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  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Thomas R. Loughlin is affiliated with the National Marine Fisheries Service in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields within both the life sciences and humanities, with publications recorded in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Arts and Humanities. The subfields covered include Archeology, Physiology, Genetics, Aging, and Anthropology.

Their research topics focus on several specialized areas, including:

  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • High Altitude and Hypoxia
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Classical Antiquity Studies
  • Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
  • Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History

Among the notable recent papers associated with their research are:

  • The Impact of Hindlimb Suspension on the Rat Eye: A Molecular and Histological Analysis of the Retina (2021, Gravitational and Space Research)
  • EXCAVATIONS IN THE ANCIENT THEATRE OF SPARTA, 2008 (2024, The Annual of the British School at Athens)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Thomas R. Loughlin include:

  • Corey A. Theriot
  • Patricia Chévez-Barrios
  • Afshin Beheshti
  • Nathaniel D. Mercaldo
  • Susana B. Zanello

The venues publishing their work feature:

  • Gravitational and Space Research
  • The Annual of the British School at Athens

In recognition of their professional contributions, Thomas R. Loughlin received the title of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Foraging behavior of adult female and young-of-the-year Steller sea lions in Alaskan waters

    Richard L. Merrick;Thomas R. Loughlin

  • High Variability for Control-Region Sequences in a Marine Mammal: Implications for Conservation and Biogeography of Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus)

    John W. Bickham;John C. Patton;Thomas R. Loughlin

  • RANGE‐WIDE SURVEY AND ESTIMATION OF TOTAL NUMBER OF STELLER SEA LIONS IN 1989

    Thomas R. Loughlin;Adolf S. Perlov;Valery A. Vladimirov

  • Oceanographic features related to northern fur seal migratory movements

    Rolf R. Ream;Jeremy T. Sterling;Thomas R. Loughlin

  • DECLINE IN ABUNDANCE OF THE NORTHERN SEA LION, EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS, IN ALASKA, 1956·86

    Richard L. Merrick;Thomas R. Loughlin;Donald G. Calkins

  • Dynamics of the Bering Sea

    Unknown

  • Separation of foraging habitat among breeding sites of a colonial marine predator, the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus)

    Bruce W Robson;Michael E Goebel;Jason D Baker;Rolf R Ream

  • Relationship between Fish Size and Otolith Length for 63 Species of Fishes from the Eastern North Pacific Ocean

    Unknown

  • DISPERSAL, ROOKERY FIDELITY, AND METAPOPULATION STRUCTURE OF STELLER SEA LIONS (EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS) IN AN INCREASING AND A DECREASING POPULATION IN ALASKA

    Kimberly L. Raum-Suryan;Kenneth W. Pitcher;Donald G. Calkins;John L. Sease

  • Aerial and Land-Based Surveys of Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus)

    J. L. Sease;W. P. Taylor;T. R. Loughlin;K. W. Pitcher

  • Deep genetic subdivision within a continuously distributed and highly vagile marine mammal, the Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

    Joseph Hoffman;C. Matson;C. Matson;W. Amos;T.R. Loughlin

  • Diving behavior of immature Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus)

    Thomas R. Loughlin;Jeremy T. Sterling;Richard L. Merrick;John L. Sease

  • Characteristics of feeding trips of female northern fur seals

    Thomas R. Loughlin;John L. Bengtson;Richard L. Merrick

  • The Steller sea lion : A declining species

    Thomas R. Loughlin

  • Northern sea lion distribution and abundance: 1956-80

    Thomas R. Loughlin;David J. Rugh;Clifford H. Fiscus

  • KILLER WHALES AND MARINE MAMMAL TRENDS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC—A RE-EXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE FOR SEQUENTIAL MEGAFAUNA COLLAPSE AND THE PREY-SWITCHING HYPOTHESIS

    Paul R. Wade;Vladimir N. Burkanov;Marilyn E. Dahlheim;Nancy A. Friday

  • Health status of young Alaska Steller sea lion pups (Eumetopias jubatus) as indicated by blood chemistry and hematology.

    Lorrie D Rea;Lorrie D Rea;Michael A Castellini;Brian S Fadely;T.R Loughlin

  • An Accounting of the Sources of Steller Sea Lion, Eumetopias jubatus, Mortality

    Thomas R. Loughlin;Anne E. York

  • Persistent organochlorines in Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) from the bulk of Alaska and the Bering Sea, 1976–1981

    J.S. Lee;S. Tanabe;H. Umino;R. Tatsukawa

  • Variation of Mitochondrial Control Region Sequences of Steller Sea Lions: the Three-Stock Hypothesis

    Alyson R. Baker;Thomas R. Loughlin;Vladimir Burkanov;Cole W. Matson

  • Use of satellite-linked telemetry to study Steller sea lion and northern fur seal foraging

    R. L. Merrick;T. R. Loughlin;G. A. Antonelis;R. Hill

  • GENETIC VARIABILITY AND POPULATION DECLINE IN STELLER SEA LIONS FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA

    John W. Bickham;Thomas R. Loughlin;Donald G. Calkins;Jeffrey K. Wickliffe

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Bickham
John W. Bickham Texas A&M University
Ryo Tatsukawa
Ryo Tatsukawa Ehime University
Cole W. Matson
Cole W. Matson Baylor University
Sue E. Moore
Sue E. Moore University of Washington
Shinsuke Tanabe
Shinsuke Tanabe Ehime University
Grey W. Pendleton
Grey W. Pendleton Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Randall W. Davis
Randall W. Davis Texas A&M University
Terry R. Spraker
Terry R. Spraker Colorado State University
John K. B. Ford
John K. B. Ford Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Terrie M. Williams
Terrie M. Williams University of California, Santa Cruz

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