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Two-million-liter tank expands the boundaries of marine technology innovation: National resource available for advancing marine science Demer, David A., George Randall Cutter Jr., Kevin L. Stierhoff, Josiah S. Renfree Marine Technology Society Journal 49(2):87-98

Calibration of acoustic instruments Demer, David A., Laurent Berger, Matteo Bernasconi, Eckhard Bethke, Kevin Boswell, Dezhang Chu, Reka Domokos, Adam Dunford, Sascha Fassler, Stephane Gauthier, Lawrence T. Hufnagle, J. Michael Jech, Naigle Bouffant, Anne Lebourges-Dhaussy, Xavier Lurton, Gavin J. Macaulay, Yannick Perrot, Tim Ryan, Sandra Parker-Stetter, Sarah Stienessen, Thomas Weber, and Neal Williamson ICES Cooperative Research Report no. 326. 133 p.

Disentangling the contributions of ocean ranching and net-pen aquaculture in the successful establishment of Chinook salmon in a Patagonian basin Di Prinzio, Cecilia Yanina, Carla Riva Rossi, Javier Ciancio, John Carlos Garza, and Ricardo Casaux Environmental Biology of Fishes 98(9):1987-1997

Blinded by the bright: a lack of congruence between colour morphs, phylogeography and taxonomy for a cosmopolitan Indo-Pacific butterflyfish, Chaetodon auriga DiBattista, Joseph D., Ellen Waldrop, Luiz A. Rocha, Matthew T. Craig, Michael L. Berumen, and Brian W. Bowen Journal of Biogeography 42(10):1919-1929

A trade-off between precopulatory and postcopulatory trait investment in male cetaceans Dines, James P., Sarah L. Mesnick, Katherine Ralls, Laura May-Collado, Ingi Agnarsson, and Matthew D. Dean Evolution 69(6):1560-1572

An individual-based model of the krill Euphausia pacifica in the California Current Dorman, Jeffrey G., William J. Sydeman, Steven J. Bograd, and Thomas M. Powell Progress in Oceanography 138(pt.B):504-520

Changes in growth and maturation parameters of Pacific sardine Sardinops sagax collected off California during a period of stock recovery from 1994 to 2010 Dorval, E., J.D. McDaniel, B.J. Macewicz, and D.L. Porzio Journal of Fish Biology 87(2):286-310

Cruise report on blue whale research from the NZ/Aus Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage 2015 of the Southern Ocean Research Partnership Double, M.C., B.S. Miller, R. Leaper, P. Olson, M.J. Cox, E. Miller, S. Calderan, K. Collins D. Donnelly, P. Ensor, K. Goetz, N. Schmitt, V. Andrews-Goff, E. Bell, R. O'Driscoll Paper SC/66a/SH/7 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC66a meeting, San Diego, USA, 2015). 21 p.

Temperature-dependent growth of Thysanoessa macrura: inter-annual and spatial variability around Elephant Island, Antarctica Driscoll, Ryan M., Christian S. Reiss, and Brian T. Hentschel Marine Ecology Progress Series 529:49-61

Estimating gray whale abundance from shore-based counts using a multilevel Bayesian model Durban, J.W., D.W. Weller, A.R. Lang, and W.L. Perryman Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 15:61-68

Photogrammetry of killer whales using a small hexacopter launched at sea Durban, J.W., H. Fearnbach, L.G. Barrett-Lennard, W.L. Perryman, and D.J. Leroi Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems 3(3):131-135

Phylogeny, phylogeography, and populations of the leatherback turtle Dutton, Peter H., and Kartik Shanker In: James R. Spotila and Pilar Santidrian Tomillo (eds.), The leatherback turtle: biology and conservation, p. 8-20. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Hindcasting and nowcasting the physical and biological state of the California Current system Edwards, Christopher A., Andrew M. Moore, J. Paul Mattern, Jerome Fiechter, Hajoon Song, and Michael G. Jacox CalCOFI Reports 56:80-82

Global distribution of fin whales Balaenoptera physalus in the post-whaling era (1980-2012) Edwards, Elizabeth F., Candice Hall, Thomas J. Moore, Corey Sheredy, and Jessica V. Redfern Mammal Review 45(4):197-214

Potential overlap between cetaceans and commercial groundfish fleets that operate in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem Feist, Blake E., Marlene A. Bellman, Elizabeth A. Becker, Karin A. Forney, Michael J. Ford, and Phillip S. Levin U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 17. 27 p.

