NOAA FISHERIES

Status review of the northeastern Pacific population of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) under the Endangered Species Act Dewar, Heidi, Tomoharu Eguchi, John Hyde, Doug Kinzey, Suzanne Kohin, Jeff Moore, Barbara L. Taylor, and Russ Vetter U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-523. 153 p.

Predicting climate effects on Pacific sardine Deyle, Ethan R., Michael Fogarty, Chih-hao Hsieh, Les Kaufman, Alec D. MacCall, Stephan B. Munch, Charles T. Perretti, Hao Ye, and George Sugihara Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110(16):6430-6435

Synthesis of Pacific Ocean climate and ecosystem dynamics Di Lorenzo, Emanuele, Vincent Combes, Julie E. Keister, P. Ted Strub, Andrew C. Thomas, Peter J.S. Franks, Mark D. Ohman, Jason C. Furtado, Annalisa Bracco, Steven J. Bograd, William T. Peterson, Franklin B. Schwing, Sanae Chiba, Bunmei Taguchi, Samuel Hormazabal, and Carolina Parada Oceanography 26(4):68-81

Computing and selecting ageing errors to include in stock assessment models of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) Dorval, Emmanis, Jennifer D. McDaniel, Dianna L. Porzio, Robert Felix-Uraga, Vanessa Hodes, and Sandra A. Rosenfield CalCOFI Reports 54:192-204

Variability of egg escapement, fishing mortality and spawning population in the market squid fishery in the California Current Ecosystem Dorval, Emmanis, Paul R. Crone, and Jennifer D. McDaniel Marine and Freshwater Research 64(1):80-90

Cruise report of the 2013 Antarctic blue whale voyage of the Southern Ocean Research Partnership Double, M.C., J. Barlow, B.S. Miller, P. Olson, V. Andrews-Goff, R. Leaper, P. Ensor, N. Kelly, V. Wadley, M. Lindsay, D. Peel, S. Calderan, K. Collins, M. Davidson, C. Deacon, D. Donnelly, C. Olavarria, K. Owen, M. Rekdahl, N. Schmitt, and N. Gales Paper SC/65a/SH21 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC65a meeting, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 2013). 16 p.

Estimating gray whale abundance from shore-based counts using a multilevel Bayesian model Durban, J., D. Weller, A. Lang, and W. Perryman Paper SC/65a/BRG02 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC65a meeting, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 2013). 9 p.

Population stock structure of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Atlantic revealed using mtDNA and microsatellite markers Dutton, Peter H., Suzanne E. Roden, Kelly R. Stewart, Erin LaCasella, Manjula Tiwari, Angela Formia, Joao Carlos Thome, Suzanne R. Livingstone, Scott Eckert, Didiher Chacon-Chaverri, Philippe Rivalan, and Phil Allman Conservation Genetics 14(3):625-636

Form, function and pathology in the pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) Edwards, Elizabeth F., Nicholas M. Kellar, and William F. Perrin U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-516. 76 p.

Fascinating and forgotten: The conservation status of marine elapid snakes Elfes, Cristiane T., Suzanne R. Livingstone, Amanda Lane, Vimoksalehi Lukosche, Kate L. Sanders, Anthony J. Courtney, Joey L. Gatus, Michael Guinea, Aaron S. Lobo, David Milton, Arne R. Rasmussen, Mark Read, Mahree-Dee White, Jonnell Sanciangco, Angel Alcala, Harold Heatwole, Daryl R. Karns, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Harold K. Voris, Kent E. Carpenter, and John C. Murphy Herpetological Conservation and Biology 8(1):37-52

Potential impacts of ocean energy projects on migration and habitat use of green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) Erickson, Daniel L., Michael Donnellan, Steve Lindley, and John Payne In: George W. Boehlert et al. (eds.), Oregon Marine Renewable Energy Environmental Science Conference proceedings, p. 34-35. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Pacific Region, OCS Study BOEM 2013-0113.

Review of "Regional fisheries oceanography of the California Current System and the CalCOFI program" by Sam McClatchie [book review] Fiedler, Paul CalCOFI Reports 54:11

Effects of a tropical cyclone on a pelagic ecosystem from the physical environment to top predators Fiedler, Paul C., Jessica V. Redfern, Joel Van Noord, Candice Hall, Robert L. Pitman, and Lisa T. Ballance Marine Ecology Progress Series 484:1-16

Pycnocline variations in the eastern tropical and North Pacific, 1958-2008 Fiedler, Paul C., Roy Mendelssohn, Daniel M. Palacios, and Steven J. Bograd Journal of Climate 26(2):583-599

Rebuilding analysis for bocaccio in 2011 Field, John C. Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 16 p.

