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Dynamic thermal corridor may connect endangered loggerhead sea turtles across the Pacific Ocean Briscoe, Dana K., Calandra N. Tomaszewicz, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Denise M. Parker, George H. Balazs, Jeffrey J. Polovina, Masanori Kurita, Hitoshi Okamoto, Tomomi Saito, Marc R. Rice, and Larry B. Crowder Frontiers in Marine Science

Predator-scale spatial analysis of intra-patch prey distribution reveals the energetic drivers of rorqual whale super-group formation Cade, David E., S. Mduduzi Seakamela, Ken P. Findlay, Julie Fukunaga, Shirel R. Kahane-Rapport, Joseph D. Warren, John Calambokidis, James A. Fahlbusch, Ari S. Friedlaender, Elliott L. Hazen, Deon Kotz, Steven McCue, Michael Meyer, William K. Oestreich, Machiel G. Oudejans, Christopher Wilke, and Jeremy A. Goldbogen Functional Ecology

Abundance, survival, and annual rate of change of Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) on a Navy sonar range Curtis, K. Alexandra, Erin A. Falcone, Gregory S. Schorr, Jeffrey E. Moore, David J. Moretti, Jay Barlow, and Erin Keene Marine Mammal Science

Straying and life history of adult steelhead in a small California coastal stream revealed by otolith natural tags and genetic stock identification Donohoe, Christopher J., David E. Rundio, Devon E. Pearse, and Thomas H. Williams North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) bones from a 5850 year old shell midden on San Miguel Island, California, USA Erlandson, Jon M., Robert L. DeLong, and Kelly M. Robertson The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Footprints of fixed gear fisheries in relation to rising whale entanglements on the U.S. West Coast Feist, Blake E., Jameal F. Samhouri, Karin A. Forney, and Lauren E. Saez Fisheries Management and Ecology

A multidecadal Bayesian trend analysis of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) populations off California relative to past fishery bycatch Forney, Karin A., Jeffrey E. Moore, Jay Barlow, James V. Carretta, and Scott R. Benson Marine Mammal Science

Body growth of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) revisited Fortune, Sarah M.E., Michael J. Moore, Wayne L. Perryman, and Andrew W. Trites Marine Mammal Science

Incorporating animal movement into distance sampling Glennie, R., S.T. Buckland, R. Langrock, T. Gerrodette, L.T. Ballance, S.J. Chivers, and M.D. Scott Journal of the American Statistical Association

Operationalizing ensemble models for scientific advice to fisheries management Jardim, Ernesto, Manuela Azevedo, Jon Brodziak, Elizabeth N. Brooks, Kelli F. Johnson, Nikolai Klibansky, Colin P. Millar, Coilin Minto, Iago Mosqueira, Richard D.M. Nash, Paraskevas Vasilakopoulos, and Brian K. Wells ICES Journal of Marine Science

Assessing the state of coupled social-ecological modeling in support of ecosystem based fisheries management in the U.S. Kasperski, Stephen, Geret S. DePiper, Suzana Blake, Lisa L. Colburn, Michael Jepson, Alan C. Haynie, Manda Karnauskas, Kirsten M. Leong, Douglas Lipton, Michelle Masi, Cameron Speir, Howard Townsend, and Mariska Weijerman Frontiers in Marine Science

Drones minimize Antarctic predator responses relative to ground survey methods: an appeal for context in policy advice Krause, Douglas J., Jefferson T. Hinke, Michael E. Goebel, and Wayne L. Perryman Frontiers in Marine Science

Reference genome and demographic history of the most endangered marine mammal, the vaquita Morin, Phillip A., Frederick I. Archer, Catherine D. Avila, Jennifer R. Balacco, Yury V. Bukhman, William Chow, Olivier Fedrigo, Giulio Formenti, Julie A. Fronczek, Arkarachai Gungtammasan, Frances M.D. Gulland, Bettina Haase, Mads Peter Heide-Jorgensen, Marlys L. Houck, Kerstin Howe, Ann C. Misuraca, Jacquelyn Mountcastle, Whitney Musser, Sadye Paez, Sarah Pelan, Adam Phillippy, Arang Rhie, Jacqeline Robinson, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Teri K. Rowles, Oliver A. Ryder, Cynthia R. Smith, Sacha Stevenson, Barbara L. Taylor, Jonas Teilmann, James Torrance, Randall S. Wells, Andrew J. Wesgtage, and Erich D. Jarvis Molecular Ecology Resources

