NOAA FISHERIES

Estimating the annual spawning run size and population size of the Southern Distinct Population Segment of Green Sturgeon Mora, Ethan A., Ryan D. Battleson, Steven T. Lindley, Michael J. Thomas, Russ Bellmer, Liam J. Zarri, and A. Peter Klimley Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 147(1):195-203

How scientists reveal the secret migrations of fish Morais, Pedro, Ester Dias, Ines Cerveira, Stephanie M. Carlson, Rachel C. Johnson, and Anna M. Sturrock Frontiers for Young Minds 6:67 (10 p.)

Genetics, management Morin, Phillip A., and Andrew E. Dizon In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 410-416. Academic Press.

Demography or selection on linked cultural traits or genes? Investigating the driver of low mtDNA diversity in the sperm whale using complementary mitochondrial and nuclear genome analyses Morin, Phillip A., Andrew D. Foote, Charles Scott Baker, Brittany L. Hancock-Hanser, Kristin Kaschner, Bruce R. Mate, Sarah L. Mesnick, Victoria L. Pease, Patricia E. Rosel, and Alana Alexander Molecular Ecology 27(11):2604-2619

SNP discovery from single and multiplex genome assemblies of non-model organisms Morin, Phillip A., Andrew D. Foote, Christopher M. Hill, Benoit Simon-Bouhet, Aimee R. Lang, and Marie Louis In: Steven R. Head, Phillip Ordoukhanian, and Daniel R. Salomon (eds.), Next generation sequencing: methods and protocols, p. 113-144. Humana Press (Springer Nature).

Regional-scale surface temperature variability allows prediction of Pacific bluefin tuna recruitment Muhling, Barbara A., Desiree Tommasi, Seiji Ohshimo, Michael A. Alexander, and Gerard DiNardo ICES Journal of Marine Science 75(4):1341-1352

Nonlinear dynamics and noise in fisheries recruitment: A global meta-analysis Munch, Stephan B., Alfredo Giron-Nava, and George Sugihara Fish and Fisheries 19(6):964-973

State of knowledge: Antarctic wildlife response to unmanned aerial systems Mustafa, Osama, Andres Barbosa, Douglas J. Krause, Hans-Ulrich Peter, Goncalo Vieira, and Marie-Charlott Rummler Polar Biology 41(11):2387-2398

Phylogenetic analysis of Antarctic notothenioids illuminates the utility of RADseq for resolving Cenozoic adaptive radiations Near, Thomas J., Daniel J. MacGuigan, Elyse Parker, Carl D. Struthers, Christopher D. Jones, and Alex Dornburg Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 129:268-279

A status review of pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) along the west coast of North America: interpreting trends, addressing uncertainty, and addressing risk for a wide-ranging marine invertebrate Neuman, Melissa J., Susan Wang, Shallin Busch, Carolyn Friedman, Kristen Gruenthal, Rick Gustafson, David Kushner, Kevin Stierhoff, Glenn VanBlaricom, and Sadie Wright Journal of Shellfish Research 37(4):869-910

The influence of lipid-extraction and long-term DMSO preservation on carbon (d13C) and nitrogen (d15N) isotope values in cetacean skin Newsome, Seth D., Susan J. Chivers, and Michelle Berman Kowalewski Marine Mammal Science 34(2):277-293

Alternative juvenile production estimate (JPE) forecast approaches for Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon O'Farrell, Michael R., William H. Satterthwaite, Albert N. Hendrix, and Michael S. Mohr San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 16(4):4 (12 p.)

Pilot whales: Globicephala melas and G. macrorhynchus Olson, Paula A. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 701-705. Academic Press.

