NOAA FISHERIES

CoastColour Round Robin data sets: a database to evaluate the performance of algorithms for the retrieval of water quality parameters in coastal waters Nechad, B., K. Ruddick, T. Schroeder, K. Oubelkheir, D. Blondeau-Patissier, N. Cherukuru, V. Brando, A. Dekker, L. Clementson, A.C. Banks, S. Maritorena, P.J. Werdell, C. Sa, V. Brotas, I. Caballero de Frutos, Y.-H. Ahn, S. Salama, G. Tilstone, V. Martinez-Vicente, D. Foley, M. McKibben, J. Nahorniak, T. Peterson, A. Silio-Calzada, R. Rottgers, Z. Lee, M. Peters, and C. Brockmann Earth System Science Data 7(2):319-348

A collaborative and adaptive strategy for rebuilding white abalone populations in Southern California [abstract] Neuman, Melissa, David Witting, Susan Wang, Kevin Stierhoff, and John Hyde In: Abstracts of technical papers presented at the 107th Annual Meeting, National Shellfisheries Association (Monterey, California, March 22-26, 2015). Journal of Shellfish Research 34(2):668

Digestive enzyme activities are higher in the shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, than in ectothermic sharks as a result of visceral endothermy Newton, Kyle C., James Wraith, and Kathryn A. Dickson Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 41(4):887-898

California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (CCIEA): State of the California Current report, 2015 NOAA California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team A report of the CCIEA Team (NOAA Northwest, Southwest and Alaska Fisheries Science Centers) to the Pacific Fishery Management Council, March 8, 2015. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service. 45 p.

Close-kin mark recapture as a tool for estimation of spawning biomass in Pacific bluefin tuna: sampling design and sampling plan. Outcomes from a workshop on developing CKMR techniques for Pacific bluefin (Southwest Fisheries Science Center, May 27-29, 2015) NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California (23 p.)

Interannual and longer variability in central California kelp forests [abstract] Norton, Jerrold G., and Janet E. Mason Quaternary International 387:141

Development of microsatellite markers for globally distributed populations of the threatened silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis O'Brhyhim, J.R., J. Spaet, J.R. Hyde, K.L. Jones, D.H. Adams, and S.L. Lance Conservation Genetics Resources 7(2):463-465

The genetic ecology and population origins of the beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, of Yakutat Bay O'Corry-Crowe, G., W. Lucey, F.I. Archer, and B. Mahoney Marine Fisheries Review 77(1):47-58

Inferred historical fishing mortality rates for an endangered population of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) O'Farrell, Michael R., and William H. Satterthwaite Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 113(3):341-351

An evaluation of the proposed increases in spatial stratification for California salmon fisheries O'Farrell, Michael, Melodie Palmer-Zwahlen, Jennifer Simon, and Brett Kormos In: November 2015 Briefing Book, Agenda Item D.2, Attachment 4 (23 p.). Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

California coastal Chinook salmon fishery management: future prospects O'Farrell, Michael, Shanae Allen-Moran, Kristine Atkinson, Peter Dygert, Sean Gallagher, Allen Grover, Brett Kormos, Michael Lacy, Eric Larson, Michael Mohr, Seth Ricker, William Satterthwaite, and Brian Spence U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-542. 16 p.

Photo-identification of Antarctic blue whales during the New Zealand-Australia Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage 2015 Olson, Paula A., Natalie Schmitt, Paul Ensor, Kym Collins, David Donnelly, Russell Leaper, Susannah Calderan, Brian S. Miller, Kim Goetz, and Michael C. Double Paper SC/66a/SH/26 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC66a meeting, San Diego, USA, 2015). 6 p.