Metapopulation structure of a semi-anadromous fish in a dynamic environment Feyrer, Frederick, James Hobbs, Shawn Acuna, Brian Mahardja, Lenny Grimaldo, Melinda Baerwald, Rachel C. Johnson, and Swee Teh Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72(5):709-721

Environmental conditions impacting juvenile Chinook salmon growth off central California: An ecosystem model analysis Fiechter, J., D.D. Huff, B.T. Martin, D.W. Jackson, C.A. Edwards, K.A. Rose, E.N. Curchitser, K.S. Hedstrom, S.T. Lindley, and B.K. Wells Geophysical Research Letters 42(8):2910-2917

Scientific and Statistical Committee's Groundfish Subcommittee mop-up Stock Assessment Review Panel meeting: Black rockfish report Field, John, Andy Cooper, Martin Dorn, Theresa Tsou, John Budrick, Neil Klaer, and Owen Hamel Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 13 p.

Sympatric speciation in killer whales? Foote, A.D., and P.A. Morin Heredity 114(6):537-538

Seabird species assemblages reflect hydrographic and biogeographic zones within Drake Passage Force, Michael P., Jarrod A. Santora, Christian S. Reiss, and Valerie J. Loeb Polar Biology 38(3):381-392

Habitat-based models of cetacean density and distribution in the central North Pacific Forney, Karin A., Elizabeth A. Becker, Dave G. Foley, Jay Barlow, and Erin M. Oleson Endangered Species Research 27(1):1-20

Assessing the relationship between gulls Larus spp. and Pacific salmon in central California using radiotelemetry Frechette, Danielle, Ann-Marie K. Osterback, Sean A. Hayes, Jonathan W. Moore, Scott A. Shaffer, Mark Pavelka, Clark Winchell, and James T. Harvey North American Journal of Fisheries Management 35(4):775-788

Feeding performance by sympatric blue and fin whales exploiting a common prey resource Friedlaender, Ari S., Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Elliott L. Hazen, John Calambokidis, and Brandon L. Southall Marine Mammal Science 31(1):345-354

Improving in-water estimates of marine turtle abundance by adjusting aerial survey counts for perception and availability biases Fuentes, M.M.P.B., I. Bell, R. Hagihara, M. Hamann, J. Hazel, A. Huth, J.A. Seminoff, S. Sobtzick, and H. Marsh Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 471:77-83

Estimates of Chilean blue whale abundance and trends by mark-recapture techniques Galletti Vernazzani, B., J.A. Jackson, Elsa Cabrera, Carole Carlson, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/66a/SH/10 (Rev1) presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC66a meeting, San Diego, USA, 2015). 16 p.

Report of the IWC Intersessional Email Correspondence Group on Protocols and Procedures of the Southern Hemisphere Blue Whale Catalogue Galletti Vernazzani, B., P. Olson, C. Salgado Kent, E. Bell, R.L. Brownell Jr., C. Carlson, M. Double, and J.A. Jackson Paper SC/66a/SH/25 (Rev1) presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC66a meeting, San Diego, USA, 2015). 5 p.

Under pressure: Climate change, upwelling and Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems Garcia-Reyes, Marisol, William J. Sydeman, David S. Schoeman, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Bryan A. Black, Albertus J. Smit, and Steven J. Bograd Frontiers in Marine Science 2:109 (10 p.)

Hormone and stable isotope of C and N analyses in Western Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) biopsy samples collected off Sakhalin Island in 2011, 2012 and 2013 Gendron, Mary, J. Margaret Castellini, Todd O'Hara, David Klein, Kimberly Wooten, Rebecca J. Pezdek, Nicholas Kellar, Marisa Trego, Jorge Urban Ramirez, Carlos Lopez Montalvo, John Bickham, and Celine A.J. Godard-Codding Paper SC/66a/BRG/10 (Rev1) presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC66a meeting, San Diego, USA, 2015). 15 p.

