Shannon Atkinson
Professor
Marine Mammals
College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
313 Lena Point Building
17101 Pt Lena Loop Rd
Juneau, AK 99801
907-796-5453
shannon.atkinson@alaska.edu
Floyd, T.P., Horstmann-Dehn, L., Atkinson, S, Skaugstad, C.. (2017). "Effect of Ichthyophonus on blood chemistry and cortisol concentrations of spawning Yukon River Chinook salmon and their offspring". Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 122:223-236.
Atkinson, S., Crocker, D., Houser, D., Mashburn, K. (2015). "Stress physiology and
behavior in marine mammals: How well do they fit the terrestrial model?" J.Comp.Physiol.B..
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Di Poi, C., Atkinson, S., Hoover-Miller, A., Blundell, G.. (2015). "Maternal buffering of stress response in free-ranging Pacific harbor seal pups in ²ÝÁñÉçÇø". Mar Mammal Sci. . 31(3):1098-1117.
Hutchinson, E., Atkinson, S., Burek Huntington, K.. (2015). "Growth and sexual maturation
in male northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) from Gustavus, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø". J. Mammal.
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Keogh, M.J., Atkinson, S. (2015). "Endocrine and immunological responses to adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) administration in juvenile harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) during winter and spring". Comp Biochem Phys A. 188:22-31.
Ellsworth, A., Buck, C.L., Atkinson, S., Hollmen, T.. (2014). "Longitudinal monitoring of sex steroid hormones in excrement of spectacled eiders (Somateria fisheri)". Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.. 189:59-65.
Zaleski, A., Atkinson, S., Burkanov, B., Quinn, T. II. (2014). "The effect of environmental contaminants on western Steller sea lion survival and movement". Sci. Total Environ.. 490:561-569.
G. L. Geiger, S. Atkinson, J. N. Waite, G. M. Blundell, J. R. Carpenter and K. Wynne. (2013). "A new method to evaluate the nutritional composition of marine mammal diet from scats applied to harbor seals in the Gulf of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø". J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.. 449:118-128.
K. Jaatinen, M. Seltmann, T. Hollman, S. Atkinson, K. Mashburn and M. Ost. (2013). "Context dependency of baseline glucocorticoids as indicators of individual quality in a capital breeder General and Comparative Endocrinology". 191:231-238.
M. J. Keogh, S. Atkinson and J. M. Maniscalco. (2013). "Body condition and endocrine profiles of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups during the early postnatal period General and Comparative Endocrinology". 184:42-50.
- marine animals’ failure to adapt to environmental change
- reproduction in marine animals
- climate change and effects on marine organism’s physiology
- contaminants and the effects on marine mammals
- nutrition
- stress physiology of marine mammals
- Assessing Changes in Reproductive and Population Dynamics of Pacific Walruses
- Development and Validation of a Technique for Detection of Stress and Pregnancy in Large Whales
- Endocrine responsiveness in Chinook salmon
- Surviving the gauntlet: A comparative study of the pelagic and demersal and special linkages that determine groundfish recruitment and diversity in the Gulf of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø ecosystem
- Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Cook Inlet Belugas
- Effects of the social context on stress responsiveness in pinnipeds
- Reproductive biology of marine mammals
- Steller's Eider Recovery Team (2003-present)
- Society for Marine Mammalogy (1991-present)
- Spectacled Eider Recovery Team (2003-present)
- American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums-Affiliate Member - 1991 to present
- Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society– ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Chapter – Member 2003 - present
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - 2001 - 2009
- North Pacific Research Board Science Panel - 2002 – 2008
- Western Association of Marine Laboratories - 2001 to 2007