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Using aerial photogrammetry to detect changes in body condition of endangered southern resident killer whales Fearnbach, Holly, John W. Durban, David K. Ellifrit, and Kenneth C. Balcomb Endangered Species Research 35:175-180

Ocean environments Fiedler, Paul C. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 649-654. Academic Press.

Predictions of large whale distributions: A comparison of presence-absence and presence-only modeling techniques Fiedler, Paul C., Jessica V. Redfern, Karin A. Forney, Daniel M. Palacios, Corey Sheredy, Kristin Rasmussen, Ignacio Garcia-Godos, Luis Santillan, Michael J. Tetley, Fernando Felix, and Lisa T. Ballance Frontiers in Marine Science 5:419 (15 p.)

Stock assessment update of blackgill rockfish, Sebastes melanostomus, in the Conception and Monterey INPFC areas for 2017 Field, John C., and Xi He Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 96 p.

Colonizing the wild west: Low diversity of complete mitochondrial genomes in western North Pacific killer whales suggests a founder effect Filatova, Olga A., Ekaterina A. Borisova, Ilya G. Meschersky, Maria D. Logacheva, Nataliia V. Kuzkina, Olga V. Shpak, Phillip A. Morin, and Erich Hoyt Journal of Heredity 109(7):735-743

The utility of combining stable isotope and hormone analyses for marine megafauna research Fleming, Alyson H., Nicholas M. Kellar, Camryn D. Allen, and Carolyn M. Kurle Frontiers in Marine Science 5:338 (15 p.)

Combining acoustic and visual detections in habitat models of Dall's porpoise Fleming, Alyson H., Tina Yack, Jessica V. Redfern, Elizabeth A. Becker, Thomas J. Moore, and Jay Barlow Ecological Modelling 384:198-208

Discovery of a major east Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting population in northwest Costa Rica Fonseca, Luis G., Pilar Santidrian Tomillo, Wilbert N. Villachica, Wagner M. Quiros, Marta Pesquero, Maike Heidemeyer, Frank Joyce, Pamela T. Plotkin, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Eduardo R. Matarrita, and Roldan A. Valverde Chelonian Conservation and Biology 17(2):169-176

Environmental and geographic relationships among salmon forage assemblages along the continental shelf of the California Current Friedman, Whitney R., Jarrod A. Santora, Isaac D. Schroeder, David D. Huff, Richard D. Brodeur, John C. Field, and Brian K. Wells Marine Ecology Progress Series 596:181-198

A new single nucleotide polymorphism database for rainbow trout generated through whole genome resequencing Gao, Guangtu, Torfinn Nome, Devon E. Pearse, Thomas Moen, Kerry A. Naish, Gary H. Thorgaard, Sigbjorn Lien, and Yniv Palti Frontiers in Genetics 9:147 (11 p.)

Prevalence of polygyny in a critically endangered marine turtle population Gaos, Alexander R., Rebecca L. Lewison, Michael J. Liles, Ana Henriquez, Sofia Chavarria, Ingrid L. Yanez, Kelly Stewart, Amy Frey, T. Todd Jones, and Peter H. Dutton Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 506:91-99

Rookery contributions, movements and conservation needs of hawksbill turtles at foraging grounds in the eastern Pacific Ocean Gaos, Alexander R., Rebecca L. Lewison, Michael P. Jensen, Michael J. Liles, Ana Henriquez, Sofia Chavarria, Carlos Mario Pacheco, Melissa Valle, David Melero, Velkiss Gadea, Eduardo Altamirano, Perla Torres, Felipe Vallejo, Cristina Miranda, Carolina LeMarie, Jesus Lucero, Karen Oceguera, Didiher Chacon, Luis Fonseca, Marina Abrego, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Eric E. Flores, Israel Llamas, Rodrigo Donadi, Bernardo Pena, Juan Pablo Munoz, Daniela Alarcon Ruales, Jaime A. Chaves, Sarah Otterstrom, Alan Zavala, Catherine E. Hart, Rachel Brittain, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Jeffrey Mangel, Ingrid L. Yanez, and Peter H. Dutton Marine Ecology Progress Series 586:203-216

