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Expert Sources
The scientific staff of the SeaDoc Society are expert sources on the following issues.
Kirsten Gilardi, DVM, Dipl. ACZM
- wildlife health and diseases, including viruses, bacteria, and toxins & how they impact wildlife health
- oil spills and their impact on wildlife (California perspective)
- ecosystem health
- derelict fishing gear and its impact on wildlife and marine habitat
- Baja California, Mexico, marine ecosystem health
Joe Gaydos, VMD, PhD
- marine bird and mammal diseases (including diseases that impact human health)
- killer whale and other marine mammal strandings
- river otters
- sonar and its effects on marine mammals
- oil spills and their impact on wildlife (Washington, BC perspective)
- wildlife research in the Puget Sound Georgia Basin and how it impacts management and policy
- Threatened and endangered marine wildlife species in the Puget Sound Georgia Basin
Kirsten Gilardi, DVM, Dipl. ACZM
Assistant Director, Marine Programs
Wildlife Health Center
One Shields Avenue
University of California
Davis, California 95616
(530) 752-4167
(530) 752-3318 fax
kvgilardi -at- ucdavis.edu
Joe Gaydos, VMD, PhD
Regional Director and Staff Scientist
SeaDoc Society, Orcas Island Office
942 Deer Harbor Rd.
Eastsound, Washington 98245
(360) 376-3910
(360) 376-3909 fax
jkgaydos -at- ucdavis.edu