A. Keith Miles
Keith Miles is the Center Director of the Western Ecological Research Center.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Community ecology
- Contaminants
- Cumulative effects
- Ecotoxicology
- Invertebrate ecology
- Marine mammal ecology
- Nearshore marine ecology
Professional Experience
Research Biologist, USGS, Western Ecological Research Center, Jun 1997-present
Graduate Faculty, Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis, Jan 1998-present
Research Biologist, National Biological Service, Davis, California, Oct 1993-Jun 1997
Research Biologist, USFWS, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland, Jul 1986-Oct 1993
Education and Certifications
Ph.D., Wildlife Ecology, Oregon State University 1987
M.S., Wildlife Biology, Oregon State University 1976
B.S., Zoology, Howard University 1972
Affiliations and Memberships*
Ecological Society of America
Estuarine Research Federation
Northern California Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Pacific Estuarine Research Society
The Wildlife Soc
Science and Products
Challenges and Opportunities for Increasing Diversity in the Wildlife Profession and the Wildlife Society: Recommendations for TWS in the New Millennium. Report to the Wildlife Society
Effects of Golden Bear Oil on non-target aquatic organisms inhabiting salt marshes. Mosquito Control Research Annual Report 1998
Potential impacts of contaminants on wildlife resources at Edwards Air Force Base: recommendations for research
Organochlorines in sea otters and bald eagles from the Aleutian Archipelago
Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in metallic elements in industrialized aquatic bird habitat
Metals in diet of Bering Sea walrus: Mya sp. as a possible transmitter of elevated cadmium and other metals
Effects of dietary aluminum, calcium, and phosphorus on egg and bone of European starlings
Environmental contaminants in canvasbacks wintering on San Francisco Bay, California
Environmental contaminants in Canvasbacks wintering on San Francisco Bay
Toxic elements and organochlorines in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi), Kodiak, Alaska, USA
Industrial strength herons: The Black-crowns of Baltimore
Science and Products
Challenges and Opportunities for Increasing Diversity in the Wildlife Profession and the Wildlife Society: Recommendations for TWS in the New Millennium. Report to the Wildlife Society
Effects of Golden Bear Oil on non-target aquatic organisms inhabiting salt marshes. Mosquito Control Research Annual Report 1998
Potential impacts of contaminants on wildlife resources at Edwards Air Force Base: recommendations for research
Organochlorines in sea otters and bald eagles from the Aleutian Archipelago
Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in metallic elements in industrialized aquatic bird habitat
Metals in diet of Bering Sea walrus: Mya sp. as a possible transmitter of elevated cadmium and other metals
Effects of dietary aluminum, calcium, and phosphorus on egg and bone of European starlings
Environmental contaminants in canvasbacks wintering on San Francisco Bay, California
Environmental contaminants in Canvasbacks wintering on San Francisco Bay
Toxic elements and organochlorines in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi), Kodiak, Alaska, USA
Industrial strength herons: The Black-crowns of Baltimore
*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