A comparison of modes of upwelling-favorable wind variability in the Benguela and California current ecosystems Garcia-Reyes, Marisol, Tarron Lamont, William J. Sydeman, Bryan A. Black, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Sarah Ann Thompson, and Steven J. Bograd Journal of Marine Systems 188:17-26

Tuna-dolphin issue Gerrodette, Tim In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 1028-1030. Academic Press.

Social information links individual behavior to population and community dynamics Gil, Michael A., Andrew M. Hein, Orr Spiegel, Marissa L. Baskett, and Andrew Sih Trends in Ecology and Evolution 33(7):535-548

Foraging ecology and diet selection of juvenile green turtles in the Bahamas: insights from stable isotope analysis and prey mapping Gillis, Anthony J., Simona A. Ceriani, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Mariana M.P.B. Fuentes Marine Ecology Progress Series 599:225-238

Seasonal floodplain-tidal slough complex supports size variation for juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Goertler, Pascale A.L., Ted R. Sommer, William H. Satterthwaite, and Brian M. Schreier Ecology of Freshwater Fish 27(2):580-593

Southwest Gonzalez, Patrick, Gregg M. Garfin, David D. Breshears, Keely M. Brooks, Heidi E. Brown, Emile H. Elias, Amrith Gunasekara, Nancy Huntly, Julie K. Maldonado, Nathan J. Mantua, Helene G. Margolis, Skyli McAfee, Beth Rose Middleton, and Bradley H. Udall In: Fourth National Climate Assessment, volume II: Impacts, risks, and adaptation in the United States, p. 1101-1184. U.S. Global Change Research Program.

Spectacled porpoise: Phocoena dioptrica Goodall, R. Natalie P., and Robert L. Brownell Jr. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 912-916. Academic Press.

How survival curves affect populations' vulnerability to climate change Halley, John M., Kyle S. Van Houtan, and Nate Mantua PLoS ONE 13(9):e0203124 (18 p.)

First photographic evidence of a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in British Columbia Halpin, Luke R., Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Gavin F. Hanke Northwestern Naturalist 99(1):73-75

Quantitative classification of animal behaviours from time-series tracking data: machine learning techniques [abstract] Hamda, N.T., A. Hein, B. Martin, and E. Danner Integrative and Comparative Biology 58(supp.1):e87

The effectiveness of small-scale lionfish removals as a management strategy: effort, impacts and the response of native prey and piscivores Harms-Tuohy, Chelsea A., Richard S. Appeldoorn, and Matthew T. Craig Management of Biological Invasions 9(2):149-162

The political biogeography of migratory marine predators Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Daniel P. Costa, Arliss J. Winship, Scott R. Benson, Steven J. Bograd, Michelle Antolos, Aaron B. Carlisle, Heidi Dewar, Peter H. Dutton, Salvador J. Jorgensen, Suzanne Kohin, Bruce R. Mate, Patrick W. Robinson, Kurt M. Schaefer, Scott A. Shaffer, George L. Shillinger, Samantha E. Simmons, Kevin C. Weng, Kristina M. Gjerde, and Barbara A. Block Nature Ecology and Evolution 2:1571-1578

River response to large-dam removal in a Mediterranean hydroclimatic setting: Carmel River, California, USA Harrison, Lee R., Amy E. East, Douglas P. Smith, Joshua B. Logan, Rosealea M. Bond, Colin L. Nicol, Thomas H. Williams, David A. Boughton, Kaitlyn Chow, and Lauren Luna Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 43(15):3009-3021

