NOAA FISHERIES

Fin-spine microchemistry discriminates regional stocks of Caspian Sea starry sturgeon Bakhshalizadeh, Shima, Botagoz Murasovna Nasibulina, Tatyana Fedorovna Kurochkin, Attaala Muhaysin Ali, and Theodore W. Hermann Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 292:108483 (8 p.)

Laser ablation strontium isotopes and spatial assignment show seasonal mobility in red deer (Cervus elaphus) at Lazaret Cave, France (MIS 6) Barakat, Sarah, Mael Le Corre, Malte Willmes, Jessica Cohen, Manon Vuillien, Emmanuel Desclaux, and Kate Britton Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11:988837 (14 p.)

Beaked whale dive cycle estimation based on acoustic data from drifting recording systems Barlow, Jay, and Jennifer L.K. McCullough Marine Mammal Science 39(2):688-695

Genetic and environmental drivers of migratory behavior in western burrowing owls and implications for conservation and management Barr, Kelly, Christen M. Bossu, Rachael A. Bay, Eric C. Anderson, Jim Belthoff, Lynne A. Trulio, Debra Chromczak, Colleen L. Wisinski, Thomas B. Smith, and Kristen C. Ruegg Evolutionary Applications 16(12):1889-1900

Deconstructing dams and disease: predictions for salmon disease risk following Klamath River dam removals Bartholomew, Jerri L., Julie D. Alexander, Justin Alvarez, Stephen D. Atkinson, Michael Belchik, Sarah J. Bjork, J. Scott Foott, Alex Gonyaw, Mark E. Hereford, Richard A. Holt, Barry McCovey Jr., Nicholas A. Som, Toz Soto, Anne Voss, Thomas H. Williams, Ted G. Wise, and Sascha L. Hallett Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11:1245967 (24 p.)

Genetic diversity and demographic history of the leopard seal: A Southern Ocean top predator Bender, Arona N., Douglas J. Krause, Michael E. Goebel, Joseph I. Hoffman, Eric A. Lewallen, and Carolina A. Bonin PLoS ONE 18(8):e0284640 (16 p.)

Divergent sensory and immune gene evolution in sea turtles with contrasting demographic and life histories Bentley, Blair P., Tomas Carrasco-Valenzuela, Elia K.S. Ramos, Harvinder Pawar, Larissa Souza Arantes, Alana Alexander, Shreya M. Banerjee, Patrick Masterson, Martin Kuhlwilm, Martin Pippel, Jacquelyn Mountcastle, Bettina Haase, Marcela Uliano-Silva, Giulio Formenti, Kerstin Howe, William Chow, Alan Tracey, Ying Sims, Sarah Pelan, Jonathan Wood, Kelsey Yetsko, Justin R. Perrault, Kelly Stewart, Scott R. Benson, Yaniv Levy, Erica V. Todd, H. Bradley Shaffer, Peter Scott, Brian T. Henen, Robert W. Murphy, David W. Mohr, Alan F. Scott, David J. Duffy, Neil, J. Gemmell, Alexander Suh, Syke Winkler, Francoise Thibaud-Nissen, Mariana F. Nery, Tomas Marques-Bonet, Agostinho Antunes, Yaron Tikochinski, Peter H. Dutton, Olivier Fedrigo, Eugene W. Myers, Erich D. Jarvis, Camila J. Mazzoni, and Lisa M. Komoroske Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120(7):e2201076120 (12 p.)

Distinct patterns of inheritance shape life-history traits in steelhead trout Beulke, Anne K., Alicia Abadia-Cardoso, Devon E. Pearse, Laura C. Goetz, Neil F. Thompson, Eric C. Anderson, and John Carlos Garza Molecular Ecology 32(24):6896-6912

Gills, growth and activity across fishes Bigman, Jennifer S., Nicholas C. Wegner, and Nicholas K. Dulvy Fish and Fisheries 24(5):730-743

Revisiting a central prediction of the Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory: Gill area index and growth performance Bigman, Jennifer S., Nicholas C. Wegner, and Nicholas K. Dulvy Fish and Fisheries 24(3):354-366

Observing ocean ecosystem responses to volcanic ash Bisson, K.M., S. Gasso, N. Mahowald, S. Wagner, B. Koffman, S.A. Carn, S. Deutsch, E. Gazel, S. Kramer, N. Krotkov, C. Mitchell, M.E. Pritchard, K. Stamieszkin, and C. Wilson Remote Sensing of Environment 296:113749 (13 p.)

