AMMTAP - Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project Bibliography

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Chronological Bibliography (July 2001)

PUBLICATIONS

Reports to Sponsor(s):

Becker, P.R., S.A. Wise, R. Zeisler. 1988. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: Acquisition and Curation of Alaska Marine Mammal Tissues for Determining the Levels of Contaminants Associated with Offshore Oil and Gas Development, OCSEAP Annual Report for RU 692. 43 pages.

Becker, P.R., S.A. Wise, R. Zeisler. 1989. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: Acquisition and Curation of Alaska Marine Mammal Tissues for Determining the Levels of Contaminants Associated with Offshore Oil and Gas Development, OCSEAP Annual Report for RU 692. 98 pages.

Becker, P.R., S.A. Wise, R. Zeisler. 1990. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: Acquisition and Curation of Alaska Marine Mammal Tissues for Determining the Levels of Contaminants Associated with Offshore Oil and Gas Development, OCSEAP Annual Report for RU 692. 89 pages.

Becker, P.R., S.A. Wise, R. Zeisler. 1991. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: Acquisition and Curation of Alaska Marine Mammal Tissues for Determining the Levels of Contaminants Associated with Offshore Oil and Gas Development, OCSEAP Annual Report for RU 692. 98 pages.

Becker, P.R. 1993. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: Annual Report. Submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service. Interagency Agreement No. 17909. NMFS/PR, Silver Spring, Maryland. February 1993.

Becker, P.R. 1994. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: Annual Report. Submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service. Interagency Agreement No. 17909. NMFS/PR, Silver Spring, Maryland. February 1994. 59 pages.

Becker, P.R. 1994. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: Specimen Inventory. Submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service. Interagency Agreement No. 17909. NMFS/PR, Silver Spring, Maryland. February 1994. 41 pages.

Becker, P.R., R.S. Papa, J.R. Kucklick, W.D.J. Struntz, B.J. Porter, E.A. Mackey, M.M. Schantz, R. Demiralp, M.S. Epstein, B. Buehler, S.A. Wise, G.W. York, D.G. Roseneau. 1999. National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank and Quality Assurance Program: 1998 Report, U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST, March 31, 1999, 2 volumes.

Pugh, R.S,, J.R. Kucklick, W.D.J. Struntz, P.R. Becker, B.J. Porter, E.A. Mackey, M.M. Schantz, R. Demiralp, S.A. Wise. 2000. National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank and Quality Assurance Program: 1999 Report, U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST, February 29, 2000, 2 volumes.

Pugh, R.S,, J.R. Kucklick, S.J. Christopher, P.R. Becker, B.J. Porter, E.A. Mackey, M.M. Schantz, R. Demiralp, S.A. Wise. 2001. National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank and Quality Assurance Program: 2000 Report, U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST, March 15, 2001, 2 volumes plus computer disk with specimen inventory.

Agency Technical Reports:

Becker, P.R., S.A. Wise, B.J. Koster, R. Zeisler. 1988. Alaskan Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: A Project Description Including Collection Protocols. U.S. Dep. Commer., National Bureau of Standards, NBSIR 88-3750, 46 pages.

Becker, P.R., S.A. Wise, B.J. Koster, R. Zeisler. 1991. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: Revised Collection Protocol. U.S. Dep. Commer., National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 4529, 33 pages.

Becker, P.R., S.A. Wise, M.M. Schantz, B.J. Koster, R. Zeisler. 1992. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: Sample Inventory and Results of Analyses of Selected Samples for Organic Compounds and Trace Elements. U.S. Dep. Commer., National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 4731, 128 pages.

Koster, B.J., S.A. Wise, P.R. Becker. 1994. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: Specimen Inventory. U.S. Dep. Commer., National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 5462, 70 pages.

Becker, P.R., E.A. Mackey, M.M. Schantz, R. Demiralp, R.R. Greenberg, B.J. Koster, S.A. Wise, D.C.G. Muir. 1995. Concentrations of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, Heavy Metals and Other Elements in Tissues Banked by the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project. U.S. Dep. Commer., National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 5620, 115 pages.