Ecosystem status report of the California Current for 2018: A summary of ecosystem indicators compiled by the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team (CCIEA) Harvey, Chris, Newell Garfield, Gregory Williams, Nick Tolimieri, Isaac Schroeder, Elliott Hazen, Kelly Andrews, Katie Barnas, Steven Bograd, Richard Brodeur, Brian Burke, Jason Cope, Lynn deWitt, John Field, Jennifer Fisher, Thomas Good, Correigh Greene, Daniel Holland, Mary Hunsicker, Michael Jacox, Stephen Kasperski, Su Kim, Andrew Leising, Sharon Melin, Cheryl Morgan, Barbara Muhling, Stuart Munsch, Karma Norman, William Peterson, Melissa Poe, Jameal Samhouri, William Sydeman, Julie Thayer, Andrew Thompson, Desiree Tommasi, Anna Varney, Brian Wells, Thomas Williams, Jeannette Zamon, Dan Lawson, Sean Anderson, Jin Gao, Mike Litzow, Sam McClatchie, Eric Ward, and Stephani Zador U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-145. 69 p.

California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (CCIEA): California Current Ecosystem status report, 2018 Harvey, Chris, Toby Garfield, Greg Williams, Nick Tolimieri, and Elliott Hazen (eds.) A report of the NOAA CCIEA Team to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. 70 p.

Monitoring long-term soundscape trends in U.S. Waters: The NOAA/NPS Ocean Noise Reference Station Network Haver, Samara M., Jason Gedamke, Leila T. Hatch, Robert P. Dziak, Sofie Van Parijs, Megan F. McKenna, Jay Barlow, Catherine Berchok, Eva DiDonato, Brad Hanson, Joseph Haxel, Marla Holt, Danielle Lipski, Haru Matsumoto, Christian Meinig, David K. Mellinger, Sue E. Moore, Erin M. Oleson, Melissa S. Soldevilla, and Holger Klinck Marine Policy 90:6-13

A dynamic ocean management tool to reduce bycatch and support sustainable fisheries Hazen, Elliott L., Kylie L. Scales, Sara M. Maxwell, Dana K. Briscoe, Heather Welch, Steven J. Bograd, Helen Bailey, Scott R. Benson, Tomo Eguchi, Heidi Dewar, Suzy Kohin, Daniel P. Costa, Larry B. Crowder, and Rebecca L. Lewison Science Advances 4(5):eaar3001 (7 p.)

Stock assessment update: Status of bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, in the Conception, Monterey and Eureka INPFC areas for 2017 He, Xi, and John C. Field Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 224 p.

Conserved behavioral circuits govern high-speed decision-making in wild fish shoals Hein, Andrew M., Michael A. Gil, Colin R. Twomey, Iain D. Couzin, and Simon A. Levin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115(48):12224-12228

Recent advances in conservation and population genomics data analysis Hendricks, Sarah, Eric C. Anderson, Tiago Antao, Louis Bernatchez, Brenna R. Forester, Brittany Garner, Brian K. Hand, Paul A. Hohenlohe, Martin Kardos, Ben Koop, Arun Sethuraman, Robin S. Waples, and Gordon Luikart Evolutionary Applications 11(8):1197-1211

Managing for salmon resilience in California's variable and changing climate Herbold, Bruce, Stephanie M. Carlson, Rene Henery, Rachel C. Johnson, Nate Mantua, Michelle McClure, Peter Moyle, and Ted Sommer San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 16(2):3 (23 p.)

Atlantic spotted dolphin: Stenella frontalis Herzing, Denise L., and William F. Perrin In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 40-42. Academic Press.

Long-term trends in the foraging ecology and habitat use of an endangered species: an isotopic perspective Hetherington, Elizabeth D., Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Peter H. Dutton, Lisa C. Robison, Brian N. Popp, and Carolyn M. Kurle Oecologia 188(4):1273-1285

Krill and other plankton Hewitt, Roger P., and Jessica D. Lipsky In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 537-543. Academic Press.