A Field Guide to the Fishes of the Salish Sea is a portable work of art: Theodore W. Pietsch, James W. Orr (illustrated by Joseph R. Tomelleri), A field guide to the fishes of the Salish Sea: Puget Sound and the straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca, Washington State and British Columbia. Chatwin Books, 2023 [book review] Bizzarro, Joseph J. Environmental Biology of Fishes 106(12):2219-2221

Trophic guilds of marine predators in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem Bizzarro, Joseph J., John C. Field, Jarrod A. Santora, K. Alexandra Curtis, and Brian K. Wells Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1195000 (21 p.)

A multi-predator trophic database for the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem Bizzarro, Joseph J., Lynn Dewitt, Brian K. Wells, K. Alexandra Curtis, Jarrod A. Santora, and John C. Field Scientific Data 10:496 (10 p.)

Natal contributions of kokanee salmon to Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Wyoming-Utah: An evaluation using otolith microchemistry Black, A.R., J.D. Walrath, M. Willmes, and M.C. Quist Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 14(1):90-107

Variability in billfish vertical distribution and fishing interactions driven by environmental conditions in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean Blondin, H.E., D.E. Haulsee, R. Logan, M. Shivji, E.R. Hoffmayer, J.H. Walker, J.M. Dean, E.L. Hazen, and L.B. Crowder ICES Journal of Marine Science 80(6):1629-1642

Fisheries Oceanography: The first 30 years and new challenges Bograd, Steven J., Martin Edwards, Shin-ichi Ito, Janet Nye, and Emily Chappell Fisheries Oceanography 32(1):3-9

Climate change impacts on eastern boundary upwelling systems Bograd, Steven J., Michael G. Jacox, Elliott L. Hazen, Elisa Lovecchio, Ivonne Montes, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Lynn J. Shannon, William J. Sydeman, and Ryan R. Rykaczewski Annual Review of Marine Science 15:303-28

Time and behavioral adjustments to lactation: Insights from a marine predator Borras-Chavez, Renato, Michael E. Goebel, Stella Villegas-Amtmann, Luis A. Huckstadt, Carla Rivera-Rebella, Daniel P. Costa, Jose M. Farina, and Francisco Bozinovic Marine Mammal Science 39(1):131-150

South-Central / Southern California Coast Recovery Domain Boughton, David A. In: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Viability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act: Southwest, p. 175-209. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-686.

Migrant steelhead passage after dam removal, river reroute, and channel evolution in the Carmel River, California Boughton, David A., Haley A. Ohms, and Cory Hamilton Report to California American Water and the California Coastal Office of the National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Ecology Division, Santa Cruz, California. 8 p.

Building use-inspired species distribution models: Using multiple data types to examine and improve model performance Braun, Camrin D., Martin C. Arostegui, Nima Farchadi, Michael Alexander, Pedro Afonso, Andrew Allyn, Steven J. Bograd, Stephanie Brodie, Daniel P. Crear, Emmett F. Culhane, Tobey H. Curtis, Elliott L. Hazen, Alex Kerney, Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, Katherine E. Mills, Dylan Pugh, Nuno Queiroz, James D. Scott, Gregory B. Skomal, David W. Sims, Simon R. Thorrold, Heather Welch, Riley Young-Morse, and Rebecca L. Lewison Ecological Applications 33(6):e2893

Widespread habitat loss and redistribution of marine top predators in a changing ocean Braun, Camrin D., Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, Nima Farchadi, Martin C. Arostegui, Michael Alexander, Andrew Allyn, Steven J. Bograd, Stephanie Brodie, Daniel P. Crear, Tobey H. Curtis, Elliott L. Hazen, Alex Kerney, Katherine E. Mills, Dylan Pugh, James D. Scott, Heather Welch, Riley Young-Morse, and Rebecca L. Lewison Science Advances 9(32):eadi2718 (9 p.)