Status of bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, in the Conception, Monterey and Eureka INPFC areas as evaluated for 2013 Field, John C. Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 78 p.

Foraging ecology and movement patterns of jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the California Current system Field, John C., Carl Elliger, Ken Baltz, Graham E. Gillespie, William F. Gilly, R.I. Ruiz-Cooley, Devon Pearse, Julia S. Stewart, William Matsubu, and William A. Walker Deep Sea Research II 95:37-51

Legacy of the US GLOBEC program: Current and potential contributions to marine ecosystem-based management Fogarty, Michael J., Louis W. Botsford, and Francisco E. Werner Oceanography 26(4):116-127

Preliminary data on the olive ridley tagging program at Nancite Beach, Costa Rica [abstract] Fonseca, Luis G., Wilberth N. Villachica, Eduardo R. Matarrita, Yeudy Arguello, Carlos M. Orrego, Wagner Quiros, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Roldan A. Valverde In: Tony Tucker et al. (compilers), Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (5-8 February 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, USA), p. 177. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-645.

Mitogenomic insights into a recently described and rarely observed killer whale morphotype Foote, Andrew D., Phillip A. Morin, Robert L. Pitman, Maria C. Avila-Arcos, John W. Durban, Anton van Helden, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, and M. Thomas P. Gilbert Polar Biology 36(10):1519-1523

New insights into the northward migration route of gray whales between Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and southeastern Alaska Ford, John K.B., John W. Durban, Graeme M. Ellis, Jared R. Towers, James F. Pilkington, Lance G. Barrett-Lennard, and Russel D. Andrews Marine Mammal Science 29(2):325-337

A bioenergetics approach to assessing potential impacts of avian predation on juvenile steelhead during freshwater rearing Frechette, Danielle, Alison L. Collins, James T. Harvey, Sean A. Hayes, David D. Huff, Andrew W. Jones, Nicolas A. Retford, Alina E. Langford, Jonathan W. Moore, Ann-Marie K. Osterback, William H. Satterthwaite, and Scott A. Shaffer North American Journal of Fisheries Management 33(5):1024-1038

Insights on the demography of cryptic nesting by green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the main Hawaiian Islands from genetic relatedness analysis Frey, Amy, Peter H. Dutton, and George H. Balazs Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 442:80-87

Using custom-designed capture arrays and next-generation sequencing for SNP discovery in leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea) [abstract] Frey, Amy, Suzanne Roden, and Peter H. Dutton In: Tony Tucker et al. (compilers), Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (5-8 February 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, USA), p. 221. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-645.

Aerial and ship-based surveys of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) conducted in Alaska in June-July 2008 through 2012, and an update on the status and trend of the western distinct population segment in Alaska Fritz, L., K. Sweeney, D. Johnson, M. Lynn, T. Gelatt, and J. Gilpatrick U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-251. 91 p.

Advances in non-lethal research on Antarctic minke whales: biotelemetry, photo-identification and biopsy sampling Gales, N., M. Bowers, J.W. Durban, A.S. Friedlaender, D.P. Nowacek, R.L. Pitman, A.J. Read, and R.B. Tyson Paper SC/65a/IA12 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC65a meeting, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 2013). 15 p.

Progress on the Southern Hemisphere Blue Whale Catalogue Galletti Vernazzani, Barbara, and Paula Olson Paper SC/65a/SH23 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC65a meeting, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 2013). 5 p.

Sighting records of blue whales from 2013 aerial and boat-based surveys in Chilean waters Galletti Vernazzani, Barbara, Elsa Cabrera, Mariano Sironi, Carole Carlson, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/65a/SH17 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC65a meeting, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 2013). 6 p.

Genetic and maternal variation in early growth in the Atlantic silverside Menidia menidia Gao, Jin, and Stephan B. Munch Marine Ecology Progress Series 485:211-222

Genetic stock structure of hawksbill nesting populations in the eastern Pacific [abstract] Gaos, Alexander R., Rebecca L. Lewison, Michael Liles, Andres Baquero, Jose Urteaga, Perla Torres, Aaron Esliman, Ingrid L. Yanez, Amy Frey, Erin LaCasella, and Peter H. Dutton In: Tony Tucker et al. (compilers), Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (5-8 February 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, USA), p. 223-224. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-645.

