Research Publications in APA Citation

Krasner, A. E., Martinez, M. E., Field, C. L., & Fire, S. E. (2025). The toxic effects of environmental domoic acid exposure on humans and marine wildlife. Marine Drugs, 23(2), 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/md23020061

Peters, M., Field, C. L., Hortensius, L. M., Soper, J., Burco, J., Kelly, T. R., & Prager, K. C. (2025). Evaluation of two serologic tests for rapid detection of anti-leptospira antibodies in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-24-00055

Zotto, S. N., Dunkin, R. C., Limon, J. D., Smith, M. S., Hortensius, L. M., Martinez, M. E., Duignan, P. J., Field, C., Soto, E., Whitaker, D., Rios, C., Byukusenge, M., Jayarao, B., Kuchipudi, S. V., & Kinsley, A. C. (2025). Klebsiella pneumoniae in stranded california sea lions (Zalophus californianus) of central California between 2017-2022. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1484944. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1484944

Barbosa, L., Borremans, B., Deming, A. C., Gálvez, C., Norris, T., Pattison, S., Whoriskey, S., & Elorriaga‐Verplancken, F. R. (2024). Inhalant anesthesia for minimally invasive procedures in free‐ranging Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus philippii townsendi). Marine Mammal Science, e13124. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13124

Ghosh, G., Neely, B. A., Bland, A. M., Whitmer, E. R., Field, C. L., Duignan, P. J., & Janech, M. G. (2024). Identification of candidate protein biomarkers associated with domoic acid toxicosis in cerebrospinal fluid of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Journal of Proteome Research, 23, 2419–2430. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.4c00103

Harris, H. S., Harris, M. D., Thompson, G. R., Engelthaler, D. M., Montfort, P. L., Leviner, A. L., & Miller, M. A. (2024). Novel presentation of coccidioidomycosis with myriad free-floating proteinaceous spheres in the pericardial sac of a Southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 60(1), 223–228. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-23-00045 

Markowitz, T. M., Keener, W., Webber, M. A., Payne, A. R., Lane, R. S., Fahlbusch, J. A., & Calambokidis, J. (2024). New urban habitat for endangered humpback whales: San Francisco Bay. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34, e4107. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4107

Raverty, S., Duignan, P., Greig, D., Huggins, J. L., Huntington, K. B., Garner, M., Calambokidis, J., Cottrell, P., Danil, K., D’Alessandro, D., Duffield, D., Flannery, M., Gulland, F. M. D., Halaska, B., Lambourn, D. M., Lehnhart, T., Urbán R., J., Rowles, T., Rice, J., Savage, K., Wilkinson, K., Greenman, J., Viezbicke, J., Cottrell, B., Goley, P.D., Martinez, M., Fauquier, D. (2024). Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) post-mortem findings from December 2018 through 2021 during the Unusual Mortality Event in the Eastern North Pacific. PLoS ONE, 19(3), e0295861. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295861

Tengler, M. L., Dearolf, J., Bryan, A. L., Reichmuth, C., & Thometz, N. M. (2024). Comparative muscle physiology of ringed (Pusa hispida), bearded (Erignathus barbatus), and spotted (Phoca largha) seals from the Bering and Chukchi seas. Aquatic Mammals, 50(3), 181–198. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.50.3.2024.181

Trumbull, E. J., Papich, M. G., Peters, M., Whitmer, E. R., Rivard, M., & Field, C. L. (2024). Comparative pharmacokinetics of a single oral dose of meloxicam in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) and Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii). Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 00, 1–7. https:// doi.org/10.111/jvp.13469

Webber, M. A., Keener, W., Markowitz, T. M., Chamberlin, D., Allen, D., Lane, R. S., Slaathaug, J. M., Rodriguez, P. N., George, K., & O’Hern, J. E. (2024). Fish feeding and rapid foraging behavior switching by gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in California. Aquatic Mammals, 50(2), 132–151. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.50.2.2024.132

Gálvez, C., Raverty, S., Galván-Magaña, F., Field, C. L., & Elorriaga-Verplancken, F. R. (2023). Mortality in an off-shore predator critical habitat during the Northeast Pacific marine heatwave. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1202533. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1202533