Papa, R., P. Becker. 1999. Alaska Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Contaminants: A Review with Annotated Bibliography. U.S. Dep. Commer., National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 6211, 249 pages.

Becker, P.R., R.S. Pugh, M.M. Schantz, E.A. Mackey, R. Demiralp, M. Epstein, M.K. Donais, B.J. Porter, S.A. Wise, B.A. Mahoney. 2001. Persistent Chlorinated Compounds and Elements in Tissues of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Banked by the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project. U.S. Dep. Commer., National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 6702, 67 p.

York, G.W., B.J. Porter, R.S. Pugh, D.G. Roseneau, K. Simac, P.R. Becker, L. K. Thorsteinson, S.A. Wise. 2001. Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project: Protocol for Collecting and Banking Seabird Eggs. U.S. Dep. Commer., National Institute of Standards and Technology, NISTIR 6735, 25 p.

General Public Articles:

Hameedi, M.J. 1990. The Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project. Arctic Research of the United States 4: 26-30

Special Summary Reports for Local Organizations:

Becker, P.R. 1994. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project (AMMTAP): FY 93 Annual Report Summary. NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources, Silver Spring, MD. 4 pages.

Becker, P.R. 1995. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: Summary of the February 1994 Annual Report. NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources, Silver Spring, MD. 2 pages.

Becker, P.R. 1995. Summary of Results of Analysis of Blubber and Liver Tissues Collected from Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Methyl Mercury. 22 November 1995. NIST Analytical Chemistry Division, Charleston, SC. 3 pages.

Becker, P.R. 1996. Update on Analyses of Blubber Tissues Collected from Beluga Whales from Cook Inlet: A Summary of Results from DFO Canada (Derek Muir) for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), DDT, Toxaphene, Chlordane, Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and Dieldrin. 26 August 1996. NIST Analytical Chemistry Division, Charleston, SC. 9 pages.

Scientific Journal Papers:

Becker, P.R., B.J. Koster, S.A. Wise, R. Zeisler. 1990. Alaskan Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project. Biol. Trace Element Res. 26-27: 329-334.

Mössner, S., T.R. Spraker, P.R. Becker, K. Ballschmiter. 1992. Ratios of enantiomers of alpha-HCH and determination of alpha-, beta- and gamma-HCH isomers in brain and other tissues of neonatal northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). Chemosphere 24(9): 1171-1180.

Becker, P.R., B.J. Koster, S.A. Wise, R. Zeisler. 1993. Biological specimen banking in Arctic research: an Alaska perspective. Sci. Total Environ. 139/140: 69-95.

Schantz, M.M., B.J. Koster, R. Zeisler, S.A. Wise, P. Becker. 1993. Determination of PCBs and chlorinated hydrocarbons in marine mammal tissues. Sci. Total Environ. 139/140: 323-345.

Zeisler, R., R. Demiralp, B.J. Koster, P.R. Becker, M. Burow, P. Ostapczuk, S.A. Wise. 1993. Determination of inorganic constituents in marine mammal tissues. Sci. Total Environ. 139/140: 365-386

Mössner, S., I. Barudio, T.S. Spraker, G. Antonelis, G. Early, J.R. Geraci, P.R. Becker, K. Ballschmiter. 1994. Determination of HCHs, PCBs, and DDTs in brain tissues of marine mammals of different age. Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 349: 708-716.

Becker, P.R., E.A. Mackey, R. Demiralp, R. Suydam, G. Early, B.J. Koster, S.A. Wise. 1995. Relationship of silver with selenium and mercury in liver of two species of toothed whales (Odontocetes). Mar. Poll. Bull. 30(4): 262-271.

Mackey, E.A., R. Demiralp, P.R. Becker, R.R. Greenberg, B.J. Koster, S.A. Wise. 1995. Trace element concentrations in cetacean liver tissues archived in the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank. Sci. Total Environ. 175:25-41.