A small unmanned aerial system for estimating abundance and size of Antarctic predators Goebel, Micheal E., Wayne L. Perryman, Jefferson T. Hinke, Douglas J. Krause, Nancy A. Hann, Steve Gardner, and Donald J. LeRoi Polar Biology 38(5):619-630

Denitrification and flushing of the Santa Barbara Basin bottom waters Goericke, Ralf, Steven J. Bograd, and Damian S. Grundle Deep-Sea Research II 112:53-60

Prey density and distribution drive the three-dimensional foraging strategies of the largest filter feeder Goldbogen, Jeremy A., Elliott L. Hazen, Ari S. Friedlaender, John Calambokidis, Stacy L. DeRuiter, Alison K. Stimpert, and Brandon L. Southall Functional Ecology 29(7):951-961

Equipment performance report for the Drifting Acoustic Spar Buoy Recorder (DASBR) Griffiths, Emily T., and Jay Barlow U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-543. 36 p.

Multi-bank power supply system for small towed hydrophone arrays Griffiths, Emily T., J. Scott Ferguson, Erin M. Oleson, and Shannon Rankin U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-544. 13 p.

Fauna crime: elucidating the potential source and introduction history of European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus L.) into Lake Storsjoen, Norway Hagenlund, Mari, Kjartan Ostbye, Kjell Langdal, Marius Hassve, Ruben A. Pettersen, Eric Anderson, Finn Gregersen, and Kim Praebel Conservation Genetics 16(5):1085-1098

Cruise report for OS1401, Juvenile salmon ocean ecology (R/V Ocean Starr, July 5-24, 2014) Harding, Jeffrey NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Ecology Division. 20 p.

Hydraulic and geomorphic processes in an overbank flood along a meandering, gravel-bed river: implications for chute formation Harrison, Lee R., Thomas Dunne, and G. Burch Fisher Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 40(9):1239-1253

Multinational tagging efforts illustrate regional scale of distribution and threats for East Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas agassizii) Hart, Catherine E., Gabriela S. Blanco, Michael S. Coyne, Carlos Delgado-Trejo, Brendan J. Godley, T. Todd Jones, Antonio Resendiz, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Matthew J. Witt, and Wallace J. Nichols PLoS ONE 10(2):e0116225 (17 p.)

Adrenal hormones in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): influential factors and reference intervals Hart, Leslie B., Randall S. Wells, Nick Kellar, Brian C. Balmer, Aleta A. Hohn, Stephen V. Lamb, Teri Rowles, Eric S. Zolman, and Lori H. Schwacke PLoS ONE 10(5):e0127432 (16 p.)

Central Valley salmon – Finding a balance for fish and water Hayes, Sean Fishermen's News 71(2):6

Monitoring of coho salmon and steelhead recovery in Scott Creek after the 2009 Lockheed Martin wildfire Hayes, Sean, Susan Sogard, Cynthia Kern, Noah Finnegan, Ashley Hillard, Mike Beakes, and Brian Dietterick Final report to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fisheries Restoration Grant Program. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, California. 123 p.

Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) optimize foraging efficiency by balancing oxygen use and energy gain as a function of prey density Hazen, Elliott Lee, Ari Seth Friedlaender, and Jeremy Arthur Goldbogen Science Advances 1(9):e1500469 (7 p.)

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center: Draft agency report to the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-U.S. Groundfish Committee He, Xi, and John Field (eds.), John Hyde, Susan Sogard, Cindy Thomson, William Watson, and Mary Yoklavich In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: 56th annual meeting of the TSC (April 28-29, 2015, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada), p. 288-307. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Status of bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, in the Conception, Monterey and Eureka INPFC areas for 2015 He, Xi, John C. Field, Donald E. Pearson, Lyndsey Lefebvre, and Steve Lindley Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 460 p.

