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James L. Bodkin Title: Research Wildlife Biologist |
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Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests
M.S. 1986 California Polytechnical University, San Luis Obispo, CA Biology B.S. 1975 California State University, Long Beach, CA Wildlife Biology
Professional ExperiencePopulation biology and ecology of marine mammals, population estimation, predator/prey relations, carnivora, coastal marine ecology, marine conservation.
Professional Activities and/or Memberships
1990 - Present Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska 1989 - 1990 Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Koyukuk Wildlife Refuge, Galena, AK 1986 - 1989 Fish and Wildlife Biologist, National Ecology Research Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Significant Recent PublicationsSociety for Conservation Biology
American Society of Mammalogy
Society for Marine Mammalogy
The Wildlife Society
Websites of InterestBodkin, J. L. and K. W. Kenyon. in press. Sea otter. Pages 00-00 in G.A. Feldham and B. Thompson, (eds) Wild Mammals of North America, 2nd Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Bodkin, J. L. and D. H. Monson. 2003. Sea otter population structure and ecology on Alaska. Arctic Research of the United States16:31-36. [PDF 315kb]
Baskaran, M., G.-H. Hong, S. Dayton, J. L. Bodkin, and J. J. Kelly. 2003. Temporal variations of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in sea otter skull tissue in the North Pacific Ocean. J. Env. Radioactivity 64:1-18. [PDF 155 kb]
Larson, S., R. Jameson, J. Bodkin, M. Staedler and P. Bentzen. 2002. MICROSATELITTE DNA and MTDNA variation within and among remnant and translocated Sea Otter (Enhydra lutis), populations. Journal of Mammalogy 83(3):893-906.
Dean, T. A., J. L. Bodkin, A. K. Fukuyama, S. C. Jewett, D. H. Monson, C. E. O'Clair, and G. R. VanBlaricom. 2002. Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) perspective: mechanisms of impact and potential recovery of nearshore vertebrate predators following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 241:255-270.
Bodkin, J. L., B. E. Ballachey, T. A. Dean, A. K. Fukuyama, S. C. Jewett, L. McDonald, D. H. Monson, C. E. O'Clair, and G. R. VanBlaricom. 2002. Sea otter population status and the process of recovery from the 1989 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill. Marine Ecology Progress 241:237-253. [PDF file - 629kb]
Gorbics, C. S. and J. L. Bodkin. 2001. Stock structure of sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Alaska. Marine Mammal Science 17(3):632-647.
Estes, J. A., and J. L. Bodkin. 2001. Marine Otters. In W.F. Perrin, B. Wursig, H.G.M. Thewissen, and C.R. Crumly (eds.), Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press.
Bodkin, J. L., B. E. Ballachey, T. A. Dean, A. K. Fukuyama, S. C. Jewett, L. McDonald, D.H. Monson, C.E. O'Clair, and G.R. VanBlaricom. 2001. Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) perspective: Mechanisms of impact and potential recovery of nearshore vertebrate predators following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Part A. Sea otter population recovery. Pages 3A.1-3A.28 in L.E. Holland-Bartels (ed.), Mechanisms of impact and potential recovery of nearshore vertebrate predators following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Exxon Valdea Oil Spill Trustee Council Restoration Project Final Report (Restoration Project 95025-99025), U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Biological Science Center, Anchorage.
Dean, T. A., J. L. Bodkin, A. K. Fukuyama, S. C. Jewett, D. H. Monson, C. E. O'Clair, and G. R. VanBlaricom. 2001. Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) perspective: Mechanisms of impact and potential recovery of nearshore vertebrate predators following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Part B. Food limitation and the recovery of sea otters in Prince WIlliam Sound. Pages 3B.1-3B.41 in L.E. Holland-Bartels, (ed.), Mechanisms of impact and potential recovery of nearshore vertebrate predators following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Restoration Project Final Report (Restoration Project 95025-99025), U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Biological Science Center, Anchorage.