Ecological forecasts for marine resource management during climate extremes Brodie, Stephanie, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Heather Welch, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Jarrod A. Santora, Rachel Seary, Isaac D. Schroeder, and Michael G. Jacox Nature Communications 14:7701 (10 p.)

William F. Perrin 1938-2022 [obituary] Brownell, Robert L. Jr., Frederick I. Archer, Lisa T. Ballance, Thomas A. Jefferson, James G. Mead, Sarah L. Mesnick, Randall R. Reeves, and Barbara L. Taylor Marine Mammal Science 39(1):356-362

Interactions between life history and the environment on changing growth rates of Chinook salmon Buckner, Jack H., William H. Satterthwaite, Benjamin W. Nelson, and Eric J. Ward Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 80(4):648-662

Historical mitogenomic diversity and population structuring of Southern Hemisphere fin whales Buss, Danielle L., Lane M. Atmore, Maria H. Zicos, William P. Goodall-Copestake, Selina Brace, Frederick I. Archer, C. Scott Baker, Ian Barnes, Emma L. Carroll, Tom Hart, Andrew C. Kitchener, Richard Sabin, Angela L. Sremba, Caroline R. Weir, and Jennifer A. Jackson Genes 14(5):1038 (23 p.)

Observations of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) surface feeding on krill in austral winter at South Georgia Calderan, Susannah V. Calderan, Tracey Dornan, Sophie Fielding, Ryan Irvine, Jennifer A. Jackson, Russell Leaper, Cecilia M. Liszka, Paula A. Olson, and Martin A. Collins Marine Mammal Science 39(4):1306-1312

Surfacing rates, swim speeds, and patterns of movement of Antarctic blue whales Calderan, Susannah V., Russell Leaper, Virginia Andrews-Goff, Brian S. Miller, Paula A. Olson, M.V. Reyes Reyes, Elanor Bell, and Michael C. Double Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1087967 (13 p.)

Estimates of marine mammal, sea turtle, and seabird bycatch in the California large-mesh drift gillnet fishery: 1990-2022 Carretta, James V. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-687. 65 p.

U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2022 Carretta, James V., Erin M. Oleson, Karin A. Forney, David W. Weller, Aimee R. Lang, Jason Baker, Anthony J. Orr, Brad Hanson, Jay Barlow, Jeffrey E. Moore, Megan Wallen, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-684. 404 p.

Sources of human-related injury and mortality for U.S. Pacific West Coast marine mammal stock assessments, 2017-2021 Carretta, James V., Justin Greenman, Kristin Wilkinson, Lauren Saez, Dan Lawson, and Justin Viezbicke U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-690. 223 p.

Role of maturation and mortality in portfolio effects and climate resilience Carvalho, Paul G., William H. Satterthwaite, Michael R. O'Farrell, Cameron Speir, and Eric P. Palkovacs Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 80(6):924-941

Whiskers provide time-series of toxic and essential trace elements, Se:Hg molar ratios, and stable isotope values of an apex Antarctic predator, the leopard seal Charapata, Patrick, Casey T. Clark, Nathan Miller, Sarah S. Kienle, Daniel P. Costa, Michael E. Goebel, Heather Gunn, Emily S. Sperou, Shane B. Kanatous, Daniel E. Crocker, Renato Borras-Chavez, and Stephen J. Trumble Science of the Total Environment 854:158651 (15 p.)

