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Sharon R. Melin
Researcher at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publications - 47
Citations - 1416
Sharon R. Melin is an academic researcher from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The author has contributed to research in topics: Zalophus californianus & Population. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 43 publications receiving 1185 citations. Previous affiliations of Sharon R. Melin include National Marine Fisheries Service & University of Minnesota.
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A guide to Bayesian model checking for ecologists
TL;DR: This review synthesizes existing literature to guide ecologists through the many available options for Bayesian model checking and concludes that model checking is an essential component of scientific discovery and learning that should accompany most Bayesian analyses presented in the literature.
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Contrasting effects of heterozygosity on survival and hookworm resistance in California sea lion pups
Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse,Terry R. Spraker,Eugene T. Lyons,Sharon R. Melin,Frances M. D. Gulland,Robert L. DeLong,William Amos +6 more
TL;DR: The results suggest that pathogenic burden alone may not be the main factor regulating pathogen‐related mortality in natural populations, which could have important implications for the conservation of small, isolated or threatened populations, particularly when they are at a risk of facing pathogenic challenges.
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State of the California Current 2014-15: Impacts of the Warm-Water "Blob"
Andrew W. Leising,Isaac D. Schroeder,Steven J. Bograd,Jeffrey Abell,Reginaldo Durazo,Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro,Eric P. Bjorkstedt,John C. Field,Keith M. Sakuma,Roxanne R. Robertson,Ralf Goericke,William T. Peterson,Ric Brodeur,Caren Barceló,Toby D. Auth,Elizabeth A. Daly,Robert M. Suryan,Amanda J. Gladics,Jessica M. Porquez,Sam McClatchie,Edward D. Weber,William Watson,Jarrod A. Santora,William J. Sydeman,Sharon R. Melin,Francisco P. Chavez,Richard T. Golightly,Stephanie R. Schneider,Jennifer L. Fisher,Cheryl A. Morgan,Russell W. Bradley,Peter Warybok +31 more
TL;DR: The most recent state-of-the-art state of the California Current (SOTCC) is presented in this paper, where the authors focus on the conditions associated with several offshore regions of anomalously warm water, the northernmost commonly referred to as the blob.
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Class II multiformity generated by variable MHC-DRB region configurations in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
Lizabeth Bowen,Brian Aldridge,Frances M. D. Gulland,William Van Bonn,Robert L. DeLong,Sharon R. Melin,Linda J. Lowenstine,Jeffrey L Stott,Michael L. Johnson +8 more
TL;DR: The identification of a novel system of class II MHC variability in the California sea lion justifies new studies into the organizational basis of immunogenetic diversity in other marine species, and its role in infectious disease susceptibility.
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Extreme weather events influence dispersal of naive northern fur seals
Mary-Anne Lea,Devin S. Johnson,R. R. (Rolf R.) Ream,Jeremy T. Sterling,Sharon R. Melin,T Gelatt +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that increasingly variable climatic conditions at weaning, particularly timing, frequency and intensity of autumnal storms in the Bering Sea, may alter timing, direction of dispersal and potentially survival of pups.