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Glider-based estimates of meso-zooplankton biomass density: A fisheries case study on Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) around the northern Antarctic Peninsula Reiss, Christian S., Anthony M. Cossio, Jennifer Walsh, George R. Cutter, and George M. Watters Frontiers in Marine Science 8:604043 (18 p.)

Network approaches for formalizing conceptual models in ecosystem-based management Reum, Jonathan C.P., Christopher R. Kelble, Chris J. Harvey, Robert P. Wildermuth, Neda Trifonova, Sean M. Lucey, P. Sean McDonald, and Howard Townsend ICES Journal of Marine Science 78(10):3674-3686

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.)

The effects of water temperature, acoustic tag type, size at tagging, and surgeon experience on juveile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) tag retention and growth Robinson, Rebecca R., Jeremy Notch, Alex McHuron, Renae Logston, Tom Pham, and Arnold J. Ammann Animal Biotelemetry 9:22 (10 p.)

Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) Rogers, Tracey L., Jaume Forcada, and Douglas J. Krause Antarctic Environments Portal. https://environments.aq/publications/leopard-seal-hydrurga-leptonyx/

Natal origin and age-specific egress of Pacific bluefin tuna from coastal nurseries revealed with geochemical markers Rooker, Jay R., R.J. David Wells, Barbara A. Block, Hui Liu, Hannes Baumann, Wei-Chuan Chiang, Michelle Zapp Sluis, Nathaniel R. Miller, John A. Mohan, Seiji Ohshimo, Yosuke Tanaka, Michael A. Dance, Heidi Dewar, Owyn E. Snodgrass, and Jen-Chieh Shiao Scientific Reports 11:14216 (13 p.)

The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) genoscape: Implications for monitoring, management, and subspecies boundaries Ruegg, Kristen C., Michaela Brinkmeyer, Christen M. Bossu, Rachael A. Bay, Eric C. Anderson, Clint W. Boal, Russell D. Dawson, Amber Eschenbauch, Christopher J.W. McClure, Karl E. Miller, Lance Morrow, Jill Morrow, M. David Oleyar, Bill Ralph, Sarah Schulwitz, Ted Swem, Jean-Francois Therrien, Rich Van Buskirk, Thomas B. Smith, and Julie A. Heath Ornithology 138(2):ukaa051 (14 p.)

Linking climate niches across seasons to assess population vulnerability in a migratory bird Ruegg, Kristen, Eric C. Anderson, Marius Somveille, Rachael A. Bay, Mary Whitfield, Eben H. Paxton, and Thomas B. Smith Global Change Biology 27(15):3519-3531

Integrating biodiversity and environmental observations in support of National Marine Sanctuary and Large Marine Ecosystem assessments Ruhl, Henry A., Jennifer A. Brown, Alexandra R. Harper, Elliott L. Hazen, Lynn deWitt, Patrick Daniel, Andrew DeVogelaere, Raphael M. Kudela, John P. Ryan, Alexis D. Fischer, Frank E. Muller-Karger, and Francisco P. Chavez Oceanography 34(2):142-155

Cooperative feeding in common dolphins as suggested by ontogenetic patterns in δ15N bulk and amino acids Ruiz-Cooley, Rocio I., Tim Gerrodette, Susan J. Chiver, and Kerri Danil Journal of Animal Ecology 90(6):1583-1595

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 30(4):419-432

Differences in growth and condition of juvenile Oncorhynchus mykiss related to 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 78(3):322-331

Cruise report, NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker RL-21-03, April 28 - June 11, 2021: Rockfish recruitment and ecosystem assessment Sakuma, Keith NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, SWFSC Fisheries Ecology Division, Santa Cruz, California. 21 p.

Marine heatwave challenges solutions to human-wildlife conflict Samhouri, Jameal F., Blake E. Feist, Mary C. Fisher, Owen Liu, Samual M. Woodman, Briana Abrahms, Karin A. Forney, Elliott L. Hazen, Dan Lawson, Jessica Redfern, and Lauren E. Saez Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288(1964):20211607 (10 p.)

An economic perspective on policies to save the vaquita: Conservation actions, wildlife trafficking, and the structure of incentives Sanjurjo-Rivera, Enrique, Sarah L. Mesnick, Sara Avila-Forcada, Oriana Poindexter, Rebecca Lent, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Andres M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Dale Squires, U. Rashid Sumaila, Gordon Munro, Rafael Ortiz-Rodriguez, Ramses Rodriguez, and Jade F. Sainz Frontiers in Marine Science 8:644022 (19 p.)