Effects of artificial lighting at night on predator density and salmonid predation Nelson, Thomas Reid, Cyril J. Michel, Meagan P. Gary, Brendan M. Lehman, Nicholas J. Demetras, Jeremy J. Hammen, and Michael J. Horn Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Environmental factors influencing eastern North Pacific gray whale calf production 1994-2016 Perryman, Wayne L., Trevor Joyce, David W. Weller, and John W. Durban Marine Mammal Science

Importance of non-native isopods and other terrestrial prey resources to steelhead/rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in coastal streams in Big Sur, California Rundio, David E., and Steven T. Lindley Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Differences in growth and condition of juvenile Oncorhynchus mykiss related to a sex and a migration-associated genomic region Rundio, David E., John Carlos Garza, Steven T. Lindley, Thomas H. Williams, and Devon E. Pearse Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Redistribution of salmon populations in the Northeast Pacific Ocean in response to climate Shelton, Andrew Olaf, Genoa H. Sullaway, Eric J. Ward, Blake E. Feist, Kayleigh A. Somers, Vanessa J. Tuttle, Jordan T. Watson, and William H. Satterthwaite Fish and Fisheries

The potential impact of a shifting Pacific sardine distribution on U.S. West Coast landings Smith, James A., Barbara Muhling, Jonathan Sweeney, Desiree Tommasi, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Jerome Fiechter, and Michael G. Jacox Fisheries Oceanography

Efficacy of environmental DNA sampling to detect the occurrence of endangered coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Mediterranean-climate streams of California's central coast Spence, Brian C., David E. Rundio, Nicholas J. Demetras, and Maryna Sedoryk Environmental DNA

Adaptive markers distinguish North and South Albacore amid low population differentiation Vaux, Felix, Sandra Bohn, John R. Hyde, and Kathleen G. O'Malley Evolutionary Applications

Taxonomic revision of the South Asian River dolphins (Platanista): Indus and Ganges River dolphins are separate species Braulik, G.T., F. Archer, U. Khan, M. Imran, R.K Sinha, T.A. Jefferson, C. Donovan, and J.A. Graves Marine Mammal Science

Population viability of sea turtles in the context of global warming Maurer, A.S., J.A. Seminoff, C.A. Layman, S.P. Stapleton, M.H. Godfrey, and M.O. Burford Reiskind BioScience

Ecological nonlinearities inform the design of functional flows for imperiled fish in a highly modified river Michel, Cyril J., Jeremy J. Notch, Flora Cordoleani, Arnold J. Ammann, and Eric M. Danner Ecosphere

Using Antarctic blue whale photo ID data from IDCR/SOWER: capture-recapture estimates of abundance Olson, P.A., and D. Kinzey Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, Special Issue

Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures Osland, M.J., P.W. Stevens, M.M. Lamont, R.C. Brusca, K.M. Hart, J.H. Waddle, C.A. Langtimm, C.M. Williams, B.D. Keim, A.J. Terando, E.A. Reyier, K.E. Marshall, M.E. Loik, R.E. Boucek, A.B. Lewis, and J.A. Seminoff Journal of Natural History

Globally important loggerhead sea turtle conservation refuge: Maio Island, Cabo Verde Patino-Martinez, J., L. Dos Passos, I. Afonso, A. Teixidor, M. Tiwari, T. Szekely, and R. Moreno Oryx

No rest for the weary: Restricted resting behavior of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a deep-neritic foraging area influences expression of life history traits Seminoff, J.A., E.R. Whitman, B.P. Wallace, A. Bayless, A. Resendiz, and T.T. Jones Journal of Natural History

Large-scale patterns of green turtle trophic ecology in the eastern Pacific Ocean Seminoff, J.A., L.M. Komoroske, D. Amorocho, D. Arauz, D.C. Chaverri, N. De Paz, P.H. Dutton, M. Donoso, M. Heidemeyer, G. Hoeffer, T.T. Jones, S. Kelez, G.E. Lemons, J.M. Rguez-Baron, L. Sampson, L. Santos Baca, T. Steiner, M. Vejar Rubio, P. Zarate, A. Zavala-Norzagaray, and B.N. Popp Ecosphere

Multi-scale assessment of distribution and density of procellariiform seabirds within the northern Antarctic Peninsula marine ecosystem Warwick-Evans, Victoria, Jarrod A. Santora, James Waggitt, and Phil Trathan ICES Journal of Marine Science