New Zealand blue whales: residency, morphology, and feeding behavior of a little-known population Olson, Paula A., Paul Ensor, Carlos Olavarria, Nadine Bott, Rochelle Constantine, Jody Weir, Simon Childerhouse, Miranda van der Linde, Natalie Schmitt, Brian S. Miller, and Michael C. Double Pacific Science 69(4):477-485

Long-term shifts in anthropogenic subsidies to gulls and implications for an imperiled fish Osterback, Ann-Marie K., Danielle M. Frechette, Sean A. Hayes, Scott A. Shaffer, and Jonathan W. Moore Biological Conservation 191:606-613

Discrimination of frequency-modulated baleen whale downsweep calls with overlapping frequencies Ou, Hui, Whitlow W.L. Au, Sofie Van Parijs, Erin M. Oleson, and Shannon Rankin Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 137(6):3024-3032

Review of 2014 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. 340 p.

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis and environmental assessment Part 1 for 2015 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 134 p.

Preseason report II: Proposed alternatives and environmental assessment Part 2 for 2015 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 66 p.

Preseason report III: Council adopted management measures and environmental assessment Part 3 for 2015 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 42 p.

Inferring cetacean population densities from the absolute dynamic topography of the ocean in a hierarchical Bayesian framework Pardo, Mario A., Tim Gerrodette, Emilio Beier, Diane Gendron, Karin A. Forney, Susan J. Chivers, Jay Barlow, and Daniel M. Palacios PLoS ONE 10(3):e0120727 (23 p.)

Migration and habitat use of green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) near the Umpqua River estuary: Final report, project to assess potential impacts of the Reedsport Ocean Power Technologies wave energy generation facility on migration and habitat use of green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) Payne, John, Daniel L. Erickson, Michael Donnellan, and Steven T. Lindley Prepared for the Oregon Wave Energy Trust, Portland, Oregon. 64 p.

You can't unscramble an egg: Population genetic structure of Oncorhynchus mykiss in the California Central Valley inferred from combined microsatellite and single nucleotide polymorphism data Pearse, Devon E., and John Carlos Garza San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 13(4):3 (17 p.)

Developing age determination criteria for bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinus) Pearson, Donald E., Lyndsey S. Lefebvre, and Xi He U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-541. 24 p.

On estimating the reliability of ecological forecasts Perretti, Charles T., and Stephan B. Munch Journal of Theoretical Biology 372:211-216

Antarctic orcas Pitman, R.L. In: Hiroya Minakuchi, Visual encyclopedia of orca [in Japanese]. Seibundo Shinkosha.

Killer whale Pitman, Robert In: Annalisa Berta (ed.), Whales, dolphins, and porpoises: a natural history and species guide, p. 150-151. University of Chicago Press.

Whale killers: Prevalence and ecological implications of killer whale predation on humpback whale calves off Western Australia Pitman, Robert L., John A. Totterdell, Holly Fearnbach, Lisa T. Ballance, John W. Durban, and Hans Kemps Marine Mammal Science 31(2):629-657

Contrasting specialist and generalist patterns facilitate foraging niche partitioning in sympatric populations of Pygoscelis penguins Polito, Michael J., Wayne Z. Trivelpiece, William P. Patterson, Nina J. Karnovsky, Christian S. Reiss, and Steven D. Emslie Marine Ecology Progress Series 519:221-237

SNPs reveal previously undocumented non-native introgression within threatened trout populations Pritchard, Victoria L., John Carlos Garza, and Mary M. Peacock Conservation Genetics 16(4):1001-1006

Pacific mackerel Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel meeting report Punt, Andre, Will Satterthwaite, Vivian Haist, and David Checkley Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 26 p.

Devloping a genetic baseline for the yellowtail amberjack species complex, Seriola lalandi sensu lato, to assess and preserve variation in wild populations of these globally important aquaculture species Purcell, Catherine M., Chris L. Chabot, Matthew T. Craig, Natalie Martinez-Takeshita, Larry G. Allen, and John R. Hyde Conservation Genetics 16(6):1475-1488

A safer protocol for field immobilization of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) Pussini, Nicola, and Michael E. Goebel Marine Mammal Science 31(4):1549-1558

Dam removal and anadromous salmonid (Oncorhynchus spp.) conservation in California Quinones, Rebecca M., Theodore E. Grantham, Brett N. Harvey, Joseph D. Kiernan, Mick Klasson, Alpa P. Wintzer, and Peter B. Moyle Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 25(1):195-215

Long-term variation in a central California pelagic forage assemblage Ralston, Stephen, John C. Field, and Keith M. Sakuma Journal of Marine Systems 146:26-37

Patterns of loggerhead turtle ontogenetic shifts revealed through isotopic analysis of annual skeletal growth increments Ramirez, Matthew D., Larisa Avens, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Lisa R. Goshe, and Selina S. Heppell Ecosphere 6(11):244 (17 p.)

