Select Papers

Biochemistry and Biophysics

Conservation Ecology

Bowen, L., and D. Van Vuren. 1999. Density, reproduction, and group size in feral sheep on Santa Cruz Island, California. Mammalia. Vol. 63: 21-28.

Crooks, K., D.Van Vuren, C. Scott, and L. Bowen. 2000. Hematology and serum chemistry of the island fox on Santa Cruz Island. Journal of Wildlife Disease. Vol. 36: 397-404.

Crooks, K. R., C. Scott, L. Angeloni, L. Bowen, R. B. Kimsey, and D. H. Van Vuren. 2001. Ectoparasites of the island fox on Santa Cruz Island. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 37:189-193.

Grigione, M. M. and M. L. Johnson. 2002. The effects of roads on carnivores. A case study of mountain lions (Felis concolor) in California. In press in Managing for Healthy Ecosystems. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton FL.

Grigione, M. M., M. L. Johnson, P. Beier, W. D. Padley, and R. A. Hopkins. 2002. Ecological and allometric determinants of home range size for mountain lions (Puma concolor). Animal Conservation 5:317-324.

Hansen, L. J. and M. L. Johnson. 1999. Conservation and Toxicology: Integrating the disciplines. Conservation Biology 13:1225-1227.

Pagel, J. E., D. A. Bell, and M. L. Johnson. 1998. When is an endangered species recovery complete: Is de-listing the American Peregrine Falcon appropriate? Proceedings of the 63rd Transactions of the North American Wildlife Conference.

Robinson, G. R., R. D. Holt, M. S. Gaines, S. P. Hamburg, M. L. Johnson, H. S. Fitch, and E. A. Martinko. 1992. Diverse and contrasting effects of habitat fragmentation. Science 257:524-526.

Takekawa, J. T., B. N. Sacks, I. Woo, M. L. Johnson, and G. D. Wylie. Tidal salt marsh fragmentation and survival of San Pablo song sparrows (Melospiza melodia samuelis): Assessing benefits of wetland restoration in San Francisco Bay. Accepted for publication in Studies in Avian Biology.

Van Vuren, D., and L. Bowen. 1999. Reduced defenses in insular endemic plants: an evolutionary time frame. Conservation Biology. Vol. 13: 211.

Van Vuren, D.H., M.L. Johnson, and L. Bowen. 2001. Impacts of feral livestock on island watersheds. Pacific Science. Vol. 55:285-290.

Ecosystem Health and Monitoring

Scow, K. M., G. E. Fogg, D. E. Hinton, and M. L. Johnson, eds. 2000. Integrated Assessment of Ecosystem Health. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.

Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment

Hall, L. C., J. M. Rogers, M. S. Denison, and M. L. Johnson. 2005. Identification of the herbicide Surflan and its active ingredient oryzalin, a dinitrosulfonamide, as xenoestrogens. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 48:201-208.

Johnson, M. L. 2002. Review of Ecotoxicology of Wild Mammals. Journal of Mammalogy 83:1153-1154.

Johnson, M. L., L. Holmes, A. Salveson, M. S. Denison, and D. M. Fry. 1998. Environmental estrogens in agricultural drain water from the Central Valley of California. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 60:609-614.

Torres, K. C. and M. L. Johnson. 2001. Bioaccumulation of metals in plants, arthropods, and house mice in a seasonal wetland. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 20:2617-2626.

Torres, K. C. and M. L. Johnson. 2001. Testing of metal bioaccumulation models with measured body burdens in mice. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 20:2627-2638.

Hydrology

Constantine, J. A., G. B. Pasternack, and M. L. Johnson. 2005. Logging effects on sediment flux observed in a pollen-based record of overbank deposition. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 30:813-821.

Constantine, J. A., G. B. Pasternack, and M. L. Johnson. 2003. Floodplain evolution in a small, tectonically active basin of Northern California. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 28:869-888

Modeling

Venkatram, A., L. Burns, C. Chen, J. Irwin, and M. Johnson. 1998. Model testing and validation. In, K. H. Reinert, S. M. Bartell, G. R. Biddinger (eds.). Ecological Risk Assessment Decision-Support System: A Conceptual Design. Proceedings from SETAC Ecological Risk Assessment Modeling Workshop; 1994 Aug 23-28; Pellston, MI. Pensacola FL: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 120 p.

Molecular Studies

Bowen, L., B. M. Aldridge, R. DeLong, S. Melin, E. L. Buckles, F. Gulland, L. J. Lowenstine, J. L. Stott, and M. L. Johnson. 2004. An immunogenetic basis for the high prevalence of urogenital cancer in a free-ranging population of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Immunogenetics 56:846-848.

Bowen, L., B. M. Aldridge, F. Gulland, J. Woo, W. Van Bonn, R. DeLong, J. L. Stott, and M. L. Johnson. 2002. Molecular characterization of expressed DQA and DQB genes in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Immunogenetics 54:332-347.

Bowen, L., B.M. Aldridge, J.L. Stott, F. Gulland, J. Woo, W. Van Bonn, and M.L. Johnson. 2002. Molecular characterization of expressed DQA and DQB genes in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Immunogenetics 54:332-347.

Bowen, L., B. M. Aldridge, F. Gulland, W. Van Bonn, R. DeLong, S. Melin, L. J. Lowenstine, J. L. Stott, and M. L. Johnson. 2004. Class II multiformity generated by variable MHC-DRB region configurations in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Immunogenetics 56:12-27.

Salmonid Natural History and Physiology

Bowen, L. and M. Johnson. Effects of increased zinc and temperature on coho salmon. Accepted in Hydrobiologia.

Viant, M. R., I. Werner, E. S. Rosenbloom, A. S. Gantner, G. Lee, R. T. Donham, R. S. Tjeerdema, and M. L. Johnson. Correlation between stress protein induction and reduced metabolic condition in juvenile steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) chronically exposed to elevated temperature. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 29:159-171.

Werner, I., T. B. Smith, J. Feliciano, and M. L. Johnson. 2005. Heat-shock proteins in juvenile steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) reflect thermal conditions in the Navarro River watershed, California, USA. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134:399-410.