Alternative migratory strategies are widespread in subyearling Chinook salmon Apgar, Travis M., Joseph E. Merz, Benjamin T. Martin, and Eric P. Palkovacs Ecology of Freshwater Fish 30(1):125-139

Acoustic detection range and population density of Cuvier's beaked whales estimated from near-surface hydrophones Barlow, Jay, Selene Fregosi, Len Thomas, Danielle Harris, and Emily T. Griffiths Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 149(1):111-125

Improving the IEA approach using principles of open data science Bastille, Kimberly, Sean Hardison, Lynn deWitt, Jennifer Brown, Jameal Samhouri, Sarah Gaichas, Sean Lucey, Kelly Kearney, Ben Best, Scott Cross, Scott Large, and Ellen Spooner Coastal Management 49(1):72-89

Cross-sectoral externalities related to natural resources and ecosystem services Bellanger, Manuel, Robert Fonner, Daniel S. Holland, Gary D. Libecap, Douglas W. Lipton, Pierre Scemama, Cameron Speir, and Olivier Thebaud Ecological Economics 184:106990 (10 p.)

Advancing diet reconstruction in fish eye lenses Bell-Tilcock, Miranda, Carson A. Jeffres, Andrew L. Rypel, Ted R. Sommer, Jacob V.E. Katz, George Whitman, and Rachel C. Johnson Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12(3):449-457

Training a generation of avid journal manuscript reviewers Bograd, Steven J., and Gayle Barbin Zydlewski Fisheries Oceanography 30(1):1-2

Role of geostrophic currents in future changes of coastal upwelling in the California Current System Ding, Hui, Michael A. Alexander, and Michael G. Jacox Geophysical Research Letters 48(3):e2020GL090768 (10 p.)

Quantifying thermal exposure for migratory riverine species: Phenology of Chinook salmon populations predicts thermal stress FitzGerald, Alyssa M., Sara N. John, Travis M. Apgar, Nathan J. Mantua, and Benjamin T. Martin Global Change Biology 27(3):536-549

Changes to the structure and function of an albacore fishery reveal shifting social-ecological realities for Pacific Northwest fishermen Frawley, Timothy H., Barbara A. Muhling, Stephanie Brodie, Mary C. Fisher, Desiree Tommasi, Gwendal Le Fol, Elliott L. Hazen, Stephen S. Stohs, Elena M. Finkbeiner, and Michael G. Jacox Fish and Fisheries 22(2):280-297

Fish specialize their metabolic performance to maximize bioenergetic efficiency in their local environment: Conspecific comparison between two stocks of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) Guo, Chenying, Shin-ichi Ito, Michio Yoneda, Hahime Kitano, Hitoshi Kaneko, Megumi Enomoto, Tomoya Aono, Masahiro Nakamura, Takashi Kitagawa, Nicholas C. Wegner, and Emmanis Dorval Frontiers in Marine Science 8:613965 (13 p.)

Marine important bird and biodiversity areas for penguins in Antarctica, targets for conservation action Handley, Jonathan, Marie-Morgane Rouyer, Elizabeth J. Pearmain, Victoria Warwick-Evans, Katharina Teschke, Jefferson T. Hinke, Heather Lynch, Louise Emmerson, Colin Southwell, Gary Griffith, Cesar A. Cardenas, Aldina M.A. Franco, Phil Trathan, and Maria P. Dias Frontiers in Marine Science 7:602972 (17 p.)

Thomas F. Norris 1965-2020 [obituary] Jefferson, Thomas A., and Tomo Eguchi Marine Mammal Science 37(1):361-363

Leveraging spatial information to forecast nonlinear ecological dynamics Johnson, Bethany, Marcella Gomez, and Stephan B. Munch Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12(2):266-279

Coastal regions of the northern Antarctic Peninsula are key for gentoo populations Korczak-Abshire, Malgorzata, Jefferson T. Hinke, Gennadi Milinevsky, Mariana A. Juares, and George M. Watters Biology Letters 17(1):20200708 (6 p.)

Mitochondrial DNA profiling to combat the illegal trade in tortoiseshell products LaCasella, Erin L., Michael P. Jensen, Christine A. Madden Hof, Ian P. Bell, Amy Frey, and Peter H. Dutton Frontiers in Marine Science 7:595853 (10 p.)