Relative influence of oceanic and terrestrial pressure systems in driving upwelling-favorable winds Garcia-Reyes, M., W.J. Sydeman, B.A. Black, R.R. Rykaczewski, D.S. Schoeman, S.A. Thompson, and S.J. Bograd Geophysical Research Letters 40(19):5311-5315

Integrated assessment of wind effects on central California's pelagic ecosystem Garcia-Reyes, Marisol, William J. Sydeman, Sarah Ann Thompson, Bryan A. Black, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Julie A. Thayer, and Steven J. Bograd Ecosystems 16(5):722-735

Ichthyological assemblage and variation in a Northern California Zostera marine eelgrass bed Garwood, Rebecca S., Timothy J. Mulligan, and Eric P. Bjorkstedt Northwestern Naturalist 94(1):35-50

Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar Goldbogen, Jeremy A., Brandon L. Southall, Stacy L. DeRuiter, John Calambokidis, Ari S. Friedlaender, Elliott L. Hazen, Erin A. Falcone, Gregory S. Schorr, Annie Douglas, David J. Moretti, Chris Kyburg, Megan F. McKenna, and Peter L. Tyack Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280(1765):20130657 (8 p.)

Quantifying climatological ranges and anomalies for Pacific coral reef ecosystems Gove, Jamison M., Gareth J. Williams, Margaret A. McManus, Scott F. Heron, Stuart A. Sandin, Oliver J. Vetter, and David G. Foley PLoS ONE 8(4):e61974 (14 p.)

Marine mammal habitat models come of age: the emergence of ecological and management relevance Gregr, Edward J., Mark F. Baumgartner, Kristin L. Laidre, and Daniel M. Palacios Endangered Species Research 22:205-212

Complex wasp-waist regulation of pelagic ecosystems in the Pacific Ocean Griffiths, Shane P., Robert J. Olson, and George M. Watters Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 23(4):459-475

Antarctic macrobenthic communities: a compilation of circumpolar information Gutt, Julian, David K.A. Barnes, Susanne J. Lockhart, and Anton van de Putte Nature Conservation 4:1-13

Circumpolar overview and spatial heterogeneity of Antarctic macrobenthic communities Gutt, Julian, Huw J. Griffiths, and Christopher D. Jones Marine Biodiversity 43(4):481-487

Overlap of North Pacific albatrosses with the U.S. west coast groundfish and shrimp fisheries Guy, T.J., S.L. Jennings, R.M. Suryan, E.F. Melvin, M.A. Bellman, L.T. Ballance, B.A. Blackie, D.A. Croll, T. Deguchi, T.O. Geernaert, R.W. Henry, M. Hester, K.D. Hyrenbach, J. Jahncke, M.A. Kappes, K. Ozaki, J. Roletto, F. Sato, W.J. Sydeman, and J.E. Zamon Fisheries Research 147:222-234

A California Current bomb radiocarbon reference chronology and petrale sole (Eopsetta jordani) age validation Haltuch, Melissa A., Owen S. Hamel, Kevin R. Piner, Patrick McDonald, Craig R. Kastelle, and John C. Field Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 70(1):22-31

Targeted multiplex next-generation sequencing: advances in techniques of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequencing for population genomics Hancock-Hanser, Brittany L., Amy Frey, Matthew S. Leslie, Peter H. Dutton, Frederick I. Archer, and Phillip A. Morin Molecular Ecology Resources 13(2):254-268

Validation of ultrasonography as a noninvasive diagnostic tool to measure subcutaneous fat depth in leatherback turtles [abstract] Harris, Heather, Scott Benson, Michael James, Kelly Martin, Brian Stacy, Charles Innis, Julie Cavin, Pierre-Yves Daoust, Paul Rist, Thierry Work, George Balazs, and Jeffrey Seminoff In: Tony Tucker et al. (compilers), Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (5-8 February 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, USA), p. 11-12. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-645.

Coastal association of juvenile Chinook salmon and krill in the northern California Current [abstract] Hassrick, Jason L., William J. Sydeman, Jarrod A. Santora, and Sean A. Hayes In: Nancy D. Davis and Claudia Chan (eds.), 3rd International Workshop on Migration and Survival Mechanisms of Juvenile Salmon and Steelhead in Ocean Ecosystems (Honolulu, Hawaii, April 25-26, 2013), p. 76. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, Technical Report 9.