Mackey, E.A., P.R. Becker, R. Demiralp, R.R. Greenberg, B.J. Koster, S.A. Wise. 1996. Bioaccumulation of vanadium and other trace elements in livers of Alaskan cetaceans and pinnipeds. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 30: 503-512.

Schantz, M.M., B.J. Koster, S.A. Wise, M. Segstro, D.C.G. Muir, S. Mössner, K. Ballschmiter, P.R. Becker. 1996. Interlaboratory comparison study for PCB congeners and chlorinated pesticides in beluga whale blubber. Chemosphere 33: 1369-1390.

Becker, P.R., E.A. Mackey, R. Demiralp, M.M. Schantz, B.J. Koster, S.A. Wise. 1997. Concentrations of chlorinated hydrocarbons and trace elements in marine mammal tissues archived in the U.S. National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank. Chemosphere 34(9/10): 2067-2098.

Ponce, R.A., G.M. Egeland, John P. Middaugh, P.R. Becker. 1997. Twenty years of trace metal analyses of marine mammals: Evaluation and summation of data from Alaska and other Arctic regions. State of Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin Vol. 1, No. 3, 15.

Becker, P.R., S.A. Wise, L. Thorsteinson, B.J. Koster, T. Rowles. 1997. Specimen banking of marine organisms in the United States: current status and long-term prospective. Chemosphere 34(9/10): 1889-1906.

Krahn, M.M., P.R. Becker, K.L. Tilbury, J.E. Stein. 1997. Organochlorine contaminants in blubber of four seal species: integrating biomonitoring and specimen banking. Chemosphere 34(9/10): 2109-2121.

Goessler, W., A. Rudorfer, E.A. Mackey, P.R. Becker, K.J. Irgolic . 1998. Determination of arsenic compounds in marine mammals with high performance liquid chromatography and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry as element specific detector. Appl. Organometal. Chem. 12: 491-501.

Krone, C.A., P.A. Robisch, K.L. Tilbury, J.E. Stein, E.A. Mackey, P.R. Becker, T.M. O’Hara, L.M. Philo. 1999. Heavy metals and other elements in liver tissues of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus. Mar. Mam. Sci. 15(1): 123-142.

O'Hara, T.M., M.M. Krahn, D. Boyd, P.R. Becker, L.M. Philo. 1999. Organochlorine contaminant levels in Eskimo harvested bowhead whales of Arctic Alaska. J. Wildlife Diseases 35(4): 741-752.

Krahn, M., D. Burrows, J. Stein, P. Becker, M. Schantz, D. Muir, T. O’Hara, T. Rowles. 1999. White whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from three Alaskan stocks: Concentrations and patterns of persistent organochlorine contaminants in blubber. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 1(3): 239-249.

Becker, P.R. 2000. Concentrations of chlorinated hydrocarbons and heavy metals in Alaska Arctic marine mammals. Mar. Poll. Bull. 40/10: 819-829.

Becker, P.R., M.M. Krahn, E.A. Mackey, R. Demiralp, M.M. Schantz, M. Epstein, M.K. Donais, B. Porter, D.C.G. Muir, S.A. Wise. Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chlorinated pesticides, and heavy metals and other elements in tissues of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from Cook Inlet, Alaska. Mar. Fish. Rev. (in press).

Kucklick, J.R., W.D.J. Struntz, P.R. Becker, G.W. York, T.M. O’Hara, J.E. Bohonowych. Persistent organochlorine pollutants in ringed seals and polar bears collected from Northern Alaska. Sci. Total Environ. (in press)

Book Chapters:

Becker, P.R., E.A. Mackey, R. Demiralp, B.J. Koster, S.A. Wise. 1997. Establishing baseline levels of elements in marine mammals through analysis of banked liver tissues. In: Environmental Biomonitoring: Exposure Assessment and Specimen Banking, K.S. Subramanian & G.V. Iyengar, editors. ACS Symposium Series 654, American Chemical Society Books, Washington, DC. 23:261-270.

Dissertations:

Behlke, M.K. 1996. Mercury Speciation in Biological Marine Materials by Gas Chromatography with Atomic Emission Detection. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. 128 pages.

PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS:

Becker, P. R. 1987. Acquisition and curation of Alaskan marine mammal tissues. Alaska OCS Region Arctic Information Transfer Meeting. November 17-20, 1987. Anchorage, Alaska.

Becker. P. 1988. Alaskan Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project: development of a contaminant monitoring resource. Second Annual Meeting of the Alaska Association of Environmental Professionals. March 25, 1988. Anchorage, Alaska.

Becker, P. R., B. J. Koster, R. Zeisler, S. A. Wise. 1988. The Alaskan Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Program: development of a contaminant monitoring resource. 11th U.S. - German Seminar of State and Planning on Environmental Specimen Banking. May 1-3, 1988. Bayreuth, Germany.

Becker, P. 1989. The Alaskan Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project. Session on Existing Specimen Banking Programs. Canadian Specimen Banking Seminar and 12th U.S.- German Seminar of State and Planning on Environmental Specimen Banking. September 25-28, 1989. Ottawa, Canada.

Becker, P. R., B. J. Koster, S. A. Wise, R. Zeisler. 1991. Biological specimen banking in Arctic research: an Alaska perspective. First International Symposium on Biological Environmental Specimen Banking. September 22-25, 1991. Vienna, Austria.

Becker, P. R., S. A. Wise. 1991. Marine mammal tissue archive. Special International Session on Contaminants in the Arctic. 18th Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop. September 30 - October 3, 1991. Ottawa, Canada.

Becker, P. R. 1992. Update on archival of tissues from Gulf of Alaska/Bering Sea marine mammal specimens. Alaska OCS Region Information Transfer Meeting. January 28-30, 1992. Anchorage, Alaska.

Becker, P. R. 1992. Marine mammal tissue bank: approach and techniques. Second Gulf Breeze Symposium; Dolphin Mortalities. December 1-3, 1992. Pensacola, Florida.

Becker, P. R. 1993. Characterization of the Arctic environment: marine biological resources. Plenary Session. Workshop on Arctic Contamination, sponsored by the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee. May 2-7, 1993. Anchorage, Alaska.

Becker, P. R. 1993. Studies of contaminants in Arctic marine mammals. Session 100: Strandings and Contaminants in Marine Mammals. Coastal Zone 93: Eighth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management. July 19-23, 1993. New Orleans, Louisiana.

Becker, P.R. 1995. Establishing baseline levels of elements in marine mammals through analysis of banked liver tissues. PACIFICHEM ‘ 95, International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies. 17-22 December 1995. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 06-Envr, Symposium No. 531.

Becker, P.R., B.J. Koster, S.A. Wise, T. Rowles, L. Thorsteinson. 1996. Specimen banking of marine organisms in the United States: Update of results and long-term prospective. 2nd International Symposium and Workshop on Biological Environmental Specimen Banking, BESB-2. May 20-23, 1996. Stockholm, Sweden.

Becker, P.R. 1999. Concentrations of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, Heavy Metals and Other Elements in Tissues Banked by the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project (AMMTAP). Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Status Review Public Meeting, March 8-9, 1999, Anchorage, Alaska.

Becker, P.R. 1999. NIST Research in the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program and the Alaska Marine Mammal Archival Project (AMMTAP). Presented to the Minerals Management Service, March 12, 1999, Anchorage, Alaska..

Becker P.R. 1996. Organic contaminants. U.S. Arctic Contaminant Research Planning Workshop. Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and the USEPA. August 10-13, 1996. Fairbanks, Alaska.

Becker, P.R. 1996. Organochlorines in Arctic marine mammals: Wildlife and human health issues. Medical University of South Carolina Special Topics Class. September 27, 1996. Charleston, South Carolina.

Becker, P.R. 1997. Update on the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project, 1995-1996. USGS Biological Resources Division’s OCS Research in Alaska. January 15, 1997. Anchorage, Alaska.

