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Overview

James L. Bodkin is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily centers on environmental science, with significant contributions also in earth and planetary sciences.

The main subfields of study in Bodkin's work include ecology, global and planetary change, oceanography, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and molecular biology. Their research topics emphasize marine animal studies, marine and fisheries research, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, marine and coastal plant biology, cephalopods and marine biology, isotope analysis in ecology, and identification and quantification in food.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Bodkin include:

  • Heather A. Coletti
  • Daniel H. Monson
  • Benjamin P. Weitzman
  • Brenda E. Ballachey
  • George G. Esslinger

Publications by Bodkin have appeared in multiple scientific venues, notably:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Ecological Monographs
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Marine Ecology
  • Marine Mammal Science

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Bodkin include:

  • Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Sea otter population collapse in southwest Alaska: assessing ecological covariates, consequences, and causal factors (2021, Ecological Monographs)
  • Genomic analyses reveal range-wide devastation of sea otter populations (2021, Molecular Ecology)
  • Evidence of increased mussel abundance related to the Pacific marine heatwave and sea star wasting (2022, Marine Ecology)
  • Spatial epidemiological patterns suggest mechanisms of land-sea transmission for Sarcocystis neurona in a coastal marine mammal (2020, Scientific Reports)

Best Publications

  • Long-Term Ecosystem Response to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

    Charles H. Peterson;Stanley D. Rice;Jeffrey W. Short;Daniel Esler

  • Structure and mechanism of diet specialisation: testing models of individual variation in resource use with sea otters

    M. Tim Tinker;Paulo R. Guimarães;Mark Novak;Mark Novak;Flavia Maria Darcie Marquitti

  • Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave.

    Robert M. Suryan;Mayumi L. Arimitsu;Heather A. Coletti;Russell R. Hopcroft

  • Sea otter population status and the process of recovery from the 1989 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill

    James L. Bodkin;Brenda E. Ballachey;T.A. Dean;Allan K. Fukuyama

  • Long-term impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on sea otters, assessed through age-dependent mortality patterns

    Daniel H. Monson;Daniel F. Doak;Brenda E. Ballachey;Aaron H. Johnson

  • Life history plasticity and population regulation in sea otters

    Daniel H. Monson;James A. Estes;James L. Bodkin;Donald B. Siniff

  • FORAGING DEPTHS OF SEA OTTERS AND IMPLICATIONS TO COASTAL MARINE COMMUNITIES

    James L. Bodkin;George G. Esslinger;Daniel H. Monson

  • The interaction of intraspecific competition and habitat on individual diet specialization: a near range-wide examination of sea otters.

    Seth D. Newsome;M. Tim Tinker;Verena A. Gill;Zachary N. Hoyt

  • Effects of kelp forest removal on associated fish assemblages in central California

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  • Population Demographics and Genetic Diversity in Remnant and Translocated Populations of Sea Otters

    James L. Bodkin;Brenda E. Ballachey;M.A. Cronin;K.T. Scribner

  • Trophic Mass-Balance Model of Alaska's Prince William Sound Ecosystem, for the Post-Spill Period 1994-1996

    T. A. Okey;D. Pauly;J. Allen;P. Anderson

  • Using Ecological Function to Develop Recovery Criteria for Depleted Species: Sea Otters and Kelp Forests in the Aleutian Archipelago

    James A. Estes;M. Tim Tinker;James L. Bodkin

  • Microsatellite DNA and Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Remnant and Translocated Sea Otter (Enhydra Lutris) Populations

    Shawn E. Larson;Ronald J. Jameson;James L. Bodkin;Michelle Staedler

  • Food limitation and the recovery of sea otters following the 'Exxon Valdez' oil spill

    Thomas A. Dean;James L. Bodkin;Allan K. Fukuyama;Stephen C. Jewett

  • Incorporating diverse data and realistic complexity into demographic estimation procedures for sea otters.

    M. Tim Tinker;Daniel F. Doak;James A. Estes;Brian B. Hatfield

  • AGE‐ AND SEX‐SPECIFIC MORTALITY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE IN SEA OTTERS

    James L. Bodkin;Alexander M. Burdin;Dmitry A. Ryazanov

  • Long-term effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill: sea otter foraging in the intertidal as a pathway of exposure to lingering oil

    James L. Bodkin;Brenda E. Ballachey;Heather A. Coletti;George G. Esslinger

  • Could residual oil from the Exxon Valdez spill create a long-term population ''sink'' for sea otters in Alaska?

    Daniel H. Monson;Daniel F. Doak;Brenda E. Ballachey;James L. Bodkin

  • Mitochondrial-DNA variation among subspecies and populations of sea otters (Enhydra lutris)

    Matthew A. Cronin;James L. Bodkin;Brenda E. Ballachey;James A. Estes

  • Changes in sea urchins and kelp following a reduction in sea otter density as a result of the Exxon Valdez oil spill

    Thomas A. Dean;James L. Bodkin;Stephen C. Jewett;Daniel H. Monson

  • Patterns of growth and body condition in sea otters from the Aleutian archipelago before and after the recent population decline.

    K.L. Laidre;J.A. Estes;J.A. Estes;J.A. Estes;M. T. Tinker;James L. Bodkin

  • Patterns of seabird and marine mammal carcass deposition along the central California coast, 1980-1986

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  • Estimating Age of Sea Otters with Cementum Layers in the First Premolar

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  • An overview of sea otter studies

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  • Historic and Contemporary Status of Sea Otters in the North Pacific

    James L. Bodkin

  • Timelines and mechanisms of wildlife population recovery following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

    Daniel N. Esler;Brenda E. Ballachey;Craig O. Matkin;Daniel Cushing

  • Trade-offs between energy maximization and parental care in a central place forager, the sea otter

    N.M. Thometz;M.M. Staedler;J.A. Tomoleoni;J.L. Bodkin

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Tim Tinker
M. Tim Tinker United States Geological Survey
James A. Estes
James A. Estes University of California, Santa Cruz
Daniel Esler
Daniel Esler United States Geological Survey
Patricia A. Conrad
Patricia A. Conrad University of California, Davis
Kristin L. Laidre
Kristin L. Laidre University of Washington
John F. Piatt
John F. Piatt United States Geological Survey
Melissa A. Miller
Melissa A. Miller California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Stanley D. Rice
Stanley D. Rice National Marine Fisheries Service
Randall W. Davis
Randall W. Davis Texas A&M University
Bryan Andrew Black
Bryan Andrew Black University of Arizona

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