Vocalizations of the rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis, in the Pacific Ocean Rankin, Shannon, Julie N. Oswald, Anne E. Simonis, and Jay Barlow Marine Mammal Science 31(4):1538-1548

Mixed stock analysis of a resident green turtle, Chelonia mydas, population in New Caledonia links rookeries in the South Pacific Read, Tyffen C., Nancy N. FitzSimmons, Laurent Wantiez, Michael P. Jensen, Florent Keller, Olivier Chateau, Richard Farman, Jonathan Werry, Kenneth T. MacKay, George Petro, and Colin J. Limpus Wildlife Research 42(6):488-499

Line transect basics Redfern, J. In: Training workshop to develop best practices for collecting data to estimate marine mammal abundance on the Pacific coast of South America (Salinas, Ecuador, 18-20 August 2015): Workshop report, p. 16-21. Comision Permanente del Pacifico Sur (CPPS) and U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Marine mammal data collection procedures NOAA Fisheries' Southwest Fisheries Science Center Redfern, J. In: Training workshop to develop best practices for collecting data to estimate marine mammal abundance on the Pacific coast of South America (Salinas, Ecuador, 18-20 August 2015): Workshop report, p. 22-27. Comision Permanente del Pacifico Sur (CPPS) and U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Winter preconditioning determines feeding ecology of Euphausia superba in the Antarctic Peninsula Reiss, Christian S., Jennifer Walsh, and Michael E. Goebel Marine Ecology Progress Series 519:89-101

More than passive drifters: a stochastic dynamic model for the movement of Antarctic krill Richerson, Kate, George M. Watters, Jarrod A. Santora, Isaac D. Schroeder, and Marc Mangel Marine Ecology Progress Series 529:35-48

A regression-based approach for cool-season storm surge predictions along the New York–New Jersey coast Roberts, Keith J., Brian A. Colle, Nickitas Georgas, and Stephan B. Munch Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 54(8):1773-1791

Demonstration of a fully-coupled end-to-end model for small pelagic fish using sardine and anchovy in the California Current Rose, Kenneth A., Jerome Fiechter, Enrique N. Curchitser, Kate Hedstrom, Miguel Bernal, Sean Creekmore, Alan Haynie, Shin-ichi Ito, Salvador Lluch-Cota, Bernard A. Megrey, Chris A. Edwards, Dave Checkley, Tony Koslow, Sam McClatchie, Francisco Werner, Alec MacCall, and Vera Agostini Progress in Oceanography 138(pt.B):348-380

End-to-end modeling of sardine and anchovy in the California Current system Rose, Kenneth A., Sean Creekmore, Jerome Fiechter, Enrique N. Curchitser, Kate Hedstrom, Miguel Bernal, Alan Haynie, Bernard A. Megrey, Shin-Ichi Ito, Salvador Lluch-Cota, Chris A. Edwards, Dave Checkley, Tony Koslow, Sam McClatchie, Francisco Werner, Alec McCall, and Vera Agostini CalCOFI Reports 56:78-79

Ten ways remote sensing can contribute to conservation Rose, Robert A., Dirck Byler, J. Ron Eastman, Erica Fleishman, Gary Geller, Scott Goetz, Liane Guild, Healy Hamilton, Matt Hansen, Rachel Headley, Jennifer Hewson, Ned Horning, Beth A. Kaplin, Nadine Laporte, Allison Leidner, Peter Leimgruber, Jeffrey Morisette, John Musinsky, Lilian Pintea, Ana Prados, Volker C. Radeloff, Mary Rowen, Sassan Saatchi, Steve Schill, Karyn Tabor, Woody Turner, Anthony Vodacek, James Vogelmann, Martin Wegmann, David Wilkie, and Cara Wilson Conservation Biology 29(2):350-359

