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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