Mobile receivers: releasing the mooring to 'see' where fish go Hayes, Sean A., Nicole M. Teutschel, Cyril J. Michel, Cory Champagne, Patrick W. Robinson, Melinda Fowler, Tina Yack, David K. Mellinger, Samantha Simmons, Daniel P. Costa, and R. Bruce MacFarlane Environmental Biology of Fishes 96(2-3):189-201

Oceanographic and climatic drivers and pressures Hazen, Elliott L., Isaac D. Schroeder, Jay Peterson, William T. Peterson, William J. Sydeman, Sarah A. Thompson, Brian K. Wells, and Steven J. Bograd In: Phillip S. Levin, Brian K. Wells, and Mindi B. Sheer (eds.), Integrated ecosystem assessment of the California Current: Phase II report 2012, p. 13-70. U.S. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service.

Scales and mechanisms of marine hotspot formation Hazen, Elliott L., Robert M. Suryan, Jarrod A. Santora, Steven J. Bograd, Yutaka Watanuki, and Rory P. Wilson Marine Ecology Progress Series 487:177-183

Predicted habitat shifts of Pacific top predators in a changing climate Hazen, Elliott L., Salvador Jorgensen, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Steven J. Bograd, David G. Foley, Ian D. Jonsen, Scott A. Shaffer, John P. Dunne, Daniel P. Costa, Larry B. Crowder, and Barbara A. Block Nature Climate Change 3(3):234-238

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, Andrew Thompson, Cindy Thomson, Susan Sogard, and Mary Yoklavich In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: 54th annual meeting of the TSC (April 30-May 1, 2013, Seattle, Washington), p. 261-273. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Status of the U.S. Pacific sanddab resource in 2013 He, Xi, Donald E. Pearson, John C. Field, Lyndsey Lefebvre, and Meisha Key Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 344 p.

Requirements and user engagement Hernandez, Debra, Cara Wilson, Ann Jochens, Ralph Rayner, Ray Toll, Richard Crout, and Steve Weisberg In: U.S. IOOS Summit report: A new decade for the Integrated Ocean Observing System (November 13-16, 2012, Herndon, Virginia), p. 21-30. Interagency Ocean Observation Committee.

Extreme plasticity in life-history strategy allows a migratory predator (jumbo squid) to cope with a changing climate Hoving, Henk-Jan T., William F. Gilly, Unai Markaida, Kelly J. Benoit-Bird, Zachary W.-Brown, Patrick Daniel, John C. Field, Liz Parassenti, Bilin Liu, and Bernardita Campos Global Change Biology 19(7):2089-2103

Oceans and marine resources in a changing climate Howard, Jennifer, Eleanora Babij, Roger Griffis, Brian Helmuth, Amber Himes-Cornell, Paul Niemier, Michael Orbach,Laura Petes, Stewart Allen, Guillermo Auad, Carol Auer, Russell Beard, Mary Boatman, Nicholas Bond, Timothy Boyer, David Brown, Patricia Clay, Katherine Crane, Scott Cross, Michael Dalton, Jordan Diamond, Robert Diaz, Quay Dortch, Emmett Duffy, Deborah Fauquier, William Fisher, Michael Graham, Benjamin Halpern, Lara Hansen, Bryan Hayum, Samuel Herrick, Anne Hollowed, David Hutchins, Elizabeth Jewett, Di Jin, Nancy Knowlton, Dawn Kotowicz, Trond Kristiansen, Peter Little, Cary Lopez, Philip Loring, Rick Lumpkin, Amber Mace, Kathryn Mengerink, J. Ru Morrison, Jason Murray, Karma Norman, James O'Donnell, James Overland, Rost Parsons, Neal Pettigrew, Lisa Pfeiffer, Emily Pidgeon, Mark Plummer, Jeffrey Polovina, Josie Quintrell, Teressa Rowles, Jeffrey Runge, Michael Rust, Eric Sanford, Uwe Send, Merrill Singer, Cameron Speir, Diane Stanitski, Carol Thornber, Cara Wilson, and Yan Xue Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 51:71-192

