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Observing change in pelagic animals as sampling methods shift: the case of Antarctic krill Hill, Simeon L., Angus Atkinson, Javier A. Arata, Anna Belcher, Susan Bengtson Nash, Kim S. Bernard, Alison Cleary, John A. Conroy, Ryan Driscoll, Sophie Fielding, Hauke Flores, Jaume Forcada, Svenja Halfter, Jefferson T. Hinke, Luis Huckstadt, Nadine M. Johnston, Mary Kane, So Kawaguchi, Bjorn A. Krafft, Lucas Kruger, Hyoung Sul La, Cecilia M. Liszka, Bettina Meyer, Eugene J. Murphy, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Frances Perry, Andrea Pinones, Michael J. Polito, Keith Reid, Christian Reiss, Emilce Rombola, Ryan A. Saunders, Katrin Schmidt, Zephyr T. Sylvester, Akinori Takahashi, Geraint A. Tarling, Phil N. Trathan, Devi Veytia, George M. Watters, Jose C. Xavier, and Guang Yang Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1307402 (20 p.)

Rapid inference of larval fish recruitment potential from size spectrum models Hinchliffe, Charles, Hayden T. Schilling, Pierre Pepin, Fonti Kar, Daniel S. Falster, and Iain M. Suthers Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81(11):1581-1593

Seventy years of diminishing biocomplexity of California Central Valley hatchery steelhead, Oncorhynchus mykiss Huber, Eric R., Rachael E. Ryan, Rachel C. Johnson, Anna M. Sturrock, Robert A. Lusardi, and Stephanie M. Carlson Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81(4):355-367

Remnant salmon life history diversity rediscovered in a highly compressed habitat Hugentobler, Sara A., Anna M. Sturrock, Malte Willmes, Tasha Q. Thompson, Rachel C. Johnson, Flora Cordoleani, Natalie J. Stauffer-Olsen, George Whitman, and Mariah H. Meek Evolutionary Applications 17(7):e13741 (10 p.)

Exploring connections between mesopelagic ecosystems, epipelagic predators, and a changing ocean climate the the California Current Iglesias, Ilysa S. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Santa Cruz. 169 p.

Vertical distribution of mesopelagic fishes deepens during marine heatwave in the California Current Iglesias, Ilysa S., Jerome Fiechter, Jarrod A. Santora, and John C. Field ICES Journal of Marine Science 81(9):1837-1849

Genetic characteristics of loggerhead turtles in the coastal corridor of the North West Pacific, around the Cape Muroto, Japan Ishihara, Takashi, Naoki Kamezaki, Saya Hirai, Yoshimasa Matsuzawa, Tomoko Hamabata, Asuka Ishizaki, and Peter H. Dutton Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1303553 (9 p.)

Linking upwelling dynamics and subsurface nutrients to projected productivity changes in the California Current System Jacox, Michael G., Steven J. Bograd, Jerome Fiechter, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Michael Alexander, Dillon Amaya, Nathali Cordero Quiros, Hui Ding, and Ryan R. Rykaczewski Geophysical Research Letters 51(10):e2023GL108096 (9 p.)

Vertical structure of Caribbean deep-reef fishes from the altiphotic to deep-sea boundary Jacquemont, Juliette, Simon J. Brandl, Emily P. McFarland, Joachim Claudet, Carole C. Baldwin, Jenna Barrett, and Luke Tornabene Scientific Reports 14:19489 (16 p.)

Validation of periodicity of growth band formation in Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax) from a captive growth experiment James, Kelsey C., Emmanis Dorval, and Brad E. Erisman Marine Biology 171(5):105 (13 p.)

Characterization of incremental markings in the sagittal otolith of the Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) using different imaging modalities James, Kelsey C., Uwe Kierdorf, Victoria Cooley, Viktor Nikitin, Stuart R. Stock, and Horst Kierdorf Minerals 14(7):705 (20 p.)

The long-beaked common dolphin of the eastern Pacific Ocean: Taxonomic status and redescription of Delphinus bairdii Jefferson, Thomas A., Frederick I. Archer, and Kelly M. Robertson Marine Mammal Science 40(4):e13133 (37 p.)