Pelagic biodiversity, ecosystem function, and services: an integrated observing and modeling approach Santora, Jarrod A., Isaac D. Schroeder, Steven J. Bograd, Francisco P. Chavez, Megan A. Cimino, Jerome Fiechter, Elliott L. Hazen, Maria T. Kavanaugh, Monique Messie, Rebecca R. Miller, Keith M. Sakuma, William J. Sydeman, Brian K. Wells, and John C. Field Oceanography 34(2):16-37

Diverse integrated ecosystem approach overcomes pandemic-related fisheries monitoring challenges Santora, Jarrod A., Tanya L. Rogers, Megan A. Cimino, Keith M. Sakuma, Keith D. Hanson, E.J. Dick, Jaime Jahncke, Pete Warzybok, and John C. Field Nature Communications 12:6492 (10 p.)

Leatherback turtles in the eastern Gulf of Mexico: foraging and migration behavior during the autumn and winter Sasso, Christopher R., Paul M. Richards, Scott R. Benson, Michael Judge, Nathan F. Putman, Derke Snodgrass, and Brian A. Stacy Frontiers in Marine Science 8:660798 (8 p.)

Plastic ingestion by marine fish is widespread and increasing Savoca, Matthew S., Alexandra G. McInturf, and Elliott L. Hazen Global Change Biology 27(10):2188-2199

Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements Savoca, Matthew S., Max F. Czapanskiy, Shirel R. Kahane-Rapport, William T. Gough, James A. Fahlbusch, K.C. Bierlich, Paolo S. Segre, Jacopo Di Clemente, Gwenith S. Penry, David N. Wiley, John Calambokidis, Douglas P. Nowacek, David W. Johnston, Nicholas D. Pyenson, Ari S. Friedlaender, Elliott L. Hazen, and Jeremy A. Goldbogen Nature 599(7883):85-90

Spawning dynamics and egg production characteristics of captive Seriola dorsalis assessed using parantage analyses Schmidt, Elizabeth, Kevin Stuart, John Hyde, Catherine Purcell, and Mark Drawbridge Aquaculture Research 52(9):4050-4063

Climate and ocean drivers Schroeder, Isaac D., Andrew Leising, Steven Bograd, Lynn deWitt, Newell (Toby) Garfield, Elliott L. Hazen, Dale Robinson, Daniel L. Rudnick, Michael Jacox, Jarrod Santora, Jennifer Fisher, Kym Jacobson, Emily Norton, Samantha Siedlecki, Isaac Kaplan, Correigh Greene, and Stuart Munsch 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. 8-28. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-170.

Growth of juvenile black rockfish (Sebastes melanops) during estuarine residence Schwartzkopf, Brittany D., Lorenzo Ciannelli, John C. Garza, and Scott A. Heppell Environmental Biology of Fishes 104:851-865

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

Introducing Chelonian Conservation and Biology volume 20: Turtles and tortoises can help us through challenging times Seminoff, Jeffrey A. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 20(1):1

Large-scale patterns of green turtle trophic ecology in the eastern Pacific Ocean Seminoff, Jeffrey A., Lisa M. Komoroske, Diego Amorocho, Randall Arauz, Didiher Chacon-Chaverri, Nelly de Paz, Peter H. Dutton, Miguel Donoso, Maike Heidemeyer, Gabriel Hoeffer, T. Todd Jones, Shaleyla Kelez, Garrett E. Lemons, Juan M. Rodriguez-Baron, Laura Sampson, Lucia Santos Baca, Todd Steiner, Maria Vejar Rubio, Patricia Zarate, Alan Zavala-Norzagaray, and Brian N. Popp Ecosphere 12(6):e03479 (33 p.)