Genetic differentiation of hawksbill turtle rookeries on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands Hill, Jacob E., Courtney M. King, Kelly R. Stewart, Frank V. Paladino, and Peter H. Dutton Chelonian Conservation and Biology 17(2):303-308

Assessment of the Pacific sardine resource in 2018 for U.S.A. management in 2018-2019 Hill, Kevin T., Paul R. Crone, and Juan P. Zwolinski In: 2018 Trinational Sardine and Small Pelagics Forum (La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico, November 12-14, 2018), p. 12-19. Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas Av. Instituto Politecnico Nacional (CICIMAR-IPN), La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico.

Assessment of the Pacific sardine resource in 2018 for U.S. management in 2018-19 Hill, Kevin, Paul Crone, and Juan Zwolinski U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-600. 125 p. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC - FISHERY MANAGEMENT - POPULATIONS - ABUNDANCE

Estimating nest-level phenology and reproductive success of colonial seabirds using time-lapse cameras Hinke, Jefferson T., Andres Barbosa, Louise M. Emmerson, Tom Hart, Mariana A. Juares, Malgorzata Korczak-Abshire, Gennadi Milinevsky, Mercedes Santos, Philip N. Trathan, George M. Watters, and Colin Southwell Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9(8):1853-1863

Is Antarctica losing its penguins? Hinke, Jefferson T., Susan G. Trivelpiece, and Wayne Z. Trivelpiece Environmental Science Journal for Teens, January 2018 (5 p.) [Note: Published article incorrectly lists year as 2017.]

A global cline in a colour polymorphism suggests a limited contribution of gene flow towards the recovery of a heavily exploited marine mammal Hoffman, J.I., E. Bauer, A.J. Paijmans, E. Humble, L.M. Beckmann, C. Kubetschek, F. Christaller, N. Krocker, B. Fuchs, A. Moreras, Y.D. Shihlomule, M.N. Bester, A.C. Cleary, P.J.N. De Bruyn, J. Forcada, M.E. Goebel, S.D. Goldsworthy, C. Guinet, A.R. Hoelzel, C. Lydersen, K.M. Kovacs, and A. Lowther Royal Society Open Science 5(10):181227 (9 p.)

Challenges and solutions for studying collective animal behaviour in the wild Hughey, Lacey F., Andrew M. Hein, Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin, and Frants H. Jensen Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 373(1746):20170005 (13 p.)

RAD sequencing and a hybrid Antarctic fur seal genome assembly reveal rapidly decaying linkage disequilbrium, global population structure and evidence for inbreeding Humble, Emily, Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra, Alvaro Martinez-Barrio, Ines Gregorio, Jaume Forcada, Ann-Christin Polikeit, Simon D. Goldsworthy, Michael E. Goebel, Jorn Kalinowski, Jochen B.W. Wolf, and Joseph I. Hoffman G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 8(8):2709-2722

Future research directions on the "elusive" white shark Huveneers, Charlie, Kirin Apps, Edgar E. Becerril-Garcia, Barry Bruce, Paul A. Butcher, Aaron B. Carlisle, Taylor K. Chapple, Heather M. Christiansen, Geremy Cliff, Tobey H. Curtis, Toby S. Daly-Engel, Heidi Dewar, Matt L. Dicken, Michael L. Domeier, Clinton A.J. Duffy, Richard Ford, Malcolm P. Francis, Georgia C.A. French, Felipe Galvan-Magana, Emiliano Garcia-Rodriguez, Enrico Gennari, Brittany Graham, Barry Hayden, Edgar Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla, Nigel E. Hussey, Oliver J.D. Jewell, Salvador J. Jorgensen, Alison A. Kock, Christopher G. Lowe, Kady Lyons, Lauren Meyer, Gregg Oelofse, Erick C. Onate-Gonzalez, Herman Oosthuizen, John B. O'Sullivan, Kristopher Ramm, Gregory Skomal, Seal Sloan, Malcolm J. Smale, Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki, Emilio Sperone, Elena Tamburin, Alison V. Towner, Michelle A. Wcisel, Kevin C. Weng, and Jonathan M. Werry Frontiers in Marine Science 5:455 (15 p.)