Poleward displacement of coastal upwelling-favorable winds in the ocean's eastern boundary currents through the 21st century Rykaczewski, Ryan R., John P. Dunne, William J. Sydeman, Marisol Garcia-Reyes, Bryan A. Black, and Steven J. Bograd Geophysical Research Letters 42(15):6424-6431

Cruise report, Ocean Starr OS-15-05, April 30 - June 14, 2015: Rockfish recruitment and ecosystem assessment Sakuma, Keith National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, California. 18 p.

Field training Salinas, J.C., and J. Redfern In: Training workshop to develop best practices for collecting data to estimate marine mammal abundance on the Pacific coast of South America (Salinas, Ecuador, 18-20 August 2015): Workshop report, p. 27. Comision Permanente del Pacifico Sur (CPPS) and U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Where should I send it? Optimizing the submission decision process Salinas, Santiago, and Stephan B. Munch PLoS ONE 10(1):e0115451 (11 p.)

Somatic growth of juvenile green turtle (Chelonia mydas) morphotypes in the Colombian Pacific Sampson, Laura, Alan Giraldo, Luis Fernando Payan, Diego F. Amorocho, Tomoharu Eguchi, Jeffrey A. Seminoff Marine Biology 162(8):1559-1566

Weakening portfolio effect strength in a hatchery-supplemented Chinook salmon population complex Satterthwaite, William H., and Stephanie M. Carlson Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72(12):1860-1875

Stock composition and ocean spatial distribution inference from California recreational Chinook salmon fisheries using genetic stock identification Satterthwaite, William H., Javier Ciancio, Eric Crandall, Melodie L. Palmer-Zwahlen, Allen M. Grover, Michael R. O'Farrell, Eric C. Anderson, Michael S. Mohr, and John Carlos Garza Fisheries Research 170:166-178

Multidisciplinary evaluation of the feasibility of parentage-based genetic tagging (PBT) for management of Pacific salmon Satterthwaite, William, Eric Anderson, Matthew Campbell, John Carlos Garza, Michael Mohr, Shawn Narum, and Cameron Speir Report to the Pacific Salmon Commission. 135 p.

Chelonian Conservation and Biology as the world's turtle and tortoise journal: 22 years and counting Seminoff, Jeffrey A. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 14(1):1

Status review of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) under the Endangered Species Act Seminoff, Jeffrey A., Camryn D. Allen, George H. Balazs, Peter H. Dutton, Tomoharu Eguchi, Heather L. Haas, Stacy A. Hargrove, Michael Jensen, Dennis L. Klemm, Ann Marie Lauritsen, Sandra L. MacPherson, Patrick Opay, Earl E. Possardt, Susan Pultz, Erin Seney, Kyle S. Van Houtan, and Robin S. Waples U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-539. 571 p.

Post-release survivorship studies on common thresher sharks (Alopias vulpinus) captured in the southern California recreational fishery Sepulveda, C.A., C. Heberer, S.A. Aalbers, N. Spear, M. Kinney, D. Bernal, and S. Kohin Fisheries Research 161:102-108

Deeper mitochondrial sequencing reveals cryptic diversity and structure in Brazilian green turtle rookeries Shamblin, Brian M., Peter H. Dutton, Karen A. Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, Eugenia Naro-Maciel, Armando Jose Barsante Santos, Claudio Bellini, Cecilia Baptistotte, Maria Angela Marcovaldi, and Campbell J. Nairn Chelonian Conservation and Biology 14(2):167-172

Nontargeted biomonitoring of halogenated organic compounds in two ecotypes of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Southern California Bight Shaul, Nellie J., Nathan G. Dodder, Lihini I. Aluwihare, Susan A. Mackintosh, Keith A. Maruya, Susan J. Chivers, Kerri Danil, David W. Weller, and Eunha Hoh Environmental Science and Technology 49(3):1328-1338