Participation in collaborative fisheries research improves the perceptions of recreational anglers towards marine protected areas Johnston, Erin M., Grant T. Waltz, Rosamaria Kosaka, Ellie M. Brauer, Shelby L. Ziegler, Erica T. Jarvis Mason, Hunter S. Glanz, Lauren Zaragoza, Allison N. Kellum, Rachel O. Brooks, Brice X. Semmens, Christopher J. Honeyman, Jennifer E. Caselle, Lyall F. Bellquist, Sadie L. Small, Steven G. Morgan, Timothy J. Mulligan, Connor L. Coscino, Jay M. Staton, Richard M. Starr, Scott L. Hamilton, Benjamin I Ruttenberg, and Dean E. Wendt Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1330498 (12 p.)

Physical and biogeochemical phenology of coastal upwelling in the California Current System Jorgensen, Ellen M., Elliott L. Hazen, Michael G. Jacox, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Isaac Schroeder, and Steven J. Bograd Geophysical Research Letters 51(7):e2024GL108194 (7 p.)

Otolith microchemistry combined with genetics reveal patterns of straying and population connectivity in anadromous brown trout (Salmo trutta) Kallo, Kristi, Kim Birnie-Gauvin, Henrik Baktoft, Dorte Bekkevold, Charles Lesher, Peter Gronkjaer, Gry H. Barfod, Rachel Johnson, George Whitman, Malte Willmes, Justin Glessner, and Kim Aarestrup Ecology of Freshwater Fish 33(2):e12760 (13 p.)

Photo-identification and satellite telemetry connect southern right whales from South Georgia Island (Islas Georgias del Sur) with multiple feeding and calving grounds in the southwest Atlantic Kennedy, Amy S. Emma L. Carroll, Alexandre N. Zerbini, C. Scott Baker, Manuela Bassoi, Nazarena A. Beretta, Danielle L. Buss, Susannah Calderan, Ted Cheeseman, Martin A. Collins, Paula Costa-Urrutia, Paul Ensor, Karina Groch, Russell Leaper, Paula Olson, Cecilia Passadore, Federico G. Riet-Sapriza, Els Vermeulen, Florencia Vilches, Andrew G. Wood, and Jennifer A. Jackson Marine Mammal Science 40(2):e13089 (19 p.)

Genetic divergence and one-way gene flow influence contemporary evolution and ecology of a partially migratory fish Kobayashi, Katie M., Rosealea M. Bond, Kerry Reid, J. Carlos Garza, Joseph D. Kiernan, and Eric P. Palkovacs Evolutionary Applications 17(6):e13712 (16 p.)

Evaluating threats to South Shetland Antarctic fur seals amidst population collapse Krause, Douglas J., Robert L. Brownell Jr., Carolina A. Bonin, Samuel M. Woodman, Douglas Shaftel, and George M. Watters Mammal Review 54(1):30-46

Assessment of the Pacific sardine resource (Sardinops sagax) in 2024 for U.S. management in 2024-2025 Kuriyama, Peter T., Caitlin Allen Akselrud, Juan P. Zwolinski, and Kevin T. Hill U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-698. 165 p.

Trophic level influences larval Shortbelly Rockfish development Kwan, Garfield T., Kamran A. Walsh, Andrew R. Thompson, Noah J. Ben-Aderet, H. William Fennie, Brice X. Semmens, and Rasmus Swalethorp Marine and Coastal Fisheries 16(6):e10319 (10 p.)

Eastern North Pacific gray whale calf production 1994-2024 Lang, Aimee, Tomo Eguchi, and David Weller U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-707. 12 p.

Ancestry and genetic structure of resident and anadromous rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Argentina Lazari, Carolina, Carla Riva-Rossi, Javier Ciancio, Miguel Pascual, Anthony J. Clemento, Devon E. Pearse, and John Carlos Garza Journal of Fish Biology 104(6):1972-1989

Good practices for estimating and using length-at-age in integrated stock assessments Lee, HuiHua, Mark N. Maunder, and Kevin R. Piner Fisheries Research 270:106883

Evaluating the potential for efficient, UAS-based reach-scale mapping of river channel bathymetry from multispectral images Legleiter, Carl J., and Lee R. Harrison Frontiers in Remote Sensing 5:1305991 (16 p.)