Coastal upwelling revisited: Ekman, Bakun, and improved upwelling indices for the U.S. West Coast Jacox, Michael G., Christopher A. Edwards, Elliott L. Hazen, and Steven J. Bograd Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 123(10):7332-7350

Forcing of multiyear extreme ocean temperatures that impacted California Current living marine resources in 2016 Jacox, Michael G., Michael A. Alexander, Nathan J. Mantua, James D. Scott, Gaelle Hervieux, Robert S. Webb, and Francisco E. Werner Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 99(1, supp.):S27-S33

Persistent toxicity of marine microplankton in the Southern California Bight [abstract] Javor, Barbara In: 2018 Trinational Sardine and Small Pelagics Forum (La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico, November 12-14, 2018), p. 28. Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas Av. Instituto Politecnico Nacional (CICIMAR-IPN), La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico.

Clymene dolphin: Stenella clymene Jefferson, Thomas A. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 197-200. Academic Press.

Dall's porpoise: Phocoenoides dalli Jefferson, Thomas A. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 239-242. Academic Press.

Rough-toothed dolphin: Steno bredanensis Jefferson, Thomas A. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 838-840. Academic Press.

Delphinids, overview Jefferson, Thomas A., and Rick LeDuc In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 242-246. Academic Press.

Environmental warming and feminization of one of the largest sea turtle populations in the world Jensen, Michael P., Camryn D. Allen, Tomoharu Eguchi, Ian P. Bell, Erin L. LaCasella, William A. Hilton, Christine A.M. Hof, and Peter H. Dutton Current Biology 28(1):154-159

Seasonal distribution of late larval and juvenile rockfish (Sebastes spp.) and associated environmental conditions off Oregon and Washington: new insights based on genetics Johansson, Mattias L., Marisa N.C. Litz, Richard D. Brodeur, Tristan A. Britt, Camilo A. Vanegas, John R. Hyde, and Michael A. Banks Fishery Bulletin 116(3-4):266-280

Closing the gap: mixed stock analysis of three foraging populations of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) on the Great Barrier Reef Jones, Karina, Michael Jensen, Graham Burgess, Johanna Leonhardt, Lynne van Herwerden, Julia Hazel, Mark Hamann, Ian Bell, and Ellen Ariel PeerJ 6:e5651 (18 p.)

Massive mortality of a planktivorous seabird in response to a marine heatwave Jones, Timothy, Julia K. Parrish, William T. Peterson, Eric P. Bjorkstedt, Nicholas A. Bond, Lisa T. Ballance, Victoria Bowes, J. Mark Hipfner, Hillary K. Burgess, Jane E. Dolliver, Kirsten Lindquist, Jacqueline Lindsey, Hannahrose M. Nevins, Roxanne R. Robertson, Jan Roletto, Laurie Wilson, Trevor Joyce, and James Harvey Geophysical Research Letters 45(7):3193-3202

Differentiation measures for conservation genetics Jost, Lou, Frederick Archer, Sarah Flanagan, Oscar Gaggiotti, Sean Hoban, and Emily Latch Evolutionary Applications 11(7):1139-1148

CCE1: Decrease in the frequency of oceanic fronts and surface chlorophyll concentration in the California Current System during the 2014-2016 northeast Pacific warm anomalies Kahru, Mati, Michael G. Jacox, and Mark D. Ohman Deep-Sea Research I 140:4-13

Bryde's whale: Balaenoptera edeni Kato, Hidehiro, and William F. Perrin In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 143-145. Academic Press.

