NOAA FISHERIES

Ecological decision-making: From circuit elements to emerging principles Hein, Andrew M. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 74:102551 (8 p.)

Tracking and forecasting community responses to climate perturbations in the California Current Ecosystem Hunsicker, Mary E., Eric J. Ward, Michael A. Litzow, Sean C. Anderson, Chris J. Harvey, John C. Field, Jin Gao, Michael G. Jacox, Sharon Melin, Andrew R. Thompson, and Pete Warzybok PLoS Climate 1(3):e0000014 (29 p.)

The secrets in our teeth James, Hannah F., Jacob I. Griffith, Kelsie Long, Christina Cheung, and Malte Willmes Frontiers for Young Minds 10:749555 (8 p.)

A large-scale environmental strontium isotope baseline map of Portugal for archaeological and paleoecological provenance studies James, Hannah F., Shaun Adams, Malte Willmes, Kate Mathison, Andrea Ulrichsen, Rachel Wood, Antonio C. Valera, Catherine J. Frieman, and Rainer Grun Journal of Archaeological Science 142:105595 (10 p.)

Introducing zoid: A mixture model and R package for modeling proportional data with zeros and ones in ecology Jensen, Alexander J., Ryan P. Kelly, Eric C. Anderson, William H. Satterthwaite, Andrew Olaf Shelton, and Eric J. Ward Ecology 103(11):e3804 (8 p.)

Micro- and macro-habitat selection of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, post-smolts in relation to marine environmental cues Jensen, J.L.A., J.F. Strom, A. Nikolopoulos, R. Primicerio, J. Skardhamar, B.J. Atencio, J.E.T. Strand, P.A. Bjorn, and T. Bohn ICES Journal of Marine Science 79(4):1394-1407

An empirical dynamic modeling framework for missing or irregular samples Johnson, Bethany, and Stephan B. Munch Ecological Modelling 468:109948 (9 p.)

Common model diagnostics for fish stock assessments in the United States Karp, Melissa A., Peter Kuriyama, Kristan Blackhart, Jon Brodziak, Felipe Carvalho, Kiersten Curti, E.J. Dick, Dana Hanselman, Daniel Hennen, James Ianelli, Skyler Sagarese, Kyle Shertzer, and Ian Taylor U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-240A. 27 p.

Pedigree analysis of an integrated hatchery steelhead program from the Mad River, California, provides insight into life history patterns and informs management Kinziger, Andrew P., Steven R. Fong, and John Carlos Garza North American Journal of Fisheries Management 42(5):1285-1295

A characterization of the deep-sea coral and sponge community along the California, Oregon, and Washington coasts using a remotely operated vehicle on the EXPRESS 2019 expedition Laidig, Tom, Diana Watters, Nancy Prouty, Meredith Everett, Lizzie Duncan, Liz Clarke, Chris Caldow, Jill R. Bourque, Jennifer McClain-Counts, and Amanda W.J. Demopoulos U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-672. 125 p.

Organochlorine and metal contaminants in the blood plasma of Green Sturgeon caught in Washington coastal estuaries Layshock, Julie A., Molly A.H. Webb, Olaf P. Langness, John Carlos Garza, Laura B. Heironimus, and Deke Gunderson Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 82(1):82-94

The effect of temperature on specific dynamic action of juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Lo, Vanessa K., Benjamin T. Martin, Eric M. Danner, Dennis E. Cocherell, Joseph J. Cech Jr., and Nann A. Fangue Conservation Physiology 10(1):coac067 (12 p.)

A structured deepwater fish community in an isolated benthic feature off Southern California Love, Milton S., Mary M. Nishimoto, Linda Snook, Ann Scarborough Bull, Tom Laidig, Li Kui, Diana Watters, and Mary Yoklavich Bulletin of Marine Science 98(3):221-246

National Standard 1 technical guidance on managing with ACLs for data-limited stocks: Review and recommendations for implementing 50 CFR 600.310(h)(2) flexibilities for certain data-limited stocks Macpherson, Marian, Jason Cope, Patrick Lynch, Abigail Furnish, Melissa Karp, James Berkson, Deb Lambert, Liz Brooks, Skyler Sagarese, Kate Siegfried, Edward Dick, Cindy Tribuzio, and Donald Kobayashi U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-237. 33 p.