Goley, P. D., Calambokidis, J., Duignan, P., Gulland, F. M. D., Halaska, B., Lui, A., Martinez, M., & Mate, B. (2023). Observations of tissue healing around an implanted “C” tag in a Pacific Coast Feeding Group gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus). Marine Mammal Science, 40(1), 254–261. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13066

Gonzales-Viera, O., Goldstein, T., Duignan, P., Eiamcharoen, P., & Keel, M. K. (2023). California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) lymph-node explant reveals involvement and possible transcriptional regulation of SLAM and nectin-4 during phocine distemper virus infection. Veterinary Pathology, 61(1), 125–134. https://doi.org/10.1177/03009858231186189

Horgan, M., Martinez, M. E., Archer, L. L., Duignan, P. J., & Wellehan, J. F. X. (2023). Development and validation of a novel duplex probe–hybridization quantitative pcr for lymphoma-associated miroungine gammaherpesvirus 3 in northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 59(1), 000–000. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-22-00030

Keener, W., Webber, M. A., Markowitz, T. M., Cotter, M. P., Maldini, D., Defran, R. H., Rice, M., Debich, A. J., Lang, A. R., Kelly, D. L., Kesaris, A. G., Bearzi, M., Causey, K., Anderson, D., Shuster, L., & Weller, D. W. (2023). Northern range expansion of California coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Aquatic Mammals, 49(1), 29–43. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.49.1.2023.29

Martinez, M. E., Rivard, M., Sykes, C., Isbell, J., Grimes, S. W., Poppenga, R., & Duignan, P. J. (2023). Osteofluorosis in free ranging California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1223298. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1223298

McClain, A. M., Field, C. L., Norris, T. A., Borremans, B., Duignan, P. J., Johnson, S. P., Whoriskey, S. T., Thompson-Barbosa, L., & Gulland, F. M. D. (2023). The symptomatology and diagnosis of domoic acid toxicosis in stranded California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): A review and evaluation of 20 years of cases to guide prognosis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 10, 1245864. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1245864

Plancarte, M., Kovalenko, G., Baldassano, J., Ramírez, A. L., Carrillo, S., Duignan, P. J., Goodfellow, I., Bortz, E., Dutta, J., Van Bakel, H., & Coffey, L. L. (2023). Human influenza A virus H1N1 in marine mammals in California, 2019. PLOS ONE, 18(3), e0283049. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283049

Plön, S., Best, P. B., Duignan, P., Lavery, S. D., Bernard, R. T. F., Van Waerebeek, K., & Baker, C. S. (2023). Population structure of pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (Kogia sima) sperm whales in the Southern Hemisphere may reflect foraging ecology and dispersal patterns. Advances in Marine Biology, 96, 85–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2023.09.001

Switzer, A. D., Callahan, B. J., Costello, E. K., Bik, E. M., Fontaine, C., Gulland, F. M. D., & Relman, D. A. (2023). Rookery through rehabilitation: Microbial community assembly in newborn harbour seals after maternal separation. Environmental Microbiology, 25(11), 2182–2202. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16444

Van Bressem, M.-F., Raga, J. A., Domingo, M., & Duignan, P. (2023). Historical isolates of dolphin morbillivirus: Origin and new data. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 155, 159–163. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03752

Webber, M. A., Keener, W., Spears, A. C., Cotter, M. P., Lane, R. S., Payne, A. R., & Markowitz, T. M. (2023). New record of California coastal bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in offshore waters. Aquatic Mammals, 49(3), 241–247. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.49.3.2023.241

Whitmer, E. R., Harris, J. D., Orr, A. J., Saunders, S. B., & Johnson, S. P. (2023). Disentanglement and multi‐year survival of a free‐ranging California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) with an upper airway stoma secondary to fishing net entanglement. Veterinary Record Case Reports, e713. https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.713

Williams, D. C., Haulena, M., Dennison, S., Waugh, L., Goldstein, T., Nutter, F., Bonn, B. V., Hoard, V., Laxer, K. D., Buckmaster, P. S., Gulland, F. M. D., & Tharp, B. (2023). Pinniped electroencephalography: Methodology and findings in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 10, 1040125. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1040125

Chang, E. K., Miller, M., Shahin, K., Batac, F., Field, C. L., Duignan, P., Struve, C., Byrne, B. A., Murray, M. J., Greenwald, K., Smith, W. A., Ziccardi, M., & Soto, E. (2022). Genetics and pathology associated with Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella spp. Isolates from North American Pacific coastal marine mammals. Veterinary Microbiology, 265, 109307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109307

