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Division:
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EC
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Status:
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Federal, NOAA Fisheries
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Job Title:
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Reproductive Toxicology Team Leader
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Phone:
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206-860-3345
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Email:
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send e-mail
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NWFSC Publications
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Background
Lyndal Johnson is a zoologist in the Ecotoxicology and Environmental Fish Health Program of the Environmental Conservation Division. She joined the Division in 1984 as part of the fish pathology team, and studied chemical contaminants and fish disease as part of NOAA's National Benthic Surveillance Program. She also worked on series of studies on the effects of chemical contaminants on reproduction and endocrine function in English sole and help to establish a reproductive toxicology team within the Ecotoxicology Program. This team studies the effects of chemical contamination on the reproductive success of various marine and estuarine fish species. Lyndal has also been active in research to evaluate links between contaminant-related declines in survival and reproductive potential and changes in fish populations. She earned a B.S. degree in Biology from Western Washington State University and an M.S. Degree in Fisheries at the University of Washington.
Current Research
As the leader of the Reproductive Toxicology Team in the Ecotoxicology and Environmental Fish Health Program, Lyndal is currently working with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program to survey Puget Sound bottomfish for exposure to environmental estrogens. She is involved in several additional studies in the Pacific Northwest and Canada, including an evaluation of the reproductive performance of flatfish from a smelter site in British Columbia. Lyndal has also been involved in recent evaluations of water and sediment quality standards for their utility in protecting listed salmon and other fish species, and provides technical guidance to resource managers on how to protect marine animals from harmful impacts of toxicants.
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