Spatial scales of marine conservation management for breeding seabirds Oppel, Steffen, Mark Bolton, Ana P.B. Carneiro, Maria P. Dias, Jonathan A. Green, Juan F. Masello, Richard A. Phillips, Ellie Owen, Petra Quillfeldt, Annalea Beard, Sophie Bertrand, Jez Blackburn, P. Dee Boersma, Alder Borges, Annette C. Broderick, Paulo Catry, Ian Cleasby, Elizabeth Clingham, Jeroen Creuwels, Sarah Crofts, Richard J. Cuthbert, Hanneke Dallmeijer, Delia Davies, Rachel Davies, Ben J. Dilley, Herculano Andrade Dinis, Justine Dossa, Michael J. Dunn, Marcio A. Efe, Annette L. Fayet, Leila Figueiredo, Adelcides Pereira Frederico, Carina Gjerdrum, Brendan J. Godley, Jose Pedro Granadeiro, Tim Guilford, Keith C. Hamer, Carolina Hazin, April Hedd, Leeann Henry, Marcos Hernandez-Montero, Jefferson Hinke, Nobuo Kokubun, Eliza Leat, Laura McFarlane Tranquilla, Benjamin Metzger, Teresa Militao, Gilson Montrond, Wim Mullie, Oliver Padget, Elizabeth J. Pearmain, Ingrid L. Pollet, Klemens Putz, Flavio Quintana, Norman Ratcliffe, Robert A. Ronconi, Peter G. Ryan, Sarah Saldanha, Akiko Shoji, Jolene Sim, Cleo Small, Louise Soanes, Akinori Takahashi, Phil Trathan, Wayne Trivelpiece, Jan Veen, Ewan Wakefield, Nicola Weber, Sam Weber, Laura Zango, Jacob Gonzalez-Solis, and John Croxall Marine Policy 98:37-46

The evolution of genital shape variation in female cetaceans Orbach, Dara N., Brandon Hedrick, Bernd Wursig, Sarah L. Mesnick, and Patricia L.R. Brennan Evolution 72(2):261-273

The effects of early sandbar formation on the abundance and ecology of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in a central California coastal lagoon Osterback, Ann-Marie K., Cynthia H. Kern, Emerson A. Kanawi, Jeffrey M. Perez, and Joseph D. Kiernan Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75(12):2184-2197

Review of 2017 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. 335 p.

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis and environmental assessment Part 1 for 2018 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 133 p.

Preseason report II: Proposed alternatives and environmental assessment Part 2 for 2018 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 67 p.

Preseason report III: Council adopted management measures and environmental assessment Part 3 for 2018 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 49 p.

High pregnancy rates in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) around the Western Antarctic Peninsula, evidence of a rapidly growing population Pallin, Logan J., C. Scott Baker, Debbie Steel, Nicholas M. Kellar, Jooke Robbins, David W. Johnston, Doug P. Nowacek, Andrew J. Read, and Ari S. Friedlaender Royal Society Open Science 5:108817 (15 p.)

Validation of a blubber-based endocrine pregnancy test for humpback whales Pallin, Logan, Jooke Robbins, Nicholas Kellar, Martine Berube, and Ari Friedlaender Conservation Physiology 6(1):coy031 (11 p.)

Humpback dolphins: Sousa teuszii, S. plumbea, S. chinensis and S. sahulensis Parra, Guido J., and Thomas A. Jefferson In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 483-489. Academic Press.

Decadal regime shifts in southern California's ichthyoplankton assemblage Peabody, Clare E., Andrew R. Thompson, Dov F. Sax, Ryan E. Morse, and Charles T. Perretti Marine Ecology Progress Series 607:71-83

Ancestry and adaptation of Rainbow Trout in Yosemite National Park Pearse, Devon E., and Matthew A. Campbell Fisheries 43(10):472-484

Sex-dependent dominance maintains migration supergene in rainbow trout Pearse, Devon E., Nicola J. Barson, Torfinn Nome, Guangtu Gao, Matthew A. Campbell, Alicia Abadia-Cardoso, Eric C. Anderson, David E. Rundio, Thomas H. Williams, Kerry A. Naish, Thomas Moen, Sixin Liu, Matthew Kent, David R. Minkley, Eric B. Rondeau, Marine S.O. Brieuc, Simen Rod Sandve, Michael R. Miller, Lucydalila Cedillo, Kobi Baruch, Alvara G. Hernandez, Gil Ben-Zvi, Doron Shem-Tov, Omer Barad, Kirill Kuzishchin, John Carlos Garza, Steven T. Lindley, Ben F. Koop, Gary H. Thorgaard, Yniv Palti, and Sigbjorn Lien bioRxiv preprint 504621 (27 p.)

Coloration Perrin, William F. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 200-205. Academic Press.

Common dolphin: Delphinus delphis Perrin, William F. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 205-209. Academic Press.