A two-dimensional, reach-scale implementation of space-time image velocimetry (STIV) and comparison to particle image velocimetry (PIV) Legleiter, Carl J., Paul J. Kinzel, Frank L. Engel, Lee R. Harrison, and Gregory Hewitt Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 49(10):3093-3114

Introduction Leis, Jeffrey M., William Watson, Bruce C. Mundy, and Peter Konstantinidis In: Jeffrey M. Leis, William Watson, Bruce C. Mundy, and Peter Konstantinidis (eds.), Early life history and biology of marine fishes: research inspired by the work of H. Geoffrey Moser, p. 1-2. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 24.

Early life history and biology of marine fishes: Research inspired by the work of H. Geoffrey Moser Leis, Jeffrey M., William Watson, Bruce C. Mundy, and Peter Konstantinidis (eds.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 24. 286 p.

Globally coordinated acoustic aquatic animal tracking reveals unexpected, ecologically important movements across oceans, lakes and rivers Lennox, Robert J., Frederick G. Whoriskey, Pieterjan Verhelst, Christopher S. Vandergoot, Marc Soria, Jan Reubens, Erin L. Rechisky, Michael Power, Taryn Murray, Ingeborg Mulder, James L. Markham, Susan K. Lowerre-Barbieri, Steven T. Lindley, Nathan A. Knott, Steven T. Kessel, Sara Iverson, Charlie Huveneers, Maike Heidemeyer, Robert Harcourt, Lucas P. Griffin, Claudie Friess, Alexander Filous, Lachlan C. Fetterplace, Andy J. Danylchuk, Ryan Daly, Paul Cowley, Steven J. Cooke, Elpis J. Chavez, Antonin Blaison, and Kim Whoriskey Ecography 2024(1):e06801 (16 p.)

Report of Working Group 41 on Marine Ecosystem Services in the North Pacific Lew, Daniel K., Gisele Magnusson, and Kevin D. Ray (eds.) North Pacific Marine Science Organization, PICES Scientific Report no. 65 (247 p.)

Divergent responses of highly migratory species to climate change in the California Current Lezama-Ochoa, Nerea, Stephanie Brodie, Heather Welch, Michael G. Jacox, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Jerome Fiechter, Megan Cimino, Barbara Muhling, Heidi Dewar, Elizabeth A. Becker, Karin A. Forney, Daniel Costa, Scott R. Benson, Nima Farchadi, Camrin Braun, Rebecca Lewison, Steven Bograd, and Elliott L. Hazen Diversity and Distributions 30(2):e13800 (14 p.)

Genetic data reveal wintering ground affiliation of humpback whales from the Mexican Central Pacific Llamas-Gonzalez, Myriam, Christian D. Ortega-Ortiz, Luis M. Enriquez-Paredes, Ursula A. Gonzalez-Peral, Eric Bautista-Guerrero, and Karen K. Martien Marine Mammal Science 40(1):54-72

Crossing the Pacific: Genomics reveals the presence of Japanese Sardine (Sardinops melanosticta) in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem Longo, Gary C., Jeremiah J. Minich, Nicholas Allsing, Kelsey James, Ella S. Adams-Herrmann, Wes Larson, Nolan Hartwick, Tiffany Duong, Barbara Muhling, Todd P. Michael, and Matthew T. Craig Molecular Ecology 33(22):e17561 (13 p.)

Smaller body size under warming is not due to gill-oxygen limitation in a cold-water salmonid Lonthair, Joshua K., Nicholas C. Wegner, Brian S. Cheng, Nann A. Fangue, Matthew J. O'Donnell, Amy M. Regish, John D. Swenson, Estefany Argueta, Stephen D. McCormick, Benjamin H. Letcher, and Lisa M. Komoroske Journal of Experimental Biology 227(4):jeb246477

The gill oxygen limitation hypothesis remains unsupported by experimental evidence: Response to 'Testing mechanistic theories must be based on correct interpretations' Lonthair, Joshua K., Nicholas C. Wegner, Brian S. Cheng, Nann A. Fangue, Matthew J. O'Donnell, Amy M. Regish, John D. Swenson, Estefany Argueta, Stephen D. McCormick, Benjamin H. Letcher, and Lisa M. Komoroske Journal of Experimental Biology 227(16):jeb248173 (3 p.)