Joblon, M. J., Flower, J. E., Thompson, L. A., Biddle, K. E., Burt, D. A., Zabka, T. S., Adkesson, M. J., Halaska, B., Goertz, C. E. C., Rouse, N., Cahoon, S. N., Jetzke, K., Giovanelli, R. P., & Tuttle, A. D. (2022). Investigation of the use of serum biomarkers for the detection of cardiac disease in marine mammals. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 53(2), 373–382. https://doi.org/10.1638/2021-0152

Martinez, M. E., Stacy, N. I., Wellehan, J. F. X., Archer, L. L., Frasca, S., Rios, C., Trumbull, E. J., Rivard, M., Whitmer, E. R., Field, C. L., & Duignan, P. J. (2022). Diffuse large B cell lymphoma and a novel gammaherpesvirus in northern elephant seals Mirounga angustirostris. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 149, 59–70. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03662

McClain, A. M., Whitmer, E. R., Rios, C., Jensen, E. D., Stacy, N. I., & Johnson, S. P. (2022). Evaluation of the HemoCue® WBC system as a point of care diagnostic tool for white blood cell quantification in pinnipeds. Oceans, 3(1), 72–83. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans3010007

Murillo-Cisneros, D. A., McHuron, E. A., Zenteno-Savín, T., Castellini, J. M., Field, C. L., & O’Hara, T. M. (2022). Fetal mercury concentrations in central California Pacific harbor seals: Associated drivers and outcomes. Science of The Total Environment, 820, 153246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153246

Pace, C. N., Webber, M. A., Boege Tobin, D. D., Pemberton, S., Belovarac, J., & Goertz, C. E. C. (2022). The Northernmost and Westernmost Records of the Guadalupe Fur Seal (Arctocephalus philippii townsendi). Aquatic Mammals, 48(6), 592–601. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.48.6.2022.592

Ramos, E. A., Szczepaniak, I. D., Kaplan, J. D., & Reiss, D. (2022). Potential infanticide attempt of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) on a young calf in a tropical caribbean atoll. Aquatic Mammals, 48(2), 132–141. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.48.2.2022.132

Smultea, M. A., Jefferson, T. A., & Lane, R. S. (2022). Marine mammal occurrence, distribution, and behavior in the inland waters of Washington from aerial surveys, 2013–2016. Northwestern Naturalist, 103(2), 118–135. https://doi.org/10.1898/NWN21-12

Tomaselli, M., Ytrehus, B., Opriessnig, T., Duignan, P., Dalton, C., van der Meer, F., Kutz, S., & Checkley, S. (2022). Contagious ecthyma dermatitis as a portal of entry for Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) of the Canadian Arctic. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 58(1), 228–231. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-20-00205

Van Bressem, M.-F., Van Waerebeek, K., & Duignan, P. J. (2022). Tattoo skin disease in Cetacea: A review, with new cases for the northeast pacific. Animals, 12(24), 3581. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12243581

Whoriskey, S., Pearson, L. E., Harris, H. S., Whitmer, E. R., Liwanag, H. E. M., Brodie, E., & Johnson, S. (2022). Using a combination of midazolam and butorphanol is a safe and effective reversible field sedation protocol for Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) pups. Veterinary Record, 191(11), e2238. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.2238

Wittmaack, C., Urbán Ramírez, J., Bernot-Simon, D., Martínez-Aguilar, S., Subbiah, S., Surles, J. G., Looney, M., Kumar, N., Halaska, B., Duignan, P. J., Knauss, M., Burns, K., & Godard-Codding, C. A. J. (2022). Small blubber samples (50 mg) sufficient for analyses of 10 stress and reproductive steroid hormones in gray and fin whales via liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 808764. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.808764

Costa, H., Klein, J., Breines, E. M., Nollens, H. H., Matassa, K., Garron, M., Duignan, P. J., Schmitt, T., Goldstein, T., & Tryland, M. (2021). A comparison of parapoxviruses in North American pinnipeds. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8, 653094. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.653094