Re-examination of population structure in Arctic ringed seals using DArTseq genotyping Lang, A.R., P. Boveng, L. Quakenbush, K. Robertson, M. Lauf, K.D. Rode, H. Ziel, and B.L. Taylor Endangered Species Research 44:11-31

A NOAA Fisheries science perspective on the conditions during and after COVID-19: challenges, observations, and some possible solutions, or why the future is upon us Link, Jason S., Francisco E. Werner, Kevin Werner, John Walter, Mark Strom, Michael P. Seki, Franklin Schwing, Jeremy Rusin, Clay E. Porch, Kenric Osgood, Karl Moline, Richard D. Methot, Patrick D. Lynch, Douglas Lipton, Kristen Koch, Evan A. Howell, Jonathan A. Hare, Robert J. Foy, David Detlor, Lisa Desfosse, John Crofts, and Nicole Cabana Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 78(1):1-12

Stable isotope turnover rates and fractionation in captive California yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis): insights for application to field studies Madigan, Daniel J., Owyn E. Snodgrass, John R. Hyde, and Heidi Dewar Scientific Reports 11:4466 (15 p.)

Population structure in a continuously distributed coastal marine species, the harbor porpoise, based on microhaplotypes derived from poor-quality samples Morin, Phillip A., Brenna R. Forester, Karin A. Forney, Carla A. Crossman, Brittany L. Hancock-Hanser, Kelly M. Robertson, Lance G. Barrett-Lennard, Robin W. Baird, John Calambokidis, Pat Gearin, M. Bradley Hanson, Cassie Schumacher, Timothy Harkins, Michael C. Fontaine, Barbara L. Taylor, and Kim M. Parsons Molecular Ecology 30(6):1457-1476

Responses of ichthyoplankton assemblages to the recent marine heatwave and previous climate fluctuations in several Northeast Pacific marine ecosystems Nielsen, Jens M., Lauren A. Rogers, Richard D. Brodeur, Andrew R. Thompson, Toby D. Auth, Alison L. Deary, Janet T. Duffy-Anderson, Moira Galbraith, J. Anthony Koslow, and R. Ian Perry Global Change Biology 27(3):506-520

A rebuilding time model for Pacific salmon O'Farrell, Michael R., and William H. Satterthwaite Fisheries Research 238:105900 (9 p.)

Changes in dive patterns of leatherback turtles with sea surface temperature and potential foraging habitats Okuyama, Junichi, Scott R. Benson, Peter H. Dutton, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff Ecosphere 12(2):E03365 (17 p.)

Review of 2020 ocean salmon fisheries: Stock assessment and fishery evaluation document for the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 340 p.

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis and environmental assessment Part 1 for 2021 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 132 p.

Context-dependent variability in the predicted daily energetic costs of disturbance for blue whales Pirotta, Enrico, Cormac G. Booth, David E. Cade, John Calambokidis, Daniel P. Costa, James A. Fahlbusch, Ari S. Friedlaender, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, John Harwood, Elliott L. Hazen, Leslie New, and Brandon L. Southall Conservation Physiology 9(1):coaa137 (15 p.)

Can we manage marine mammal bycatch effectively in low-data environments? Punt, Andre E., Margaret C. Siple, Tessa B. Francis, Philip S. Hammond, Dennis Heinemann, Kristy J. Long, Jeff Moore, Maritza Sepulveda, Randall R. Reeves, Gudjon Mar Sigurdsson, Gisli Vikingsson, Paul R. Wade, Rob Williams, and Alexandre N. Zerbini Journal of Applied Ecology 58(3):596-607

Assessing pinniped bycatch mortality with uncertainty in abundance and post-release mortality: A case study from Chile Punt, Andre E., Maritza Sepulveda, Margaret C. Siple, Jeffrey Moore, Tessa B. Francis, Philip S. Hammond, Dennis Heinemann, Kristy J. Long, Doris Oliva, Randall R. Reeves, Gudjon Mar Sigurdsson, Gisli Vikingsson, Paul R. Wade, Rob Williams, and Alexandre N. Zerbini Fisheries Research 235:105816 (14 p.)

Feeding ecology of juvenile green turtles in food-poor habitats of the Persian Gulf Rezaie-Atagholipour, Mohsen, Fahimeh Imani, Parviz Ghezellou, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff Marine Biology 168:4 (11 p.)

