2013. Early physical maturation of female common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus in the eastern Levantine Basin. Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 59(3): 154–162.

Gol’din, P. E., Marareskul, V. A. 2013. Miocene Toothed Whales (Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Dniester Valley: The First Record of Miocene Sperm Whales (Physeteroidea) from the Eastern Europe. Vestnik zoologii. 47(5): 409–414

Gol’din, P. E., Vishnyakova, K. A., Gladilina, E. V. 2013. Taphonomy of stranded small cetaceans: general aspects and impact of the coast Scientific Notes of Taurida V.I. Vernadsky National University. Series Biology, chemistry. 26 (65), 3. – P. 45–53

Gol’din, P.E. and Vishnyakova, K.A. 2013. Africanacetus from the sub-Antarctic region: the southernmost record of fossil beaked whales. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(3): 445-452.

Gladilina E.V., Lyashenko Yu.N., Gol'din P.E. 2013. Winter distribution of cetaceans in the Black Sea and adjoining areas in 2012/2013. Scientific Notes of Taurida V.I. Vernadsky National University. Series Biology, chemistry. 26 (65), 1: 37-42.

Gol'din, P., and Zvonok, E. 2013. Basilotritus uheni, a new cetacean (Cetacea, Basilosauridae) from the Late Middle Eocene of Eastern Europe. Journal of Paleontology 87 (2): 254-268.

Gladilina, E.V., Kovtun, O.A., Kondakov, A.A., Syomik, A.M., Pronin, K.K., and Gol’din, P.E. 2013. Grey seal Halichoerus grypus in the Black Sea: the first case of long-term survival of an exotic pinniped. Marine Biodiversity Records 6, 1-6. doi:10.1017/S1755267213000018

Gol’din P.E. 2012.Unusual anatomy of a pelvic bone in the harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Cetacea, Phocoenidae). Scientific Notes of Taurida V.I. Vernadsky National University. – Series: Biology, chemistry. 25, 4: 21-25.

Gol'din, P., Zvonok, E., and Krakhmalnaya, T. 2012. New materials of «Eocetus» sp. (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Eocene of Ukraine. Geolog Ukrainy 39, 3: 104–113. (In Russian)

Sharir Y., Kerem D., Gol’din P., Spanier E. 2011. Small size in the common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus in the eastern Mediterranean: a possible case of Levantine nanism. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 438: 241-251.

Galatius, A., Gol’din, P. E. 2011. Geographic variation of skeletal ontogeny and skull shape in the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Canadian Journal of Zoology 89 (9): 869-879.

Gol’din, P. E. 2011. Case of cephalic presentation of foetus in a harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Cetacea, Phocoenidae), with notes on other aquatic mammals. Vestnik Zoologii 45 (5): 473-477

Gol’din, P. E. 2007. Growth, proportions and variation of the skull of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the Sea of Azov. Journal of Marine Biology Association, U.K. 87: 271–292.

Viaud-Martinez, K. A., Martinez Vergara, M., Gol’din, P. E., Ridoux, V., Ozturk, A. A., Ozturk, B., Rosel, P. E., Frantzis, A., Komnenou, A., Bohonak, A. J. 2007. Morphological and genetic differentiation of the Black Sea harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta). Marine Ecology Progress Series 338: 281–294.

Gol’din, P. E. 2005. Body proportions of harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Cetacea, Phocoenidae) in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. – Vestnik Zoologii. – 39(5): 59–65.

Gol’din, P. E. 2004. Growth and body size of the harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Cetacea, Phocoenidae) in the the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. – Vestnik Zoologii. – 38(4): 59-73.

Gol’din, P. E. 2004. Strategy of studies of population structure of the harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena relicta Abel, 1905 (Cetacea, Phocoenidae) in Ukrainian waters: comparison of samples from different sources. – Visnyk Lviv. Nat. Univ. Biol. Ser. – 38: 107-117. (In Ukrainian).

Gol’din, P. E. 2004. Postnatal growth and ossification of forelimb skeleton in harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)) in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. – Uchenye zapiski Tavricheskogo Natsionalnogo Universiteta im. V.I. Vernadskogo (=Sci. Repts Taurida Nat. Univ.). Series: Biology, Chemistry. – 17(56), 2. – P. 66-81. (In Russian).

Gol’din, P. E. 2003. Bone of lower jaw of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta Abel, 1905) as a registering structure. – Uchenye zapiski Tavricheskogo Natsionalnogo Universiteta im. V.I. Vernadskogo (=Sci. Repts Taurida Nat. Univ.). Series: Biology. – 16(55), 2. – P. 61-69 (In Russian).

Gol’din, P. E. 2001. Registering structures of bulla tympani of the harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena relicta Abel, 1905 (Cetacea, Phocoenidae). – Uchenye zapiski Tavricheskogo Natsionalnogo Universiteta im. V.I. Vernadskogo (=Sci. Repts Taurida Nat. Univ.). Series: Biology. – 14 (53), 2. – P. 36-40. (In Russian).