Evalutating short- to medium-term effects of implantable satellite tags on southern right whales Eubalaena australis Charlton, Claire, Fredrik Christiansen, Rhianne Ward, Alice I. Mackay, Virginia Andrews-Goff, Alexandre N. Zerbini, Simon Childerhouse, Sacha Guggenheimer, Bridgette O'Shannessy, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 155:125-140

A collaborative and near-comprehensive North Pacific humpback whale photo-ID dataset Cheeseman, Ted, Ken Southerland, Jo Marie Acebes, Katherina Audley, Jay Barlow, Lars Bejder, Caitlin Birdsall, Amanda L. Bradford, Josie K. Byington, John Calambokidis, Rachel Cartwright, Jen Cedarleaf, Andrea Jacqueline Garcia Chavez, Jens J. Currie, Joelle De Weerdt, Nicole Doe, Thomas Doniol-Valcroze, Karina Dracott, Olga Filatova, Rachel Finn, Kiirsten Flynn, John K.B. Ford, Astrid Frisch-Jordan, Christine M. Gabriele, Beth Goodwin, Craig Hayslip, Jackie Hildering, Marie C. Hill, Jeff K. Jacobsen, M. Esther Jimenez-Lopez, Meagan Jones, Nozomi Kobayashi, Edward Lyman, Mark Malleson, Evgeny Mamaev, Pamela Martinez Loustalot, Annie Masterman, Craig Matkin, Christie J. McMillan, Jeff E. Moore, John R. Moran, Janet L. Neilson, Hayley Newell, Haruna Okabe, Marilia Olio, Adam A. Pack, Daniel M. Palacios, Heidi C. Pearson, Ester Quintana-Rizzo, Raul Fernando Ramirez Barragan, Nicola Ransome, Hiram Rosales-Nanduca, Fred Sharpe, Tasli Shaw, Stephanie H. Stack, Iain Staniland, Jan Straley, Andrew Szabo, Suzie Teerlink, Olga Titova, Jorge Urban R., Martin van Aswegen, Marcel Vinicius de Morais, Olga von Ziegasar, Briana Witteveen, Janie Wray, Kymberly M. Yano, Denny Zwiefelhofer, and Phil Clapham Scientific Reports 13:10237 (17 p.)

Age structure of natural versus hatchery-origin endangered Chinook salmon and implications for fisheries management in California Chen, Emily K., William H. Satterthwaite, Brett J. Kormos, Rachel C. Johnson, Corey C. Phillis, and Stephanie M. Carlson Marine Ecology Progress Series 723:37-55

Interspecific comparison of reproductive strategies Chivers, Susan J., and Kerri Danil In: Bernd Wursig and Dara N. Orbach (eds.), Sex in cetaceans: morphology, behavior, and the evolution of sexual strategies, p. 103-127. Springer.

Lake dynamics modulate the air temperature variability recorded by sedimentary aquatic biomarkers: A Holocene case study from western Greenland Cluett, A.A., E.K. Thomas, N.P. McKay, O.C. Cowling, I.S. Castaneda, and C. Morrill Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 128(7):e2022JG007106 (22 p.)

Anthropogenic uranium signatures in turtles, tortoises, and sea turtles from nuclear sites Conrad, Cyler, Jeremy Inglis, Allison Wende, Matthew Sanborn, Nilesh Mukundan, Allison Price, Travis Tenner, Kimberly Wurth, Benjamin Naes, Jeanne Fair, Earl Middlebrook, Shannon Gaukler, Jeffrey Whicker, Jamie L. Gerard, Washington Tapia Aguilera, James P. Gibbs, Blair Wolf, Tonie K. Kattil-deBrum, Molly Hagemann, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Timothy Brys, Rafe Brown, and Katrina M. Derieg PNAS Nexus 2(8):pgad241 (10 p.)

Tursiops truncatus nuuanu, a new subspecies of the common bottlenose dolphin from the eastern tropical Pacific Costa, A.P.B., F.I. Archer, P.E. Rosel, and W.F. Perrin Journal of Mammalian Evolution 30(1):213-229

Mycteroperca profundorum Cervigon, 2011, a junior synonym of Mycteroperca bonaci (Poey, 1860) (Teleostei: Epinephelidae) Craig, Matthew T., and D. Ross Robertson Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 40:77-80

A unifying framework for understanding ecological and evolutionary population connectivity Cramer, Alli N., Jennifer A. Hoey, Tara E. Dolan, Remy Gatins, Jason A. Troy, Jordan L. Chancellor, Eric P. Palkovacs, John Carlos Garza, and Roxanne S. Beltran Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11:1072825 (15 p.)