Global phenological insensitivity to shifing ocean temperatures among seabirds Keogan, Katharine, Francis Daunt, Sarah Wanless, Richard A. Phillips, Craig A. Walling, Philippa Agnew, David G. Ainley, Tycho Anker-Nilssen, Grant Ballard, Robert T. Barrett, Kerry J. Barton, Claus Bech, Peter Becker, Per-Arvid Berglund, Loic Bollache, Alexander L. Bond, Sandra Bouwhuis, Russell W. Bradley, Zofia M. Burr, Kees Camphuysen, Paulo Catry, Andre Chiaradia, Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard, Richard Cuthbert, Nina Dehnhard, Sebastien Descamps, Tony Diamond, George Divoky, Hugh Drummond, Katie M. Dugger, Michael J. Dunn, Louise Emmerson, Kjell Einar Erikstad, Jerome Fort, William Fraser, Meritxell Genovart, Olivier Gilg, Jacob Gonzalez-Solis, Jose Pedro Granadeiro, David Gremillet, Jannik Hansen, Sveinn A. Hanssen, Mike Harris, April Hedd, Jefferson Hinke, Jose Manuel Igual, Jaime Jahncke, Ian Jones, Peter J. Kappes, Johannes Lang, Magdalene Langset, Amelie Lescroel, Svein-Hakon Lorentsen, Phil O’B. Lyver, Mark Mallory, Borge Moe, William A. Montevecchi, David Monticelli, Carolyn Mostello, Mark Newell, Lisa Nicholson, Ian Nisbet, Olof Olsson, Daniel Oro, Vivian Pattison, Maud Poisbleau, Tanya Pyk, Flavio Quintana, Jaime A. Ramos, Raul Ramos, Tone Kirstin Reiertsen, Cristina Rodriguez, Peter Ryan, Ana Sanz-Aguilar, Niels M. Schmidt, Paula Shannon, Benoit Sittler, Colin Southwell, Christopher Surman, Walter S. Svagelj , Wayne Trivelpiece, Pete Warzybok, Yutaka Watanuki, Henri Weimerskirch, Peter R. Wilson, Andrew G. Wood, Albert B. Phillimore, and Sue Lewis Nature Climate Change 8(4):313-318

Parameter estimation using randomized phases in an integrated assessment model for Antarctic krill Kinzey, Douglas, George M. Watters, and Christian S. Reiss PLoS ONE 13(8):e0202545 (21 p.)

Hierarchical foraging movement of humpback whales relative to the structure of their prey Kirchner, Theresa, David N. Wiley, Elliott L. Hazen, Susan E. Parks, Leigh G. Torres, and Ari S. Friedlaender Marine Ecology Progress Series 607:237-250

Klamath River fall Chinook salmon age-specific escapement, river harvest, and run size estimates, 2017 run Klamath River Technical Team Klamath River Technical Team. 23 p.

Ocean abundance projections and prospective harvest levels for Klamath River fall Chinook, 2018 season Klamath River Technical Team Klamath River Technical Team. 31 p.

Impacts of rising sea temperature on krill increase risks for predators in the Scotia Sea Klein, Emily S., Simeon L. Hill, Jefferson T. Hinke, Tony Phillips, and George M. Watters PLoS ONE 13(1):e0191011 (21 p.)

2012 National Ocean Recreation Expenditure Survey Kosaka, R., and S. Steinback NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-185. 102 p.

Population growth and status of California sea lions Laake, Jeffrey L., Mark S. Lowry, Robert L. DeLong, Sharon R. Melin, and James V. Carretta Journal of Wildlife Management 82(3):583-595

Upwelling indices for comparative ecosystem studies: Variability in the Benguela Upwelling System Lamont, T., M. Garcia-Reyes, S.J. Bograd, C.D. van der Lingen, and W.J. Sydeman Journal of Marine Systems 188:3-16

Double or nothing: Plasticity in reproductive output in the chilipepper rockfish (Sebastes goodei) Lefebvre, Lyndsey S., Sabrina G. Beyer, David M. Stafford, Neosha S. Kashef, Edward J. Dick, Susan M. Sogard, and John C. Field Fisheries Research 204:258-268

Structure and phylogeography of two tropical predators, spinner (Stenella longirostris) and pantropical spotted (S. attenuata) dolphins, from SNP data Leslie, Matthew S., and Phillip A. Morin Royal Society Open Science 5:171615 (20 p.)