Environmental factors that influence the distribution, size, and biotic relationships of the Christmas tree coral Antipathes dendrochristos in the Southern California Bight Huff, David D., Mary M. Yoklavich, Milton S. Love, Diana L. Watters, Fei Chai, and Steven T. Lindley Marine Ecology Progress Series 494:159-177

Overcoming the challenges of studying conservation physiology in large whales: a review of available methods Hunt, Kathleen E. Hunt, Michael J. Moore, Rosalind M. Rolland, Nicholas M. Kellar, Alisa J. Hall, Joanna Kershaw, Stephen A. Raverty, Cristina E. Davis, Laura C. Yeates, Deborah A. Fauquier, Teresa K. Rowles, and Scott D. Kraus Conservation Physiology 1(1):cot006 (24 p.)

Fishing games under climate variability: transboundary management of Pacific sardine in the California Current System Ishimura, Gakushi, Sam Herrick, and Ussif Rashid Sumaila Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 15(2):189-209

Evaluation of an automated acoustic beaked whale detection algorithm using multiple validation and assessment methods Jacobson, Eiren K., Tina M. Yack, and Jay Barlow U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-509. 26 p.

Comment on temperature-dependent stock-recruitment modeling for Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) in Jacobson and MacCall (1995), McClatchie et al. (2010), and Lindegren and Checkley (2013) Jacobson, Larry D., and Sam McClatchie Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 70(10):1566-1569

Pacific sanddab Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel report Jagielo, Tom, Kevin Piner, Beatriz Roel, and Yan Jiao Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 8 p.

Do shifts in otolith morphology of young Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) reflect changing recruitment contributions from northern and southern stocks? Javor, Barbara J. CalCOFI Reports 54:85-96

Intra-organ flexibility in the eared grebe Podiceps nigricollis stomach: a spandrel in the belly Jehl, Joseph R., Jr., and Annette E. Henry Journal of Avian Biology 44(2):97-101

Defining olive ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea management units in Australia and assessing the potential impact of mortality in ghost nets Jensen, Michael P., Colin J. Limpus, Scott D. Whiting, Michael Guinea, Robert I.T. Prince, Kiki E.M. Dethmers, Ida Bagus Windia Adnyana, Rod Kennett, and Nancy N. FitzSimmons Endangered Species Research 21(3):241-253

Origin of immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at two foraging grounds in Sabah, Malaysia [abstract] Jensen, Michael P., Nancy N. FitzSimmons, and Nicolas Pilcher In: Tony Tucker et al. (compilers), Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (5-8 February 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, USA), p. 229. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-645.

Molecular genetics of sea turtles Jensen, Michael P., Nancy N. FitzSimmons, and Peter H. Dutton In: Jeanette Wyneken, Kenneth J. Lohmann, and John A. Musick (eds.), The biology of sea turtles, vol. 3, p. 135-161. CRC Press.

Peracute underwater entrapment of pinnipeds and cetaceans Jepson, Paul D., Michelle Barbieri, Susan G. Barco, Yara Bernaldo de Quiros, Andrea Bogomolni, Kerri Danil, and Teri Rowles In theme section: Michael J. Moore et al. (eds.), Criteria and case definitions for serious injury and death of pinnipeds and cetaceans caused by anthropogenic trauma. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 103(3):229-264.

What caused the UK's largest common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) mass stranding event? Jepson, Paul D., Robert Deaville, Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse, James Barnett, Andrew Brownlow, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Frances C. Clare, Nick Davison, Robin J. Law, Jan Loveridge, Shaheed K. Macgregor, Steven Morris, Sinead Murphy, Rod Penrose, Matthew W. Perkins, Eunice Pinn, Henrike Seibel, Ursula Siebert, Eve Sierra, Victor Simpson, Mark L. Tasker, Nick Tregenza, Andrew A. Cunningham, and Antonio Fernandez PLoS ONE 8(4):e60953 (18 p.)

Atmospheric oxygen levels affect mudskipper terrestrial performance: implications for early tetrapods Jew, Corey J., Nicholas C. Wegner, Yuzo Yanagitsuru, Martin Tresguerres, and Jeffrey B. Graham Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(2):248-257

Feeding biology: advances from field-based observations, physiological studies, and molecular techniques Jones, T. Todd, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff In: Jeanette Wyneken, Kenneth J. Lohmann, and John A. Musick (eds.), The biology of sea turtles, vol. 3, p. 211-247. CRC Press.