Systemic Erysipelas outbreak among free-ranging bottlenose dolphins, San Diego, California, USA, 2022 Danil, Kerri, Kathleen M. Colegrove, Martha A. Delaney, Alexandria Mena, Nancy Stedman, and Elyse Wurster Emerging Infectious Diseases 29(12):2561-2563

Echolocation depths and acoustic foraging behavior of Baird's beaked whales (Berardius bairdii) based on towed hydrophone recordings DeAngelis, Annamaria I., Jay Barlow, Daniel Gillies, and Lisa T. Ballance Marine Mammal Science 39(1):289-298

Development of a castable, GPS enabled, Miniaturized Predation Event Recorder (mPER) to quantify predation of juvenile fishes Demetras, Nicholas J., T. Reid Nelson, Brendan M. Lehman, and Cyril J. Michel Fisheries Research 264:106706 (7 p.)

Low-coverage whole genome sequencing for highly accurate population assignment: Mapping migratory connectivity in the American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) DeSaix, Matthew G., Eric C. Anderson, Christen M. Bossu, Christine E. Rayne, Teia M. Schweizer, Nicholas J. Bayly, Darshan S. Narang, Julie C. Hagelin, H. Lisle Gibbs, James F. Saracco, Thomas W. Sherry, Michael S. Webster, Thomas B. Smith, Peter P. Marra, and Kristen C. Ruegg Molecular Ecology 32(20):5528-5540

Age structure augments the predictive power of time series for fisheries and conservation Dolan, Tara E., Eric P. Palkovacs, Tanya L. Rogers, and Stephan B. Munch Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 80(5):795-807

Environmental variability and krill abundance in the central California Current: Implications for ecosystem monitoring Dorman, Jeffrey G., William J. Sydeman, Sarah Ann Thompson, Joseph D. Warren, Helen J. Killeen, Brian A. Hoover, John C. Field, and Jarrod A. Santora Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1099482 (17 p.)

A meta-analysis and model comparison of juvenile salmon growth across different habitat types Dudley, Peter N., Albert Noble Hendrix, and Ann-Marie K. Osterback River Research and Applications 39(2):177-188

An assessment of marine turtle population status and conservation in Camobodia Duffy, Henry, Aylin McNamara, Berry Mulligan, Kate West, Phalla Leng, Rylida Vong, Kieran Murray, Sour Kim, Manjula Tiwari, and Marianne Teoh Oryx 57(2):160-170

NOAA West Coast Deep-Sea Coral Initiative 2018-2021: Final report Duncan, Elizabeth, Caitlin Adams, Chris Caldow, Eric Chavez, Elizabeth Clarke, Heather Coleman, Meredith Everett, Tom Hourigan, Tom Laidig, Jenny Waddell, and Arliss Winship U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OHC-12. 70 p.

Six years of fluvial response to a large dam removal on the Carmel River, California, USA East, Amy E., Lee R. Harrison, Douglas P. Smith, Joshua B. Logan, and Rosealea M. Bond Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 48(8):1487-1501

Abundance of eastern North Pacific gray whales 2022/2023 Eguchi, Tomoharu, Aimee R. Lang, and David W. Weller U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-680. 10 p.

Eastern North Pacific gray whale calf production 1994-2023 Eguchi, Tomoharu, Aimee R. Lang, and David W. Weller U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-685. 8 p.

An anchovy ecosystem indicator of marine predator foraging and reproduction Fennie, H. William, Rachel Seary, Barbara A. Muhling, Steven J. Bograd, Stephanie Brodie, Megan A. Cimino, Elliott L. Hazen, Michael G. Jacox, Elizabeth A. McHuron, Sharon Melin, Jarrod A. Santora, Justin J. Suca, Julie A. Thayer, Andrew R. Thompson, Pete Warzybok, and Desiree Tommasi Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290(1992):20222326 (10 p.)

