Background

Research Interests

1. Thompson, P.M., S. Ingram, M. Lonergan, S. Northridge, A. Hall, and B. Wilson, Climate changes and starvation in harbour porpoises? Biology Letters, submitted.
2. Smith, G.C., R.J. Delahay, and A.J. Hall, Disease and mammal population change. Mammal Review, Submitted.
3. Schwacke, L., A.J. Hall, R.S. Wells, L.J. Hansen, A.A. Hohn, and T.K. Rowles, An epidemiological framework for assessing the population health of marine mammals : Implications for conservation and management. Conservation Biology, submitted.
4. Lonergan, M., A.J. Hall, H. Thompson, P.M. Thompson, P.P. Pomeroy, and J. Harwood, A comparison of the 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper epizootics in British harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) populations. Marine Ecology Progress Series, Submitted.
5. Harding, K.C., T. Harkonen, P. Klepac, P.J.H. Reijnders, R. Dietz, A.J. Hall, S.M.J.M. Brasseur, C.D. Duck, P.D. Jepson, U. Siebert, J. Teilmann, D. Thompson, P.M. Thompson, and M.G. Neubert, Regional variation in the rate of spread of the phocine distemper virus. Nature (Lond.), submitted.
6. Hall, A.J., R.S. Wells, J.C. Sweeney, F.I. Townsend, B.C. Balmer, A.A. Hohn, and H.L. Rhinehart, Annual, seasonal and individual variation in hematology and clinical blood chemistry profiles in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from Sarasota Bay, Florida. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B, Submitted.
7. Hall, A.J., Vagrant Seals, in Handbook of British Mammals, S. Harris, Editor. Submitted, Poyser Press: London.
8. Hall, A.J. and B.J. McConnell, Measuring changes in juvenile grey seal body composition. Marine Mammal Science, In Press.
9. Gulland, F.M.D. and A.J. Hall, Is marine mammal health deteriorating? Trends in the global reporting of marine mammal disease. EcoHealth, In Press.
10. Hall, A.J. and G.O. Thomas, Polychlorinated biphenyls, DDT, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and organic pesticides in United Kingdom harbor seals - mixed exposures and thyroid homeostasis. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2007. 26(5).
11. Greig, D.J., G.M. Ylitalo, A.J. Hall, D.A. Fauquier, and F.M.D. Gulland, Transplacental transfer of organochlorines in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2007. 26(1): p. 37-44.
12. Harkonen, T., R. Dietz, P.J.H. Reijnders, J. Teilmann, K. Harding, A.J. Hall, S.M.J.M. Brasseur, U. Siebert, S.J. Goodman, P.D. Jepson, T. Dau Rasmussen, and P.M. Thompson, A review of the 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper virus epidemics in European harbour seals. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2006. 68: p. 115-130.
13. Hall, A.J., J. Stott, M. Blanchard, T.K. Rowles, and R.S. Wells, The relationship between immune measures and blubber organochlorine concentrations in bottlenose dolphins (Turiops truncatus) from Sarasota Bay, Florida. International Whaling Commission, 2006. SC/58/E39.
14. Hall, A.J., K. Hugunin, R. Deaville, R.J. Law, C.R. Allchin, and P.D. Jepson, The risk of infection from polychlorinated biphenyl exposure in harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) - A case-control approach. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2006. 114(5): p. 704-711.
15. Hall, A.J., P.D. Jepson, S.J. Goodman, and T. Harkonen, Phocine Distemper Virus in the North and European seas - Data and models, nature and nurture. Biological Conservation, 2006. 131(2): p. 221-229.
16. Hall, A.J., B.J. McConnell, T.K. Rowles, A. Aguilar, A. Borrell, L. Schwacke, P.J.H. Reijnders, and R.S. Wells, Population consequences of polychlorinated biphenyl exposure in bottlenose dolphins - an individual based model approach. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2006. 114, Suppl. 1: p. 60-64.
17. Ylitalo, G.M., J.E. Stein, T. Hom, L.L. Johnson, K.L. Tilbury, A.J. Hall, T.K. Rowles, D. Greig, L.J. Lowenstine, and F.M.D. Gulland, The role of organochlorines in cancer-associated mortality in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2005. 50: p. 30-39.
