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Frances M. D. Gulland is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on marine animal studies and related ecological and biochemical processes.

The main fields of study for this researcher include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these domains, they explore several specialized subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Oceanography
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Parasitology

Their work frequently addresses core topics related to marine life and environmental impacts, including:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Underwater Acoustics Research

Frances M. D. Gulland has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers, some of which are:

  • "Understanding the impacts of anthropogenic sound on beaked whales", 2023, The 'journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • "Reference genome and demographic history of the most endangered marine mammal, the vaquita", 2020, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "A review of climate change effects on marine mammals in United States waters: Past predictions, observed impacts, current research and conservation imperatives", 2022, Climate Change Ecology
  • "Pathology findings and correlation with body condition index in stranded killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the northeastern Pacific and Hawaii from 2004 to 2013", 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Persistent Contaminants and Herpesvirus OtHV1 Are Positively Associated With Cancer in Wild California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)", 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Pádraig J. Duignan
  • Cara L. Field
  • Teri Rowles
  • Barbie Halaska
  • Shawn Johnson

Publications by this scientist appear often in venues such as:

  • The 'journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Mortality of sea lions along the central California coast linked to a toxic diatom bloom

    Christopher A. Scholin;Frances Gulland;Gregory J. Doucette;Scott Benson

  • An unprecedented coastwide toxic algal bloom linked to anomalous ocean conditions

    Ryan M. McCabe;Barbara M. Hickey;Raphael M. Kudela;Kathi A. Lefebvre

  • Inbreeding: Disease susceptibility in California sea lions.

    Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse;Frances Gulland;Denise Greig;William Amos

  • Transmission of Toxoplasma: Clues from the study of sea otters as sentinels of Toxoplasma gondii flow into the marine environment *

    P.A. Conrad;M.A. Miller;C. Kreuder;E.R. James

  • The role of nematode parasites in Soay sheep (Ovis aries L.) mortality during a population crash.

    F. M. D. Gulland

  • Effects of climate change on Arctic marine mammal health.

    Kathy A. Burek;Frances M. D. Gulland;Todd M. O'Hara

  • Is Marine Mammal Health Deteriorating? Trends in the Global Reporting of Marine Mammal Disease

    Frances M. D. Gulland;Ailsa J. Hall

  • Novel symptomatology and changing epidemiology of domoic acid toxicosis in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): an increasing risk to marine mammal health

    Tracey Goldstein;Tracey Goldstein;Jonna A Mazet;T. S. Zabka;T. S. Zabka;G. Langlois

  • Cetacean morbillivirus : current knowledge and future directions

    Marie Françoise Van Bressem;Pádraig J. Duignan;Ashley Banyard;Michelle Barbieri

  • Fatal ingestion of floating net debris by two sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)

    Jeff K. Jacobsen;Liam Massey;Frances Gulland

  • Domoic acid toxicity in Californian sea lions (Zalophus californianus): clinical signs, treatment and survival

    F. M. D. Gulland;M. Haulena;D. Fauquier;G. Langlois

  • The fecal viral flora of California sea lions

    Linlin Li;Tongling Shan;Tongling Shan;Chunlin Wang;Colette Côté

  • The role of organochlorines in cancer-associated mortality in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)

    Gina M. Ylitalo;John E. Stein;Torn Hom;Lyndal L. Johnson

  • Prevalence of algal toxins in Alaskan marine mammals foraging in a changing arctic and subarctic environment

    Kathi A. Lefebvre;Lori Quakenbush;Elizabeth Frame;Kathy Burek Huntington

  • A Decade of Live California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Strandings Along the Central California Coast: Causes and Trends, 1991-2000

    Denise J. Greig;Frances M. D. Gulland;Christine Kreuder

  • Determination of HBCD, PBDEs and MeO-BDEs in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) stranded between 1993 and 2003.

    H. M. Stapleton;N. G. Dodder;J. R. Kucklick;Christopher M. Reddy

  • Pathology of domoic acid toxicity in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus).

    P. A. Silvagni;Linda J Lowenstine;T. Spraker;T. P. Lipscomb

  • Predictors of reproductive cost in female Soay sheep

    Giacomo Tavecchia;Giacomo Tavecchia;Tim Coulson;Byron J.T. Morgan;Josephine M. Pemberton

  • Isolation and Characterization of Two Parasitic Protozoa from a Pacific Harbor Seal (Phoca Vitulina Richardsi) With Meningoencephalomyelitis

    Melissa A. Miller;Karen Sverlow;Paul R. Crosbie;Bradd C. Barr

  • LEPTOSPIROSIS IN CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS (ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS) STRANDED ALONG THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST, 1981–1994

    F. M D Gulland;M. Koski;Linda J Lowenstine;A. Colagross

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda J. Lowenstine
Linda J. Lowenstine University of California, Davis
Jonna A. K. Mazet
Jonna A. K. Mazet University of California, Davis
Terry R. Spraker
Terry R. Spraker Colorado State University
Patricia A. Conrad
Patricia A. Conrad University of California, Davis
Melissa A. Miller
Melissa A. Miller California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Donald P. King
Donald P. King The Pirbright Institute
Gina M. Ylitalo
Gina M. Ylitalo National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James O. Lloyd-Smith
James O. Lloyd-Smith University of California, Los Angeles
Randall S. Wells
Randall S. Wells Chicago Zoological Society
Bryan T. Grenfell
Bryan T. Grenfell Princeton University

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