Sea turtle research and conservation priority setting: A review of three recent global research reviews Seminoff, Jeffrey A. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 33:19-23

Geographic distribution of commercial fishing landings and port consolidation following ITQ implementation Speir, Cameron, and Min-Yang Lee Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 46(1):152-169

Using Integrated Ecosystem Assessments to build resilient ecosystems, communities, and economies Spooner, Ellen, Mandy Karnauskas, Chris J. Harvey, Chris Kelble, Judity Rosellon-Druker, Stephen Kasperski, Sean M. Lucey, Kelly S. Andrews, Stephen R. Gittings, Jamal H. Moss, Jamison M. Gove, Jameal F. Samhouri, Rebecca J. Allee, Steven J. Bograd, Mark E. Monaco, Patricia M. Clay, Lauren A. Rogers, Anthony Marshak, Supin Wongbusarakum, Kathy Broughton, and Patrick D. Lynch Coastal Management 49(1):26-45

Abundance of eastern North Pacific gray whales 2019/2020 Stewart, Joshua D., and David W. Weller U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC 639. 5 p.

Inter-annual variability in forage fish population size structure: Comparison of selectivity of traditional vs. non-traditional sampling devices Thayer, J.A., Z. Burr, J.C. Field, R.D. Carle, and P. Warzybok Fisheries Research 234:105801 (8 p.)

Place-based ecosystem management: Adapting Integrated Ecosystem Assessment processes for developing scientifically and socially relevant indicator portfolios Williams, Gregory D., Kelly S. Andrews, Jennifer A. Brown, Jamison M. Gove, Elliott L. Hazen, Kirsten M. Leong, Kelly A. Montenero, Jamal H. Moss, Judith M. Rosellon-Druker, Isaac D. Schroeder, Elizabeth Siddon, Marysia Szymkowiak, George A. Whitehouse, Stephani G. Zador, and Chris J. Harvey Coastal Management 49(1):46-71

Geochemical tools identify the origins of Chinook salmon returning to a restored creek Willmes, Malte, Emily E. Jacinto, Levi S. Lewis, Rachel A. Fichman, Zachary Bess, Gabriel Singer, Anna Steel, Peter Moyle, Andrew L. Rypel, Nann Fangue, Justin J.G. Glessner, James A. Hobbs, and Eric D. Chapman Fisheries 46(1):22-32

Models with environmental drivers offer a plausible mechanism for the rapid spread of infectious disease outbreaks in marine organisms Aalto, E.A., K.D. Lafferty, S.H. Sokolow, R.E. Grewelle, T. Ben-Horin, C.A. Boch, P.T. Raimondi, S.J. Bograd, E.L. Hazen, M.G. Jacox, F. Micheli, and G.A. De Leo Scienctific Reports 10:5975 (10 p.)

Foraging patterns of Antarctic minke whales in McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea Ainley, David G., Trevor W. Joyce, Ben Saenz, Robert L. Pitman, John W. Durban, Grant Ballard, Kendra Daly, and Stacy Kim Antarctic Science 32(6):454-465

Factors affecting detection probability and range of transmitters and receivers designed for the Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System Ammann, Arnold J. Environmental Biology of Fishes 103:625-634

Antarctic demersal finfish around the Elephant and the South Orkney islands: distribution, abundance and biological characteristics Arana, Patricio M., Christopher D. Jones, Nicolas A. Alegria, Roberto Sarralde, and Renzo Rolleri Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 48(2):304-322

Quantifying spatial and temporal variation of North Pacific fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) acoustic behavior Archer, Frederick I., Shannon Rankin, Kathleen M. Stafford, Manuel Castellote, and Julien Delarue Marine Mammal Science 36(1):224-245

A mitigation hierarchy approach for managing sea turtle captures in small-scale fisheries Arlidge, William N.S., Dale Squires, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Hollie Booth, Jeffrey C. Mangel, and E.J. Milner-Gulland Frontiers in Marine Science 7:49 (26 p.)

Pregnancy rate and biomarker validations from the blubber of eastern North Pacific blue whales Atkinson, Shannon, Diane Gendron, Trevor A. Branch, Kendall L. Mashburn, Valentina Melica, Luis E. Enriquez-Paredes, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Marine Mammal Science 36(1):6-28

Regional comparison of leatherback sea turtle maturation attributes and reproductive longevity Avens, Larisa, Lisa R. Goshe, George R. Zug, George H. Balazs, Scott R. Benson, and Heather Harris Marine Biology 167:4 (12 p.)