Calculating the ecological impacts of animal-borne instruments on aquatic organisms Jones, T. Todd, Kyle S. Van Houtan, Brian L. Bostrom, Peter Ostafichuk, Jon Mikkelsen, Emre Tezcan, Michael Carey, Brittany Imlach, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff Methods in Ecology and Evolution 4(12):1178-1186

Impacts of depleting forage species in the California Current Kaplan, Isaac C., Christopher J. Brown, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Iris A. Gray, John C. Field, and Anthony D.M. Smith Environmental Conservation 40(4):380-393

Appendix MS3: Impacts of depleting forage species in the California Current [abstract] Kaplan, Isaac C., Christopher J. Brown, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Iris A. Gray, John C. Field, and Anthony D.M. Smith In: Phillip S. Levin, Brian K. Wells, and Mindi B. Sheer (eds.), Integrated ecosystem assessment of the California Current: Phase II report 2012, p. 860. U.S. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service.

Management testing and scenarios in the California Current Kaplan, Isaac C., Dan S. Holland, Ian G. Taylor, Kurt L. Fresh, Phillip S. Levin, Iris A. Gray, Jerry Leonard, Kristin Marshall, Blake E. Feist, Mark L. Plummer, Cynthia Thomson, Noble Hendrix, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Christopher J. Brown, John C. Field, and Anthony D. Smith In: Phillip S. Levin, Brian K. Wells, and Mindi B. Sheer (eds.), Integrated ecosystem assessment of the California Current: Phase II report 2012, p. 730-778. U.S. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service.

Summary of PAMGUARD beaked whale click detectors and classifiers used during the 2012 Southern California behavioral response study Keating, Jennifer L., and Jay Barlow U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-517. 14 p.

The impacts of El Nino conditions on California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) fisheries interactions: predicting spatial and temporal hotspots along the California coast Keledjian, Amanda J., and Sarah Mesnick Aquatic Mammals 39(3):221-232

Variation of bowhead whale progesterone concentrations across demographic groups and sample matrices Kellar, Nicholas M., Jennifer Keliher, Marisa L. Trego, Krista N. Catelani, Cyd Hanns, J.C. 'Craig' George, and Cheryl Rosa Endangered Species Research 22(1):61-72

Pregnancy patterns of pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) in the eastern tropical Pacific determined from hormonal analysis of blubber biopsies and correlations with the purse-seine tuna fishery Kellar, Nicholas M., Marisa L. Trego, Susan J. Chivers, and Fredrick I. Archer Marine Biology 160(12):3113-3124

Are there biases in biopsy sampling? Potential drivers of sex ratio in projectile biopsy samples from two small delphinids Kellar, Nicholas M., Marisa L. Trego, Susan J. Chivers, Fredrick I. Archer, Jeremiah J. Minich, and Wayne L. Perryman Marine Mammal Science 29(4): E366-E389

Population differentiation of 2 forms of Bryde's whales in the Indian and Pacific Oceans Kershaw, Francine, Matthew S. Leslie, Tim Collins, Rubaiyat M. Mansur, Brian D. Smith, Gianna Minton, Robert Baldwin, Richard G. LeDuc, R. Charles Anderson, Robert L. Brownell Jr., and Howard C. Rosenbaum Journal of Heredity 104(6):755-764

Motivations for proactive environmental management Khanna, Madhu, and Cameron Speir Sustainability 5(6):2664-2692

Effects of recruitment variability and natural mortality on generalised yield model projections and the CCAMLR decisions rules for Antarctic krill Kinzey, D., G. Watters, and C.S. Reiss CCAMLR Science 20:81-96

Contemporary population structure in Klamath River basin Chinook Salmon revealed by analysis of microsatellite genetic data Kinziger, Andrew P., Michael Hellmair, David G. Hankin, and John Carlos Garza Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142(5):1347-1357

Klamath River fall Chinook salmon age-specific escapement, river harvest, and run size estimates, 2012 run Klamath River Technical Team Klamath River Technical Team. 18 p.

Ocean abundance projections and prospective harvest levels for Klamath River fall Chinook, 2013 season Klamath River Technical Team Klamath River Technical Team. 31 p.