Becker, P.R. 1997. Chlorinated hydrocarbons in the Arctic and the role of AMMTAP in monitoring these compounds. U.S. Department of the Interior Alaska Science Center. January 16, 1997. Anchorage, Alaska.

Becker, P.R. 1997. Anthropogenic contaminants in the Arctic: an international issue. Medical University of South Carolina. March 28, 1997. Charleston, South Carolina.

Becker. P.R. 1997. Contaminants in Alaska marine mammals as related to the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, The Combined Thirty-sixth Meeting of the Marine Mammal Commission and the Thirtieth Meeting of the Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals, November 18-20, 1997, Fairbanks, Alaska..

Becker, P.R. 1997. Status of knowledge on contaminants in beluga whales in Alaska with emphasis on the Cook Inlet population. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Meeting. November 20-21, 1997. Fairbanks, Alaska.

Becker, P.R., 1998. Spatial trends in persistent organochlorine contaminants in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) of the North American Arctic, presented at the special sesson on Arctic Contaminantion: Levels, Transport, and Human and Ecological Effects, Joint Meeting of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and the Ecological Society of America, June 7-12, 1998, St. Louis, Missouri.

Becker, P.R. 1998. Trace metals, persistent organic pollutants, and marine mammals, presented at the Environmental Chemistry Symposium, Rocky Mountain Conference on Analytical Chemistry, July 27-30, 1998, Denver, Colorado.

Becker, P.R. 1999. Concentrations of chlorinated hydrocarbons, heavy metals and other elements in tissues banked by the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project (AMMTAP), presented at the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Status Review Public Meeting, Anchorage, AK, March 8-9, 1999.

York, Geoffrey, P. Becker, and L. Thorsteinson. 1999. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project. Focus on the Future - Alaska Environmental Studies, 7th Alaska OCS Region, Minerals Management Service Information Transfer Meeting. Anchorage, AK.

Becker, P.R. 1999. Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Arctic: Food Webs, Metabolic Processes, and Contaminant Patterns in the Higher Marine Trophic Levels. The Arctic Forum, Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, March 22-23, 1999, Arlington, Virginia.

Becker, P.R. 2000. Cryo-Preservation of Human Tissues, Sea Mammal Tissues and Foods - Environmental Monitoring and Specimen Banking in the U.S.A. Kogakuin University Public Open Symposium, April 1, 2000, Tokyo, Japan.

Becker, P.R. 2000. AMMTAP: Polar Bears/Ice Seal, and Belugas. presented at the USGS-MMS Alaska Offshore Environmental Studies Program, Investigator Meetings, November 2, 2000, Anchorage, AK.

Becker, P.R. 2000. Summary of NIST data and information on POPs in the Arctic. AMAP POPs Data Workshop, December 5, 2000, Seattle Washington.

York, Geoffrey, P. Becker, and L. Thorsteinson. 2001. Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project. Alaska Forum on the Environment. Anchorage, AK.

Kucklick, J.R. 2001. Persistent Organochlorine Pollutants (POPs) in Marine Mammals Collected from Alaskan Coastal Waters. International Workshop on Marine Pollution by Persistent Organic Pollutants. February 26 - 17, 2001, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

POSTERS:

Becker, P. R., B. J. Koster, S. A. Wise. R. Zeisler. 1989. Alaskan Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project. International Conference on Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Sciences. April 17-21, 1989. Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Schantz, M. M., R. Zeisler, B. J. Koster, S. A. Wise, P. R. Becker. 1989. Analysis of specimens from the Alaskan Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project for the determination of organic and inorganic contaminants. Canadian Specimen Banking Seminar and 12th U.S.- German Seminar of State and Planning on Environmental Specimen Banking. September 25-28, 1989. Ottawa, Canada.

Schantz, M. M., B. J. Koster, R. Zeisler, S. A. Wise, P. R. Becker. 1991. Chemical analysis of marine mammal specimens. First International Symposium on Biological Environmental Specimen Banking. September 22-25, 1991. Vienna, Austria.