Deming, A. C., Wellehan, J. F. X., Colegrove, K. M., Hall, A., Luff, J., Lowenstine, L., Duignan, P., Cortés-Hinojosa, G., & Gulland, F. M. D. (2021). Unlocking the role of a genital herpesvirus, Otarine Herpesvirus 1, in California sea lion cervical cancer. Animals, 11(2), 491. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020491

Elorriaga-Verplancken, F. R., Paniagua-Mendoza, A., Hernández-Camacho, C. J., Webber, M. A., Cruz-Vallejo, R., Nevels, C. R., & González-López, I. (2021). A new Guadalupe fur seal colony in the gulf of California? Ecological and conservation implications. Aquatic Mammals, 47(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.47.1.2021.1

Field, C. L., Whoriskey, S. T., Zhao, X., & Papich, M. G. (2021). Pharmacokinetics of subcutaneous alpha lipoic acid, a proposed therapeutic aid for domoic acid intoxication in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 52(3), 872–879. https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0223

Gunther-Harrington, C. T., Moriarty, M. E., Field, C. L., Adams, L. M., Johnson, C. K., & Murray, M. J. (2021). Transthoracic echocardiographic evaluation and serum cardiac troponin values in anesthetized healthy female southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 52(2), 490–498. https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0137

Javeed, N., Foley, J., Oliver‐Guimera, A., Affolter, V. K., Keel, M. K., Reed, A., Pesapane, R., Duignan, P. J., Murray, M., Tinker, M., & Miller, M. A. (2021). Demodectic mange in threatened southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). Veterinary Dermatology, 32(3), 211-e55. https://doi.org/10.1111/vde.12947

Le Doux-Bloom, C. M., Lane, R. S., Christian, G. J., Masatani, C. A., Hemmert, J. E., & Klimley, A. P. (2022). Seasonal movement patterns and habitat use of sub-adult Striped Bass Morone saxatilis in a highly managed and tidally influenced Pacific Coast Watershed. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 105, 1729–1748. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-021-01197-2

Lian, M., Field, C. L., van Wijngaarden, E., Rios, C., Castellini, J. M., Greig, D. J., Rea, L. D., Coleman, D. J., Thomson, C. E., Gulland, F. M. D., & O’Hara, T. M. (2021). Assessment of clinical outcomes associated with mercury concentrations in harbor seal pups (Phoca vitulina richardii) in central California. Science of The Total Environment, 758, 143686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143686

Liu, H., Plancarte, M., Ball, E. E., Weiss, C. M., Gonzales-Viera, O., Holcomb, K., Ma, Z.-M., Allen, A. M., Reader, J. R., Duignan, P. J., Halaska, B., Khan, Z., Kriti, D., Dutta, J., Van Bakel, H., Jackson, K., Pesavento, P. A., Boyce, W. M., & Coffey, L. L. (2021). Respiratory tract explant infection dynamics of Influenza A virus in California sea lions, northern elephant seals, and rhesus macaques. Journal of Virology, 95(16), e00403-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00403-21

Miller, M. A., Moriarty, M. E., Duignan, P. J., Zabka, T. S., Dodd, E., Batac, F. I., Young, C., Reed, A., Harris, M. D., Greenwald, K., Kudela, R. M., Murray, M. J., Gulland, F. M. D., Miller, P. E., Hayashi, K., Gunther-Harrington, C. T., Tinker, M. T., & Toy-Choutka, S. (2021). Clinical signs and pathology associated with domoic acid toxicosis in Southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 585501. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.585501

Moriarty, M. E., Miller, M. A., Murray, M. J., Duignan, P. J., Gunther-Harrington, C. T., Field, C. L., Adams, L. M., Schmitt, T. L., & Johnson, C. K. (2021). Exploration of serum cardiac troponin I as a biomarker of cardiomyopathy in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). American Journal of Veterinary Research, 82(7), 529–537. https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.82.7.529

Ready, Z. C., Whitmer, E. R., Wright, S. E., Rios, C., Duignan, P. J., & Field, C. L. (2021). Clinical and microbiological characterization of lymph node abscessation in pup and yearling California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) undergoing rehabilitation in a marine mammal center. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 52(4), 1149–1158. https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0225

Rodgers, J. S., Schaffer, P. A., Field, C. L., Ballweber, L. R., & McGrew, A. K. (2021). Optimization of fecal flotations in marine parasitology and determination of the specific gravity of helminth eggs in pinnipeds. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 52(3), 949–955. https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0155

