James L Bodkin
Population biology and ecology of marine mammals, population estimation, predator/prey relations, carnivora, coastal marine ecology, marine conservation.
Professional Experience
2013 - Present Research Wildlife Biologist Emeritus, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1990 - 2013 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
Education and Certifications
M.S. 1986 California Polytechnical University, San Luis Obispo, CA Biology
B.S. 1975 California State University, Long Beach, CA Wildlife Biology
Affiliations and Memberships*
Society for Conservation Biology
American Society of Mammalogy
Society for Marine Mammalogy
The Wildlife Society
Science and Products
Mortalities of kelp-forest fishes associated with large oceanic waves off central California, 1982-1983
An incidence of twinning in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
A sublittoral population of Pleurophycus gardneri Setchell and Saunders 1900 (Phaeophyceae: Laminariaceae) in central California
Fish assemblages in Macrocystis and Nereocystis kelp forests off Central California
Pup production, abundance, and breeding distribution of northern elephant seals, Winter 1981
Science and Products
Mortalities of kelp-forest fishes associated with large oceanic waves off central California, 1982-1983
An incidence of twinning in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
A sublittoral population of Pleurophycus gardneri Setchell and Saunders 1900 (Phaeophyceae: Laminariaceae) in central California
Fish assemblages in Macrocystis and Nereocystis kelp forests off Central California
Pup production, abundance, and breeding distribution of northern elephant seals, Winter 1981
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government