 

Book chapters, conference proceedings and databases:

Vishnyakova K, Gol'din P (2017). Data on cetacean strandings (1999 - 2014) on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and adjoining areas. Version 1.5. Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea (UkrSCES). Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/idrmoa

Gladilina, E., Savenko, O., Gol’din, P., Vishnyakova, K., & Neprokin, O. (2017). Data on cetacean occurrence collected during the project ‘Identification and initial assessment of cetacean groupings in coastal waters of the north-western Black Sea, Ukrainian sector’ funded by ACCOBAMS 2016-2017. Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea (UkrSCES). https://doi.org/10.15468/8k0yjf

Vishnyakova K, Savenko O, Gladilina E, Gol'din P, Neprokin O (2017). Data on cetacean strandings on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea (2017). Version 1.5. Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea (UkrSCES). Occurrence Dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qoo7sn

Gol’din P.E. 2008. A long-term population dynamics of the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta) in the Azov Sea. In: Marine Mammals Of Holarctic. – Odessa, 2008. – P. 204-208.

Gol’din, P. E. 2008. Findings of cetaceans at the coast of Crimea in 1999-2003. In: Findings of Animals Listed in The Red Data Book of Ukraine. – Kiev. – P. 54–61. (In Ukrainian).

Gol’din, P. E. 2008. Age structure and prognosis of abundance of harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Sea of Azov. In: Findings of Animals Listed in The Red Data Book of Ukraine. – Kiev. – P. 62–66. (In Ukrainian).

Gol’din, P. E. 2004. Taxonomic status of the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. – In: Marine Mammals of the Holarctic. Moscow: KMK. – P. 158-163.

Gol’din, P. E. 2001. Age and growth in harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena relicta) from the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. – European research on cetaceans – 14: Proc. 14th Annual Conf. Europ. Cetacean Soc., Cork, Ireland, 2-5 April 2000. – Rome, 2001. – P. 247-252.

 

Abstracts of conference presentations:

Gol'din, P. 2017. Appendicular skeleton in early odontocetes. In: 8th International Meeting on the Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water. Berlin 2017 (03 April – 08 April 2017). – P. 27.

Gol'din, P. 2015. Marine mammal fauna of the Middle and Late Miocene of the Central and Eastern Paratethys: chronology and biogeography. Abstracts, 7th European Congress of Mammalogy, August 17-21 2015. – Stockholm. – P. 34.

Gol'din P. 2013. A possible function for delayed rostral fusion in porpoises (Phocoenidae). – In: Abstract Book: 27th Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society. Interdisciplinary approaches in the study of marine mammals. – Setubal, Portugal. – P. 363.

Goldin P., Gladilina L., Serbin V., Stalingradsky E., Kondakov A., Pankova S., Oleinikov E., Smirnov D., Gorokhova V., Chopovdya M., Savenko O., Vishnyakova K. 2012.Unusual mass mortality of cetaceans in the northern Black Sea in 2011. – In: Abstract Book: 25rd Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society. – Galway. – P. 330.

Gol’din, P. 2010. Paedomorphic traits in killer whales Orcinus orca. – In: Abstract Book: 24rd Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society. Marine mammal populations: challenges for conservation in the next decade – Stralsund, Germany, 2010. – P. 56.

Gol’din, P. E. 2009. Harbor porpoises in the Sea of Azov: population structure, long-term dynamics and factors affecting them. – In: Abstract Book: 23rd Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society. – Istanbul, Turkey: Turkish Marine Research Foundation, 2009. – P. 20.

Gol’din, P. E. 2008. Determination of biological parameters by skeletal remains: studying harbor porpoises in the Sea of Azov. – In: Abstract Book. 22nd Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society. – P. 46-47.

Vishnyakova, K. A. and Gol’din, P. E. 2008. New records of bottlenose dolphins in the Sea of Azov and adjoining area. – In: Abstract Book. 22nd Annual Conf. European Cetacean Society. – P. 282.

Gol’din, P. E. 2006. Status and life hitory of harbor porpoise in the Sea of Azov. – In: ECS 2006. Guidelines and abstract book. 20th Annual Conf. European Cetacean Soc., 2-7 April 2006, Gdynia, Poland. – Gdynia. – P. 207.

Gol’din P. E. Postnatal growth of body and skeleton of the harbor porpoise in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. – 16th Biennal Conf. Biol. Marine Mammals, San Diego, California, 12-16 Dec., 2005, Abstr. – 2005. – P. 109.

Gol’din, P. E. 2003. Mass stranding of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta) at the coast of the Sea of Azov in 2002. – 17th Annual Conf. European Cetacean Soc.: Abstr., Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 9-13 March 2003. – Las Palmas. – P. 187, 188.


PhD students and theses:

V. Telizhenko

Genetic proxies for change in ontogeny rate and longevity of cetaceans

P. Otriazhyi

Evolution of phocid seals of the Paratethys (by 2024)

Julia Ivanchikova

The harbour porpoise in the north-western Black Sea: present status, biology and conservation

Margaret Aiken

(primary advisor Morten Tange Olsen, University of Copenhagen)

Exploitation and collapse of the Black Sea marine fauna

Davydenko S. V.

Morphological adaptations of archaeocete cetaceans in transition from semi-aquatic to fully aquatic lifestyle

Alumni PhD students:

Vishnyakova K. A.

The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Sea of Azov and the north-eastern Black Sea: population morphology and demography. Defended on 28th February 2017 (synopsis in Ukrainian)

Gladilina E. V.

The bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the northern Black Sea waters: biology and population structure. Defended on 8th May 2018, (synopsis in Ukrainian)


 

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