Informational constraints on predator-prey interactions Martin, Benjamin T., Michael A. Gil, Ashkaan K. Fahimipour, and Andrew M. Hein Oikos 2022(10):e08143 (12 p.)

Spatial distribution, temporal changes, and knowledge gaps in basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) sightings in the California Current Ecosystem McInturf, Alexandra G., Barbara Muhling, Joseph J. Bizzarro, Nann A. Fangue, David A. Ebert, Damien Caillaud, and Heidi Dewar Frontiers in Marine Science 9:818670 (17 p.)

In hot water? Assessing the link between fundamental thermal physiology and predation of juvenile Chinook salmon McInturf, Alexandra G., Ken W. Zillig, Katherine Cook, Jacqueline Fukumoto, Anna Jones, Emily Patterson, Dennis E. Cocherell, Cyril J. Michel, Damien Caillaud, and Nann A. Fangue Ecosphere 13(11):e4264 (19 p.)

Satellite-based Lagrangian model reveals how upwelling and oceanic circulation shape krill hotspots in the California Current System Messie, Monique, Diego A. Sancho-Gallegos, Jerome Fiechter, Jarrod A. Santora, and Francisco P. Chavez Frontiers in Marine Science 9:835813 (19 p.)

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center: Agency report to the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-U.S. Groundfish Committee Monk, Melissa (ed.), John Field, Tom Laidig, Nick Wegner, Sabrina Beyer, Joe Bizzarro, and E.J. Dick In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: Annual meeting of the TSC (April 19-20, 2022), p. 255-268. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Rethinking the prevalence and relevance of chaos in ecology Munch, Stephan B., Tanya L. Rogers, Bethany J. Johnson, Uttam Bhat, and Cheng-Han Tsai Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 53:227-249

One hundred-seventy years of stressors erode salmon fishery climate resilience in California's warming landscape Munsch, Stuart H., Correigh M. Greene, Nathan J. Mantua, and William H. Satterthwaite Global Change Biology 28(7):2183-2201

Considerations for the development of a juvenile production estimate for Central Valley spring-run Chinook Salmon Nelson, Peter A., Melinda Baerwald, Oliver (Towns) Burgess, Eva Bush, Alison Collins, Flora Cordoleani, Henry DeBey, Daphne Gille, Pascale A.L. Goertler, Brett Harvey, Rachel C. Johnson, Jason Kindopp, Erica Meyers, Jeremy Notch, Corey C. Phillis, Gabriel Singer, and Ted Sommer San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 20(2):art2 (23 p.)

Riverine fish density, predator-prey interactions, and their relationships with artificial light at night Nelson, T. Reid, Cyril J. Michel, Meagan P. Gary, Brendan M. Lehman, Nicholas J. Demetras, Peter N. Dudley, Jeremy J. Hammen, and Michael J. Horn Ecosphere 13(10):e4261 (16 p.)

Poor downstream passage at a dam creates an ecological trap for migratory fish Ohms, Haley A., Dereka N. Chargualaf, Gabriel Brooks, Cory Hamilton, Eric P. Palkovacs, and David A. Boughton Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 79(12):2204-2215

Review of 2021 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. 356 p.

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis and environmental assessment Part 1 for 2022 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 134 p.

Preseason report II: Proposed alternatives and environmental assessment Part 2 for 2022 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 76 p.

Preseason report III: Council adopted management measures and environmental assessment Part 3 for 2022 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 60 p.

From individual responses to population effects: Integrating a decade of multidisciplinary research on blue whales and sonar Pirotta, E., C.G. Booth, J. Calambokidis, D.P. Costa, J.A. Fahlbusch, A.S. Friedlaender, J.A. Goldbogen, J. Harwood, E.L. Hazen, L. New, J.A. Santora, S.L. Watwood, C. Wertman, and B.L. Southall Animal Conservation 25(6):196-810

Applications of GIS and remote sensing in public participation and stakeholder engagement for watershed management Quinn, Nigel W.T., Vamsi Sridharan, John Ramirez-Avila, Sanaz Imen, Huilin Gao, Rocky Talchabhadel, Saurav Kumar, and Walter McDonald Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling 4(4):18149 (27 p.)