Getting to know you: Identification of pygmy killer whales (Feresa attenuata) and melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) under challenging conditions Siciliano, Salvatore, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Brazilian Journal of Oceanography 63(4):511-514

Using movement data from electronic tags in fisheries stock assessment: A review of models, technology and experimental design Sippel, Tim, J. Paige Eveson, Benjamin Galuardi, Chi Lam, Simon Hoyle, Mark Maunder, Pierre Kleiber, Felipe Carvalho, Vardis Tsontos, Steven L.H. Teo, Alexandre Aires-da-Silva, and Simon Nicol Fisheries Research 163:152-160

Population demographics, habitat selection, and a spatial and photographic analysis of bycatch risk of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins Sousa chinensis and bottlenose dolphins Tursiops aduncus in the northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh Smith, Brian D., Rubaiyat Mansur, Samantha Strindberg, Jessica Redfern, and Thomas Moore Paper SC/66a/SM/19 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC66a meeting, San Diego, USA, 2015). 30 p.

Effects of water supply on labor demand and agricultural production in California's San Joaquin Valley Speir, Cameron, Aaron Mamula, and Daniel Ladd Water Economics and Policy 1(2):1550003 (27 p.)

Uncertainty, irreversibility and the optimal timing of large-scale investments in protected species habitat restoration Speir, Cameron, Sam Pittman, and David Tomberlin Frontiers in Marine Science 2:101 (11 p.)

Comment on 'Scope and compatibility of measures in international fisheries agreements' by Finus and Schneider Squires, Dale, Lisa T. Ballance, Rick Deriso, James Ianelli, Mark Maunder, and Kurt Schaefer Oxford Economic Papers 67(4):889-894

Solitary large intestinal diverticulitis in leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) Stacy, B.A., C.J. Innis, P.-Y. Daoust, J. Wyneken, M. Miller, H. Harris, M.C. James, E.F. Christiansen, and A. Foley Veterinary Pathology 52(4):712-715

Quantifying physiological influences on otolith microchemistry Sturrock, Anna M., Ewan Hunter, J. Andrew Milton, EIMF, Rachel C. Johnson, Colin P. Waring, and Clive N. Trueman Methods in Ecology and Evolution 6(7):806-816

Reconstructing the migratory behavior and long-term survivorship of juvenile Chinook salmon under contrasting hydrologic regimes Sturrock, Anna M., J.D. Wikert, Timothy Heyne, Carl Mesick, Alan E. Hubbard, Travis M. Hinkelman, Peter K. Weber, George E. Whitman, Justin J. Glessner, and Rachel C. Johnson PLoS ONE 10(5):e0122380 (23 p.)

Characterization and assessment of the Main Hawaiian Island Kona crab (Ranina ranina) fishery Thomas, Lennon R., Hui-Hua Lee, and Kevin Piner U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center. 35 p.

Symbiosis in fishes: The biology of interspecific partnerships, by Ilan Karplus [book review] Thompson, Andrew R. Quarterly Review of Biology 90(2):208-209

California's commercial fisheries: 1981-2012 Thomson, Cynthia J. Marine Fisheries Review 77(3):48-72

Foraging behavior links climate variability and reproduction in North Pacific albatrosses Thorne, Lesley H., Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, David G. Foley, Melinda G. Conners, Michelle A. Kappes, Hyemi M. Kim, Daniel P. Costa, Yann Tremblay, and Scott A. Shaffer Movement Ecology 3:27 (15 p.)