Context-dependent variability in blue whale acoustic behaviour Lewis, Leah A., John Calambokidis, Alison K. Stimpert, James Fahlbusch, Ari S. Friedlaender, Megan F. McKenna, Sarah L. Mesnick, Erin M. Oleson, Brandon L. Southall, Angela R. Szesciorka, and Ana Sirovic Royal Society Open Science 5(8):180241 (20 p.)

Right whale dolphins: Lissodelphis borealis and L. peronii Lipsky, Jessica D., and Robert L. Brownell Jr. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 813-817. Academic Press.

Modeling the potential habitats of dusky, common and bottlenose dolphins in the Humboldt Current System off Peru: The influence of non-El Nino vs. El Nino 1997-98 conditions and potential prey availability Llapapasca, Miguel A., Aldo S. Pacheco, Paul Fiedler, Elisa Goya, Jesus Ledesma, Cecilia Pena, and Luis Vasquez Progress in Oceanography 168:169-181

Characterization of oceanic Noctiluca blooms not associated with hypoxiain the Northeastern Arabian Sea Lotliker, Aneesh A., S.K. Baliarsingh, Vera L. Trainer, Mark L. Wells, Cara Wilson, T.V.S. Udaya Bhaskar, Alakes Samanta, and S.R. Shahimol Harmful Algae 74:46-57

Entanglement risk to western gray whales from commercial fisheries in the Russian Far East Lowry, Lloyd F., Vladimir N. Burkanov, Alexey Altukhov, David W. Weller, and Randall R. Reeves Endangered Species Research 37:133-148

An inconvenient monophyly: An update on the taxonomy of the groupers (Epinephelidae) Ma, Ka Yan, and Matthew T. Craig Copeia 106(3):443-456

Mercury stable isotopes reveal influence of foraging depth on mercury concentrations and growth in Pacific bluefin tuna Madigan, Daniel J., Miling Li, Runshen Yin, Hannes Baumann, Owyn E. Snodgrass, Heidi Dewar, David P. Krabbenhoft, Zofia Baumann, Nicholas S. Fisher, Prentiss Balcom, and Elsie M. Sunderland Environmental Science & Technology 52(11):6256-6264

From migrants to mossbacks: tracer- and tag-inferred habitat shifts in the California yellowtail Seriola dorsalis Madigan, Daniel J., Owyn E. Snodgrass, and Nicholas S. Fisher Marine Ecology Progress Series 597:221-230

Isotopic insights into migration patterns of Pacific bluefin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean Madigan, Daniel J., Zofia Baumann, Aaron B. Carlisle, Owyn Snodgrass, Heidi Dewar, and Nicholas S. Fisher Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75(2):260-270

Time trends of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in Antarctic biota Markham, Erin, Emily K. Brault, Mohammed Khairy, Anna R. Robuck, Michael E. Goebel, Mark G. Cantwell, Rebecca M. Dickhut, and Rainer Lohmann ACS Omega 3(6):6595-6604

Reverse-engineering ecological theory from data Martin, Benjamin T., Stephan B. Munch, and Andrew M. Hein Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285(1878):20180422 (9 p.)

Forage fish, small pelagic fisheries and recovering predators: managing expectations McClatchie, S., R.D. Vetter, and I.L. Hendy Animal Conservation 21(6):445-447

Interannual and secular variability of larvae of mesopelagic and forage fishes in the southern California Current System McClatchie, Sam, Jin Gao, Elizabeth J. Drenkard, Andrew R. Thompson, William Watson, Lorenzo Ciannelli, Steven J. Bograd, and James T. Thorson Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 123(9):6277-6295

Anadromous salmonid reintroductions: General planning principles for long-term viability and recovery McClure, Michelle, Jon Anderson, George Pess, Tom Cooney, Rich Carmichael, Casey Baldwin, Jay Hesse, Laurie Weitkamp, Damon Holzer, Mindi Sheer, and Steve Lindley NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-141. 42 p.