Hedonic price functions and market structure: An analysis of supply-motivated submarkets for salmon in California Ray, Kevin D., Daniel K. Lew, and Rosemary Kosaka Marine Resource Economics 37(2):135-154

Chaos is not rare in natural ecosystems Rogers, Tanya L., Bethany J. Johnson, and Stephan B. Munch Nature Ecology and Evolution 6:1105-1111

High mercury concentrations in steelhead/rainbow trout, sculpin, and terrestrial invertebrates in a stream-riparian food web in coastal California Rundio, David E., Roberto Rivera, and Peter S. Weiss-Penzias Ecotoxicology 31:1506-1519

Project report: Rockfish Recruitment and Ecosystem Assessment (NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker, RL-22-02, April 28 - June 16, 2022) Sakuma, Keith NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Ecology Division, Santa Cruz, California. 17 p.

Strontium isotopes in otoliths reveal a diversity of natal origins for Tarek (Alburnus tarichi) in Lake Van, Turkey Saygin, Semra, Nazmi Polat, Malte Willmes, Levi S. Lewis, James A. Hobbs, Ataman Altug Atici, and Mahmut Elp Fisheries Research 255:106441 (9 p.)

Habitat compression indices for monitoring ocean conditions and ecosystem impacts within coastal upwelling systems Schroeder, Isaac D., Jarrod A. Santora, Nate Mantua, John C. Field, Brian K. Wells, Elliott L. Hazen, Michael Jacox, Steven J. Bograd Ecological Indicators 144:109520 (12 p.)

High-frequency and long-term observations of eDNA from imperiled salmonids in a coastal stream: Temporal dynamics, relationships with environmental factors, and comparisons with conventional observations Searcy, Ryan T., Alexandria B. Boehm, Chloe Weinstock, Christina M. Preston, Scott Jensen, Brent Roman, James M. Birch, Christopher A. Scholin, Kyle S. Van Houtan, Joseph D. Kiernan, and Kevan M. Yamahara Environmental DNA 4(4):776-789

Revenue loss due to whale entanglement mitigation and fishery closures Seary, Rachel, Jarrod A. Santora, Desiree Tommasi, Andrew Thompson, Steven J. Bograd, Kate Richerson, Stephanie Brodie, and Dan Holland Scientific Reports 12:21554 (13 p.)

Diversity in habitat use by White Sturgeon revealed using fin ray geochemistry Sellheim, Kirsten, Malte Willmes, Levi S. Lewis, Jamie Sweeney, Joseph Merz, and James A. Hobbs Frontiers in Marine Science 9:859038 (18 p.)

Can remote sensing fill the United States' monitoring gap for watershed management? Sridharan, Vamsi Krishna, Saurav Kumar, and Swetha Madhur Kumar Water 14(13):1985 (16 p.)

Floodplain trophic subsidies in a modified river network: managed foodscapes of the future? Sturrock, Anna M., Mollie Ogaz, Kelly Neal, Nicholas J. Corline, Ryan Peek, Dana Myers, Sierra Schluep, Marissa Levinson, Rachel C. Johnson, and Carson A. Jeffres Landscape Ecology 37(12):2991-3009

Temperature and upwelling dynamics drive market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens) distribution and abundance in the California Current Suca, Justin J., Jarrod A. Santora, John C. Field, K. Alexandra Curtis, Barbara A. Muhling, Megan A. Cimino, Elliott L. Hazen, and Steven J. Bograd ICES Journal of Marine Science 79(9):2489-2509