Stein, J. E., K. L. Tilbury, J. P. Meador, S.-L. Chan, U. Varanasi, P. R. Becker. 1993. Contaminant monitoring in Arctic marine mammals: the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program. Workshop on Arctic Contamination, sponsored by the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee. May 2-7, 1993. Anchorage, Alaska.

Mackey, E. A., R. Demiralp, P. R. Becker, S. A. Wise, T. I. Lillestolen, G. Early, B. J. Koster. 1993. Trace element concentrations in marine mammal tissues archived at the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank. Abstract 159. Eighth International Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals. TEMA-8. May 16-21, 1993. Dresden, Germany.

Mackey, E. A., R. Demiralp, P. R. Becker, S. A. Wise, B. J. Koster, T. I. Lillestolen, R. R. Greenberg. 1993. Instrumental neutron analysis of marine mammal tissues archived at the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank. International Conference on Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Sciences. September, 1993. Prague, Czech Republic.

Becker, P.R., M.M. Schantz, M. Arend, D.C.G. Muir, M. Segstro, B.J. Koster, S.A. Wise. 1996. Chlorinated hydrocarbons in beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, sampled by the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project. Poster A18. 2nd International Symposium and Workshop on Biological Environmental Specimen Banking, BESB-2. May 20-23, 1996. Stockholm, Sweden.

Krahn, M.M., P. Becker, K. Tilbury, J.E. Stein. 1996. Collaboration between monitoring and the Marine Mammal Tissue Bank: Organochlorine contaminants in blubber of four seal species. Poster A19. 2nd International Symposium and Workshop on Biological Environmental Specimen Banking, BESB-2. May 20-23, 1996. Stockholm, Sweden.

Schantz, M.M., B.J. Koster, S.A. Wise, M. Segstro, D.C.G. Muir, S. Mössner, K. Balllschmitter, P.R. Becker. 1996. Interlaboratory comparison study for PCB congeners and chlorinated pesticides in beluga blubber. Poster B11. 2nd International Symposium and Workshop on Biological Environmental Specimen Banking, BESB-2. May 20-23, 1996. Stockholm, Sweden.

E.A. Mackey, P.R. Becker, R. Demiralp, B.J. Koster, S.A. Wise. 1996. Trace element database for marine mammal tissues from the National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank. Poster B13. 2nd International Symposium and Workshop on Biological Environmental Specimen Banking, BESB-2. May 20-23, 1996. Stockholm, Sweden.

Ponce, R.A., G. Egeland, P.R. Becker. 1996. Twenty years of trace metal analyses of marine mammals in Alaska: evaluation and summation. Tenth International Congress on Circumpolar Health. May 20-24, 1996. Anchorage, Alaska.

Thorsteinson, L.K., T.K. Rowles, P.R. Becker, S.A.Wise. 1997. The Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project (AMMTAP): An Arctic environmental monitoring resource. AMAP International Symposium on Environmental Pollution of the Arctic. June 1-5, 1997. Tromsø, Norway.

Thorsteinson, L.K., T. K. Rowles, G. S. York, B.K. Smith, B.A. Mahoney, P.R. Becker, S.A. Wise. 1997. The Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project (AMMTAP): an Arctic environmental monitoring resource. Watersheds ‘97: The Cook Inlet Symposium. Anchorage, AK. October 29-31, 1997. Anchorage, Alaska.

Kucklick, J.R., P.R. Becker, W.D.J. Struntz, J.E.S. Bohonowych. 1998. Comparative Predator-Prey Assimilation of Polychlornated Biphenyls in Polar Bears and Ringed Seals from Barrow, AK. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, November 15-19, 1998, Charlotte, NC.

Mackey, E.A., R. Demiralp, P.R. Becker, R.R. Greenberg, S.A. Wise. 1998. Trace Elements in Tissues of Marine Mammals from the Alaskan Arctic Archived in the US National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank. International Symposium on Marine Pollution, IAEA, Monaco, 5-9 October 1998.

Muir, D., C. Macdonald, M.B. Pinawa, M. Weis, P. Becker, M. Schantz, L Lockhart, D. Metner. 1998. Persistent Organochlorines (OCs) in Marine Mammals in the North American Arctic: Spatial and Temporal Trends and Hepatic CYP450 Activity. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Charlotte, NC, November 15-19, 1998.