Sarzosa, M. S., Duignan, P., DeRango, E. J., Field, C., Ríos, C., Sanchez, S., Espinoza, E., Loyola, A., Rueda, D., & Páez-Rosas, D. (2021). Occurrence of mycoplasmas in Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) and their association with other respiratory pathogens. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 57(3), 623–627. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-20-00081

Savage, K. N., Burek‐Huntington, K., Wright, S. K., Bryan, A. L., Sheffield, G., Webber, M., Stimmelmayr, R., Tuomi, P., Delaney, M. A., & Walker, W. (2021). Stejneger’s beaked whale strandings in Alaska, 1995–2020. Marine Mammal Science, 37(3), 843–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12780

Trumbull, E. J., Okonski, F., Field, C. L., Casper, D., McClain, A. M., Pattison, S., Whitmer, E. R., Whoriskey, S., & Johnson, S. P. (2021). The use of ephedrine to treat anesthesia-associated hypotension in pinnipeds. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 52(3), 1054–1060. https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0219

Whitmer, E. R., Borremans, B., Duignan, P. J., Johnson, S. P., Lloyd-Smith, J. O., McClain, A. M., Field, C. L., & Prager, K. C. (2021). Classification and regression tree analysis for predicting prognosis in wildlife rehabilitation: A case study of leptospirosis in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 52(1), 38–48. https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0111

Whitmer, E. R., Trumbull, E. J., Harris, H. S., Whoriskey, S. T., & Field, C. L. (2021). Use of potassium chloride for low-residue euthanasia of anesthetized California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) with life-threatening injury or disease. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 259(2), 197–201. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.259.2.197

Whoriskey, S. T., Duignan, P. J., McClain, A. M., Seguel, M., Gulland, F. M. D., Johnson, S. P., & Field, C. L. (2021). Clinical signs, treatment, and outcome for California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) with Sarcocystis-associated polyphasic rhabdomyositis. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 259(10), 1196–1205. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.20.06.0348

Amador‐Capitanachi, M. J., Moreno‐Sánchez, X. G., Ventura‐Domínguez, P. D., Juárez‐Ruiz, A., González‐Rodríguez, E., Gálvez, C., Norris, T., & Elorriaga‐Verplancken, F. R. (2020). Ecological implications of unprecedented warm water anomalies on interannual prey preferences and foraging areas of Guadalupe fur seals. Marine Mammal Science, 36(4), 1254–1270. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12718

Dailey, R. E., Smith, K., Fontaine, C., Jia, Y., & Avery, J. P. (2020). Response of metabolic hormones and blood metabolites to realimentation in rehabilitated harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 190, 629–640. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00360-020-01290-5

Duignan, P. J., Stephens, N. S., & Robb, K. (2020). Fresh water skin disease in dolphins: A case definition based on pathology and environmental factors in Australia. Scientific Reports, 10, 21979. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78858-2

Elliser, C. R., Calambokidis, J., D’Alessandro, D. N., Duffield, D. A., Huggins, J. L., Rice, J., Szczepaniak, I., & Webber, M. (2020). Prey-related asphyxiation in harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) along the U.S. west coast: Importance of American Shad (Alosa sapidissima) on adult female harbor porpoise mortality. Oceans, 1(3), 94–108. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans1030008

Elliser, C. R., Hessing, S., MacIver, K. H., Webber, M. A., & Keener, W. (2020). Harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena vomerina) catching and handling large fish on the U.S. west coast. Aquatic Mammals, 46(2), 191–199. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.46.2.2020.191

Gulland, F. M. D., Hall, A. J., Ylitalo, G. M., Colegrove, K. M., Norris, T., Duignan, P. J., Halaska, B., Acevedo Whitehouse, K., Lowenstine, L. J., Deming, A. C., & Rowles, T. K. (2020). Persistent contaminants and herpesvirus OtHV1 are positively associated with cancer in wild California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 602565. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.602565

Miller, M. A., Duignan, P. J., Dodd, E., Batac, F., Staedler, M., Tomoleoni, J. A., Murray, M., Harris, H., & Gardiner, C. (2020). Emergence of a zoonotic pathogen in a coastal marine sentinel: Capillaria hepatica (syn. Calodium hepaticum)-associated hepatitis in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis). Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 335. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00335