State of the California Current Ecosystem in 2021: Winter is coming? Thompson, Andrew R., Eric P. Bjorkstedt, Steven J. Bograd, Jennifer L. Fisher, Elliott L. Hazen, Andrew Leising, Jarrod A. Santora, Erin V. Satterthwaite, William J. Sydeman, Michaela Alksne, Toby D. Auth, Simone Baumann-Pickering, Noelle M. Bowlin, Brian J. Burke, Elizabeth A. Daly, Heidi Dewar, John C. Field, Newell T. Garfield, Ashlyn Giddings, Ralf Goericke, John Hildebrand, Cheryl A. Horton, Kym C. Jacobson, Michael G. Jacox, Jaime Jahncke, Michael Johns, Joshua Jones, Raphe M. Kudela, Sharon R. Melin, Cheryl A. Morgan, Catherine F. Nickels, Rachael A. Orben, Jessica M. Porquez, Elan J. Portner, Antonella Preti, Roxanne R. Robertson, Daniel L. Rudnick, Keith M. Sakuma, Isaac D. Schroeder, Owyn E. Snodgrass, Sarah Ann Thompson, Jennifer S. Trickey, Pete Warzybok, William Watson, and Edward D. Weber Frontiers in Marine Science 9:958727 (23 p.)

When are bacteria really gazelles? Comparing patchy ecologies with dimensionless numbers Urmy, Samuel S., Alli N. Cramer, Tanya L. Rogers, Jenna Sullivan-Stack, Marian Schmidt, Simon D. Stewart, and Celia C. Symons Ecology Letters 25(5):1323-1341

Identifying seasonal distribution patterns of fin whales across the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula region using a novel approach combining habitat suitability models and ensemble learning methods Viquerat, Sacha, Claire M. Waluda, Amy S. Kennedy, Jennifer A. Jackson, Marta Hevia, Emma L. Carroll, Danielle L. Buss, Elke Burkhardt, Scott Thain, Patrick Smith, Eduardo R. Secchi, Jarrod A. Santora, Christian Reiss, Ulf Lindstrom, Bjorn A. Krafft, George Gittins, Luciano Dalla Rosa, Martin Biuw, and Helena Herr Frontiers in Marine Science 9:1040512 (19 p.)

Implications of large-effect loci for conservation: A review and case study with Pacific salmon Waples, Robin S., Michael J. Ford, Krista Nichols, Marty Kardos, Jim Myers, Tasha Q. Thompson, Eric C. Anderson, Ilana J. Koch, Garrett McKinney, Michael R. Miller, Kerry Naish, Shawn R. Narum, Kathleen G. O'Malley, Devon E. Pearse, George R. Pess, Thomas P. Quinn, Todd R. Seamons, Adrian Spidle, Kenneth I. Warheit, and Stuart C. Willis Journal of Heredity 113(2):121-144

Using seabird and whale distribution models to estimate spatial consumption of krill to inform fishery management Warwick-Evans, V., N. Kelly, L. Dalla Rosa, A. Friedlaender, J.T. Hinke, J.H. Kim, N. Kokubun, J.A. Santora, E.R. Secchi, E. Seyboth, and P.N. Trathan Ecosphere 13(6):e4083 (24 p.)

Predator life history and prey ontogeny limit natural selection on the major armour gene, Eda, in threespine stickleback Wasserman, Ben A., Kerry Reid, Olivia M. Arredondo, Ann-Marie K. Osterback, Cynthia H. Kern, Joseph D. Kiernan, and Eric P. Palkovacs Ecology of Freshwater Fish 31(2):291-299

Applying empirical dynamic modeling to distinguish abiotic and biotic drivers of population fluctuations in sympatric fishes Wasserman, Ben A., Tanya L. Rogers, Stephan B. Munch, and Eric P. Palkovacs Limnology and Oceanography 67(S1):S403-S415

A biogeographical assessment of deep-sea coral assemblages from coastwide visual surveys off California Watters, Diana L., Thomas E. Laidig, and Mary M. Yoklavich Deep Sea Research I 185:103773 (16 p.)

Eye lenses reveal ontogenetic trophic and habitat shifts in an imperiled fish, Clear Lake hitch (Lavinia exilicauda chi) Young, Matthew J., Veronica Larwood, Justin K. Clause, Miranda Bell-Tilcock, George Whitman, Rachel Johnson, and Frederick Feyrer Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 79(1):21-30

Ocean connectivity drives trophic support for consumers in an intermittently closed coastal lagoon Young, Matthew, Frederick Feyrer, Darren Fong, Rachel Johnson, Tamara Kraus, Veronica Larwood, Elizabeth Stumpner, and Megan Young Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 264:107665 (12 p.)