Effects of size-dependent relative fecundity specifications in fishery stock assessments He, Xi, John C. Field, Sabrina G. Beyer, and Susan M. Sogard Fisheries Research 165:54-62

Continental-scale variability in the feeding ecology of juvenile Chinook salmon along the coastal Northeast Pacific Ocean Hertz, Eric, M. Trudel, R.D. Brodeur, E.A. Daly, L. Eisner, E.V. Farley Jr., J.A. Harding, R.B. MacFarlane, S. Mazumder, J.H. Moss, J.M. Murphy, and A. Mazumder Marine Ecology Progress Series 537:247-263

Assessment of the Pacific sardine resource in 2015 for U.S.A. management in 2015-16 Hill, Kevin T., Paul R. Crone, Emmanis Dorval, and Beverly J. Macewicz U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-546. 177 p. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC - FISHERY MANAGEMENT - POPULATIONS - ABUNDANCE

Spatial and isotopic niche partitioning during winter in chinstrap and Adelie penguins from the South Shetland Islands Hinke, Jefferson T., Michael J. Polito, Michael E. Goebel, Sharon Jarvis, Christian S. Reiss, Simon R. Thorrold, Wayne Z. Trivelpiece, and George M. Watters Ecosphere 6(7):125 (32 p.)

Enhancing the TurtleWatch product for leatherback sea turtles, a dynamic habitat model for ecosystem-based management Howell, Evan A., Aimee Hoover, Scott R. Benson, Helen Bailey, Jeffrey J. Polovina, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Peter H. Dutton Fisheries Oceanography 24(1):57-68

Marine conservation: Science, policy, and management, by G. Carleton Ray and Jerry McCormick-Ray [book review] Huff, David D. Quarterly Review of Biology 90(3):332

Geographic variation in Pacific herring growth in response to regime shifts in the North Pacific Ocean Ito, Shin-ichi, Kenneth A. Rose, Bernard A. Megrey, Jake Schweigert, Douglas Hay, Francisco E. Werner, and Maki Noguchi Aita Progress in Oceanography 138(pt.B):331-347

New data on Soviet blue whale catches in the eastern North Pacific in 1972 Ivashchenko, Yulia V., Phillip J. Clapham, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/66a/IA/1 (Rev2) presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC66a meeting, San Diego, USA, 2015). 5 p.

Acoustic evidence that harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) avoid bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Jacobson, Eiren K., Karin A. Forney, and James T. Harvey Marine Mammal Science 31(1):386-397

ENSO and the California Current coastal upwelling response Jacox, Michael G., Jerome Fiechter, Andrew M. Moore, and Christopher A. Edwards Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 120(3):1691-1702

Sensitivity of the California Current nutrient supply to wind, heat, and remote ocean forcing Jacox, Michael G., Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, and Jerome Fiechter Geophysical Research Letters 42(14):5950-5957

Report on vaquita rate of change between 2011-2014 using passive acoustic data by the Expert Panel on Spatial Models Jaramillo-Legorreta, Armando, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Jay VerHoef, Jeff Moore, Len Thomas, Jay Barlow, Tim Gerrodette, and Barbara Taylor Paper SC/66a/SM/25 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC66a meeting, San Diego, USA, 2015). 50 p.

Comparisons among ten models of acoustic backscattering used in aquatic ecosystem research Jech, J. Michael, John K. Horne, Dezhang Chu, David A. Demer, David T.I. Francis, Natalia Gorska, Benjamin Jones, Andone C. Lavery, Timothy K. Stanton, Gavin J. Macaulay, D. Benjamin Reeder, and Kouichi Sawada Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 138(6):3742-3764

Marine mammals of the world: a comprehensive guide to their identification (2nd ed.) Jefferson, Thomas A., Marc A. Webber, and Robert L. Pitman Elsevier / Academic Press. 608 p.

Ratios, adaptations, and the differential metabolic capability of avian flight muscles Jehl, Joseph R. Jr., Annette E. Henry, and David L. Swanson Journal of Avian Biology 46(2):119-124

Spatial and temporal variability in shipping traffic off San Francisco, California Jensen, Caitlin M., Ellen Hines, Barbara A. Holzman, Thomas J. Moore, Jaime Jahncke, and Jessica V. Redfern Coastal Management 43(6):575-588

Seasonal weather patterns drive population vital rates and persistence in a stream fish Kanno, Yoichiro, Benjamin H. Letcher, Nathaniel P. Hitt, David A. Boughton, John E.B. Wofford, and Elise F. Zipkin Global Change Biology 21(5):1856-1870

Reproductive constraints influence habitat accessibility, segregation, and preference of sympatric albatross species Kappes, Michelle A., Scott A. Shaffer, Yann Tremblay, David G. Foley, Daniel M. Palacios, Steven J. Bograd, and Daniel P. Costa Movement Ecology 3:34 (24 p.)