Spatial delay-difference models for estimating spatiotemporal variation in juvenile production and population abundance Thorson, James T., James N. Ianelli, Stephan B. Munch, Kotaro Ono, and Paul D. Spencer Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72(12):1897-1915

Measuring changes in multi-factor productivity in U.S. catch share fisheries Thunberg, Eric, John Walden, Juan Agar, Ron Felthoven, Abigail Harley, Stephen Kasperski, Jean Lee, Todd Lee, Aaron Mamula, Jessica Stephen, and Andy Strelcheck Marine Policy 62:294-301

Ecology of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, in the southern California Current System Thys, Tierney M., John P. Ryan, Heidi Dewar, Christopher R. Perle, Kady Lyons, John O'Sullivan, Charles Farwell, Michael J. Howard, Kevin C. Weng, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, Luis Erasmo Miranda Bojorquez, Elliott L. Hazen, and Steven J. Bograd Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 471:64-76

First documented migratory destination for eastern South Pacific blue whales Torres-Florez, Juan Pablo, Paula A. Olson, Luis Bedrinana-Romano, Howard C. Rosenbaum, Jorge Ruiz, Richard LeDuc, and Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete Marine Mammal Science 31(4):1580-1586

Pollution, habitat loss, fishing, and climate change as critical threats to penguins Trathan, Phil N., Pablo García-Borboroglu, Dee Boersma, Charles-André Bost, Robert J.M. Crawford, Glenn T. Crossin, Richard J. Cuthbert, Peter Dann, Lloyd Spencer Davis, Santiago De La Puente, Ursula Ellenberg, Heather J. Lynch, Thomas Mattern, Klemens Pütz, Philip J. Seddon, Wayne Trivelpiece, and Barbara Wienecke Conservation Biology 29(1):31-41

Age and residency duration of loggerhead turtles at a North Pacific bycatch hotspot using skeletochronology Turner Tomaszewicz, Calandra N., Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Larisa Avens, Lisa R. Goshe, S. Hoyt Peckham, Juan M. Rguez-Baron, Kalyn Bickerman, and Carolyn M. Kurle Biological Conservation 186:134-142

Effects of demineralization on the stable isotope analysis of bone samples Turner Tomaszewicz, Calandra N., Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Matthew D. Ramirez, and Carolyn M. Kurle Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 29(20):1879-1888

Recommendations for photo-identification methods used in capture-recapture models with cetaceans Urian, Kim, Antoinette Gorgone, Andrew Read, Brian Balmer, Randall S. Wells, Per Berggren, John Durban, Tomoharu Eguchi, William Rayment, and Philip S. Hammond Marine Mammal Science 31(1):298-321

Critically endangered totoaba Totoaba macdonaldi: signs of recovery and potential threats after a population collapse Valenzuela-Quinonez, Fausto, Francisco Arreguin-Sanchez, Silvia Salas-Marquez, Francisco J. Garcia-De Leon, John C. Garza, Martha J. Roman-Rodriguez, and Juan A. De-Anda-Montanez Endangered Species Research 29(1):1-11

Seasonal variation in skin transcriptome of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the northern Gulf of Mexico Van Dolah, Frances M., Marion G. Neely, Lauren E. McGeorge, Brian C. Balmer, Gina M. Ylitalo, Eric S. Zolman, Todd Speakerman, Carrie Sinclair, Nicholas M. Kellar, Patricia E. Rosel, Keith D. Mullin, and Lori H. Schwacke PLoS ONE 10(6):e0130934 (21 p.)

Seasonal blubber testosterone concentrations of male humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) Vu, Elizabeth T., Casey Clark, Krista Catelani, Nicholas M. Kellar, and John Calambokidis Marine Mammal Science 31(3):1258-1264

Productivity change in commercial fisheries: An introduction to the special issue Walden, John, Ben Fissel, Dale Squires, and Niels Vestergaard Marine Policy 62:289-293

Predator-induced phenotypic plasticity within- and across-generations: a challenge for theory? Walsh, Matthew R., Frank Cooley IV, Kelsey Biles, and Stephan B. Munch Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282(1798):20142205 (9 p.)