Seascape genomics of the pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata): An insight into a cross-border species in the northeast Pacific coast Mares-Mayagoitia, Jorge Alberto, Fabioloa Lafarga-De la Cruz, Fiorenza Micheli, Pedro Cruz-Hernandez, Juan A. de-Anda-Montanez, John Hyde, Norma Y. Hernandez-Saavedra, Paulina Mejia-Ruiz, Vladimir S. De Jesus-Bonilla, Carmen E. Vargas-Peralta, and Fausto Valenzuela-Quinonez Journal of Heredity 115(2):188-202

Evidence of a small, island-associated population of common bottlenose dolphins in the Mariana Islands Martien, Karen K., Marie C. Hill, Frederick I. Archer, Robin W. Baird, Andrea R. Bendlin, Louella Dolar, Allan D. Ligon, Erin M. Oleson, Kelly M. Robertson, Samuel M. Woodman, Adam C. U, Kymberly M. Yano, and Amanda L. Bradford Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1254959 (18 p.)

Spatiotemporal changes in the community and demography of mesozooplankton in the eastern Indian sector of the Southern Ocean during austral summer 2018/2019 Matsuno, Kohei, Rikuto Sugioka, Yurika Maeda, Ryan Driscoll, Fokje L. Schaafsma, Sara Driscoll, Atsushi Yamaguchi, Ryuichi Matsukura, Hiroko Sasaki, and Hiroto Murase Progress in Oceanography 229:103360 (12 p.)

Diverse migratory strategies for a hawksbill sea turtle population Maurer, Andrew S., Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Martha O. Burford Reiskind, and Seth P. Stapleton Aquatic Conservation 34(1):e4080 (13 p.)

Resource selection by a megaomnivore in a marine foraging habitat Maurer, Andrew S., Tomo Eguchi, Garrett E. Lemons, Robin A. LeRoux, Erin L. LaCasella, Calandra N. Turner Tomaszewicz, Megan E. Hanna, Jessica Curran, Bryant Chesney, Sheila V. Madrak, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff Ecology and Evolution 14(11):e70132 (23 p.)

Geographic distribution of the Cross Seamount beaked whale based on acoustic detections McCoullough, Jennifer L.K., E. Elizabeth Henderson, Jennifer S. Trickey, Jay Barlow, Simone Baumann-Pickering, Roanne Manzano-Roth, Gabriela Alongi, Stephen Martin, Selene Fregosi, David K. Mellinger, Holger Klinck, Angela R. Szesciorka, and Erin M. Oleson Marine Mammal Science 40(1):164-183

Characteristics of animal movement and environmental data for dynamic ocean management: Insights and guidance McDonnell, Laura H., Elliott L. Hazen, Katharine J. Mach Conservation Science and Practice 6(12):e13268 (21 p.)

Range-wide phylogeographic structure of the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) using expanded sampling from contemporary and historical specimens McGowen, Michael R., Susana Caballero, Mary Faith C. Flores, Katherine R. Murphy, Frederick I. Archer, Sam Ayyagari, Isabel Beasley, C. Sarah Cohen, M. Louella L. Dolar, Chalatip Junchompoo, Patcharaporn Kaewmong, Worata Klinsawat, Danielle Kreb, Sui Hyang Kuit, Kelly Robertson, Richard Sabin, Watchara Sakornwimon, Kerri J. Smith, Zhi Yi Teoh, Trifan Budi, Louisa S. Ponnampalam, and Ellen Hines Marine Mammal Science 40(4):e13159 (18 p.)

