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| Gina M YlitaloSummaryAffiliation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Country: USA Publications
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Federal seafood safety response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spillGina M Ylitalo
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:20274-9. 2012..However, as of November 9, 2011, some state waters off the Louisiana coast (Barataria Bay and the Delta region) remain closed to fishing...
Organochlorine contaminants in endangered Hawaiian monk seals from four subpopulations in the Northwestern Hawaiian IslandsGina M Ylitalo
United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
Mar Pollut Bull 56:231-44. 2008....
The role of organochlorines in cancer-associated mortality in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)Gina M Ylitalo
Environmental Conservation Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
Mar Pollut Bull 50:30-9. 2005..Age, sex, mass and length did not affect the probability of dying from carcinoma...
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and risk to threatened and endangered Chinook salmon in the Lower Columbia River estuaryGladys K Yanagida
Environmental Conservation Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Blvd E, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 62:282-95. 2012..Environ Toxicol Chem 27(4):845-853, 2008). These findings suggest that PAHs in the food chain are a potential source of injury to juvenile salmon in the Lower Columbia and Lower Willamette rivers...
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in outmigrant juvenile Chinook salmon from the lower Columbia River and Estuary and Puget Sound, WashingtonCatherine A Sloan
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Environmental Conservation Division, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 2725 Montlake Blvd E, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 58:403-14. 2010....
Persistent organic pollutants in outmigrant juvenile chinook salmon from the Lower Columbia Estuary, USALyndal L Johnson
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Environmental Conservation Division, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 2725 Montlake Blvd E, Seattle, WA 98112, United States
Sci Total Environ 374:342-66. 2007..Contaminant body burdens in salmon were poorly correlated with contaminant concentrations previously measured in local bed sediments, suggesting that pelagic as well as benthic sources are important in determining salmon exposure...
Trends in organic pollutants and lipids in juvenile Snake River spring Chinook salmon with different outmigrating histories through the Lower Snake and Middle Columbia RiversMary R Arkoosh
Environmental Conservation Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2032 South East OSU Drive, Newport, OR 97365, United States
Sci Total Environ 409:5086-100. 2011....
Unexpectedly high mortality in Pacific herring embryos exposed to the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco BayJohn P Incardona
Environmental Conservation Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:E51-8. 2012..Nevertheless, we successfully delineated the biological impacts of an oil spill in an urbanized coastal estuary with an overlapping backdrop of atmospheric, vessel, and land-based sources of PAC pollution...
Effects of age, sex and reproductive status on persistent organic pollutant concentrations in "Southern Resident" killer whalesMargaret M Krahn
NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
Mar Pollut Bull 58:1522-9. 2009..Nitrogen stable isotope values, supported by field observations, indicated possible changes in the diet of L-pod over the last decade...
Recurrent die-offs of adult coho salmon returning to spawn in Puget Sound lowland urban streamsNathaniel L Scholz
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e28013. 2011..Stormwater may therefore place important constraints on efforts to conserve and recover coho populations in urban and urbanizing watersheds throughout the western United States...
An evaluation of the influence of stock origin and out-migration history on the disease susceptibility and survival of juvenile Chinook salmonJoseph P Dietrich
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Newport Research Station, 2032 Southeast OSU Drive, Newport, Oregon 97365, USA
J Aquat Anim Health 23:35-47. 2011....
Bioaccumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls in juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) outmigrating through a contaminated urban estuary: dynamics and applicationJames P Meador
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Fish Health Program, Environmental Conservation Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
Ecotoxicology 19:141-52. 2010..These results highlight the importance of time and space in sampling design for a highly mobile species in a heterogeneous estuary...
Contaminant exposure in outmigrant juvenile salmon from Pacific Northwest estuaries of the United StatesLyndal L Johnson
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Environmental Conservation Division, National Marine Fisheries, Service, NOAA, 2725 Montlake Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98112, USA
Environ Monit Assess 124:167-94. 2007....
Organochlorine contaminants in endangered Steller sea lion pups (Eumetopias jubatus) from western Alaska and the Russian Far EastMatthew J Myers
Alaska SeaLife Center, 301 Railway Ave, PO Box 1329, Seward, AK 99664, United States
Sci Total Environ 396:60-9. 2008....
Spatial extent, magnitude, and patterns of persistent organochlorine pollutants in Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) populations in the Puget Sound (USA) and Strait of Georgia (Canada)James E West
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, 600 Capitol Way N, Olympia, WA 98501 1091, USA
Sci Total Environ 394:369-78. 2008..This segregation likely resulted from differential exposure to contaminants, related to where these populations reside and feed, rather than differences in their age, size, trophic level, or lipid content...
Vitamin A and E tissue distribution with comparisons to organochlorine concentrations in the serum, blubber and liver of the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)Cheryl Rosa
Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 311 Irving I Building, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 148:454-62. 2007..The relationships between serum, liver and blubber retinol and serum and blubber OC concentrations were examined with no significant correlations noted...
PCBs and DDT in the serum of juvenile California sea lions: associations with vitamins A and E and thyroid hormonesCathy Debier
Unite de Biochimie de la Nutrition, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2 8, B 1348 Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
Environ Pollut 134:323-32. 2005..1). As juvenile California sea lions are useful sentinels of coastal contamination, the high levels encountered in their serum is cause for concern about the ecosystem health of the area...
Organochlorines in the free-ranging Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) from French Frigate Shoals, North Pacific OceanMaia K Willcox
Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Sci Total Environ 322:81-93. 2004..Although it is clear that the Hawaiian monk seal has been exposed to OCs, it is unclear what biological effects, if any, these xenobiotics may have on the animals...
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
Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P O Box 757000, Fairbanks, AK 99775 7000, USA
Mar Pollut Bull 46:594-606. 2003..Higher OC exposure and poor immune responses in first-born pups may indicate a higher risk of secondary morbidity and mortality than pups of multiparous dams...
Transplacental transfer of organochlorines in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)Denise J Greig
The Marine Mammal Center, 1065 Fort Cronkhite, Sausalito, California 94965, USA
Environ Toxicol Chem 26:37-44. 2007..Fetal TEQ was explained by maternal TEQ and maternal age. The ability to predict contaminant concentrations in fetal blubber from maternal parameters is important for developing risk assessment models for marine mammals...
