DANIEL WILLIAM ANDERSON:
Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California,
Davis, California 95616
Ph: 530-752-2108
Fax: 530-752-4154
Dr. Anderson is a former Director of the Ecotoxicology Program at UC Davis
and former Chair of his department. He currently teaches an undergraduate
course in Wildlife Ecotoxicology and a graduate seminar in Ecotoxicology,
as well as having served as Chairperson of the Ecotoxicology "area of emphasis"
in the Ecology Graduate Group. His research interests focus on avian biology,
emphasizing baseline ecology to interpret effects of perturbations, and the
distribution and effects of various environmental contaminants on birds.
Dr. Anderson's current research involves studies of contamination effects,
distribution, and dynamics of organic and inorganic materials in birds from
California and Baja California coastal and wetland environments, including
the Klamath Basin, Clear Lake, San Joaquin Valley, and Rio Colorado Delta/Gulf
of California region. Anderson is also actively involved in the conservation
and management of avian populations and their habitats.
EDUCATION:
1957-61 North Dakota State University B.S.-Zoology
1965-67 University of Wisconsin, Madison M.S.-Wildlife Ecology
1967-70 University of Wisconsin, Madison Ph.D.-Wildlife Ecology
and Zoology
M.S. Thesis: "An exploration of pesticides in cormorant
and pelican populations."
Ph.D. Thesis: "Chlorinated hydrocarbons: their dynamics
and eggshell effects in herring gulls and other species."
AWARDS/HONORS
1960 Phi Kappa Phi National Honorary Fraternity
1961 Distinguished Military Student and Graduate
1964 American Ornithologists' Union student fellowship
1966 Sigma Xi National Honorary Fraternity
1976 American Men of Science
1977 Outstanding Contribution to Wildlife Award, The
Wildlife Society (Western Section)
1977 American Ornithologists' Union Elective Membership
1978 Chairperson, Pacific Seabird Group
1980 Outstanding Publication Award, Denver Wildlife
Research Center
1985 Board of Directors, Cooper Ornithological Society
1985 Chairperson, Pacific Seabird Group
1989 UCD Ecotoxicology Lead Campus Award, Participant
and Co-PI
1989 Fellow, American Ornithologists' Union
1991 New World Coordinator, ICBP Pelican Working Group
EXPERIENCE
1959-62 Natural History Museum
Curator, Research and Teaching Assistant, NDSU, North Dakota
1962-64 Guided Missile Unit Commander,
Assistant Range Officer, Post Historian, Fort Bliss, Texas
1964-70 Research and Project Assistant,
University of Wisconsin, Madison
1970-76 Research Biologist (GS-13),
Denver Wildlife Research Center, USFWS, Colorado
1976-Pr Assistant Professor, Associate
Professor and Professor, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, and
Wildlife Biologist in the Agricultural
Experiment Station, University of California, Davis
1987-92 Chair, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Biology, UCD
1992-95 Director, Ecotoxicology
Program, University of California, Davis
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1968 Hickey, J. J. and _____. Chlorinated hydrocarbons
and eggshell changes in raptorial and fish-eating birds. Science 162:271-
273.
1972 _____ and J. J. Hickey. Eggshell changes in certain
North American birds. International Ornithological Congress Proceedings
15:514-540.
1975 _____, R. W. Risebrough, J. R. Jehl, Jr., L. A.
Woods, Jr., L. R. DeWeese and W. G. Edgecomb. Brown pelicans: Improved reproduction
off the Southern California coast. Science 190:806-808.
1976 _____ and J. J. Hickey. Dynamics of storage of
organochlorine pollutants in herring gulls. Environmental Pollution 10:183-200.
1980 _____ and J. O. Keith. The human influence on
seabird nesting success: Conservation implications. Biological Conservation
18:65- 80.
1981 Risebrough, R. W., _____, J. J. Hickey and J. E.
McGahan. Organochlorine contamination of the Peruvian coastal ecosystem:
Baseline levels in 1969. Proceedings of the International Ornithological
Congress 17:929-934.
1982 _____, F. Gress and K. F. Mais. Brown pelicans:
Influence of food supply on reproduction. Oikos 39:23-31.
1982 Gress, F. and _____. California brown pelican
recovery plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon.
1983 Rudolph, S. G., _____ and R. W. Risebrough. Kestrel
predatory behavior under chronic low-level exposure to DDE. Environmental
Pollution 32:121-136.
1983 _____. The sea birds. Pp. 246-264 and 474-481
in Island Biogeography in the Sea of Cortez. T. J. Case and M. L. Cody,
Editors. University of California Press, Berkeley.
1984 _____, D. G. Raveling, R. W. Risebrough and A.
M. Springer. Dynamics of low-level organochlorines in adult cackling geese
over the annual cycle. The Journal of Wildlife Management 48:1112-1127.
1995 Mora, M. A. and _____. Selenium, boron, and heavy
metals in birds from the Mexicali Valley, Baja California, Mexico. Bulletin
of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 54:198-206.
1996 _____, F. Gress, and D. M. Fry. Survival and Dispersal
of Oiled Brown Pelicans after Rehabilitation and Release. Marine Pollution
Bulletin 32:711-718.
1997 Cahill, T. M., B. P. Perley, and _____. X-Ray
analyses of elemental concentrations in feathers: Comparison of XRF and PIXE.
International Journal of PIXE 7:53-69.
1998 Elbert, R. A., and _____. Mercury levels, reproduction,
and hematology in western grebes from three California lakes, USA. Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry 17:210-213.
1998 Cahill, T. M., _____, R. A. Elbert, B. P. Perley,
and D. R. Johnson. Elemental profiles in feather samples from a mercury-contaminated
lake in central California. Archives of Environmental Contamination and
Toxicology 35:75-81.
2000 _______, S. H. Newman, P. R. Kelly, S. K. Herzog,
and K. P. Lewis. An experimental soft-release of oil-spill rehabilitated
American coots (Fulica americana): I. lingering effects on survival,
condition and behavior. Environmental Pollution 107:285-294.