Species distribution modeling of deep-diving cetaceans Fiedler, Paul C., Elizabeth A. Becker, Karin A. Forney, Jay Barlow, and Jeff E. Moore Marine Mammal Science 39(4):1178-1203

"Type D" killer whale genomes reveal long-term small population size and low genetic diversity Foote, Andrew D., Alana Alexander, Lisa T. Ballance, Rochelle Constantine, BarbaraGalletti Vernazzani Munoz, Christophe Guinet, Kelly M. Robertson, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Mariano Sironi, Paul Tixier, John Totterdell, Jared R. Towers, Rebecca Wellard, Robert L. Pitman, and Phillip A. Morin Journal of Heredity 114(2):94-109

A habitat-based spatial density model for harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) off Oregon and Washington based on 2021-2022 aerial surveys Forney, Karin A., Scott R. Benson, and Elizabeth A. Becker U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-691. 20 p.

Possible niche compression and individual specialization in Pacific Arctic beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) from the 19th to 20th century Fraleigh, Devin C., Frederick I. Archer, Amanda S. Williard, Luis A. Huckstadt, and Alyson H. Fleming Ecology and Evolution 13(7):e10230 (13 p.)

Static management presents a simple solution to a dynamic fishery and conservation challenge Free, Christopher M., Lyall F. Bellquist, Karin A. Forney, Jenn Humberstone, Kate Kauer, Qi Lee, Owen R. Liu, Jameal F. Samhouri, Jono R. Wilson, and Darcy Bradley Biological Conservation 285:110249 (10 p.)

Impact of the 2014-2016 marine heatwave on US and Canada West Coast fisheries: Surprises and lessons from key case studies Free, Christopher M., Sean C. Anderson, Elizabeth A. Hellmers, Barbara A. Muhling, Michael O. Navarro, Kate Richerson, Lauren A. Rogers, William H. Satterthwaite, Andrew R. Thompson, Jenn M. Burt, Steven D. Gaines, Kristin N. Marshall, J. Wilson White, and Lyall F. Bellquist Fish and Fisheries 24(4):652-674

Key issues in assessing threats to sea turtles: knowledge gaps and future directions Fuentes, Mariana M.P.B., Erin McMichael, Connie Y. Kot, Ian Silver-Gorges, Bryan P. Wallace, Brendan J. Godley, Annabelle M.L. Brooks, Simona A. Ceriani, Adriana A. Cortes-Gomez, Tiffany M. Dawson, Kara L. Dodge, Mark Flint, Michael P. Jensen, Lisa M. Komoroske, Sara Kophamel, Matthew D. Lettrich, Christopher A. Long, Sarah E. Nelms, Ana R. Patricio, Nathan J. Robinson, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Matthew Ware, Elizabeth R. Whitman, Damien Chevallier, Chelsea E. Clyde-Brockway, Sumedha A. Korgaonkar, Agnese Mancini, Juliana Mello-Fonseca, Jonathan R. Monsinjon, Isabella Neves-Ferreira, Anna A. Ortega, Samir H. Patel, Joseph B. Pfaller, Matthew D. Ramirez, Cheila Raposo, Caitlin E. Smith, F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois, and Graem C. Hays Endangered Species Research 52:303-341

Spatial ecology and conservation of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) nesting in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea Garzon, Francesco, Christian Barrientos, Rigoberto Esono Anvene, Feme Esono Mba, Alejandro Fallabrino, Angela Formia, Brendan J. Godley, Mary K. Gonder, Carolina Martinez Prieto, Jesus Mba Ayetebe, Kristian Metcalfe, David Montgomery, Juan Nsogo, Juan-Cruz Ondo Nze, Earl Possardt, Erick Ross Salazar, Manjula Tiwari, and Matthew J. Witt PLoS ONE 18(6):e0286545 (19 p.)

