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
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) perspective: Part B. Food limitation and the recovery of sea otters following the Exxon Valdez oil spill
Marine predator surveys in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Otters
Food limitation and the recovery of sea otters following the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill
Report on field activities at Adak and the western Aleutians, 2002
Sea otter population status and the process of recovery from the 1989 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill
Temporal variations of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in sea otter skull tissue in the North Pacific Ocean
Sea otter studies in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Sea otter population structure and ecology in Alaska
Microsatellite DNA and mitochondrial DNA variation in remnant and translocated sea otter (Enhydra lutris) populations
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) perspective: Part A. Sea otter population status and the process of recovery from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill
Science and Products
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) perspective: Part B. Food limitation and the recovery of sea otters following the Exxon Valdez oil spill
Marine predator surveys in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Otters
Food limitation and the recovery of sea otters following the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill
Report on field activities at Adak and the western Aleutians, 2002
Sea otter population status and the process of recovery from the 1989 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill
Temporal variations of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in sea otter skull tissue in the North Pacific Ocean
Sea otter studies in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Sea otter population structure and ecology in Alaska
Microsatellite DNA and mitochondrial DNA variation in remnant and translocated sea otter (Enhydra lutris) populations
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) perspective: Part A. Sea otter population status and the process of recovery from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill
*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