Kimberlee B Beckmen

Summary

Affiliation: University of Alaska
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi 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
  2. ncbi Infectious disease and the decline of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska, USA: insights from serologic data
    Kathy A Burek
    Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services, P O Box 773072, Eagle River, AK 99577, USA
    J Wildl Dis 41:512-24. 2005
  3. ncbi Prion protein genes in caribou from Alaska
    George M Happ
    Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775 7000, USA
    J Wildl Dis 43:224-8. 2007
  4. ncbi Mercury concentrations in the fur of steller sea lions and northern fur seals from Alaska
    Kimberlee B Beckmen
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2001 S Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
    Mar Pollut Bull 44:1130-5. 2002
  5. ncbi Metal tissue levels in Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups
    Amie L Holmes
    Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology, University of Southern Maine, 96 Falmouth Street, Portland, ME 04104, USA
    Mar Pollut Bull 56:1416-21. 2008

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Publications5

  1. ncbi 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...
  2. ncbi Infectious disease and the decline of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska, USA: insights from serologic data
    Kathy A Burek
    Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services, P O Box 773072, Eagle River, AK 99577, USA
    J Wildl Dis 41:512-24. 2005
    ..Systematic monitoring for disease agents and their effects is needed to determine whether infectious disease currently plays a role in the decline and lack of recovery of Steller sea lions...
  3. ncbi Prion protein genes in caribou from Alaska
    George M Happ
    Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775 7000, USA
    J Wildl Dis 43:224-8. 2007
    ..Genetics seems to permit the spread of chronic wasting disease from middle-latitude deer to high-latitude caribou in North America...
  4. ncbi Mercury concentrations in the fur of steller sea lions and northern fur seals from Alaska
    Kimberlee B Beckmen
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2001 S Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
    Mar Pollut Bull 44:1130-5. 2002
    ..Analyses indicated higher THg concentrations from SSL pups from PWS compared to the SEA. Mean +/- SD. THg in the NFS pups was 4.90 +/- 1.42 microg/g (n = 34) and for post-partum dams was 7.84 +/- 1.78 microg/g (n = 12)...
  5. ncbi Metal tissue levels in Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups
    Amie L Holmes
    Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology, University of Southern Maine, 96 Falmouth Street, Portland, ME 04104, USA
    Mar Pollut Bull 56:1416-21. 2008
    ..Neither gender nor region had a significant effect on metal burdens. Future work should consider metal concentrations in juveniles and adults and toxicological studies need to be performed to begin to assess the toxicity of these metals...