Geographic variation Perrin, William F. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 416-420. Academic Press.

Pantropical spotted dolphin: Stenella attenuata Perrin, William F. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 676-678. Academic Press.

Spinner dolphin: Stenella longirostris Perrin, William F. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 925-928. Academic Press.

Minke whales: Balaenoptera acutorostrata and B. bonaerensis Perrin, William F., Sarah D. Mallette, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 608-613. Academic Press.

Flow-mediated effects on travel time, routing, and survival of juvenile Chinook salmon in a spatially complex, tidally forced river delta Perry, Russell W., Adam C. Pope, Jason G. Romine, Patricia L. Brandes, Jon R. Burau, Aaron R. Blake, Arnold J. Ammann, and Cyril J. Michel Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75(11):1886-1901

Melon-headed whale: Peponocephala electra Perryman, Wayle L., and Kerri Danil In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 593-595. Academic Press.

Habitat science is a fundamental element in an ecosystem-based fisheries management framework: An update to the Marine Fisheries Habitat Assessment Improvement Plan Peters, Rebecca, Anthony R. Marshak, Margaret M. (Peg) Brady, Stephen K. Brown, Kenric Osgood, Correigh Greene, Vincent Guida, Matthew Johnson, Todd Kellison, Robert McConnaughey, Tom Noji, Michael Parke, Chris Rooper, Waldo Wakefield, and Mary Yoklavich NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-181. 29 p.

Climate change impacts on fisheries and aquaculture of the United States Peterson, Jay, Roger Griffis, Stephani G. Zador, Michael F. Sigler, John E. Joyce, Mary Hunsicker, Steven Bograd, Lisa G. Crozier, Sam McClatchie, James A. Morris Jr., William T. Peterson, Carol Price, Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, Mandy Karnauskas, Roldan Munoz, Amy Schueller, J. Kevin Craig, Nathan Bacheler, Michael L. Burton, Karla Gore, Todd Kellison, Jonathan A. Hare, Kevin Friedland, and Timothy J. Miller In: Bruce F. Phillips and Monica Perez-Ramirez (eds.), Climate change impacts on fisheries and aquaculture: a global analysis, p.159-218. Wiley Blackwell.

Endangered winter-run Chinook salmon rely on diverse rearing habitats in a highly altered landscape Phillis, Corey C., Anna M. Sturrock, Rachel C. Johnson, and Peter K. Weber Biological Conservation 217:358-362

Bias in estimates of growth when selectivity in models includes effects of gear and availability of fish Piner, Kevin R., Hui-Hua Lee, and Lennon R. Thomas Fishery Bulletin 116(1):75-80

Evaluation of the influence of age and length on Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) maturation and characterization of its temporal variability Piner, Kevin, Jenny McDaniel, Hui-Hua Lee, Kevin Hill, and Beverly Macewicz CalCOFI Reports 59:67-78

Indo-Pacific beaked whale: Indopacetus pacificus Pitman, Robert In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 509-512. Academic Press.

Mesoplodon beaked whales: Mesoplodon spp. Pitman, Robert In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 595-602. Academic Press.

Abundance and population status of Ross Sea killer whales (Orcinus orca, type C) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: evidence for impact by commercial fishing? Pitman, Robert L., Holly Fearnbach, and John W. Durban Polar Biology 41(4):781-792

Serial killers: Humpback whales, now protected from human predation, face their age-old nemesis: killer whales Pitman, Robert, and John Totterdell Natural History 126(5):16-21

Assessment of multiple stressors on the growth of larval green sturgeon Acipenser medirostris: implications for recruitment of early life-history stages Poletto, Jamilynn B., Benjamin Martin, Eric Danner, Sarah E. Baird, Dennis E. Cocherell, Natnael Hamda, Joseph J. Cech Jr., and Nann A. Fangue Journal of Fish Biology 93(5):952-960

Insights into teleost sex determination from the Seriola dorsalis genome assembly Purcell, Catherine M., Arun S. Seetharam, Owyn Snodgrass, Sofia Ortega-Garcia, John R. Hyde, and Andrew J. Severin BMC Genomics 19:31 (11 p.)