A standardisation framework for bio-logging data to advance ecological research and conservation Sequeira, Ana M.M., Malcolm O'Toole, Theresa R. Keates, Laura H. McDonnell, Camrin D. Braun, Xavier Hoenner, Fabrice R.A. Jaine, Ian D. Jonsen, Peggy Newman, Jonathan Pye, Steven J. Bograd, Graeme C. Hays, Elliott L. Hazen, Melinda Holland, Vardis M. Tsontos, Clint Blight, Francesca Cagnacci, Sarah C. Davidson, Holger Dettki, Carlos M. Duarte, Daniel C. Dunn, Victor M. Eguiluz, Michael Fedak, Adrian C. Gleiss, Neil Hammerschlag, Mark A. Hindell, Kim Holland, Ivica Janekovic, Megan K. McKinzie, Monica M.C. Muelbert, Chari Pattiaratchi, Christian Rutz, David W. Sims, Samantha E. Simmons, Brendal Townsend, Frederick Whoriskey, Bill Woodward, Daniel P. Costa, Michelle R. Heupel, Clive R. McMahon, Rob Harcourt, and Michael Weise Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12(6):996-1007

Influence of krill (Euphausia superba) availability on humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) reproductive rate Seyboth, Elisa, Fernando Felix, Mary-Anne Lea, Luciano Dalla Rosa, George M. Watters, Keith Reid, and Eduardo R. Secchi Marine Mammal Science 37(4):1498-1506

Embryo deformities and nesting trends in Kemp's ridley sea turtles Lepidochelys kempii before and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Shaver, Donna J., Christian Gredzens, J. Shelby Walker, Celine A.J. Godard-Codding, Janet E. Yacabucci, Amy Frey, Peter H. Dutton, and Christopher J. Schmitt Endangered Species Research 44:277-289

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 22(3):503-517

Serum correlation, demographic differentiation, and seasonality of blubber testosterone in common bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in Sarasota Bay, FL Sherman, Kathryn K., Nicole E. Beaulieu-McCoy, Elyse L. Wurster, Randall S. Wells, Cynthia R. Smith, Aaron A. Barleycorn, Jason B. Allen, and Nicholas M. Kellar Scientific Reports 11:8941 (9 p.)

Co-occurrence of California drought and northeast Pacific marine heatwaves under climate change Shi, Hui, Marisol Garcia-Reyes, Michael G. Jacox, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Bryan A. Black, Steven J. Bograd, and William J. Sydeman Geophysical Research Letters 48(17):e2021GL092765 (9 p.)

Overview of pelagic fish surveys, 1950-1989, in the California Current region and documentation of the legacy database Show, Christina, and Kevin T. Hill U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-650. 62 p.

Co-occurrence of gray whales and vessel traffic in the North Pacific Ocean Silber, Gregory K., David W. Weller, Randall R. Reeves, Jeffrey D. Adams, and Thomas J. Moore Endangered Species Research 44:177-201

Considerations for management strategy evaluation for small pelagic fishes Siple, Margaret C., Laura E. Koehn, Kelli F. Johnson, Andre E. Punt, T. Mariella Canales, Piera Carpi, Carry L. de Moor, Jose A.A. De Oliveira, Jin Gao, Nis S. Jacobsen, Mimi E. Lam, Roberto Licandeo, Martin Lindegren, Shuyang Ma, Gudmundur J. Oskarsson, Sonia Sanchez-Marono, Szymon Smolinski, Szymon Surma, Yongjun Tian, Desiree Tommasi, Mariano Gutierrez T., Verena Trenkel, Stephani G. Zador, and Fabian Zimmermann Fish and Fisheries 22(6):1167-1186

Comparison of temperature preference and metabolic thermal sensitivity between two juvenile coastal shark species [abstract] Skelton, Z.R., N.C. Wegner, T.S. Prinzing, and P.A. Hastings Integrative and Comparative Biology 61(supp.1):e829-e830

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 30(4):437-454

Comparing dynamic and static time-area closures for bycatch mitigation: A management strategy evaluation of a swordfish fishery Smith, James A., Desiree Tommasi, Heather Welch, Elliott L. Hazen, Jonathan Sweeney, Stephanie Brodie, Barbara Muhling, Stephen M. Stohs, and Michael G. Jacox Frontiers in Marine Science 8:630607 (19 p.)

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

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 3(4):727-744

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

Genomic and anatomical comparisons of skin support independent adaptation to life in water by cetaceans and hippos Springer, Mark S., Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez, Matthias Huelsmann, Matthew A. Collin, Kerri Danil, Michael R. McGowen, Ji Won Oh, Raul Ramos, Michael Hiller, Maksim V. Plikus, and John Gatesy Current Biology 31(10):2124-2139

The economics of production in marine fisheries Squires, Dale, and John Walden In: Subhash C. Ray, Robert G. Chambers, and Subal C. Kumbhakar (eds.), Handbook of production economics, vol. 3, p. 1339-1378. Springer Nature Singapore.

