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
Strategies for survival: Stellar sea lions, harbor seals and sea otters Chapter 4.9
Activity budgets derived from time-depth recorders in a diving mammal
Spatial and temporal variation in sea otter demography
Foraging ecology
Patterns of growth and body condition in sea otters from the Aleutian archipelago before and after the recent population decline
Verification of sex from harvested sea otters using DNA testing
Studying sea otter foraging ecology: A review of some methodological approaches
Status of sea otter populations in southcentral and southeast Alaska, 2002-2003
Sea otter research methods and tools
Population demographics, survival, and reporduction: Alaska sea otter research
Sea otter studies in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Science and Products
Strategies for survival: Stellar sea lions, harbor seals and sea otters Chapter 4.9
Activity budgets derived from time-depth recorders in a diving mammal
Spatial and temporal variation in sea otter demography
Foraging ecology
Patterns of growth and body condition in sea otters from the Aleutian archipelago before and after the recent population decline
Verification of sex from harvested sea otters using DNA testing
Studying sea otter foraging ecology: A review of some methodological approaches
Status of sea otter populations in southcentral and southeast Alaska, 2002-2003
Sea otter research methods and tools
Population demographics, survival, and reporduction: Alaska sea otter research
Sea otter studies in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
*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