Anna Kebke
E: a.kebke.1@research.gla.ac.uk
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4033-9028
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4033-9028
Research title: Use of molecular and isotopic signatures to inform foraging ecology and conservation needs for cetaceans
Research summary
My PhD research focuses on utilizing fatty acids and stable isotopes to enhance our understanding of cetacean ecophysiology and explore their applications in understanding factors in marine mammal stranding events.
I am working with the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS) and am supported through the IAPETUS2 Doctoral Training Partnership.
Publications
2026
Kebke, Anna Sophie 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4033-9028, Plint, Tessa, Hooker, Sascha K., Magill, Clayton R., Moore, David J. and Brownlow, Andrew
(2026)
Neutral lipid fatty acid composition in the epidermis and blubber of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the Northeast Atlantic confirms tissue-specific stratification.
Marine Biology,
(Accepted for Publication)
Kebke, A. S. et al. (2026) The application of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes to assess the feeding ecology of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in Scotland. PLoS ONE, 21(4), e0346340. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0346340) (PMID:42054285)
2024
Pine, Matthew K., Hague, Emily, Kebke, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4033-9028, McWhinnie, Lauren and Findlay, Charlotte R.
(2024)
Not so silent spectators: how spectator vessels at international sailing regattas alter marine soundscapes.
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 202,
116309.
(doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116309)
(PMID:38564818)
2022
Kebke, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4033-9028, Samarra, Filipa and Derous, Davina
(2022)
Climate change and cetacean health: impacts and future directions.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1854),
(doi: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0249)
(PMID:35574848)
(PMCID:PMC9108940)
Derous, Davina, Kebke, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4033-9028, Fair, Patricia A., Styczynski, Mark, Bossart, Gregory D., Douglas, Alex and Lusseau, David
(2022)
Untargeted plasma metabolomic analysis of wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) indicate protein degradation when in poorer health.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 42,
100991.
(doi: 10.1016/j.cbd.2022.100991)
(PMID:35512616)
Articles
Kebke, Anna Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4033-9028, Plint, Tessa, Hooker, Sascha K., Magill, Clayton R., Moore, David J. and Brownlow, Andrew
(2026)
Neutral lipid fatty acid composition in the epidermis and blubber of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the Northeast Atlantic confirms tissue-specific stratification.
Marine Biology,
(Accepted for Publication)
Kebke, A. S. et al. (2026) The application of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes to assess the feeding ecology of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in Scotland. PLoS ONE, 21(4), e0346340. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0346340) (PMID:42054285)
Pine, Matthew K., Hague, Emily, Kebke, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4033-9028, McWhinnie, Lauren and Findlay, Charlotte R.
(2024)
Not so silent spectators: how spectator vessels at international sailing regattas alter marine soundscapes.
Marine Pollution Bulletin, 202,
116309.
(doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116309)
(PMID:38564818)
Kebke, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4033-9028, Samarra, Filipa and Derous, Davina
(2022)
Climate change and cetacean health: impacts and future directions.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1854),
(doi: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0249)
(PMID:35574848)
(PMCID:PMC9108940)
Derous, Davina, Kebke, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4033-9028, Fair, Patricia A., Styczynski, Mark, Bossart, Gregory D., Douglas, Alex and Lusseau, David
(2022)
Untargeted plasma metabolomic analysis of wild bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) indicate protein degradation when in poorer health.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 42,
100991.
(doi: 10.1016/j.cbd.2022.100991)
(PMID:35512616)
Supervisors
Additional information
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-kebke/