18. Thomas, G., S. Moss, L. Asplund, and A.J. Hall, Absorption of decabromodiphenyl ether and other organohalogen chemicals by grey seals (Halichoerus grypus). Environmental Pollution, 2005. 133: p. 581-586.
19. Pomeroy, P.P., J.A. Hammond, A.J. Hall, M. Lonergan, C.D. Duck, V.J. Smith, and H. Thompson, Morbillivirus neutralizing antibodies in Scottish grey seals: assessing the effects of the 1988 and 2002 PDV epizootics. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2005. 287: p. 241-250.
20. Kalantzi, O., A.J. Hall, G.O. Thomas, and K.C. Jones, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and selected organochlorines in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the North Sea. Chemosphere, 2005. 58: p. 345-354.
21. Hammond, J.A., P.P. Pomeroy, A.J. Hall, and V.J. Smith, Identification and real-time PCR quantification of phocine distemper virus from two colonies of Scottish grey seals in 2002. Journal of General Virology, 2005. 86: p. 2563-2567.
22. Hammond, J.A., A.J. Hall, and L. Dyrynda, Comparison of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) induced effects on innate immune functions in harbour and grey seals. Aquatic Toxicology, 2005. 74(2): p. 126-138.
23. Hammond, J.A., K.A. Bennett, M.J. Walton, and A.J. Hall, Molecular cloning and expression of leptin in grey and harbor seal blubber, bone marrow and lung and its potential role in marine mammal respiratory physiology. American Journal of Physiology Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 2005. 289: p. 545-553.
24. Hall, A.J. and G.O. Thomas, Population impacts of endocrine disrupters on UK seals - effects on juvenile survival and interactions with disease. 2005, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: London. p. 23.
25. Gulland, F. and A. Hall, The role of disease in influencing status and trends in marine mammal populations, in Marine Mammal Research. Conservation Beyond Crisis, J. Reynolds, et al., Editors. 2005, John Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, MD.
26. Schwacke, L., A.J. Hall, R.S. Wells, G. Bossart, P. Fair, A.A. Hohn, P. Becker, J. Kucklick, G. Mitchum, P. Rosel, J. Whaley, and T.K. Rowles, Health and risk assessment for bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) populations along the southeast United States coast: current status and future plans. International Whaling Commission, 2004. SC/56/E20.
27. McConnell, B.J., R. Beaton, E. Bryant, C. Hunter, P. Lovell, and A.J. Hall, Phoning home - a new GSM mobile phone telemetry system to collect mark-recapture data. Marine Mammal Science, 2004. 20(2): p. 274-283.
28. Hall, A.J., R.S. Wells, A. Aguilar, A. Borrell, T.K. Rowles, J. Stott, J. Wilson, T. O'Hara, U. Siebert, A. Bjorge, V. Tornero, and P. Reijnders, Biomarkers of contaminant exposure and relationships with blubber contaminant levels in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). International Whaling Commission, 2004. SC/56/E15.
29. Tilley, R.E., G.D. Kemp, and A.J. Hall, Effects of storage on hepatic microsomes from two marine mammals species on cytochrome P450-monooxygenase activities and content. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2003. 46(5): p. 654-658.
30. Hall, A., O. Kalantzi, and G. Thomas, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in grey seal pups during their first year of life - are they thyroid hormone endocrine disrupters? Environmental Pollution, 2003. 126: p. 29-37.
31. Hall, A.J., G.H. Engelhard, S.M.J.M. Brasseur, A. Vecchione, H. Burton, and P.J.H. Reijnders, The immuncompetence handicap hypothesis in two sexually dimorphic pinniped species - is there a sex difference in immunity during early devlopment? Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 2003. 27(6/7): p. 629-637.