Predicting market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens) landings from pre-recruit abundance Ralston, Stephen, Emmanis Dorval, Laura Ryley, Keith M. Sakuma, and John C. Field Fisheries Research 199:12-18

Methods for characterizing fin whale song notes for comparative studies of geographic variation in song Rankin, Shannon, Manuel Castellote, Julien Delarue, Kate Stafford, Frederick Archer, Barbara Koot, Michael Richlen, Jessica Thompson, John Ford, Rob Williams, and Janelle L. Morano U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-592. 33 p.

Comprehensive evaluation of genetic population structure for anadromous river herring with single nucleotide polymorphism data Reid, Kerry, Eric P. Palkovacs, Daniel J. Hasselman, Diana Baetscher, Jared Kibele, Ben Gahagan, Paul Bentzen, Meghan C. McBride, and John Carlos Garza Fisheries Research 206:247-258

De novo hepatic transcriptome assembly and systems level analysis of three species of dietary fish, Sardinops sagax, Scomber japonicus, and Pleuronichthys verticalis Richards, Dylan J., Ludivine Renaud, Nisha Agarwal, E. Starr Hazard, John Hyde, and Gary Hardiman Genes 9(11):521 (14 p.)

Ocean ecology of Chinook Salmon Riddell, Brian E., Richard D. Brodeur, Alexander V. Bugaev, Paul Moran, James M. Murphy, Joseph A. Orsi, Marc Trudel, Laurie A. Weitkamp, Brian K. Wells, and Alex C. Wertheimer In: Richard J. Beamish (ed.), The ocean ecology of Pacific salmon and trout, p. 555-696. American Fisheries Society.

Genetic sexing of pinnipeds: a real-time, single step qPCR technique Robertson, Kelly M., Morgane L. Lauf, and Phillip A. Morin Conservation Genetics Resources 10(2):213-218

Ecological genomics predicts climate vulnerability in an endangered southwestern songbird Ruegg, Kristen, Rachael A. Bay, Eric C. Anderson, James F. Saracco, Ryan J. Harrigan, Mary Whitfield, Eben H. Paxton, and Thomas B. Smith Ecology Letters 21(7):1085-1096

Bacterial species identified on the skin of bottlenose dolphins off Southern California via next generation sequencing techniques Russo, Corey D., David W. Weller, Karen E. Nelson, Susan J. Chivers, Manolito Torralba, and D. Jay Grimes Microbial Ecology 75(2):303-309

An ecological framework for informing permitting decisions on scientific activities in protected areas Saarman, Emily T., Brian Owens, Steven N. Murray, Stephen B. Weisberg, Richard F. Ambrose, John C. Field, Karina J. Nielsen, and Mark H. Carr PLoS ONE 13(6):e0199126 (27 p.)

Assessing the environmental status of the short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in North-western Spanish waters using abundance trends and safe removal limits Saavedra, Camilo, Tim Gerrodette, Maite Louzao, Julio Valeiras, Salvador Garcia, Santiago Cervino, Graham J. Pierce, and M. Begona Santos Progress in Oceanography 166:66-75

Cruise report, NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker RL-18-02, May 8 - June 21, 2018: Rockfish recruitment and ecosystem assessment Sakuma, Keith NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, SWFSC Fisheries Ecology Division, Santa Cruz, California. 18 p.

Trophic ecology of green turtle Chelonia mydas juveniles in the Colombian Pacific Sampson, Laura, Alan Giraldo, Luis F. Payan, Diego F. Amorocho, Manuel A. Ramos, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 98(7):1817-1829

Abundance estimation of Adelie penguins at the Esperanza/Hope Bay mega colony Santos, M. Mercedes, Jefferson T. Hinke, Nestor R. Coria, Bruno Fusaro, Anahi Silvestro, and Mariana A. Juares Polar Biology 41(11):2337-2342

Inferred ocean distributions of genetically similar Chinook salmon stocks compared across run timing and river/hatchery of origin Satterthwaite, William H., and Michael R. O'Farrell Fisheries Research 199:171-176

Central Valley spring-run Chinook Salmon and ocean fisheries: data availability and management possibilities Satterthwaite, William H., Flora Cordoleani, Michael R. O'Farrell, Brett Kormos, and Michael S. Mohr San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 16(1):4 (23 p.)