Mitigating bycatch: novel insights to multidisciplinary approaches Squires, Dale, Lisa T. Ballance, Laurent Dagorn, Peter H. Dutton, and Rebecca Lent Frontiers in Marine Science 8:613285 (19 p.)

Credit systems for bycatch and biodiversity conservation Squires, Dale, Rebecca Lent, Peter H. Dutton, Laurent Dagorn, and Lisa T. Ballance Frontiers in Marine Science 8:613279 (14 p.)

Selecting reliable models for total maximum daily load development: holistic protocol Sridharan, Vamsi Krishna, Nigel W.T. Quinn, Saurav Kumar, Steven C. McCutcheon, Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, Xing Fang, Harry X. Zhang, and Andrew Parker Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 26(10):04021031

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.

Estimates of eastern North Pacific gray whale calf production 1994-2021 Stewart, Joshua D., and David W. Weller U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-653. 8 p.

Survival of the fattest: linking body condition to prey availability and survivorship of killer whales Stewart, Joshua D., John Durban, Holly Fearnbach, Lance G. Barrett-Lennard, Paige K. Casler, Eric J. Ward, and Derek R. Dapp Ecosphere 12(8):e03660 (20 p.)

Decreasing body lengths in North Atlantic right whales Stewart, Joshua D., John W. Durban, Amy R. Knowlton, Morgan S. Lynn, Holly Fearnbach, Jacob Barbaro, Wayne L. Perryman, Carolyn A. Miller, and Michael J. Moore Current Biology 31(14):3174-3179

Distribution, biomass, and demography of coastal pelagic fishes in the California Current Ecosystem during summer 2015 based on acoustic-trawl sampling Stierhoff, Kevin L., Juan P. Zwolinski, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-648. 74 p.

Distribution, biomass, and demography of coastal pelagic fishes in the California Current Ecosystem during summer 2016 based on acoustic-trawl sampling Stierhoff, Kevin L., Juan P. Zwolinski, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-649. 79 p.

Microstructure and energy dispersive diffraction reconstruction of 3D patterns of crystallographic texture in a shark centrum Stock, S.R., P.E. Morse, M.K. Stock, K.C. James, L.J. Natanson, Haiyan Chen, P.D. Shevchenko, E.R. Maxey, O. Antipova, and J.-S. Park In: Proceedings of SPIE 11840, Developments in X-Ray Tomography XIII:118400N (12 p.)

Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels Sydeman, W.J., D.S. Schoeman, S.A. Thompson, B.A. Hoover, M. Garcia-Reyes, F. Daunt, P. Agnew, T. Anker-Nilssen, C. Barbraud, R. Barrett, P.H. Becker, E. Bell, P.D. Boersma, S. Bouwhuis, B. Cannell, R.J.M. Crawford, P. Dann, K. Delord, G. Elliott, K.E. Erikstad, E. Flint, R.W. Furness, M.P. Harris, S. Hatch, K. Hilwig, J.T. Hinke, J. Jahncke, J.A. Mills, T.K. Reiertsen, H. Renner, R.B. Sherley, C. Surman, G. Taylor, J.A. Thayer, P.N. Trathan, E. Velarde, K. Walker, S. Wanless, P. Warzybok, and Y. Watanuki Science 372(6545):980-983

Using forecasting methods to incorporate social, economic, and political considerations into marine protected area planning Sykora-Bodie, Seth T., Jorge G. Alvarez-Romero, Javier A. Arata, Alistair Dunn, Jefferson T. Hinke, Grant Humphries, Christopher Jones, Pal Skogrand, Katharina Teschke, Philip N. Trathan, Dirk Welsford, Natalie C. Ban, Grant Murray, and David A. Gill Frontiers in Marine Science 8:669135 (17 p.)

Save nature and save ourselves through embracing that shared sacrifice can lead to shared success Taylor, Barbara L. Aquatic Mammals 47(6):618-629

Evaluation of humpback whales wintering in Central America and southern Mexico as a demographically independent population Taylor, Barbara L., Karen K. Martien, Frederick I. Archer, Katherina Audley, John Calambokidis, Ted Cheeseman, Joelle De Weerdt, Astric Frisch Jordan, Pamela Martinez-Loustalot, Christian D. Ortega-Ortiz, Eric M. Patterson, Nicola Ransome, Penny Ruvelas, and Jorge Urban Ramirez U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-655. 12 p.

Status of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) along the northern U.S. west coast in 2021 Taylor, Ian G., Kelli F. Johnson, Brian J. Langseth, Andi Stephens, Laurel S. Lam, Melissa H. Monk, Alison D. Whitman, and Melissa A. Haltuch Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 254 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.)