VanBlaricom, G. R., A. K. Fukuyama, C. E. O'Clair, D. H. Monson, S. C. Jewett, T. K. Gage, T. A. Dean, and J. L. Bodkin. 2001. Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) perspective: Mechanisms of impact and potential recovery of nearshore vertebrate predators following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Part C. Symmetry of trophic linkages amond sea otters and their prey in Prince William Sound, Alaska: Evidence in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Pages 3CA.1-3C.57 in L.E. Holland-Bartels (ed.), Mechanisms of impact and potential recovery of nearshore vertebrate predators following the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Restoration Project Final Report (Restoration Project 95025-99025), U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Biological Science Center, Anchorage.
Bodkin, J. L., K. A. Kloecker, G. G. Esslinger, D. H. Monson, and J. D. DeGroot. 2001. Sea otter studies in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Annual Report 2000. USGS Alaska Biological Science Center, Anchorage.
Bodkin, J. L.. 2001. Marine mammals: sea otters. Pages 2614-2621 in J. Steele, S. Thorpe, and K. Turekian, (eds.) Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences. Academic Press, London.
Bodkin, J. L., A. M. Burdin and D. A. Ryazanov (deceased). 2000. Age- and sex-specific mortality and population structure in sea otters. Mar. Mamm. Sci., 16(1):201-219.
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.
Monson, D. H., J. A. Estes, J. L. Bodkin, and D. B. Siniff. 2000. Life history plasticity and population regulation in sea otters. Oikos 90:457-468.
Dean, T. A., J. L. Bodkin, S. C. Jewett, D. H. Monson, and D. Jung. 2000. Changes in sea urchins and kelp following a reduction in sea otter density as a result of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Marine Ecology Progress Series 199:281-291.
Bodkin, J. L.. 2000. Sea otters past and present perspectives. Alaska Geographic. 7(2):73-93.
Lowry, L., D. DeMaster, and J. L. Bodkin. 2000. Status of marine mammals populations in the Gulf of Alaska. 11th annual Exxon Valdez oil spill syposium 18-January 2000, Anchorage, AK. Abstract.
Ballachey, B. E., P. W. Snyder, and J. L. Bodkin. 2000. Cytochrome P450 1A as a bioindicator of exposure of sea otters to polycylclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Abstract presented at Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 21st Annual Meeting, 12-16 November 2000, Nashville.
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.
Bodkin, J. L., K. A. Kloecker, and A. Burdin. 1999. Fluctuating asymmetry and genetic diversity in sea otters (Enhydra lutris). U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Anchorage, AK, poster presentation. [PDF file - 329KB]
Bodkin, J. L. and Kloecker, K. A. 1999. Intertidal clam diversity, size, abundance, and biomass in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, 1999 Annual Report. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Anchorage, AK. [PDF file - 520KB]
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]
Bodkin, J. L, J. A. Ames, R. J. Jameson, A. M Johnson, and G. M. Matson. 1997. Estimating age of sea otters with cementum layers in the first premolar. J. Wildl. Manage. 61(3):967-973. [PDF file - 248KB]
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]
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]
Estes, J. A., D. F. Doak, J. L. Bodkin, R. J. Jameson, D. H. Monson, J. Watt and T. Tinker. 1996. Comparative demography of sea otter populations. Endangered Species Update, University of Michigan 13(12):11-13. [PDF file - 1.6MB]
Shirley, T. C., C. E. O'Clair, S. J. Taggart and J. L. Bodkin. 1996. Sea otter predation on Dungeness crabs in Glacier Bay, Alaska. Pages 563-576 In: International Symposium on Biology, Management, and Economics of Crabs from High Latitude Habitats, Alaska Sea Grant College Program, Anchorage, Alaska. [PDF file - 297KB]
Udevitz, M. S., J. L. Bodkin, and D. P. Costa. 1995. Detection of sea otters in boat-based surveys of Prince William Sound, Alaska. Marine Mammal Science 11:59-71.