Pelagic seascapes Scales, Kylie L., Diego Alvarez-Berastegui, Clare Embling, and Simon Ingram In: Simon J. Pittman (ed.), Seascape ecology, p. 57-88. Wiley Blackwell.

Fisheries bycatch risk to marine megafauna is intensified in Lagrangian coherent structures Scales, Kylie L., Elliott L. Hazen, Michael G. Jacox, Frederic Castruccio, Sara M. Maxwell, Rebecca L. Lewison, and Steven J. Bograd Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115(28):7362-7367

Process convolution approaches for modeling interacting trajectories Scharf, Henry R., Mevin B. Hooten, Devin S. Johnson, and John W. Durban Environmetrics 29(3):e2487 (18 p.)

Where the rubber meets the road: Further research needs and implications for Cutthroat Trout management Schultz, Luke, Neil F. Thompson, C. Nathan Cathcart, and Thomas H. Williams In: Patrick Trotter et al. (eds.), Cutthroat Trout: evolutionary biology and taxonomy, p. 343-362. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 36.

Swim bladder inflation failure affects energy allocation, growth, and feed conversion of California Yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis) in aquaculture Schwebel, Laura N., Kevin Stuart, Mary Sue Lowery, Nicholas C. Wegner Aquaculture 497:117-124

Blue whale: Balaenoptera musculus Sears, Richard, and William F. Perrin In: Bernd Wursig, J.G.M. Thewissen, and Kit M. Kovacs (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals (3rd ed.), p. 110-114. Academic Press.

Chelonian Conservation and Biology: Celebrating 25 years as the world's turtle and tortoise journal Seminoff, Jeffrey A. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 17(1):1

Movements and behaviors of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the United States Pacific Leatherback Conservation Area Sepulveda, Chugey A., Scott A. Aalbers, Craig Heberer, Suzy Kohin, and Heidi Dewar Fisheries Oceanography 27(4):381-394

Convergence of marine megafauna movement patterns in coastal and open oceans Sequeira, A.M.M., J.P. Rodríguez, V.M. Eguíluz, R. Harcourt, M. Hindell, D.W. Sims, C.M. Duarte, D.P. Costa, J. Fernández-Gracia, L.C. Ferreira, G.C. Hays, M.R. Heupel, M.G. Meekan, A. Aven, F. Bailleul, A.M.M. Baylis, M.L. Berumen, C.D. Braun, J. Burns, M.J. Caley, R. Campbell, R.H. Carmichael, E. Clua, L.D. Einoder, Ari Friedlaender, M.E. Goebel, S.D. Goldsworthy, C. Guinet, J. Gunn, D. Hamer, N. Hammerschlag, M. Hammill, L.A. Hückstädt, N.E. Humphries, M.-A. Lea, A. Lowther, A. Mackay, E. McHuron, J. McKenzie, L. McLeay, C.R. McMahon, K. Mengersen, M.M.C. Muelbert, A.M. Pagano, B. Page, N. Queiroz, P.W. Robinson, S.A. Shaffer, M. Shivji, G.B. Skomal, S.R. Thorrold, S. Villegas-Amtmann, M. Weise, R. Wells, B. Wetherbee, A. Wiebkin, B. Wienecke, and M. Thums Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115(12):3072-3077

Physical forcing on fish abundance in the southern California Current System Siegelman-Charbit, Lia, J. Anthony Koslow, Michael G. Jacox, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, and Eric F. Miller Fisheries Oceanography 27(5):475-488

A database of marine larval fish assemblages in Australian temperate and subtropical waters Smith, James A., Anthony G. Miskiewicz, Lynnath E. Beckley, Jason D. Everett, Valquiria Garcia, Charles A. Gray, David Holliday, Alan R. Jordan, John Keane, Ana Lara-Lopez, Jeffrey M. Leis, Paloma A. Matis, Barbara A. Muhling, Francisco J. Neira, Anthony J. Richardson, Kimberley A. Smith, Kerrie M. Swadling, Augy Syahailatua, Matthew D. Taylor, Paul D. van Ruth, Tim M. Ward, and Iain M. Suthers Scientific Data 5:180207 (8 p.)