Whistle classification in the California Current: A complete whistle classifier for a large geographic region with high species diversity Keating, Jennifer L., Julie N. Oswald, Shannon Rankin, and Jay Barlow U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-552. 13 p.

Net savvy: A practical guide to zooplankton sampler design Keen, Eric M. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-545. 28 p.

Blubber cortisol: A potential tool for assessing stress response in free-ranging dolphins without effects due to sampling Kellar, Nicholas M., Krista N. Catelani, Michelle N. Robbins, Marisa L. Trego, Camryn D. Allen, Kerri Danil, and Susan J. Chivers PLoS ONE 10(2):e0115257 (16 p.)

A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond Kennicutt, M.C. II, S.L. Chown, J.J. Cassano, D. Liggett, L.S. Peck, R. Massom, S.R. Rintoul, J. Storey, D.G. Vaughan, T.J. Wilson, I. Allison, J. Ayton, R. Badhe, J. Baeseman, P.J. Barrett, R.E. Bell, N. Bertler, S. Bo, A. Brandt, D. Bromwich, S.C. Cary, M.S. Clark, P. Convey, E.S. Costa, D. Cowan, R. DeConto, R. Dunbar, C. Elfring, C. Escutia, J. Francis, H.A. Fricker, M. Fukuchi, N. Gilbert, J. Gutt, C. Havermans, D. Hik, G. Hosie, C. Jones, Y.D. Kim, Y. Le Maho, S.H. Lee, M. Leppe, G. Leitchenkov, X. Li, V. Lipenkov, K. Lochte, J. López-Martínez, C. Lüdecke, W. Lyons, S. Marenssi, H. Miller, P. Morozova, T. Naish, S. Nayak, R. Ravindra, J. Retamales, C.A. Ricci, M. Rogan-Finnemore, Y. Ropert-Coudert, A.A. Samah, L. Sanson, T. Scambos, I.R. Schloss, K. Shiraishi, M.J. Siegert, J.C. Simões, B. Storey, M.D. Sparrow, D.H. Wall, J.C. Walsh, G. Wilson, J.G. Winther, J.C. Xavier, H. Yang, and W.J. Sutherland Antarctic Science 27(1):3-18

Selectivity and two biomass measures in an age-based assessment of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) Kinzey, Douglas, George M. Watters, and Christian S. Reiss Fisheries Research 168:72-84

Klamath River fall Chinook salmon age-specific escapement, river harvest, and run size estimates, 2014 run Klamath River Technical Team Klamath River Technical Team. 19 p.

Ocean abundance projections and prospective harvest levels for Klamath River fall Chinook, 2015 season Klamath River Technical Team Klamath River Technical Team. 30 p.

Taxonomic and environmental variation of metabolite profiles in marine dinoflagellates of the Genus Symbiodinium Klueter, Anke, Jesse B. Crandall, Frederick I. Archer, Mark A. Teece, and Mary Alice Coffroth Metabolites 5(1):74-99

Addressing fisheries bycatch in a changing world Komoroske, Lisa M., and Rebecca L. Lewison Frontiers in Marine Science 2:83 (11 p.)

Linking transcriptional responses to organismal tolerance reveals mechanisms of thermal sensitivity in a mesothermal endangered fish Komoroske, Lisa M., Richard E. Connon, Ken M. Jeffries, and Nann A. Fangue Molecular Ecology 24(19):4960-4981

A scientist's guide to achieving broader impacts through K-12 STEM collaboration Komoroske, Lisa M., Sarah O. Hameed, Amber I. Szoboszlai, Amanda J. Newsom, and Susan L. Williams BioScience 65(3):313-322

Novel foraging strategies observed in a growing leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) population at Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula Krause, Douglas J., Michael E. Goebel, Gregory J. Marshall, and Kyler Abernathy Animal Biotelemetry 3:24 (14 p.)

Early life history traits of Trematomus scotti in the Bransfield Strait La Mesa, Mario, Barbara Catalano, and Christopher D. Jones Antarctic Science 27(6):535-542

Progress report: Genetic analysis of population structure and subspecies taxonomy of blue whales Lang, A.R., and R.L. LeDuc Paper SC/66a/SD/5 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC66a meeting, San Diego, USA, 2015). 3 p.