32. Tittlemier, S., A. Borrell, J. Duffe, P.J. Duignan, P. Fair, A. Hall, P. Hoekstra, K.M. Kovacs, M.M. Krahn, M. Lebeuf, C. Lydersen, D. Muir, T. O'Hara, M. Olsson, J. Pranschke, P. Ross, U. Siebert, G. Stern, S. Tanabe, and R. Norstrom, Global distribution of halogenated dimethyl bipyrroles in marine mammal blubber. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2002. 43(2): p. 244-255.
33. Tilley, R.E., G.D. Kemp, I. Teramitsu, and A.J. Hall, Isolation of two cytochrome P450 cDNAs, CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 from two seal species: harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) and grey seal (Halichoerus grypus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C, 2002. 132: p. 181-191.
34. Thompson, P.M., H. Thompson, and A.J. Hall, Prevalence of morbillivirus antibodies in Scottish harbour seals. Veterinary Record, 2002. 151: p. 609-610.
35. Hall, A.J. and C. Stephenson, Phocine distemper epidemic. Planet Earth, 2002. Winter 2002: p. 22-23.
36. Hall, A.J., B.J. McConnell, and R.J. Barker, The effect of total immunoglobulin levels, mass and condition on the first-year survival of grey seal pups. Functional Ecology, 2002. 16: p. 462-474.
37. Hall, A.J., Grey Seal, in Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, W.F. Perrin, B. Wursig, and H.G.M. Thewissen, Editors. 2002, Academic Press: San Diego. p. 522-524.
38. Engelhard, G.H., A.J. Hall, S.M.J.M. Brasseur, and P.J.H. Reijnders, Blood chemistry in southern elephant seal mothers and pups during lactation reveals no effect of handling. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, 2002. 133: p. 367-378.
39. Engelhard, G.H., S.M.J.M. Brasseur, A.J. Hall, H.R. Burton, and P.J.H. Reijnders, Adrenocortical responsiveness in sourthern elephant seal mothers and pups during lactation and the effect of scientific handling. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 2002. 172: p. 315-328.
40. Hall, A.J., B.J. McConnell, and C. Breen, By-catch of seals in fishing gear - A preliminary analysis of tagging data, 1950-2000. 2001, ICES Working Paper. p. 1-7.
41. Hall, A.J., Organohalogenated contaminants in marine mammals, in Marine Mammals: Biology and Conservation, P.H. Evans and J.A. Raga, Editors. 2001, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: London. p. 523-563.
42. Hall, A., B. McConnell, and R. Barker, Factors affecting first-year survival in grey seals and their implications for life history strategy. Journal of Animal Ecology, 2001. 70(1): p. 138-149.
43. Hall, A.J., Book Review - Biology of Marine Mammals and Conservation of Marine Mammals. Environmental Conservation, 2000. 27(3): p. 319-320.
44. Hall, A.J. Post weaning survival of grey seal pups. in Wildcare 2000. 2000. Inverness, Scotland: Wildaid Foundation Trust.
45. Hall, A.J. and M. Walton, The consumption of fish prey by grey seals, in The Effect of Large-scale Industrial Fisheries on Non-target Species, J. Harwood, Editor. 2000, European Union: St Andrews.
46. Hall, A.J., S.E.W. Moss, and B.J. McConnell, A new tag for identifying seals. Marine Mammal Science, 2000. 16(1): p. 254-257.
47. Swinton, J., C.A. Gilligan, J. Harwood, and A.J. Hall, Scaling of phocine distemper virus transmission with Harbour seal community size. Ecologie, 1999. 30(4): p. 231-240.
48. Harwood, J., A.J. Hall, and B. Grenfell. Assessing the risks of marine mammal populations from exposure to contaminants. in Marine Mammals and Persistent Ocean Contaminants. 1999. Keystone Colorado, US: Marine Mammal Commission.
49. Hall, A.J., S.T. Licence, and P. Pomeroy, The response of grey seal pups to intradermal phytohaemagglutinin injection. Aquatic Mammals, 1999. 25.1: p. 25-30.
50. Hall, A.J., C.D. Duck, R.J. Law, C.R. Allchin, S. Wilson, and T. Eybatov, Organochlorine contaminants in Caspian and Harbour seal blubber. Environmental Pollution, 1999. 106: p. 203-212.

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