Seasonal habitat preference and foraging behaviour of post-moult Weddell seals in the western Ross Sea Goetz, Kimberly T., Michael S. Dinniman, Luis A. Huckstadt, Patrick W. Robinson, Michelle R. Shero, Jennifer M. Burns, Eileen E. Hofmann, Sharon E. Stammerjohn, Elliott L. Hazen, David G. Ainley, and Daniel P. Costa Royal Society Open Science 10(1):220500 (26 p.)

Hourglass Dolphin Lagenoghynchus cruciger Goodall, R.N.P., and R.L. Brownell Jr. In: Andrew M. Baker and Ian C. Gynther (eds.), Strahan's Mammals of Australia (4th ed.), p. 808-809. New Holland Publishers.

Effects of ocean acidification on dopamine-mediated behavioral responses of a coral reef damselfish Hamilton, Trevor J., Martin Tresguerres, Garfield T. Kwan, Joshua Szaskiewicz, Brian Franczak, Tyler Kyronak, Andreas J. Andersson, and David I. Kline Science of the Total Environment 877:162860 (9 p.)

Effects of daily thermal fluctuations on the Atlantic silverside, a fish with temperature-dependent sex determination Hancock, Grace M., Gorka Sancho, Stephan B. Munch, and Santiago Salinas Journal of Fish Biology 102(5):1261-1266

2022-2023 California Current Ecosystem status report Harvey, Chris, Andy Leising, Nick Tolimieri, and Greg Williams (eds.) A report of the NOAA California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team (CCIEA) to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. 135 p.

Estimates of predator densities using mobile DIDSON surveys: Implications for survival of Central Valley Chinook Salmon Henderson, Mark J., Chris M. Loomis, Cyril J. Michel, Joe M. Smith, Ilysa S. Iglesias, Brendan M. Lehman, Nicholas J. Demetras, and David D. Huff North American Journal of Fisheries Management 43(3):628-645

Comparative phylogeography of a bathymetrically segregated pair of sister taxa of rockfishes (genus Sebastes): black rockfish, Sebastes melanops, and yellowtail rockfish, Sebastes flavidus Hess, Jon E., John R. Hyde, and Paul Moran Marine Biology 170:62 (17 p.)

A multi-taxon analysis of European Red Lists reveals major threats to biodiversity Hochkirch, Axel, Melanie Bilz, Catarina C. Ferreira, Anja Danielczak, David Allen, Ana Nieto, Carlo Rondinini, Kate Harding, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Caroline M. Pollock, Mary Seddon, Jean-Christophe Vie, Keith N.A. Alexander, Emily Beech, Manuel Biscoito, Yoan Braud, Ian J. Burfield, Filippo Maria Buzzetti, Marta Caliz, Kent E. Carpenter, Nin Labbish Chao, Dragan Chobanov, Maarten J.M. Christenhusz, Bruce B. Collette, Mia T. Comeros-Raynal, Neil Cox, Matthew Craig, Annabelle Cuttelod, William R.T. Darwall, Benoit Dodelin, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Eve Englefield, Michael F. Fay, Nicholas Fettes, Jorg Freyhof, Silvia Garcia, Mariana Garcia Criado, Michael Harvey, Nick Hodgetts, Christina Ieronymidou, Vincent J. Kalmkan, Shelagh P. Kell, James Kemp, Sonia Khela, Richard V. Lansdown, Julia M. Lawson, Danna J. Leaman, Joana Magos Brehm, Nigel Maxted, Rebecca M. Miller, Eide Neubert, Baudewijn Ode, David Pollard, Riley Pollom, Rob Pople, Juan Jose Presa Asensio, Gina M. Ralph, Hassan Rankou, Malin Rivers, Stuart P.M. Roberts, Barry Russell, Alexander Sennikov, Fabien Soldati, Anna Staneva, Emilie Stump, Andy Symes, Dmitry Telnov, Helen Temple, Andrew Terry, Anastasiya Timoshyna, Chris van Swaay, Henry Vare, Rachel H.L. Walls, Luc Willemse, Brett Wilson, Jemma Window, Emma G.E. Wright, and Thomas Zuna-Kratky PLoS ONE 18(11):e0293083 (13 p.)

