Michael Castellini

Michael Castellini

Professor and Dean Emeritus


Fairbanks, Alaska 99708
macastellini@alaska.edu

 

Education

Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Ph.D. Marine Biology
1981

University of California San Diego
B.A. Biology
1975

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Selected Publications

* = student author

Trumble,* S.J., D. O’Neil,* L.A. Cornick, F.M.D. Gulland, M.A. Castellini, and S.A. Atkinson. 2013. Endocrine changes in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) pups undergoing rehabilitation. Zoo Biology 32(2): 132–141. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21036

Castellini, M. 2012. Life under water: Physiological adaptations to diving and living at sea. Comprehensive Physiology 2(3): 1889–1919. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphy.c110013

Castellini, M.A., O. Baskurt, J.M. Castellini, and H.J. Meiselman. 2010. Blood rheology in marine mammals. Frontiers in Physiology 1:1–8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2010.00146

Castellini, M.A., S.J. Trumble,* T.L. Mau,* P.K. Yochem, B.S. Stewart, and M.A. Koski. 2009. Body and blubber relationships in antarctic pack ice seals: implications for blubber depth patterns. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 82(2): 113–120. https://doi.org/10.1086/591948

Atkinson, S., D. Calkins, V. Burkanov, M. Castellini, D. Hennen, and S. Inglis.* 2008. Impact of changing diet regimes on Steller sea lion body condition. Marine Mammal Science 24(2): 276–289. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00188.x

Trillmich, F., L. Rea,* M. Castellini, and J.B.W. Wolf. 2008. Age-related changes in haematocrit in the Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) and the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii). Marine Mammal Science 24(2): 303–314. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00177.x

Zhao,* L.Y., M.A. Castellini, and D.M. Schell. 2006. Metabolic adjustments to varying protein intake in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina): Evidence from serum free amino acids. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79(5): 965–976. https://doi.org/10.1086/506005

Specialties

  • Marine mammal diving physiology
  • Comparative biochemistry
  • Climate change impacts on polar biology

 

Awards / Honors

  • National Academy of Sciences, National Associate Fellow

  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science