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Gina M. Ylitalo is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their work also spans ecology, nature and landscape conservation, environmental chemistry, and global and planetary change.

The main topics of Gina M. Ylitalo's research include:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Ylitalo has contributed to a number of publications, often collaborating with coauthors such as Daryle Boyd, Nathaniel L. Scholz, Sandra M. O'Neill, Jennie L. Bolton, and Paul M. Chittaro.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among the recent papers associated with their research are:

  • "Stratification of lipids, fatty acids and organochlorine contaminants in blubber of white whales and killer whales" (2023) published in The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • "Persistent Contaminants and Herpesvirus OtHV1 Are Positively Associated With Cancer in Wild California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)" (2020) published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Organochlorine contaminant concentrations and lipid profiles in eastern North Pacific gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus)" (2023) published in The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • "Low-level embryonic crude oil exposure disrupts ventricular ballooning and subsequent trabeculation in Pacific herring" (2021) published in Aquatic Toxicology
  • "Highly contaminated river otters (Lontra canadensis) are effective biomonitors of environmental pollutant exposure" (2022) published in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Best Publications

  • Health of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Barataria Bay, Louisiana Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

    Lori H. Schwacke;Cynthia R. Smith;Forrest I. Townsend;Randall S. Wells

  • Altered growth and related physiological responses in juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from dietary exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

    J P Meador;F C Sommers;G M Ylitalo;C A Sloan

  • 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

  • Influence of life-history parameters on organochlorine concentrations in free-ranging killer whales (Orcinus orca) from Prince William Sound, AK.

    Gina M Ylitalo;Craig O Matkin;Jon Buzitis;Margaret M Krahn

  • Recurrent die-offs of adult coho salmon returning to spawn in Puget Sound lowland urban streams.

    Nathaniel L. Scholz;Mark S. Myers;Sarah G. McCarthy;Jana S. Labenia

  • Mass spectrometric analysis for aromatic compounds in bile of fish sampled after the Exxon Valdez oil spill

    Margaret M. Krahn;Douglas G. Burrows;Gina M. Ylitalo;Donald W. Brown

  • Unexpectedly high mortality in Pacific herring embryos exposed to the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay

    John P. Incardona;Carol A. Vines;Bernadita F. Anulacion;David H. Baldwin

  • Effects on Fish of Polycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonS (PAHS) and Naphthenic Acid Exposures

    Tracy K. Collier;Bernadita F. Anulacion;Mary R. Arkoosh;Joseph P. Dietrich

  • Effects of age, sex and reproductive status on persistent organic pollutant concentrations in "Southern Resident" killer whales.

    Margaret M. Krahn;M. Bradley Hanson;Gregory S. Schorr;Candice K. Emmons

  • Federal seafood safety response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

    Gina M. Ylitalo;Margaret M. Krahn;Walton W. Dickhoff;John E. Stein

  • Organochlorine contaminant exposure and associations with hematological and humoral immune functional assays with dam age as a factor in free-ranging northern fur seal pups (Callorhinus ursinus).

    Kimberlee B. Beckmen;John E. Blake;Gina M. Ylitalo;Jeffrey L. Stott

  • Contaminant exposure in outmigrant juvenile salmon from Pacific Northwest estuaries of the United States.

    Lyndal L. Johnson;Gina M. Ylitalo;Mary R. Arkoosh;Anna N. Kagley

  • Factors affecting organochlorine contaminant concentrations in milk and blood of northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) dams and pups from St. George Island, Alaska

    Kimberlee B. Beckmen;Gina M. Ylitalo;Rodney G. Towell;Margaret M. Krahn

  • Effects of Legacy Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Fish—Current and Future Challenges

    Lyndal L. Johnson;Bernadita F. Anulacion;Mary R. Arkoosh;Douglas G. Burrows

  • The role of domoic acid in abortion and premature parturition of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) on San Miguel Island, California.

    Tracey Goldstein;Tracey Goldstein;Tanja S. Zabka;Robert L. DeLong;Elizabeth A. Wheeler

  • Stratification of lipids, fatty acids and organochlorine contaminants in blubber of white whales and killer whales

    Margaret M. Krahn;David P. Herman;Gina M. Ylitalo;Catherine A. Sloan

  • Screening for planar chlorobiphenyl congeners in tissues of marine biota by high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array detection

    Margaret M. Krahn;Gina M. Ylitalo;Jon Buzitis;Catherine A. Sloan

  • PCBs and DDT in the serum of juvenile California sea lions: associations with vitamins A and E and thyroid hormones.

    Cathy Debier;Gina M. Ylitalo;Michael Weise;Frances Gulland

  • Analyses for petroleum-related contaminants in marine fish and sediments following the Gulf oil spill

    Margaret M. Krahn;Gina M. Ylitalo;Jon Buzitis;Jennie L. Bolton

  • Persistent organic pollutants in outmigrant juvenile chinook salmon from the Lower Columbia Estuary, USA.

    Lyndal L. Johnson;Gina M. Ylitalo;Catherine A. Sloan;Bernadita F. Anulacion

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret M. Krahn
Margaret M. Krahn National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Tracy K. Collier
Tracy K. Collier National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Frances M. D. Gulland
Frances M. D. Gulland University of California, Davis
Nathaniel L. Scholz
Nathaniel L. Scholz National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mark S. Myers
Mark S. Myers National Marine Fisheries Service
Todd M. O'Hara
Todd M. O'Hara University of Alaska Fairbanks
Samuel K. Wasser
Samuel K. Wasser University of Washington
John E. Stein
John E. Stein National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Robin W. Baird
Robin W. Baird Cascadia Research Collective
Linda J. Lowenstine
Linda J. Lowenstine University of California, Davis

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