Charting a course for genetic diversity in the UN Decade of Ocean Science Thomson, Alex Innes, Frederick I. Archer, Melinda A. Coleman, Gonzalo Gajardo, William P. Goodall-Copestake, Sean Hoban, Linda Laikre, Adam D. Miller, David O'Brien, Silvia Perez-Espona, Gernot Segelbacher, Ester A. Serrao, Kjersti Sjotun, and Michele S. Stanley Evolutionary Applications 14(6):1497-1518

A case study in connecting fisheries management challenges with models and analysis to support ecosystem-based management in the California Current Ecosystem Tommasi, Desiree, Yvonne deReynier, Howard Townsend, Chris J. Harvey, William H. Satterthwaite, Kristin N. Marshall, Isaac C. Kaplan, Stephanie Brodie, John C. Field, Elliott L. Hazen, Stefan Koenigstein, Joshua Lindsay, Kathleen Moore, Barbara Muhling, Lisa Pfeiffer, James A. Smith, Jonathan Sweeney, Brian Wells, and Michael G. Jacox Frontiers in Marine Science 8:624161 (23 p.)

Championing ocean diversity: Introducing the SMARTNET ocean knowledge network -- accessible, diverse, and solution-oriented Trainer, Vera L., Sonia Batten, Steven J. Bograd, Sanae Chiba, Erin V. Satterthwaite, Lori Waters, Jorn Schmidt, Ellen Johannesen, William Karp, and Anne Christine Brusendorff In: UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, p. 228-231. ECO Magazine (special issue).

A decade of incorporating social sciences in the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research Project (IMBeR): Much done, much to do? van Putten, Ingrid, Rachel Kelly, Rachel D. Cavanagh, Eugene J. Murphy, Annette Breckwoldt, Stephanie Brodie, Christopher Cvitanovic, Mark Dickey-Collas, Lisa Maddison, Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Haritz Arrizabalaga, Kumiko Azetsu-Scott, Lynnath E. Beckley, Richard Bellerby, Andrew J. Constable, Greg Cowie, Karen Evans, Marion Glaser, Julie Hall, Alistair J. Hobday, Nadine M. Johnston, Joel K. Llopiz, Franz Mueter, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Kevin C. Weng, Dieter Wolf-Gladrow, and Jose C. Xavier Frontiers in Marine Science 8:662350 (14 p.)

Adaptive markers distinguish North and South Pacific Albacore amid low population differentiation Vaux, Felix, Sandra Bohn, John R. Hyde, and Kathleen G. O'Malley Evolutionary Applications 14(5):1343-1364

A practical approach to monitoring marine protected areas: An application to El Bajo Espiritu Santo Seamount near La Paz, Mexico Villalobos, Hector, Juan P. Zwolinski, Carlos A. Godinez-Perez, Violeta E. Gonzalez-Maynez, Fernando Manini-Ramos, Melissa Mayorga-Martinez, William L. Michaels, Mitzi S. Palacios-Higuera, Uriel Rubio-Rodriguez, Alram N. Sarmiento-Lezcano, and David A. Demer Oceanography 34(3):32-43

Random utility models, wine and experts Villas-Boas, Sofia B., Celine Bonnet, and James Hilger American Journal of Agricultural Economics 103(2):663-681

Best practices for assessing and managing bycatch of marine mammals Wade, Paul R., Kristy J. Long, Tessa B. Francis, Andre E. Punt, Philip S. Hammond, Dennis Heinemann, Jeffrey E. Moore, Randall R. Reeves, Miaritza Sepulveda, Genoa Sullaway, Gudjon Mar Sigurdsson, Margaret C. Siple, Gisli A. Vikingsson, Rob Williams, and Alexandre N. Zerbini Frontiers in Marine Science 8:757330 (19 p.)