Morphological variation in leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) hatchlings at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, US Virgin Islands Banerjee, Shreya M., Amy Frey, Carolyn M. Kurle, Justin R. Perrault, and Kelly R. Stewart Endangered Species Research 41:361-372

Single nucleotide polymorphism markers for genotyping hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) Banerjee, Shreya M., Lisa M. Komoroske, Amy Frey, Brittany Hancock-Hanser, Phillip A. Morin, Frederick I. Archer, Suzanne Roden, Alexander Gaos, Michael J. Liles, and Peter H. Dutton Conservation Genetics Resources 12(3):353-356

Variation in dive behavior of Cuvier's beaked whales with seafloor depth, time-of-day, and lunar illumination Barlow, Jay, Gregory S. Schorr, Erin A. Falcone, and David Moretti Marine Ecology Progress Series 644:199-214

Persistent organic pollutants in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) inhabiting two urbanized Southern California habitats Barraza, Arthur D., Lisa M. Komoroske, Camryn D. Allen, Tomoharu Eguchi, Rich Gossett, Erika Holland, Daniel D. Lawson, Robin A. LeRoux, Varenka Lorenzi, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Christopher G. Lowe Marine Pollution Bulletin 153:110979 (11 p.)

Geographic variation in responses of kelp forest communities of the California Current to recent climatic changes Beas-Luna, Rodrigo, Fiorenza Micheli, C. Brock Woodson, Mark Carr, Dan Malone, Jorge Torre, Charles Boch, Jennifer E. Caselle, Matt Edwards, Jan Freiwald, Scott L. Hamilton, Arturo Hernandez, Brenda Konar, Kristy J. Kroeker, Julio Lorda, Gabriela Montano-Moctezuma, and Guillermo Torres-Moye Global Change Biology 26(11):6457-6473

Performance evaluation of cetacean species distribution models developed using generalized additive models and boosted regression trees Becker, Elizabeth A., James V. Carretta, Karin A. Forney, Jay Barlow, Stephanie Brodie, Ryan Hoopes, Michael G. Jacox, Sara M. Maxwell, Jessica V. Redfern, Nicholas B. Sisson, Heather Welch, and Elliott L. Hazen Ecology and Evolution 10(12):5759-5784

Habitat-based density estimates for cetaceans in the California Current Ecosystem based on 1991-2018 survey data Becker, Elizabeth A., Karin A. Forney, David L. Miller, Paul C. Fiedler, Jay Barlow, and Jeff E. Moore U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-638. 69 p.

Twenty-eight years of decline: Nesting population demographics and trajectory of the north-east Queensland endangered hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Bell, I.P., J.J. Meager, T. Eguchi, K.A. Dobbs, J.D. Miller, and C.A. Madden Hof Biological Conservation 241:108376 (10 p.)

Addressing marine and coastal governance conflicts at the interface of multiple sectors and jurisdictions Bellanger, Manuel, Cameron Speir, Fabian Blanchard, Kate Brooks, James R.A. Butler, Scott Crosson, Robert Fonner, Sophie Gourguet, Daniel S. Holland, Sakari Kuikka, Bertrand Le Gallic, Rebecca Lent, Gary D. Libecap, Douglas W. Lipton, Prateep Kumar Nayak, David Reid, Pierre Scemama, Robert Stephenson, Olivier Thebaud, and Juliette C. Young Frontiers in Marine Science 7:544440 (21 p.)

Mitochondrial genomics reveals the evolutionary history of the porpoises (Phocoenidae) across the speciation continuum Ben Chehida, Yacine, Julie Thumloup, Cassie Schumacher, Timothy Harkins, Alex Aguilar, Asuncion Borrell, Marisa Ferreira, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Kelly M. Robertson, Barbara L. Taylor, Gisli A. Vikingsson, Arthur Weyna, Jonathan Romiguier, Phillip A. Morin, and Michael C. Fontaine Scientific Reports 10:15190 (18 p.)

A long-term decline in the abundance of endangered leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at a foraging ground in the California Current Ecosystem Benson, Scott R., Karin A. Forney, Jeffrey E. Moore, Erin L. LaCasella, James T. Harvey, and James V. Carretta Global Ecology 24:e01371 (13 p.)