Insights from a gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) bycaught in the Taiwan Strait off China in 2011 Wang Xianyan, Xu Min, Wu Fuxing, David W. Weller, Miao Xing, Aimee R. Lang, and Zhu Qian Aquatic Mammals 41(3):327-332

Decision-making in the face of uncertainty: an evaluation of pinto abalone under the Endangered Species Act [abstract] Wang, Susan, Melissa Neuman, Shallin Busch, Carolyn Friedman, Kristen Gruenthal, Rick Gustafson, David Kushner, Kevin Stierhoff, Glenn VanBlaricom, and Sadie Wright In: Abstracts of technical papers presented at the 107th Annual Meeting, National Shellfisheries Association (Monterey, California, March 22-26, 2015). Journal of Shellfish Research 34(2):688-689

When is a species at risk in 'all or a significant portion of its range'? Waples, Robin S., Peter B. Adams, James A. Bohnsack, and Barbara L. Taylor Endangered Species Research 27(2):189-192

Transport patterns of Pacific sardine Sardinops sagax eggs and larvae in the California Current System Weber, Edward D., Yi Chao, Fei Chai, and Sam McClatchie Deep-Sea Research I 100:127-139

Habitat-based predictive mapping of rockfish density and biomass off the central California coast Wedding, Lisa, and Mary M. Yoklavich Marine Ecology Progress Series 540:235-250

Whole-body endothermy in a mesopelagic fish, the opah, Lampris guttatus Wegner, Nicholas C., Owyn E. Snodgrass, Heidi Dewar, and John R. Hyde Science 348(6236):786-789

E. robustus: The biology and human history of gray whales, by James L. Sumich [book review] Weller, David W. Marine Mammal Science 31(2):828-829

Photographic match of a western gray whale between Sakhalin Island, Russia, and the Pacific Coast of Japan Weller, David W., Nana Takanawa, Hiroshi Ohizumi, Naoko Funahashi, Olga A. Sychenko, Alexander M. Burdin, Aimee R. Lang, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/66a/BRG/17 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC66a meeting, San Diego, USA, 2015). 2 p.

Natural tracers reveal population structure of albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the eastern North Pacific Wells, R.J. David, Michael J. Kinney, Suzanne Kohin, Heidi Dewar, Jay R. Rooker, and Owyn E. Snodgrass ICES Journal of Marine Science 72(7):2118-2127

Direct quantification of energy intake in an apex marine predator suggests physiology is a key driver of migrations Whitlock, Rebecca E., Elliott L. Hazen, Andreas Walli, Charles Farwell, Steven J. Bograd, David G. Foley, Michael Castleton, and Barbara A. Block Science Advances 1(8):e1400270

Climate change impacts on leatherback turtle pelagic habitat in the Southeast Pacific Willis-Norton, Ellen, Elliott L. Hazen, Sabrina Fossette, George Shillinger, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, David G. Foley, John P. Dunne, and Steven J. Bograd Deep-Sea Research II 113:260-267

Expected future performance of salmon abundance forecast models with varying complexity Winship, Arliss J., Michael R. O'Farrell, William H. Satterthwaite, Brian K. Wells, and Michael S. Mohr Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72(4):557-569

Gill morphometrics of the thresher sharks (genus Alopias): Correlation of gill dimensions with aerobic demand and environmental oxygen Wootton, Thomas P., Chugey A. Sepulveda, and Nicholas C. Wegner Journal of Morphology 276(5):589-600

2015 Billfish Newsletter: 2014 Survey Trends [2014 International Billfish Angler Survey], 2014 Billfish tagging and recoveries [2014 Billfish Tagging Program], 2014 Top anglers and captains, Billfish habitat in a changing environment:Black marlin off eastern Australia. Wraith, James, Suzanne Kohin, and Liana Heberer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA. 20p. Billfish Tagging Program; Cooperative Billfish Tagging Program; International Billfish Angler Survey; marine recreational fisheries; catches; CPUE; tagging; tags;

Does spatial variation in environmental conditions affect recruitment? A study using a 3-D model of Peruvian anchovy Xu, Yi, Kenneth A. Rose, Fei Chai, Francisco P. Chavez, and Patricia Ayon Progress in Oceanography 138(B):417-430

Statistical integration of tracking and vessel survey data to incorporate life history differences in habitat models Yamamoto, Takashi, Yutaka Watanuki, Elliott L. Hazen, Bungo Nishizawa, Hiroko Sasaki, and Akinori Takahashi Ecological Applications 25(8):2394-2406