Orbach, D. N., Brennan, P. L. R., Hedrick, B. P., Keener, W., Webber, M. A., & Mesnick, S. L. (2020). Asymmetric and spiraled genitalia coevolve with unique lateralized mating behavior. Scientific Reports, 10, 3257. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60287-w

Scott, G., Field, C. L., Papich, M. G., & Harms, C. A. (2020). Plasma concentrations of itraconazole following a single oral dose in juvenile California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 43(4), 377–380. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvp.12865

Soto, E., Abdelrazek, S. M. R., Basbas, C., Duignan, P. J., Rios, C., & Byrne, B. A. (2020). Environmental persistence and disinfectant susceptibility of Klebsiella pneumoniae recovered from pinnipeds stranded on the California Coast. Veterinary Microbiology, 241, 108554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.108554

Van Bressem, M.-F., Duignan, P., Raga, J. A., Van Waerebeek, K., Fraijia-Fernández, N., & Plön, S. (2020). Cranial crassicaudiasis in two coastal dolphin species from South Africa is predominantly a disease of immature individuals. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 139, 93–102. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03468

Williams, K. M., Fessler, M. K., Bloomfield, R. A., Sandke, W. D., Malekshahi, C. R., Keroack, C. D., Duignan, P. J., Torquato, S. D., & Williams, S. A. (2020). A novel quantitative real-time PCR diagnostic assay for fecal and nasal swab detection of an otariid lungworm, <i>Parafilaroides decorus</i? International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 12, 85–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.04.012

Bernaldo De Quirós, Y., Fernandez, A., Baird, R. W., Brownell, R. L., Aguilar de Soto, N., Allen, D., Arbelo, M., Arregui, M., Costidis, A., Fahlman, A., Frantzis, A., Gulland, F. M. D., Iñíguez, M., Johnson, M., Komnenou, A., Koopman, H., Pabst, D. A., Roe, W. D., Sierra, E., … Schorr, G. (2019). Advances in research on the impacts of anti-submarine sonar on beaked whales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1895), 20182533. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2533

Cameron, S., Lopez, A., Glabman, R., Abrams, E., Johnson, S., Field, C., Gulland, F. M. D., & Buckmaster, P. S. (2019). Proportional loss of parvalbumin‐immunoreactive synaptic boutons and granule cells from the hippocampus of sea lions with temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 527(14), 2341–2355. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24680

Chudeau, K. R., Johnson, S. P., & Caine, N. G. (2019). Enrichment reduces stereotypical behaviors and improves foraging development in rehabilitating Eastern Pacific Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina richardii). Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 219, 104830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2019.07.001

DeRango, E. J., Greig, D. J., Gálvez, C., Norris, T. A., Barbosa, L., Elorriaga‐Verplancken, F. R., & Crocker, D. E. (2019). Response to capture stress involves multiple corticosteroids and is associated with serum thyroid hormone concentrations in Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus philippii townsendi). Marine Mammal Science, 35(1), 72–92. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12517

Frankfurter, G., Beltran, R. S., Hoard, M., & Burns, J. M. (2019). Rapid prototyping and 3D printing of antarctic seal flipper tags. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 43(2), 313–316. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.964

Greig, D. J., Gulland, F. M. D., Harvey, J. T., Lonergan, M., & Hall, A. J. (2019). Harbor seal pup dispersal and individual morphology, hematology, and contaminant factors affecting survival. Marine Mammal Science, 35(1), 187–209. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12541

Hodesson, D. L., Force, J., Whoriskey, S., & Field, C. (2019). Treatment of Canine Tooth Fractures in the Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris): Three Cases. Journal of Veterinary Dentistry, 36(1), 52–61. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898756419842396

Horning, M., Andrews, R. D., Bishop, A. M., Boveng, P. L., Costa, D. P., Crocker, D. E., Haulena, M., Hindell, M., Hindle, A. G., Holser, R. R., Hooker, S. K., Hückstädt, L. A., Johnson, S., Lea, M.-A., McDonald, B. I., McMahon, C. R., Robinson, P. W., Sattler, R. L., Shuert, C. R., … Womble, J. N. (2019). Best practice recommendations for the use of external telemetry devices on pinnipeds. Animal Biotelemetry, 7, 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-019-0182-6

Kornblith, A. E., Budak, J. Z., Simeone, C. A., & Nuckton, T. J. (2019). Severe sea lion bites in urban cold-water swimmers. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 57(6), 859–865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.09.009

Lauer, A., Palmer, L., Kloock, C., Liwanag, H. E. M., Norris, T., McDonald, B., Mejia Muñoz, J., Mulcahy, C., Hannah, S., & Johnson, S. (2019). Survey for Coccidioides antibodies in blood sera from California sea lions and northern fur seals that stranded along the coast of California (2013–2015). Western Wildlife, 6, 69–81.