Genetic identification of blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) and deacon rockfish (S. diaconus) to enable life history analyses for stock assessment Bizzarro, Joseph J., Elizabeth A. Gilbert-Horvath, E.J. Dick, Aaron M. Berger, Katherine T. Schmidt, Don Pearson, Christine Petersen, Lisa A. Kautzi, Rebecca R. Miller, John C. Field, and John Carlos Garza Fishery Bulletin 118(1):37-50

Combining high temporal resolution whale distribution and vessel tracking data improves estimates of ship strike risk Blondin, Hannah, Briana Abrahms, Larry B. Crowder, and Elliott L. Hazen Biological Conservation 250:108757 (8 p.)

Reduced form evidence on belief updating under asymmetric information: consumer's response to wine expert opinions Bonnet, Celine, James Hilger, and Sofia B. Villas-Boas European Review of Agricultural Economics 47(5):1668-1696

The mitigation hierarchy for sharks: A risk-based framework for reconciling trade-offs between shark conservation and fisheries objectives Booth, Hollie, Dale Squires, and Eleanor Jane Milner-Gulland Fish and Fisheries 21(2):269-289

Striped bass on the coast of California: a review Boughton, David A. California Fish and Wildlife 106(3):226-257

Abundance estimates of false killer whales in Hawaiian waters and the broader central Pacific Bradford, Amanda L., Elizabeth A. Becker, Erin M. Oleson, Karin A. Forney, Jeff E. Moore, and Jay Barlow U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-PIFSC-104. 70 p.

Sampling plants and malacofauna in 87Sr/86Sr bioavailability studies: Implications for isoscape mapping and reconstructing of past mobility patterns Britton, Kate, Mael Le Corre, Malte Willmes, Ian Moffat, Rainer Grun, Marcello A. Mannino, Stephen Woodward, and Klervia Jaouen Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:579473 (16 p.)

Trade-offs in covariate selection for species distribution models: a methodological comparison Brodie, Stephanie, James T. Thorson, Gemma Carroll, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven Bograd, Melissa A. Haltuch, Kirstin K. Holsman, Stan Kotwicki, Jameal F. Samhouri, Ellen Willis-Norton, and Rebecca L. Selden Ecography 43(1):11-24

John Leonard Bannister 1937-2018 [obituary] Brownell, Robert L. Jr., Doug S. Butterworth, Catherine M. Kemper, Martin Cawthorn, Michael Double, Greg P. Donovan, Ray Gambell, and Hidehiro Kato Marine Mammal Science 36(3):1074-1077

Poleward proliferation of an inshore squid [abstract] Burford, B., L. Wild, R. Schwarz, M. Kosma, E. Chenoweth, A. Sreenivasan, W. Gilly, R. Heintz, J. Field, H.J. Hoving, J. Straley, and M. Denny Integrative and Comparative Biology 60(supp.1):E26

Updated abundance estimates for blue and humpback whales along the U.S. West Coast using data through 2018 Calambokidis, John, and Jay Barlow U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-634. 16 p.

South Georgia blue whales five decades after the end of whaling Calderan, Susannah V. Calderan, Andy Black, Trevor A. Branch, Martin A. Collins, Natalie Kelly, Russell Leaper, Sarah Lurcock, Brian S. Miller, Michael Moore, Paula A. Olson, Ana Sirovic, Andrew G. Wood, and Jennifer A. Jackson Endangered Species Research 43:359-373

Distribution of the acoustic occurrence of dolphins during the summers 2011 to 2015 in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico Cardenas Hinojosa, Gustavo, Horacio de la Cueva, Tim Gerrodette, and Armando M. Jaramillo-Legorreta PeerJ 8:e9121 (25 p.)

Estimates of marine mammal, sea turtle, and seabird bycatch in the California large-mesh drift gillnet fishery: 1990-2018 Carretta, James V. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-632. 80 p.

Sources of human-related injury and mortality for U.S. Pacific west coast marine mammal stock assessments, 2014-2018 Carretta, James V., Blair Delean, Van Helker, Marcia M. Muto, Justin Greenman, Kristin Wilkinson, Dan Lawson, Justin Viezbicke, and Jason Jannot U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-631. 147 p.

U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2019 Carretta, James V., Karin A. Forney, Erin M. Oleson, David W. Weller, Aimee R. Lang, Jason Baker, Marcia M. Muto, Brad Hanson, Anthony J. Orr, Harriet Huber, Mark S. Lowry, Jay Barlow, Jeffrey E. Moore, Deanna Lynch, Lilian Carswell, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-629. 380 p.