Evaluation and application of BIOPOLE, a biopsy device for in situ non-lethal tissue extraction for fishes Smith, Joshua G., Dan Malone, Diana S. Baetscher, and Mark H. Carr Marine Ecology Progress Series 595:149-156

Projected utility rate impacts associated with fish passage investments on the Tuolumne River Speir, Cameron, Aaron Mamula, and Michael S. Mohr U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-606. 13 p.

The least-cost biodiversity impact mitigation hierarchy with a focus on marine fisheries and bycatch issues Squires, Dale, and Serge Garcia Conservation Biology 32(5):989-997

Fisheries bycatch reduction within the least-cost biodiversity mitigation hierarchy: Conservatory offsets with an application to sea turtles Squires, Dale, Victor Restrepo, Serge Garcia, and Peter Dutton Marine Policy 93:55-61

Evaluation of the Delta Simulation Model-2 in computing tidally driven flows in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Sridharan, Vamsi K., Stephen G. Monimsith, Oliver B. Fringer, and Derek A. Fong San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 16(2):6 (53 p.)

One-dimensional particle tracking with streamline preserving junctions for flows in channel networks Sridharan, Vamsi K., Stephen G. Monismith, Derek A. Fong, and James L. Hench Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 144(2):04017063 (10 p.)

Report on the collection of data during the Summer 2017 California Current Ecosystem Survey (1706RL), 19 June to 11 August 2017, conducted aboard the Fisheries Survey Vessel Reuben Lasker Stierhoff, Kevin L., Juan P. Zwolinski, Josiah S. Renfree, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-593. 30 p.

Report on the collection of data during the Summer 2016 California Current Ecosystem Survey (1606RL), 28 June to 22 September 2016, conducted aboard Fisheries Survey Vessel Reuben Lasker Stierhoff, Kevin L., Juan P. Zwolinski, Josiah S. Renfree, Scott A. Mau, Danial G. Palance, Thomas S. Sessions, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-604. 28 p.

Report on the SWFSC’s collection of data during the 2015 Joint U.S.-Canada Integrated Acoustic and Trawl Survey of Pacific Hake and Coastal Pelagic Species (SaKe 2015; 1507SH) within the California Current Ecosystem, 15 June to 10 September 2015, conducted aboard Fisheries Survey Vessel Bell M. Shimada Stierhoff, Kevin L., Juan P. Zwolinski, Josiah S. Renfree, Scott A. Mau, David W. Murfin, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-603. 33 p.

Status of common thresher sharks, Alopias vulpinus, along the west coast of North America: updated stock assessment based on alternative life history Teo, Steven L.H., Emiliano Garcia Rodriguez, and Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-595. 284 p.

State of the California Current 2017-18: Still not quite normal in the north and getting interesting in the south Thompson, Andrew R., Isaac D. Schroeder, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Michael G. Jacox, Andrew Leising, Brian K. Wells, John L. Largier, Jennifer L. Fisher, Kym Jacobson, Samantha Zeman, Eric P. Bjorkstedt, Roxanne R. Robertson, Francisco P. Chavez, Mati Kahru, Ralf Goericke, Sam McClatchie, Clare E. Peabody, Timothy R. Baumgartner, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Richard D. Brodeur, Elizabeth A. Daly, Cheryl A. Morgan, Toby D. Auth, Brian J. Burke, John Field, Keith Sakuma, Edward D. Weber, William Watson, Julia Coates, Ryan Schoenbaum, Laura Rogers-Bennett, Robert M. Suryan, Jane Dolliver, Stephanie Loredo, Jeannette E. Zamon, Stephanie R. Schneider, Richard T. Golightly, Pete Warzybok, Jaime Jahncke, Jarrod A. Santora, Sarah Ann Thompson, William Sydeman, and Sharon R. Melin CalCOFI Reports 59:1-66

Evaluation of two approaches to defining extinction risk under the U.S. Endangered Species Act Thompson, Grant G., Lynn A. Maguire, and Tracey J. Regan Risk Analysis 38(5):1009-1035

Results of the 2015 Economic Survey of Central Valley Anglers Thomson, Cynthia, and Rosemary Kosaka U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-599. 134 p.