Lenting, B., Gartrell, B., Kokosinska, A., Duignan, P. J., Michael, S., Hunter, S., & Roe, W. D. (2019). Causes of adult mortality in two populations of New Zealand sea lions (Phocarctos hookeri). Veterinary and Animal Science, 7, 100057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vas.2019.100057

Marinkovich, M., Wack, R. F., Field, C. L., Whoriskey, S. T., Kass, P. H., & Gjeltema, J. (2019). Evaluation of serial blood lactate and the use of a point-of-care lactate meter in live-stranded pinnipeds. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 50(1), 137–146. https://doi.org/10.1638/2018-0109

Roe, W. D., Lenting, B., Kokosinska, A., Hunter, S., Duignan, P. J., Gartrell, B., Rogers, L., Collins, D. M., de Lisle, G. W., Gedye, K., & Price-Carter, M. (2019). Pathology and molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium pinnipedii tuberculosis in native New Zealand marine mammals. PLoS ONE, 14(2), e0212363. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212363

Rojas-Bracho, L., Gulland, F. M. D., Smith, C. R., Taylor, B., Wells, R. S., Thomas, P. O., Bauer, B., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Teilmann, J., Dietz, R., Balle, J. D., Jensen, M. V., Sinding, M. H. S., Jaramillo-Legorreta, A., Abel, G., Read, A. J., Westgate, A. J., Colegrove, K., Gomez, F., Martz, K., Rebolledo, R., Ridgway, S., Rowles, T., van Elk, C.E., Boehm, J., Cardenas-Hinojosa, G., Constandse, R., Nieto-Garcia, E., Phillips, W., Sabio, D., Sanchez, R., Sweeney, J., Townsend, F., Vivanco, J., Vivanco, J.C., & Walker, S. (2019). A field effort to capture critically endangered vaquitas Phocoena sinus for protection from entanglement in illegal gillnets. Endangered Species Research, 38, 11–27. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00931

Rust, L. B., Danil, K., Melin, S. R., & Wilkerson, B. (2019). Accuracy and precision of age determination using growth layer groups for California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) with known ages. Marine Mammal Science, 35(4), 1355–1368. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12605

Seguel, M., Colegrove, K. M., Field, C., Whoriskey, S., Norris, T., & Duignan, P. (2019). Polyphasic rhabdomyositis in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): Pathology and potential causes. Veterinary Pathology, 56(4), 619–629. https://doi.org/10.1177/0300985819829526

Sheldon, J. D., Hernandez, J. A., Johnson, S. P., Field, C., Kaye, S., & Stacy, N. I. (2019). Diagnostic performance of clinicopathological analytes in Otostrongylus circumlitis-infected rehabilitating juvenile northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris). Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 6, 134. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00134

Simeone, C., Fauquier, D., Skidmore, J., Cook, P., Colegrove, K., Gulland, F., Dennison, S., & Rowles, T. K. (2019). Clinical signs and mortality of non‐released stranded California sea lions housed in display facilities: The suspected role of prior exposure to algal toxins. Veterinary Record, 185(10), 304–304. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105371

Spraker, T. R., Kuzmina, T. A., Lyons, E. T., DeLong, R. L., Simeone, C., & Veeramachaneni, D. N. R. (2019). Multifocal necrotizing myopathy in northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) pups, San Miguel Island, California. Veterinary Pathology, 56(1), 143–151. https://doi.org/10.1177/0300985818790268

Tamburin, E., Amador‐Capitanachi, M. J., Galván‐Magaña, F., Norris, T. A., & Elorriaga‐Verplancken, F. R. (2019). Isotopic variation in blood components based on their biochemistry and physiology: A comparison between sharks and fur seals. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 333(2), 104–110. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2330

van de Velde, N., Demetrick, D. J., & Duignan, P. J. (2019). Primary pleural squamous cell carcinoma in a free-ranging river otter (Lontra canadensis). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 55(3), 728–732. https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-07-181

