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Population status and indices of population condition; population, physiological and ecological effects of oil exposure on marine mammals and coastal ecosystems; environmental toxicology, physiology and genetics of marine mammals.
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Monson, D. H., C. McCormick, and B.
E. Ballachey. In review. Chemical restraint of Northern sea
otters: Results of past field studies. J. Zoo Wildl. Medicine.
Monson, D. H., D. F. Doak, B. E. Ballachey, A. Johnson, and
J. L. Bodkin. 2000. Long-term impacts of the Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill on sea otters, assessed through age-dependent mortality
patterns. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
97:6562-6567.
Bodkin, J. L., B. E. Ballachey, M. A. Cronin and K.T.
Scribner. 1999. Population demographics and genetic diversity in
remnant and translocated populations of sea otters. Conserv. Biol.
13:1378-1385.
Bickham, J. W., J. A. Mazet, J. Blake, M. J. Smolen, Y. Lou and B.
E. Ballachey. 1998. Flow-cytometric determination of genotoxic
effects of exposure to petroleum in mink and sea otters. Ecotoxicology
7:191-199.
Udevitz, M. S., and B. E. Ballachey. 1998. Estimating
survival rates with age-structure data. J. Wildl. Manage. 62:779-792.
Jay, C.V., T.L. Olson, G.W. Garner, and B.E. Ballachey.
1998. Response of Pacific walruses to disturbances from capture and
handling activities at a haul-out in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Mar. Mamm.
Sci. 14(4):819-828.
Ballachey, B. E., and K. A. Kloecker. 1997. Hydrocarbons in
hair, livers, and intestines of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) found dead
along the path of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Exxon Valdez
Oil Spill State/Federal Natural Resource Damage Assessment Final
Report (Marine Mammal Study 6-3), U.S. Fish & Wildl. Serv.,
Anchorage, AK.
Ballachey, B. E., and K. A. Kloecker. 1997. Hydrocarbon
residues in tissues of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) collected following
the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
State/Federal Natural Resource Damage Assessment Final Report (Marine
Mammal Study 6-16), U.S. Fish & Wildl. Serv., Anchorage, AK.
Ballachey, B. E., and K. A. Kloecker. 1997. Hydrocarbon
residues in tissues of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) collected from
southeast Alaska. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill State/Federal Natural
Resource Damage Assessment Final Report (Marine Mammal Study 6-2),
U.S. Fish & Wildl. Serv., Anchorage, AK.
Scribner, K.T., J. Bodkin, B. Ballachey, S.R. Fain, M.A.
Cronin, and M. Sanchez. 1997. Population genetic studies of the sea
otter (Enhydra lutris): a review and interpretation of available data.
Society for Marine Mammology. Special Publication 3:197-208. [PDF
file - 305KB] Cronin, M.A., J.L. Bodkin, B.E. Ballachey, J.A. Estes and
J.C. Patton. 1996. Mitochondrial-DNA variation among subspecies and
populations of sea otters (Enhydra lutris). J. Mammal. 77(2):546-557. [PDF
file - 359KB] Loughlin, T., B. Ballachey, B. Wright. 1996. Overview of
studies to determine injury caused by the Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill to marine mammals. Pages 798-808 in S.D. Rice, R.B. Spies, D.A.
Wolfe, and B.A. Wright, eds. Proceedings of the Exxon Valdez
Oil Spill symposium. American Fisheries Society Symposium 18.
Rebar, A. H., B. E. Ballachey, D. L. Bruden, and K. A.
Kloecker. 1996. Hematology and clinical chemistry of sea otters
captured in Prince William Sound, Alaska following the Exxon Valdez
Oil Spill. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill State/Federal Natural
Resource Damage Assessment Final Report (Marine Mammal Study 6-17),
U.S. Fish & Wildl. Serv., Anchorage, AK.
Bodkin, J. L. and B. E. Ballachey. 1996. Monitoring the
status of wild sea otter populations: field studies and techniques.
Endangered Species Update, University of Michigan 13(12):14-20. [PDF
file - 1.7MB] DeGange, A. R., B. E. Ballachey and K. Bayha. 1995. A guide
for oil spills involving fur-bearing marine mammals. Chapter 14 in:
T.M. Williams and R.W. Davis, Eds. Emergency Care and Rehabilitation
of Oiled Sea Otters, Univ of Alaska Press..
Rebar, A. H. Lipscomb, R. K. Harris and B. E. Ballachey.
1995. Clinical and clinical laboratory correlates in sea otter dying
acutely in rehabilitation centers. Vet. Clin. Path. 32:346-350.
Ballachey, B. E., J. L. Bodkin and A. R. DeGange. 1994. An
overview of sea otter studies. Pages 47-59 in T. Loughlin (ed.) Marine
Mammals and the Exxon Valdez. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. [PDF
file - 356KB] Lipscomb, T. P., R. K. Harris, A. H. Rebar, B. E. Ballachey
and R. J. Haebler. 1994. Pathology of sea otters. T.R. Loughlin, Ed.
In Marine Mammals and the Exxon Valdez, Chap 16. Academic
Press.
Mulcahy, D. M. and B. E. Ballachey. 1994. Hydrocarbon
residues in sea otters. Chapter 18 in: T.R. Loughlin, Ed. Marine
mammals and the Exxon Valdez. Academic Press.
Stegeman, J. J., B. E. Ballachey, J. Bickham, B. Hocker, S.
Kennedy, H. Thompson and D. Vethaak. 1993. Implementation of
biomarker-based studies. Chapter 3 in: D.B. Peakall and L.R. Shugart,
Eds. Strategy for Biomaker Research and Application in the Assessment
of Environmental Health. Springer-Verlag, Belgium.
Lipscomb, T. P., R. K. Harris, R. B. Moeller, J. M. Pletcher, R. J.
Haebler and B. E. Ballachey. 1993. Histopathologic lesions in
sea otters exposed to crude oil. Vet. Path. 30:1-11. |
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