Faculty Info: James T. Harvey
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JAMES T. HARVEY Professor, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and San Jose State B.S., San Jose State University M.A., Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Ph.D. Oregon State University Email: harvey@mlml.calstate.edu Lab Website: http://birdmam.mlml.calstate.edu |
Specific Research Interests: Our research interests are generally associated with basic ecology of marine vertebrates (especially marine turtles, birds, and mammals) and aspects related to the effects of humans on these populations. Some specific areas of research are: (1) foraging ecology, (2) diving behavior and movements, (3) health and contaminants of marine mammals, (4) effects of fisheries/marine bird and mammal interactions and potential solutions, (5) abundance and distribution of marine vertebrates associated with oceanic processes, and (6) development of new techniques for vertebrate ecology. We seek to understand the basic ecology of these organisms and the relationship with specific environmental conditions along with studying ways in which these relationships can be impacted by anthropogenic influences. Current Projects: (1) Survival and movements of California sea lions treated for domioc acid toxicity; (2) foraging ecology and movements of Green sea turtles in Magdalena Bay, Mexico; (3) foraging ecology of Cassin’s Auklets and Common Murres off California; (4) Interactions of California sea lions and the salmon troll fishery; (5) foraging behavior and ecology of humpback and blue whales off California and Central America and gray whales in the North Pacific; (6) population dynamics, mercury contamination, foraging ecology, and survival of harbor seals off California; (7) foraging ecology of Leatherback sea turtles off central California. Selected Publications: Hayes, S.A., A. Kumar, D.P.Costa, D.K. Mellinger, J.T Harvey, B.L. Southall, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 2004. Evaluating the function of male vocalizations in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) through playback experiments. Animal Behaviour 67:1133-1139 Lander, M., J. Harvey, F. M.D. Gulland. 2003. Hematology and serum chemistry comparisons between free-ranging and rehabilitated harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) pups. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39:600-609 Goldstein, T., F.M.D. Gullands, B.M. Aldridge, J.T. Harvey, T. Rowles, D.M. Lambourn, S.J. Jeffries, L. Measures, P.K. Yochem, B.S. Stewart, R.J. Small, D.P. King, J.L. Stott, and J.A.K. Mazet. 2003. Antibodies to Phocine hespervirus-1 are common in North American harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39:487-494 Van Parijs, P.J. Corkeron, J.T. Harvey, S. Hayes, D.M. Mellinger, P.A. Rouget, P.M. Thompson, M. Wahlberg, and K.M. Kovacs. 2003. Patterns in the vocalizations of male harbor seals. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113:3403-3410 Harvey, J.T. and S. Connors. 2003. Chapter 11. Birds and mammals. Pp 187-214. IN: Caffrey J, M. Brown, W.B. Tyler, and M. Silberstein (eds.), Changes in a California esuatury: A profile of Elkhorn Slough. 280 pp Neale, Jennifer C.C., Judith A. Van de Water, James T. Harvey, Ronald S. Tjeerdema, M. Eric Gershwin. 2002. Proliferative Responses of Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) T Lymphocytes to Model Marine Pollutants. Developmental Immunology 9:215-221 Benson, S.R., D.A. Croll, B. Marinovic, F.P. Chavez, and J.T. Harvey. 2002. Changes in the cetacean assemblage of a coastal upwelling ecosystem during El Niño 1997-98 and La Niña 1999. Progress in Oceanography 54:279-291 Lander, M.E., J.T. Harvey, K.D. Hanni, and L.E. Morgan. 2002. Behavior, movements, and apparent survival of rehabilitated and free-ranging harbor seal pups. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:19-28 Orr, A.J. and J.T. Harvey. 2001. Quantifying errors associated with using fecal samples to determine the diet of the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 79:1080-1087 Stewart, B.S., J. Harvey, and P.K. Yochem. 2001. Post-release monitoring and tracking of a rehabilitated California gray whale. Aquatic Mammalogy 27:294-300 |
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