Oceanographic drivers of sablefish recruitment in the California Current Tolimieri, N., M.A. Haltuch, Q. Lee, M.G. Jacox, and S.J. Bograd Fisheries Oceanography 27(5):458-474

Managing fishery development in sensitive ecosystems: identifying penguin habitat use to direct management in Antarctica Trathan, P.N., V. Warwick-Evans, J.T. Hinke, E.F. Young, E.J. Murphy, A.P.B. Carneiro, M.P. Dias, K.M. Kovacs, A.D. Lowther, O.R. Godo, N. Kokubun, J.H. Kim, A. Takahashi, and M. Santos Ecosphere 9(8):e02392 (18 p.)

Comprehensive screening links halogenated organic compounds with testosterone levels in male Delphinus delphis from the Southern California Bight Trego, Marisa L., Eunha Hoh, Nicholas M. Kellar, Sara Meszaros, Michelle N. Robbins, Nathan G. Dodder, Andrew Whitehead, and Rebecca L. Lewison Environmental Science & Technology 52(5):3101-3109

Response of O2 and pH to ENSO in the California Current System in a high-resolution global climate model Turi, Giuliana, Michael Alexander, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Antonietta Capotondi, James Scott, Charles Stock, John Dunne, Jasmin John, and Michael Jacox Ocean Science 14(1):69-86

Expanding the coastal forager paradigm: long-term pelagic habitat use by green turtles Chelonia mydas in the eastern Pacific Ocean Turner Tomaszewicz, Calandra N., Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Larisa Avens, Lisa R. Goshe, Juan M. Rguez-Baron, S. Hoyt Peckham, and Carolyn M. Kurle Marine Ecology Progress Series 587:217-234

A taxonomic review of Lampris guttatus (Brunnich 1788) (Lampridiformes; Lampridae) with descriptions of three new species Underkoffler, Karen E., Meagan A. Luers, John R. Hyde, and Matthew T. Craig Zootaxa 4413(3):551-565

Spring spawning distribution of Pacific sardine in US and Mexican waters Valencia-Gasti, J.A., R. Durazo, E.D. Weber, S. McClatchie, T. Baumgartner, and C.E. Lennert-Cody CalCOFI Reports 59:79-85

Fecal steroid hormones reveal reproductive state in female blue whales sampled in the Gulf of California, Mexico Valenzuela-Molina, Marcia, Shannon Atkinson, Kendall Mashburn, Diane Gendron, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. General and Comparative Endocrinology 261:127-135

Song of my people: dialect differences among sympatric social groups of short-finned pilot whales in Hawai'i Van Cise, Amy M., Sabre D. Mahaffy, Robin W. Baird, T. Aran Mooney, and Jay Barlow Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72:193 (13 p.)

Non-stationary responses in anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) recruitment to coastal upwelling in the Southern Benguela van der Sleen, Peter, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Brendan D. Turley, William J. Sydeman, Marisol Garcia-Reyes, Steven J. Bograd, Carl D. van der Lingen, Janet C. Coetzee, Tarron Lamont, and Bryan A. Black Marine Ecology Progress Series 596:155-164

Alan Noel Baker, 1940-2017 van Waerebeek, Koen, Anton van Helden, Bernd Wursig, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Frank Cipriano, William F. Perrin, and James G. Mead Marine Mammal Science 34(2):563-570

Stronger effects of heterozygosity on survival in harsher environments Vincenzi, Simone, Dusan Jesensek, John C. Garza, and Alain J. Crivelli Journal of Fish Biology 93(6):1102-1106

Genomics and conservation units: The genetic basis of adult migration timing in Pacific salmonids Waples, Robin S., and Steve T. Lindley Evolutionary Applications 11(9):1518-1526

Prey switching and consumption by seabirds in the central California Current upwelling ecosystem: Implications for forage fish management Warzybok, Pete, Jarrod A. Santora, David G. Ainley, Russell W. Bradley, John C. Field, Phillip J. Capitolo, Ryan D. Carle, Meredith Elliott, Jessie N. Beck, Gerard J. McChesney, Michelle M. Hester, and Jaime Jahncke Journal of Marine Systems 185:25-39

A comparison of length distributions of rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) from submersible and trawl surveys off central California Watters, Diana L., and E.J. Dick Fishery Bulletin 116(3):291-301

Performance of fish-habitat classifiers based on derived predictors from a coupled biophysical model Weber, Edward D., Yi Chao, and Fei Chai Journal of Marine Systems 186:105-114