Population genetics and species distribution modeling highlight conservation needs of the endemic trout from the Northern Sierra Madre Occidental Abadia-Cardoso, A., R. Hernandez-Guzman, A. Varela-Romero, J.C. Garza, and F.J. Garcia-De Leon Conservation Genetics 22:629-643

Are long-term changes in mixed layer depth influencing North Pacific marine heatwaves? Amaya, Dillon J., Michael A. Alexander, Antonietta Capotondi, Clara Deser, Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Arthur J. Miller, and Nathan J. Mantua Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 102(1):S59-S66

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

Keeping close to the river, shore and surface: the first marine migration of brown trout (Salmo trutta) and Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) post-smolts Atencio, Benjamin J., Eva B. Thorstad, Augun H. Rikardsen, and Jenny L.A. Jensen Journal of Fish Biology 99(2):462-471

Maternal environment drives larval rockfish gene expression patterns [abstract] Baker, J.B., K.V. Saksa, N.S. Kashef, D.M. Stafford, S.M. Sogard, S.L. Hamilton, and C.A. Logan Integrative and Comparative Biology 61(supp.1):e36-e37

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.)

Biogeochemical processes create distinct isotopic fingerprints to track floodplain rearing of juvenile salmon Bell-Tilcock, Miranda, Carson A. Jeffres, Andrew L. Rypel, Malte Willmes, Richard A. Armstrong, Peter Holden, Peter B. Moyle, Nann A. Fangue, Jacob V.E. Katz, Ted R. Sommer, J. Louise Conrad, and Rachel C. Johnson PLoS ONE 16(10):e0257444 (23 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

Stable isotope analysis reveals differences in domoic acid accumulation and feeding strategies of key vectors in a California hotspot for outbreaks Bernstein, Sophie, Rocio I. Ruiz-Cooley, Raphael Kudela, Clarissa R. Anderson, Robin Dunkin, and John C. Field Harmful Algae 110:102117 (13 p.)

Zero, one or more broods: reproductive plasticity in response to temperature, food, and body size in the live-bearing rosy rockfish Sebastes rosaceus Beyer, S.G., S.H. Alonzo, and S.M. Sogard Marine Ecology Progress Series 669:151-173

Ecosystem based multi-species management using Empirical Dynamic Programming Brias, Antoine, and Stephan B. Munch Ecological Modelling 441:109423 (11 p.)

Fishes Burke, Brian, Cheryl Morgan, Katie Barnas, Margaret Williams, Thomas Williams, Brian Wells, Nate Mantua, Correigh Greene, Stuart Munsch, Nicholas Tolimieri, Becca Selden, Jameal Samhouri, Jason Cope, and Barbara Muhling In: Chris J. Harvey et al. (eds.), Ecosystem status report of the California Current for 2020-21: A summary of ecosystem indicators compiled by the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team (CCIEA), p. 40-56. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-170.

Polygenic basis and the role of genome duplication in adaptation to similar selective environments Campbell, Matthew A., Eric C. Anderson, John Carlos Garza, and Devon E. Pearse Journal of Heredity 112(7):614-625

Assessment of attraction and avoidance behaviors of fish in response to the proximity of transiting underwater vehicles Campbell, Matthew D., Ariane Huddleston, David Somerton, M. Elizabeth Clarke, Waldo Wakefield, Steve Murawski, Chris Taylor, Hanumant Singh, Yogesh Girdhar, and Mary Yoklavich Fishery Bulletin 119(4):216-230

Separating paternal and maternal contributions to thermal transgenerational plasticity Chang, Sarah L., Who-Seung Lee, and Stephan B. Munch Frontiers in Marine Science 8:734318 (9 p.)

Trophic ecology of yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) during a marine heat wave off central California, USA Chiu, Jennifer A., Joseph J. Bizzarro, and Richard M. Starr PLoS ONE 16(5):e0251499 (20 p.)

Threatened salmon rely on a rare life history strategy in a warming landscape Cordoleani, F., C.C. Phillis, A.M. Sturrock, A.M. FitzGerald, A. Malkassian, G.E. Whitman, P.K. Weber, and R.C. Johnson Nature Climate Change 11:982-988

Differential sensitivity to warming and hypoxia during development and long-term effects of developmental exposure in early life stage Chinook salmon Del Rio, Annelise M., Gabriella N. Mukai, Benjamin T. Martin, Rachel C. Johnson, Nann A. Fangue, Joshua A. Israel, and Anne E. Todgham Conservation Physiology 9(1):coab054 (17 p.)