A summary of the use of electronic tagging to provide insights into salmon migration and survival Klimley, A. Peter, R. Bruce MacFarlane, Phillip T. Sandstrom, and Stephen T. Lindley Environmental Biology of Fishes 96(2-3):419-428

Estimating at-sea mortality of marine turtles from stranding frequencies and drifter experiments Koch, Volker, Hoyt Peckham, Agnese Mancini, and Tomoharu Eguchi PLoS ONE 8(2):e56776 (10 p.)

Interannual variability in the feeding of ice fish (Notothenioidei, Channichthyidae) in the southern Scotia Arc and the Antarctic Peninsula region (CCAMLR Subareas 48.1 and 48.2) Kock, Karl-Hermann, Joachim Groger, and Christopher D. Jones Polar Biology 36(10):1451-1462

Biogenic silica cycling during summer phytoplankton blooms in the North Pacific subtropical gyre Krause, Jeffrey W., Mark A. Brzezinski, Tracy A. Villareal, and Cara Wilson Deep-Sea Research I 71:49-60

Early life history of the ocellated icefish, Chionodraco rastrospinosus, off the Antarctic Peninsula La Mesa, Mario, Barbara Catalano, and Christopher D. Jones Antarctic Science 25(3):373-380

Early ontogeny of the mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari, in the southern Scotia Arc La Mesa, Mario, Barbara Catalano, Philippe Koubbi, and Christopher D. Jones Polar Biology 36(6):797-805

Genetic stock composition of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta bycaught in the pelagic waters of the North Atlantic LaCasella, Erin L., Sheryan P. Epperly, Michael P. Jensen, Lesley Stokes, and Peter H. Dutton Endangered Species Research 22(1):73-84

Reactions of fishes to two underwater survey tools, a manned submersible and a remotely operated vehicle Laidig, Thomas E., Lisa M. Krigsman, and Mary M. Yoklavich Fishery Bulletin 111(1):54-67

Insight into the behavior of gray whales using genetics Lang, Aimee R. Special issue: Gray whale, from devilfish to gentle giants. Whalewatcher 42(1):36-41

Does fish larval dispersal differ between high and low latitudes? Leis, Jeffrey M., Jennifer E. Caselle, Ian R. Bradbury, Trond Kristiansen, Joel K. Llopiz, Michael J. Miller, Mary I. O'Connor, Claire B. Paris, Alan L. Shanks, Susan M. Sogard, Stephen E. Swearer, Eric A. Treml, Russell D. Vetter, and Robert R. Warner Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280(1759):20130327 (9 p.)

Studying small purse-seine vessel fishing behavior with tuna catch data: Implications for eastern Pacific Ocean dolphin conservation Lennert-Cody, Cleridy E., Jeremy D. Rusin, Mark N. Maunder, Edward H. Everett, Erick D. Largacha Delgado, and Patrick K. Tomlinson Marine Mammal Science 29(4):643-668

Preface Levin, Phillip S., and Brian K. Wells In: Phillip S. Levin, Brian K. Wells, and Mindi B. Sheer (eds.), Integrated ecosystem assessment of the California Current: Phase II report 2012, p. iv-vii. U.S. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service.

Integrated ecosystem assessment of the California Current: Phase II report 2012 Levin, Phillip S., Brian K. Wells, and Mindi B. Sheer (eds.) U.S. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service. 958 p.

Orange coloration in a black-and-yellow rockfish (Sebastes chrysomelas) from central California Lewand, Kevin O., John R. Hyde, Vince P. Buonaccorsi, and Robert N. Lea California Fish and Game 99(4):237-239

Fisheries bycatch of marine turtles: lessons learned from decades of research and conservation Lewison, Rebecca, Bryan Wallace, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Jeffrey C. Mangel, Sara M. Maxwell, and Elliott L. Hazen In: Jeanette Wyneken, Kenneth J. Lohmann, and John A. Musick (eds.), The biology of sea turtles, vol. 3, p. 329-351. CRC Press.

Connecting international conservation priorities with human welfare in low-income regions: hawksbill turtles in El Salvador [abstract] Liles, Michael J., Markus J. Peterson, Yvonna S. Lincoln, Ana V. Henriquez, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Alexander R. Gaos, and Tarla R. Peterson In: Tony Tucker et al. (compilers), Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (5-8 February 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, USA), p. 251-252. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-645.

Climate, fishing, and fluctuations of sardine and anchovy in the California Current Lindegren, Martin, David M. Checkley Jr., Tristan Rouyer, Alec D. MacCall, and Nils Chr. Stenseth Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110(33):13672-13677