Thorsteinson, L.K., T.K. Rowles, G.S. York, B.K. Smith, B.A. Mahoney, P.R. Becker, B.J. Porter, S.A. Wise. 1999. The Alaska Marine Mammal Tisssue Archival Project: An Environmental Monitoring Resource. The Arctic Forum, Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, March 22 - 23, 1999, Arlington, VA.

Kucklick, J.R., P.R. Becker, W.D.J.Struntz, J.E.S. Bohonowych. 1999. Comparative Predator-Prey Assimilation of Polychlornated Biphenyls in Polar Bears and Ringed Seals from Barrow, AK. The Arctic Forum, Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, March 22 - 23, 1999, Arlington, VA.

Kucklick, J.R., W.D.J Struntz, P.R. Becker. 1999. Organochlorines in Pacific Walrus from the Eastern Bering Sea.. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA, November 14-18, 1999.

Christopher, S.J., P.R. Becker, E.A. Mackey, R. Demiralp, B.J. Porter. 2000. Results of the NIST 2000 Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise for the Determination of Trace Elements in Marine Mammals. BERM-8 Conference, Bethesda, MD, Sept. 17-22, 2000.

Kucklick, J., S. Christopher, R. Pugh, W. Struntz, P. Becker, K. Stahl, S. VanderPol, M. Schantz, B. Porter, E. Mackey, S. Wise, T. Rowles, L. Thorsteinson. 2000. NIST’s role in the Quality Control of Organochlorine and Trace Element Measurements in Marine Mammal Tissues. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Nashville, TN, November 12-16, 2000.

Becker, P.R., E.A. Mackey, R. Demiralp, M.S. Epstein, M.K. Donais, W. Goessler, B.J. Porter, S.A. Wise. 2001. Heavy Metals and Other Trace Elements Measured in the Tissues of Marine Mammals Archived by the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project from the Bering Sea and Cook Inlet, Alaska. AMAP Heavy Metals Workshop, June 18 - 22, 2001, McLean, Virginia.

PROCEEDINGS PAPERS:

Becker, P.R., S.A. Wise. 1992. Marine mammal tissue archive program. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 1863: 287-291.

Becker, P.R. 1993. Studies of contaminants in Arctic marine mammals. Coastal Zone 93: Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management (New Orleans, LA). O.T. Magoon, W.S. Wilson, H. converse, & L.T. Tobin, editors. ASCE, New York, NY. 3: 2479-2493.

Rowles, T., P. Becker, S. Wise, J. Stein, C. House, L. Hansen, S. Jeffries, D. Lambourn, L. Thorsteinson, D. Wilkinson, T. Lipscomb, C. Driscoll. 1996. The Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program. Proceedings of the International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine (IAAAM) 27:68-70.

Svsvarsson, J., A. Berge, and G. York. 1998. Proposal for the second stage of AMAP: monitoring of TBT in the Arctic. AMAP Technical Report. Expert Meeting, Girdwood, AK.

Kucklick, J.R., P.R. Becker, S.A. Wise. 2001. Persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs) in marine mammals collected from Alaskan coastal waters.. International Workshop on Marine Pollution by Persistent Organic Pollutants. Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (in press)

PROCEEDINGS ABSTRACTS:

Mackey, E. A., P. R. Becker, R. Demiralp, R. R. Greenberg, B. J. Koster, S. A. Wise. 1995. Accumulation of V, Se, Ag, Cd, and Hg in livers of Alaska marine mammals. Fifth COMTOX Symposium on Toxicology and Clinical Chemistry of Metals. 10-13 July 1995. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

O’Hara, T., A. Fairbrother, P. Becker, R. Tarpley. 1995. Cadmium in Arctic Alaska wildlife: kidney and liver residues and potential exposure in indigenous people. Second SETAC World Congress. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. November 5 - 9, 1995, Vancouver, British Columbia. Abstract 250.

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