Model-based estimation of average fish weights from recreational fisheries Dick, E.J., Jason Edwards, and Tien-Shui Tsou Fisheries Research 241:106002 (9 p.)

The status of vermilion rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) and sunset rockfish (Sebastes crocotulus) in U.S. waters off the coast of California south of Point Conception in 2021 Dick, E.J., Melissa H. Monk, Tanya L. Rogers, John C. Field, and Emma M. Saas Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 311 p.

Winter and summer biogeography of macrozooplankton community structure in the northern Antarctic Peninsula ecosystem Dietrich, Kimberly S., Jarrod A. Santora, and Christian S. Reiss Progress in Oceanography 196:102610 (16 p.)

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 41(3):711-723

A more comprehensive climate vulnerability assessment framework for fisheries social-ecological systems Dudley, Peter N., Tanya L. Rogers, Mark M. Morales, Amanda D. Stoltz, Casey J. Sheridan, Anne K. Beulke, Carrie Pomeroy, and Mark H. Carr Frontiers in Marine Science 8:678099 (22 p.)

California streaming: Exploring deep-sea coral and sponge assemblages in sunny southern California Duncan, Elizabeth, Lisa Wooninck, Tom Laidig, Elizabeth Clarke, Abigail Powell, Curt Whitmire, Guy Cochrane, and Chris Caldow In: Nicole A. Raineault, Joanne Flanders, and Eric Niiler (guest eds.), New frontiers in ocean exploration: The E/V Nautilus, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, and R.V. Falkor 2020 field season. Oceanography 34(1, supp.):36-37.

Spatiotemporal patterns of variability in the abundance and distribution of winter-spawned pelagic juvenile rockfish in the California Current Field, John C., Rebecca R. Miller, Jarrod A. Santora, Nick Tolimieri, Melissa A. Haltuch, Richard D. Brodeur, Toby D. Auth, E.J. Dick, Melissa H. Monk, Keith M. Sakuma, and Brian K. Wells PLoS ONE 16(5):e0251638 (25 p.)

Lingcod Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel report Field, John, Will White, Matt Cieri, and Cathy Dichmont Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 27 p.

Lower trophic levels and forage Fisher, Jennifer, Kym Jacobson, Samantha Zeman, Eric Bjorkstedt, Roxanne Robertson, Cheryl Morgan, Brian Burke, John Field, Jarrod Santora, Keith Sakuma, Andrew Thompson, Stephanie Moore, Clarissa Anderson, Eva Ternon, Melissa Carter, Tracie Barry, Matthew Hunter, Caren Braby, Jerry Borchert, Alex Manderson, Christy Juhasz, Christina Grant, Duy Trong, Vanessa Zubkousky-White, Beckye Stanton, Zachary Forster, Dan Ayres, and Gregory D. Williams In: Chris J. Harvey et al. (eds.), Ecosystem status report of the California Current for 2020-21: A summary of ecosystem indicators compiled by the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team (CCIEA), p. 29-39. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-170.

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

Report on a review of the Oregon Coast and the Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal spring-run Chinook salmon ESU configuration Ford, Michael J., Eric C. Anderson, John Carlos Garza, James M. Myers, Thomas H. Williams, and Robin S. Waples U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA White Paper NMFS-NWFSC-WP-2021-01. 28 p.

A comparative review of macromedusae in eastern boundary currents Gibbons, Mark J., Heidi Skrypzeck, Richard D. Brodeur, Jose M. Riascos, Javier A. Quinones Davila, Cecilia A.F. Grobler, Jean-Paul Roux, John C. Field, Elizabeth A. Daly, Rebecca R. Miller, Verena Ras, Agustin Schiariti, Luciano Chiaverano, Beau M. Tjizoo, Laura Prieto, Hounaida F. Idrissi, and Sergio Palma Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 59:371-482

Environmental variability and fishing effects on the Pacific sardine fisheries in the Gulf of California Giron-Nava, Alfredo, Exequiel Ezcurra, Antoine Brias, Enriqueta Velarde, Ethan Deyle, Andres M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Stephan B. Munch, George Sugihara, and Octavio Aburto-Oropeza Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 78(5):623-630

Geologic variability of conodont strontium isotopic composition quantified by laser ablation multiple collection inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry Griffin, Julie M., Isabel P. Montanez, Justin J.G. Glessner, Jitao Chen, and Malte Willmes Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 568:110308 (11 p.)