Constrained by consistency? Repeatability of foraging behavior at multiple timescales for a generalist marine predator McHuron, Elizabeth A., Elliott Hazen, and Daniel P. Costa Marine Biology 165(8):122 (13 p.)

Mating systems Mesnick, Sarah L., and Katherine Ralls In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 586-592. Academic Press.

Sexual dimorphism Mesnick, Sarah, and Katherine Ralls In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 848-853. Academic Press.

Non-native fish predator density and molecular-based diet estimates suggest differing effects of predator species on juvenile salmon in the San Joaquin River, California Michel, Cyril J., Joseph M. Smith, Nicholas J. Demetras, David D. Huff, and Sean A. Hayes San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 16(4):3 (19 p.)

Estimating drift of directional sonobuoys from acoustic bearings Miller, Brian S., Simon Wotherspoon, Shannon Rankin, Susannah Calderan, Russell Leaper, and Jennifer L. Keating Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 143(1):EL25-EL30

Disentangling genetic structure for genetic monitoring of complex populations Milligan, Brook G., Frederick I. Archer, Anne-Laure Ferchaud, Brian K. Hand, Elizabeth M. Kierepka, Robin S. Waples Evolutionary Applications 11(7):1149-1161

Translating the terrestrial mitigation hierarchy to marine megafauna by-catch Milner-Gulland, E.J., Serge Garcia, William Arlidge, Joseph Bull, Anthony Charles, Laurent Dagorn, Sonya Fordham, Joshua Gradd Zivin, Martin Hall, Jeffrey Shrader, Niels Vestergaard, Chris Wilcox, and Dale Squires Fish and Fisheries 19(3):547-561

KatharoSeq enables high-throughput microbiome analysis from low-biomass samples Minich, Jeremiah J., Qiyun Zhu, Stefan Janssen, Ryan Hendrickson, Amnon Amir, Russ Vetter, John Hyde, Megan M. Doty, Kristina Stillwell, James Bernardini, Jae H. Kim, Eric E. Allen, Kasthuri Venkateswaran, and Rob Knight mSystems 3(3):e00218-17 (16 p.)

Elements of time and place: manganese and barium in shark vertebrae reflect age and upwelling histories Mohan, John A., Nathan R. Miller, Sharon Z. Herzka, Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki, Suzanne Kohin, Heidi Dewar, Michael Kinney, Owyn Snodgrass, and R.J. David Wells Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285(1890):20181760 (8 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, Aaron Mamula, Nick Wegner, and William Watson In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: 59th annual meeting of the TSC (April 24-25, 2018, Santa Cruz, California), p. 354-373. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Status of California scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata) off southern California in 2017 Monk, Melissa H., Xi He, and John Budrick Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 217 p.

Intrinsic growth (rmax) and generation time (T) estimates for Inia geoffrensis, in support of an IUCN Red List re-assessment Moore, Jeffrey E., A.R. Martin, and Vera M.F. da Silva U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-596. 12 p.

Updated estimates of the probability of striking a western North Pacific gray whale during the proposed Makah hunt Moore, Jeffrey E., and David W. Weller U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-605. 8 p.

Surveys Moore, Jeffrey E., Karin A. Forney, and David W. Weller In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 960-963. Academic Press.

Strandings Moore, Kathleen M., Claire A. Simeone, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 945-951. Academic Press.

Exploring ship traffic variability off California Moore, Thomas J., Jessica V. Redfern, Michael Carver, Sean Hastings, Jeffrey D. Adams, and Gregory K. Silber Ocean and Coastal Management 163:515-527