Bodkin, J. L. and M. S. Udevitz. 1994. An intersection model for estimating sea otter mortality along the Kenai Peninsula. Pages 81-95 in T. R. Loughlin, ed. Marine mammals and the Exxon Valdez. Academic Press, Inc., Orlando, Florida, USA. [PDF file - 352KB]
Bodkin, J. L., J. A. Estes and R. J. Jameson. 1994. Sea otters in the North Pacific Ocean. Pages 17-20, in E.T. Laroe III, G.S. Farris, C.E. Puckett and P.D. Doran. Our Living Resources 1994: A report to the nation on the distribution abundance and health of US plants, animals, and ecosystems. National Biological Service, Washington, D.C. [PDF file - 2MB]
Estes, J. A., R. J. Jameson, J. L. Bodkin and D. R. Carlson. 1994. Status and trends of the California sea otter population. Pages 17-20. in E.T. LaRoe III, G.S. Farris, C.E. Puckett and P.D. Doran, editors. Our Living Resources 1994: A report to the nation on the distribution, abundance and health of U.S. plants, animals and ecosystems. National Biological Service. Washington D.C. [PDF file - 201KB]
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]
Doroff, A. M. and J. L. Bodkin. 1994. Sea otter foraging behavior and hydrocarbon levels in prey. pages 193-208 in T. Loughlin (ed.) Marine Mammals and the Exxon Valdez. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. [PDF file - 1.4MB]
Cowen, R. and J. Bodkin. 1993. Annual and Spatial Variation of the Kelp Forest Fish Assemblage at San Nicolas Island, California. Third California Islands Symposium, pp. 463-473. [PDF file - 323KB]
Bodkin, J., D. Mulcahy and C. Lensink. 1993. Age-specific reproduction in female sea otters (Enhydra lutris) from south-central Alaska: analysis of reproductive tracts. Can. J. Zool. 71(9):1811-1815. [PDF file - 278KB]
Bodkin, J. L. and L. B. Browne. 1992. Molt frequency and size class distribution in the California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus), at San Nicolas Island, California. Calif. Fish Game 78(4):136-144. [PDF file - 200KB]
Osborne, T. O., T. F. Parigi, J. L. Bodkin, A. J. Loranger and W. N. Johnson. 1992. Extent, causes and timing of moose calves mortality in western interior Alaska. Alces 27:24-30. [PDF file - 210KB]
Bodkin, J., and R. Jameson. 1991. Patterns of seabird and marine mammal carcass deposition along the central California coast, 1980-1986. Can. J. Zool. 69:1149-1155. [PDF file - 295KB]
Bodkin, J. L. 1988. Effects of kelp forest removal on associated fish assemblages in central California. J. Experimental Mar. Biol. Ecol. [PDF file - 263KB]
Bodkin, J. L., G. R. VanBlaricom, and R. J. Jameson. 1987. Mass mortalities of nearshore fishes following a period of large, long period storm swells. Environ. Biol. Fishes 18(1):73-76. [PDF file - 109KB]
Bodkin, J. L. 1986. Fish assemblages in Macrocystis and Nereocystis kelp forrests off Central California. U.S. Fishery Bull. 84(4):799-808. [PDF file - 349KB]
Jameson, R. J. and J. L. Bodkin. 1986. An incidence of twinning in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Mar. Mamm. Sci. 2(4):304-309. [PDF file - 104KB]
Bodkin, J. L., R. J. Jameson and G. R. VanBlaricom. 1985. Pup production, abundance, and breeding distribution of northern elephant seals at San Nicolas Island, winter 1981. Calif. Fish Game 71(1):53-59. [PDF file - 84KB]
VanBlaricom, G. R., D. C. Reed, C. Harrold, and J. L. Bodkin. 1985. A sublittoral population Pleurophycus gardneri Setchell and Saunders 1900 (Phaeophyceae: Laminariaceae) in Central California. Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 84(3).
Process structuring coastal marine communities in Alaska
Assessment of sea otter population status in Alaska
Mechanisms of impact and potential recovery of nearshore vertebrate predators from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Glacier Bay small schooling fish and marine ecosystem project
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