Multi-scale assessment of distribution and density of procellariiform seabirds within the Northern Antarctic Peninsula marine ecosystem Warwick-Evans, V., J.A. Santora, J.J. Waggitt, and P.N. Trathan ICES Journal of Marine Science 78(4):1324-1339

Heterogeneous genetic basis of age at maturity in salmonid fishes Waters, Charles D., Anthony Clemento, Tutku Aykanat, John Carlos Garza, Kerry A. Naish, Shawn Narum, and Craig R. Primmer Molecular Ecology 30(6):1435-1456

State of the California Current 2019-2020: Back to the future with marine heatwaves? Weber, Edward D., Toby D. Auth, Simone Baumann-Pickering, Timothy R. Baumgartner, Eric P. Bjorkstedt, Steven J. Bograd, Brian J. Burke, Jose L. Cadena-Ramirez, Elizabeth A. Daly, Martin de la Cruz, Heidi Dewar, John C. Field, Jennifer L. Fisher, Ashlyn Giddings, Ralf Goericke, Eliana Gomez-Ocampo, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Elliott L. Hazen, John Hildebrand, Cheryl A. Horton, Kym C. Jacobson, Michael G. Jacox, Jaime Jahncke, Mati Kahru, Raphe M. Kudela, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Andrew Leising, Sharon R. Melin, Luis Erasmo Miranda-Bojorquez, Cheryl A. Morgan, Catherine F. Nickels, Rachael A. Orben, Jessica M. Porquez, Elan J. Portner, Roxanne R. Robertson, Daniel L. Rudnick, Keith M. Sakuma, Jarrod A. Santora, Isaac D. Schroeder, Owyn E. Snodgrass, William J. Sydeman, Andrew R. Thompson, Sarah Ann Thompson, Jennifer S. Trickey, Josue Villegas-Mendoza, Pete Warzybok, William Watson, and Samantha M. Zeman Frontiers in Marine Science 8:709454 (23 p.)

Fishers' ecological knowledge and stable isotope analysis reveal mangrove estuaries as key developmental habitats for critically endangered sea turtles Wedemeyer-Strombel, Kathryn R., Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Michael J. Liles, Ramon Neftali Sanchez, Sofia Chavarria, Melissa Valle, Eduardo Altamirano, Velkiss Gadea, Nicolas Hernandez, Markus J. Peterson, Kerri J. Smith, Clive N. Trueman, Tarla Rai Peterson, and Seth D. Newsome Frontiers in Conservation Science 2:796868 (10 p.)

Post-release survival and prolonged sublethal effects of capture and barotrauma on deep-dwelling rockfishes (genus Sebastes): implications for fish management and conservation Wegner, Nicholas C., Elan J. Portner, Drew T. Nguyen, Lyall Bellquist, Andrew P. Nosal, Alena L. Pribyl, Kevin L. Stierhoff, Paul Fischer, Ken Franke, Russell D. Vetter, Philip A. Hastings, Brice X. Semmens, and John R. Hyde ICES Journal of Marine Science 78(9):3230-3244

Nursery origin and population connectivity of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the North Pacific Ocean Wells, R.J David, Veronica A. Quesnell, Robert L. Humphreys Jr., Heidi Dewar, Jay R. Rooker, Jaime Alvarado Bremer, and Owyn E. Snodgrass Journal of Fish Biology 99(2):354-363

Hyperoodon ampullatus, Northern Bottlenose Whale Whitehead, H., R. Reeves, L. Feyrer, and R.L. Brownell Jr. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021:e.T10707A50357742

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

Evidence of episodic nitrate injections in the oligotrophic North Pacific associated with surface chlorophyll blooms Wilson, Cara Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 126(11):e2021JC017169 (23 p.)

Experimental validation of otolith-based age and growth reconstructions across multiple life stages of a critically endangered estuarine fish Xieu, Wilson, Levi S. Lewis, Feng Zhao, Rachel A. Fichman, Malte Willmes, Tien-Chieh Hung, Luke Ellison, Troy Stevenson, Galen Tigan, Andrew A. Schultz, and James A. Hobbs PeerJ 9:e12280 (22 p.)

Acoustic differentiation and classification of wild belugas and narwhals using echolocation clicks Zahn, Marie J., Shannon Rankin, Jennifer L.K. McCullough, Jens C. Koblitz, Frederick Archer, Marianne H. Rasmussen, and Kristin L. Laidre Scientific Reports 11:22141 (16 p.)

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 Scientific 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

Genomics of population differentiation in humpback dolphins, Sousa spp. in the Indo-Pacific Ocean Amaral, Ana R., Catia Chanfana, Brian D. Smith, Rubaiyat Mansur, Tim Collins, Robert Baldwin, Gianna Minton, Guido J. Parra, Michael Krutzen, Thomas A. Jefferson, Leszek Karczmarski, Almeida Guissamulo, Robert L. Brownell Jr., and Howard C. Rosenbaum Journal of Heredity 111(7):652-660

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.)

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