West Coast fisheries impacts from COVID-19 Guldin, Marie, Leif Anderson, James Hilger, Rosemary Kosaka, Jerry Leonard, Cameron Speir, Dale Squires, Erin Steiner, Stephen Stohs, and Ashley Vizek In: U.S. seafood industry and for-hire sector impacts from COVID-19: 2020 in perspective, p. 25-35. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-221.

Scientific guidance for evaluating California's Marine Protected Area network Hall-Arber, M., S. Murray, L. Aylesworth, M. Carr, J. Field, K. Grorud-Colvert, R. Martone, K. Nickols, E. Saarman, and S. Wertz Report by the Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team Working Group and California Ocean Science Trust. 166 p.

Distribution patterns of fish and invertebrates from summer salmon surveys in the central California Current System 2010–2015 Harding, Jeffrey, Edward Dick, Nathan Mantua, Brian Wells, Arnold Ammann, and Sean Hayes U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-645. 72 p.

California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (CCIEA): California Current Ecosystem status report, 2021 Harvey, Chris, Toby Garfield, Greg Williams, and Nick Tolimieri (eds.) A report of the NOAA CCIEA Team to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. 89 p.

Introducing the Microbes and Social Equity Working Group: Considering the microbial components of social, environmental, and health justice Ishaq, Suzanne L., Francisco J. Parada, Patricia G. Wolf, Carla Y. Bonilla, Megan A. Carney, Amber Benezra, Emily Wissel, Michael Friedman, Kristen M. DeAngelis, Jake M. Robinson, Ashkaan K. Fahimipour, Melissa B. Manus, Laura Grieneisen, Leslie G. Dietz, Ashish Pathak, Ashvini Chauhan, Sahana Kuthyar, Justin D. Steward, Mauna R. Dasari, Emily Nonnamaker, Mallory Choudoir, Patrick F. Horve, Naupaka B. Zimmerman, Ariangela J. Kozik, Katherine Weatherford Darling, Adriana L. Romero-Olivares, Janani Hariharan, Nicole Farmer, Katherine A. Maki, Jackie L. Collier, Kieran C. O'Doherty, Jeffrey Letourneau, Jeff Kline, Peter L. Moses, and Nicolae Morar mSystems 6(4):e00471-21 (12 p.)

Marine aquaculture in a changing environment: Proceedings of the 46th U.S.-Japan Aquaculture Panel Symposium (NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Mystic, Connecticut, November 14-15, 2018) Jabanoski, Kristen, Clete Otoshi, Erick Sturm, and Mike Rust (eds.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-222. 140 p.

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 78(4):1209-1216

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

Status of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) along the southern U.S. west coast in 2021 Johnson, Kelli F., Ian G. Taylor, Brian J. Langseth, Andi Stephens, Laurel S. Lam, Melissa H. Monk, John E. Budrick, and Melissa A. Haltuch Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 212 p.

Assessing the state of coupled social-ecological modeling in support of ecosystem based fisheries management in the United States Kasperski, Stephen, Geret S. DePiper, Alan C. Haynie, Suzana Blake, Lisa L. Colburn, Amy Freitag, Michael Jepson, Mandy Karnauskas, Kirsten M. Leong, Douglas Lipton, Michelle Masi, Cameron Speir, Howard Townsend, and Mariska Weijerman Frontiers in Marine Science 8:631400 (13 p.)

Satellite remote sensing and the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network: current science and future steps Kavanaugh, Maria T., Tom Bell, Dylan Catlett, Megan A. Cimino, Scott C. Doney, Willem Klaybor, Monique Messie, Enrique Montes, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Daniel Otis, Jarrod A. Santora, Isaac D. Schroeder, Joaquin Trinanes, and David A. Siegel Oceanography 34(2):62-79

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