Andreas Fahlman

Adjunct Professor

Publications

2026

Ashley M. Blawas, Andreas Fahlman (2026)

Central command activation and the dive response in marine mammals Journal of applied physiology, Vol. 141, p. 595-596 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00538.2026

F. Cunha Oliveira, N. Pelufo Martinez, K. Aoki, Jordi Altimiras, L. Monino, A. G. Torrente, Andreas Fahlman (2026)

The heart responds to pressure via the lung: Dive depth alters cardiac control in bottlenose dolphins Journal of Physiology (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1113/JP290923

Augusta Hollers, William T. Gough, Martin van Aswegen, Andrew Szabo, Lewis Evans, Jens J. Currie, Ashley M. Blawas, Andreas Fahlman, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Lars Bejder (2026)

Energetic benefits of resting behaviour in humpback whale mother-calf pairs revealed by biologging and UAS-photogrammetry Conservation Physiology, Vol. 14, Article coag041 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coag041

Gabriel Antoniak, Alexander Ruesch, Barbara G. Shinn-Cunningham, J. Chris McKnight, Andreas Fahlman, Jana M. Kainerstorfer, Nicole West, Adrian Gonzalez, Peter Tyack, Bogdan-Ioan Popa, K. Alex Shorter (2026)

Investigating bottlenose dolphin physiology using near-infrared spectroscopy Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 229, Article jeb251264 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.251264

Mariana P. Silva, Claudia Oliveira, Rui Prieto, Austin S. Allen, Matthew Bowers, Aimee-Kate Darias-O'Hara, Andreas Fahlman, Katarina Klementisova, Madalina Matei, Samantha E. Simmons, Monica A. Silva, Leslie New, Sergi Perez-Jorge (2026)

Estimating energy expenditure of sperm whales living in social units Conservation Physiology, Vol. 14, Article coag024 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coag024

News

a trainer stands on the edge of a dolphin pool measuring exhaled air, a researcher works on a computer at the pool edge

Zoo biology course opened interesting opportunities for degree project

LiU student Ioulia is doing research for her master thesis on energy requirements in doplhins in both Kolmården Wildlife Park and Oceanografic de Valencia.

A spirometer is used to measure the respiratory functions of the dolphins. It gives the researchers at Kolmården data used to diagnose health issues and how the lungs perform in a dive. - If we understand their physiological capacity, we can understand better how climate changes will affect their capability to find food, says Andreas Fahlman.

Kolmården hosts students in Zoo biology course

The International Master's Programme in Applied Ethology and Animal Biology was welcomed by Kolmården in the course Zoo biology. Students spent four weeks with the researchers to learn how research on zoo-animals is performed and why.