Reproductive complexity in a long-lived deepwater fish, the blackgill rockfish Lefebvre, Lyndsey S., and John C. Field Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 144(2):383-399

State of the California Current 2014-15: Impacts of the warm-water "blob" Leising, Andrew W., Isaac D. Schroeder, Steven J. Bograd, Jeffrey Abell, Reginaldo Durazo, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, Eric P. Bjorkstedt, John Field, Keith Sakuma, Roxanne R. Robertson, Ralf Goericke, William T. Peterson, Richard D. Brodeur, Caren Barcelo, Toby D. Auth, Elizabeth A. Daly, Robert M. Suryan, Amanda J. Gladics, Jessica M. Porquez, Sam McClatchie, Edward D. Weber, William Watson, Jarrod A. Santora, William J. Sydeman, Sharon R. Melin, Francisco P. Chavez, Richard T. Golightly, Stephanie R. Schneider, Jennifer Fisher, Cheryl Morgan, Russell Bradley, and Peter Warybok CalCOFI Reports 56:31-68

Dynamic ocean management: Identifying the critical ingredients of dynamic approaches to ocean resource management Lewison, Rebecca, Alistair J. Hobday, Sara Maxwell, Elliott Hazen, Jason R. Hartog, Daniel D. Dunn, Dana Briscoe, Sabrina Fossette, Catherine O'Keefe, Michele Barnes, Melanie Abecassis, Steve Bograd, N. David Bethoney, Helen Bailey, David Wiley, Samantha Andrews, Lucie Hazen, and Larry B. Crowder BioScience 65(5):486-498

One size does not fit all: Importance of adjusting conservation practices for endangered hawksbill turtles to address local nesting habitat needs in the eastern Pacific Ocean Liles, Michael J., Markus J. Peterson, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Eduardo Altamirano, Ana V. Henriquez, Alexander R. Gaos, Velkiss Gadea, Jose Urteaga, Perla Torres, Bryan P. Wallace, and Tarla Rai Peterson Biological Conservation 184:405-413

Connecting international priorities with human wellbeing in low-income regions: lessons from hawksbill turtle conservation in El Salvador Liles, Michael J., Markus J. Peterson, Yvonna S. Lincoln, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Alexander R. Gaos, and Tarla Rai Peterson Local Environment 20(11):1383-1404

Genetic differentiation among coastal and offshore common bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the eastern North Pacific Ocean Lowther-Thieleking, Janet L., Frederick I. Archer, Aimee R. Lang, and David W. Weller Marine Mammal Science 31(1):1-20

Shearwaters as ecosystem indicators: Towards fishery-independent metrics of fish abundance in the California Current Lyday, Shannon E., Lisa T. Ballance, David B. Field, and K. David Hyrenbach Journal of Marine Systems 146:109-120

Insights into the life history and ecology of a large shortfin mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus captured in southern California Lyons, K., A. Preti, D.J. Madigan, R.J.D. Wells, M.E. Blasius, O.E. Snodgrass, D. Kacev, J.D. Harris, H. Dewar, S. Kohin, K. MacKenzie, and C.G. Lowe Journal of Fish Biology 87(1):200-211

Multifactor productivity, environmental change, and regulatory impacts in the U.S. West Coast groundfish trawl fishery, 1994-2013 Mamula, Aaron, and Trevor Collier Marine Policy 62:326-336

Shifting patterns in Pacific climate, West Coast salmon survival rates, and increased volatility in ecosystem services Mantua, Nathan J. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112(35):10823-10824

Response of chinook salmon to climate change Mantua, Nathan J., Lisa G. Crozier, Thomas E. Reed, Daniel E. Schindler, and Robin S. Waples Nature Climate Change 5(7):613-615

Changes in size composition and relative abundance of fishes in central California after a decade of spatial fishing closures Marks, Corina I., Ryan T. Fields, Richard M. Starr, Deb Wilson-Vandenberg, John C. Field, Rebecca R. Miller, Sabrina G. Beyer, Susan M. Sogard, and Dan Howard CalCOFI Reports 56:119-132

Report of the meeting on the use of multiple lines of evidence to delineate demographically independent populations Martien, Karen K., Aimee R. Lang, and Barbara L. Taylor U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-538. 10 p.