Function of an extraordinary display in sarcastic fringeheads (Neoclinus blanchardi) with comments on its evolution Hongjamrassilp, Watcharapong, Zachary Skelton, and Philip A. Hastings Ecology 104(1):e3878 (5 p.)

Non-random mating within an Island rookery of Hawaiian hawksbill turtles: demographic discontinuity at a small coastline scale Horne, John B., Amy Frey, Alexander R. Gaos, Summer Martin, and Peter H. Dutton Royal Society Open Science 10(5):221547 (17 p.)

Origins of green turtle fishery bycatch in the central Pacific revealed by mixed genetic markers Horne, John B., Suzanne E. Roden, Erin L. LaCasella, Amy Frey, Summer L. Martin, T. Todd Jones, Shawn Murakawa, Shandell Brunson, George H. Balazs, and Peter L. Dutton Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1112842 (13 p.)

Mesopelagic fishes are important prey for a diversity of predators Iglesias, Ilysa S., Jarrod A. Santora, Jerome Fiechter, and John C. Field Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1220088 (13 p.)

Increasing stability of a native freshwater fish assemblage following flow rehabilitation Jacinto, Emily, Nann A. Fangue, Dennis E. Cocherell, Joseph D. Kiernan, Peter B. Moyle, and Andrew L. Rypel Ecological Applications 33(5):e2868 (16 p.)

Downscaled seasonal forecasts for the California Current System: Skill assessment and prospects for living marine resource applications Jacox, Michael G., Mercedes Pozo Buil, Stephanie Brodie, Michael A. Alexander, Dillon J. Amaya, Steven J. Bograd, Christopher A. Edwards, Jerome Fiechter, Elliott L. Hazen, Gaelle Hervieux, and Desiree Tommasi PLOS Climate 2(10):e0000245 (28 p.)

Modeling ocean distributions and abundances of natural- and hatchery-origin Chinook salmon stocks with integrated genetic and tagging data Jensen, Alexander J., Ryan P. Kelly, William H. Satterthwaite, Eric J. Ward, Paul Moran, and Andrew Olaf Shelton PeerJ 11:e16487 (29 p.)

Central Valley Recovery Domain Johnson, Rachel C., Kerrie Pipal, Flora Cordoleani, and Steve T. Lindley In: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Viability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act: Southwest, p. 137-174, 234-263. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-686.

Performance assessment and validation of ocean color sensor-specific algorithms for estimating the concentration of particulate organic carbon in oceanic surface waters from satellite observations Joshi, Ishan D., Dariusz Stramski, Rick A. Reynolds, and Dale H. Robinson Remote Sensing of the Environment 286:113417 (16 p.)

The role of sea ice in the distribution, habitat use, and phenology of eastern North Pacific gray whales Joyce, Trevor W., Megan C. Ferguson, Catherine L. Berchok, Dana L. Wright, Jessica L. Crance, Erik K. Braen, Tomoharu Eguchi, Wayne L. Perryman, and David W. Weller Marine Ecology Progress Series 709:141-158

Projecting species distributions using fishery-dependent data Karp, Melissa A., Stephanie Brodie, James A. Smith, Kate Richerson, Rebecca L. Selden, Owen R. Liu, Barbara A. Muhling, Jameal F. Samhouri, Lewis A.K. Barnett, Elliott L. Hazen, Daniel Ovando, Jerome Fiechter, Michael G. Jacox, and Mercedes Pozo Buil Fish and Fisheries 24(1):71-92

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A characterization of the deep-sea coral and sponge community along the Oregon Coast using a remotely operated vehicle on the EXPRESS 2022 expedition Laidig, Tom, Diana Watters, Meredith Everett, Nancy Prouty, and Elizabeth Clarke U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-692. 40 p.

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