Acevedo-Whitehouse, K., Gulland, F. M. D., & Bowen, L. (2018). MHC class II DRB diversity predicts antigen recognition and is associated with disease severity in California sea lions naturally infected with Leptospira interrogans. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 57, 158–165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2017.11.023

De Maio, L. M., Cook, P. F., Reichmuth, C., & Gulland, F. M. D. (2018). The evaluation of olfaction in stranded California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and its relevance to domoic acid toxicosis. Aquatic Mammals, 44(3), 231–238. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.3.2018.231

Deming, A. C., Colegrove, K. M., Duignan, P. J., Hall, A. J., Wellehan, J. F. X., & Gulland, F. M. D. (2018). Prevalence of urogenital carcinoma in stranded California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) from 2005–15. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 54(3), 581–586. https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-08-208

Lefebvre, K. A., Hendrix, A., Halaska, B., Duignan, P., Shum, S., Isoherranen, N., Marcinek, D. J., & Gulland, F. M. D. (2018). Domoic acid in California sea lion fetal fluids indicates continuous exposure to a neuroteratogen poses risks to mammals. Harmful Algae, 79, 53–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2018.06.003

McGrew, A. K., O’Hara, T. M., Stricker, C. A., Salman, M. D., Van Bonn, W., Gulland, F. M. D., Whiting, A., & Ballweber, L. R. (2018). Ecotoxicoparasitology of the gastrointestinal tracts of pinnipeds: The effect of parasites on the potential bioavailability of total mercury (THg). Science of The Total Environment, 631–632, 233–238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.173

Neely, B. A., Prager, K. C., Bland, A. M., Fontaine, C., Gulland, F. M., & Janech, M. G. (2018). Proteomic analysis of urine from California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): A resource for urinary biomarker discovery. Journal of Proteome Research, 17(9), 3281–3291. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00416

Orr, A. J., Norris, T. A., Gálvez, C., Deming, A. C., & Elorriaga-Verplancken, F. R. (2018). First extralimital record of an eastern pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) pup at Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Aquatic Mammals, 44(3), 279–284. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.3.2018.279

Peñín, I., Levin, M., Acevedo-Whitehouse, K., Jasperse, L., Gebhard, E., Gulland, F. M. D., & De Guise, S. (2018). Effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) on California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) lymphocyte functions upon in vitro exposure. Environmental Research, 167, 708–717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.08.028

Seguel, M., Nadler, S., Field, C., & Duignan, P. (2018). Vasculitis and thrombosis due to the sea lion lungworm, parafilaroides decorus, in a Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus philippii townsendi). Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 54(3), 638–641. https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-12-291

Soto, E., Abdelrazek, S. M. R., Basbas, C., Duignan, P. J., Rios, C., & Byrne, B. A. (2020). Environmental persistence and disinfectant susceptibility of Klebsiella pneumoniae recovered from pinnipeds stranded on the California Coast. Veterinary Microbiology, 241, 108554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2019.108554

Van Bressem, M.-F., Van Waerebeek, K., & Duignan, P. J. (2018). Epidemiology of tattoo skin disease in captive common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Are males more vulnerable than females? Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 21(4), 305–315. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2017.1421076

Volokhov, D. V., Amselle, M., Bodeis-Jones, S., Delmonte, P., Zhang, S., Davidson, M. K., Gulland, F. M., & Chizhikov, V. E. (2018). Neisseria zalophi sp. Nov., isolated from oral cavity of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Archives of Microbiology, 200, 819–828. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-018-1499-x

Whitaker, D. M., Reichley, S. R., Griffin, M. J., Prager, K., Richey, C. A., Kenelty, K. V., Stevens, B. N., Lloyd-Smith, J. O., Johnson, C. K., Duignan, P., Johnson, S., Rios, C., DeLong, R., Halaska, B., Rust, L., Byrne, B. A., Struve, C., Barnum, S., & Soto, E. (2018). Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from stranded and wild-caught marine mammals of the US Pacific Coast: Prevalence, phenotype, and genotype. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 54(4), 659–670. https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-07-178