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1765
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505

Overview

J. Christian Franson is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States and conducts research primarily in environmental science. Their scholarly work spans multiple interrelated subfields including health, toxicology, and mutagenesis, pollution, microbiology, animal science and zoology, and genetics.

Their research encompasses several key topics, notably environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, mercury impact and mitigation studies, heavy metals in the environment, reproductive tract infections, coccidia and coccidiosis research, as well as investigations related to Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites.

Franson has contributed articles to several scientific journals, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management
  • Avian Pathology
  • Journal of Wildlife Management

Their recent papers include the following:

  • "Trace Elements in Blood of Sea Ducks from Dutch Harbor and Izembek Lagoon, Alaska," published in 2022 in the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management
  • "Apparent discrepancies in the review 'Avian host range of Chlamydophila spp. based on isolation, antigen detection and serology' by Kaleta, E.F. & Taday, E.M.A. (2003), Avian Pathology, 32, 435-462," published in 2023 in Avian Pathology
  • "Lead Exposure in Waterfowl Before Nontoxic Shot Requirements: A Nationwide Study, 1983−1986," listed twice with publications in 2025 in both the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management and the Journal of Wildlife Management

Throughout their career, Franson has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Christine M. Bunck
  • Tuula E. Hollmén
  • Paul L. Flint
  • Angela C. Matz

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of Influenza A viruses in wild migratory birds in Alaska: Patterns of variation in detection at a crossroads of intercontinental flyways

    Hon S Ip;Paul L Flint;J Christian Franson;Robert J Dusek

  • Genetic evidence of intercontinental movement of avian influenza in a migratory bird: the northern pintail (Anas acuta).

    Anson V. Koehler;John M. Pearce;Paul L. Flint;J. Christian Franson

  • TISSUE LEAD DISTRIBUTION AND HEMATOLOGIC EFFECTS IN AMERICAN KESTRELS (FALCO SPARVERIUS L.) FED BIOLOGICALLY INCORPORATED LEAD

    Thomas W. Custer;J. Christian Franson;Oliver H. Pattee

  • Intercontinental reassortment and genomic variation of low pathogenic avian influenza viruses isolated from northern pintails (Anas acuta) in Alaska: Examining the evidence through space and time

    Andrew M. Ramey;John M. Pearce;Paul L. Flint;Hon S. Ip

  • EFFECTS OF CHRONIC DIETARY LEAD IN AMERICAN KESTRELS (FALCO SPARVERIUS)

    J. Christian Franson;Louis Sileo;Oliver H. Pattee;John F. Moore

  • Survival, growth, and accumulation of ingested lead in nestling American Kestrels ( Falco sparverius )

    David J. Hoffman;J. Christian Franson;Oliver H. Pattee;Christine M. Bunck

  • Lead Fishing Weights and Other Fishing Tackle in Selected Waterbirds

    J. Christian Franson;Scott P. Hansen;Terry E. Creekmore;Terry E. Creekmore;Christopher J. Brand

  • Avian influenza at both ends of a migratory flyway: characterizing viral genomic diversity to optimize surveillance plans for North America

    John M. Pearce;Andrew M. Ramey;Paul L. Flint;Anson V. Koehler

  • Use of serum biochemistry to evaluate nutritional status and health of incubating common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in Finland.

    T. Hollmen;J. C. Franson;Martti Hario;S. Sankari

  • Causes of mortality in eagles submitted to the National Wildlife Health Center 1975–2013

    Robin E. Russell;J. Christian Franson

  • Isolation and characterization of a reovirus from common eiders (Somateria mollissima) from Finland.

    Tuula Hollmén;Tuula Hollmén;J. Christian Franson;Mikael Kilpi;Douglas E. Docherty

  • Sources and implications of lead ammunition and fishing tackle on natural resources

    B. A. Rattner;J. Christian Franson;S.R. Sheffield;C.I. Goddard

  • Surveillance for high pathogenicity avian influenza virus in wild birds in the Pacific Flyway of the United States, 2006-2007

    Robert J. Dusek;J. Bradley Bortner;Thomas J. DeLiberto;Jenny Hoskins

  • Lead poisoning of spectacled eiders (Somateria fischeri) and of a common eider (Somateria mollissima) in Alaska.

    J. Christian Franson;Margaret R. Petersen;Carol U. Meteyer;Milton R. Smith

  • Concentrations of trace elements in eggs and blood of spectacled and common eiders on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, USA.

    James B. Grand;J. Christian Franson;Paul L. Flint;Margaret R. Petersen

  • ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN PLASMA, LIVER AND KIDNEY OF BLACK DUCKS AND MALLARDS

    J. Christian Franson

  • High Seroprevalence of Antibodies to Avian Influenza Viruses among Wild Waterfowl in Alaska: Implications for Surveillance

    Heather M. Wilson;Jeffery S. Hall;Paul L. Flint;J. Christian Franson

  • Experimental infection of a North American raptor, American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N1).

    Jeffrey S. Hall;Hon S. Ip;J. Christian Franson;Carol Meteyer

  • Lead and eagles: demographic and pathological characteristics of poisoning, and exposure levels associated with other causes of mortality.

    J. Christian Franson;Robin E. Russell

  • Toxic Exposure of Songbirds to Lead in the Southeast Missouri Lead Mining District

    W. Nelson Beyer;J. Christian Franson;John B. French;Thomas May

  • ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN PLASMA, KIDNEY, LIVER, AND MUSCLE OF FIVE AVIAN SPECIES

    J. Christian Franson;Helen C. Murray;Christine Bunck

  • Selected trace elements and organochlorines: Some findings in blood and eggs of nesting common eiders (Somateria mollissima) from Finland

    J. Christian Franson;Tuula E. Hollmen;Robert H. Poppenga;Martti Hario

  • Eider females form non‐kin brood‐rearing coalitions

    Markus Öst;Emma Vitikainen;Peter Waldeck;Liselotte Sundström

  • Evidence of chromosomal damage in common eiders (Somateria mollissima) from the Baltic Sea.

    Cole W. Matson;J. Christian Franson;Tuula Hollmén;Tuula Hollmén;Mikael Kilpi

  • Lead poisoning and trace elements in common eiders Somateria mollissima from Finland

    Tuula Hollmén;J. Christian Franson;Robert H. Poppenga;Martti Hario

  • Does influenza A affect body condition of wild mallard ducks, or vice versa?

    Paul L. Flint;J. Christian Franson

  • INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS ANTIBODIES IN EIDER DUCKS AND HERRING GULLS

    Tuula Hollmén;J. Christian Franson;Douglas E. Docherty;Mikael Kilpi

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul L. Flint
Paul L. Flint United States Geological Survey
Hon S. Ip
Hon S. Ip United States Geological Survey
Joel A. Schmutz
Joel A. Schmutz United States Geological Survey
Lee F. Skerratt
Lee F. Skerratt University of Melbourne
Robin E. Russell
Robin E. Russell United States Geological Survey
Kai Lindström
Kai Lindström Åbo Akademi University
Erich Möstl
Erich Möstl University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Richard B. Lanctot
Richard B. Lanctot United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Anson V. Koehler
Anson V. Koehler University of Melbourne
Warren P. Porter
Warren P. Porter University of Wisconsin–Madison

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