Sport science for salmon and other species: ecological consequences of metabolic power constraints Martin, B.T., R.M. Nisbet, A. Pike, C.J. Michel, and E.M. Danner Ecology Letters 18(6):535-544

Bayesian inference and assessment for rare-event bycatch in marine fisheries: a drift gillnet fishery case study Martin, Summer L., Stephen M. Stohs, and Jeffrey E. Moore Ecological Applications 25(2):416-429

A tale of three tails: Cryptic speciation in a globally distributed marine fish of the genus Seriola Martinez-Takeshita, Natalie, Catherine M. Purcell, Chris L. Chabot, Matthew T. Craig, Corinne N. Paterson, John R. Hyde, and Larry G. Allen Copeia 103(2):357-368

Contemporary fisheries stock assessment: many issues still remain Maunder, Mark N., and Kevin R. Piner ICES Journal of Marine Science 72(1):7-18

Dynamic ocean management: Defining and conceptualizing real-time management of the ocean Maxwell, Sara M., Elliott L. Hazen, Rebecca L. Lewison, Daniel C. Dunn, Helen Bailey, Steven J. Bograd, Dana K. Briscoe, Sabrina Fossette, Alistair J. Hobday, Meredith Bennett, Scott Benson, Margaret R. Caldwell, Daniel P. Costa, Heidi Dewar, Tomo Eguchi, Lucie Hazen, Suzanne Kohin, Tim Sippel, and Larry B. Crowder Marine Policy 58:42-50

Optimizing biological parameterization in the egg escapement model of the market squid, (Doryteuthis opalescens), population off California McDaniel, Jenny, Emmanis Dorval, Julianne Taylor, and Dianna Porzio U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-551. 23 p.

Modeling seabird distributions off the Pacific coast of Washington: final report Menza, Charles, Jeffery Leirness, Tim White, Arliss Winship, Brian Kinlan, Jeannette E. Zamon, Lisa Ballance, Elizabeth Becker, Karin Forney, Josh Adams, David Pereksta, Scott Pearson, John Pierce, Liam Antrim, Nancy Wright, and Ed Bowlby Prepared for Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, Washington. 60 p.

Chinook salmon outmigration survival in wet and dry years in California's Sacramento River Michel, Cyril J., Arnold J. Ammann, Steven T. Lindley, Philip T. Sandstrom, Eric D. Chapman, Michael J. Thomas, Gabriel P. Singer, A. Peter Klimley, and R. Bruce MacFarlane Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72(11):1749-1759

Validating the reliability of passive acoustic localisation: a novel method for encountering rare and remote Antarctic blue whales Miller, Brian S., Jay Barlow, Susannah Calderan, Kym Collins, Russell Leaper, Paula Olson, Paul Ensor, David Peel, David Donnelly, Virginia Andrews-Goff, Carlos Olavarria, Kylie Owen, Melinda Rekdahl, Natalie Schmitt, Victoria Wadley, Jason Gedamke, Nick Gales, and Michael C. Double Endangered Species Research 26(3):257-269

Intrinsic growth (rmax) and generation time (T) estimates for the cetacean genera Sousa, Orcaella, and Neophocaena, in support of IUCN Red List assessments Moore, Jeffrey E. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-550. 11 p.

Estimating the riverine abundance of green sturgeon using a dual-frequency identification sonar Mora, E.A., S.T. Lindley, D.L. Erickson, and A.P. Klimley North American Journal of Fisheries Management 35(3):557-566

Geographic and temporal dynamics of a global radiation and diversification in the killer whale Morin, Phillip A., Kim M. Parsons, Frederick I. Archer, Maria C. Avila-Arcos, Lance G. Barrett-Lennard, Luciano Dalla Rosa, Sebastian Duchene, John W. Durban, Graeme M. Ellis, Steven H. Ferguson, John K. Ford, Michael J. Ford, Cristina Garilao, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Kristin Kaschner, Craig O. Matkin, Stephen D. Petersen, Kelly M. Robertson, Ingrid N. Visser, Paul R. Wade, Simon Y.W. Ho, and Andrew D. Foote Molecular Ecology 24(15):3964-3979