Evidence for an oceanic population of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in offshore waters of California and Oregon McInnes, Josh D., Andrew W. Trites, Chelsea R. Mathieson, Marilyn E. Dahlheim, Jeffrey E. Moore, Paula A. Olson, and Kevin M. Lester Aquatic Mammals 50(2):93-106

POSER: and oPen sOurce Simulation platform for tEaching and tRaining underwater photogrammetry Menna, Fabio, Scott McAvoy, Erica Nocerino, Beatrice Tanduo, Louise Giuseffi, Alessio Calantropio, Filiberto Chiabrando, Lorenzo Teppati Lose, Andrea Maria Lingua, Stuart Sandin, Clint Edwards, Brian Zgliczynski, Dominique Rissolo, and Falko Kuester In: The Role of Photogrammetry for a Sustainable World: mid-term symposium (11-14 June 2024, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA). International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLVIII-2-2024:265-272

Heterochrony and the evolution of the longjaw mudsucker (Gobiidae, Teleostei) Milan, Jimjohn, Tyler Fidel, Watcharapong Hongjamrassilp, Benjamin W. Frable, Zachary R. Skelton, and Philip A. Hastings Journal of Fish Biology 104(1):155-162

The use of conceptual models to structure stock assessments: A tool for collaboration and for "modelling what to model" Minte-Vera, Carolina V., Mark N. Maunder, Alexandre Aires-da-Silva, Haikun Xu, Juan L. Valero, Steven L.H. Teo, Patricio Barria, and Nicholas D. Ducharme-Barth Fisheries Research 279:107135 (16 p.)

First records of hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) connectivity between the Galapagos Islands and Continental Ecuador Miranda, Cristina, Felipe Vallejo, Patricia Zarate, Juan Pablo Munoz, Daniela Alarcon, Luis Mera, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Ingrid Yanez, and Alexander Gaos Marine Turtle Newsletter 167:19-23

Multi-month forecasts of marine heatwaves and ocean acidification extremes Mogen, Samuel C., Nichole S. Lovenduski, Stephen G. Yeager, Antonietta Capotondi, Michael G. Jacox, Steven Bograd, Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Elliott L. Hazen, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Who Kim, and Nan Rosenbloom Nature Geoscience 17(12):1261-1267

Development and application of a bioenergetics growth model for multiple early life stages of an ecologically important marine fish Morales, Mark M., Jerome Fiechter, John C. Field, Neosha S. Kashef, Elliott L. Hazen, and Mark H. Carr Ecological Modelling 488:110575 (17 p.)

Revised taxonomy of eastern North Pacific killer whales (Orcinus orca): Bigg's and resident ecotypes deserve species status Morin, Phillip A., Morgan L. McCarthy, Charissa W. Fung, John W. Durban, Kim M. Parsons, William F. Perrin, Barbara L. Taylor, Thomas A. Jefferson, and Frederick I. Archer Royal Society Open Science 11(3):231368 (23 p.)

The urban lives of green sea turtles: Insights in behavior in an industrialized habitat using an animal-borne camera Mullaney, Cameron M., Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Garrett E. Lemons, Bryant Chesney, and Andrew S. Maurer Ecology and Evolution 14(4):e11282 (7 p.)

Empirical dynamic programming for model-free ecosystem-based management Munch, Stephan B., and Antoine Brias Methods in Ecology and Evolution 15(4):769-778

H. Geoffrey Moser's contributions to fisheries biology and ichthyology Mundy, Bruce C., Jeffrey M. Leis, William Watson, and Peter Konstantinidis In: Jeffrey M. Leis, William Watson, Bruce C. Mundy, and Peter Konstantinidis (eds.), Early life history and biology of marine fishes: research inspired by the work of H. Geoffrey Moser, p. 3-19. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 24.

Anthropogenic and environmental risk factors of salmonid predation in a tidal freshwater delta Nelson, T. Reid, Brendan M. Lehman, Nicholas J. Demetras, Lance Takata, Matthew J. Young, Frederick Feyrer, and Cyril J. Michel Freshwater Biology 69(10):1494-1510

The role of space ocean science and technology towards sustainable development goal [preface to special issue] Nimit, Kumar, Nurul Hazrina Idris, Cara Wilson, Carlos Gabriel, Gad Levy, Jim Gower, Ming-An Lee, Sidhartha Sahoo, and Stefano Vignudelli International Journal of Remote Sensing 45(23):8673-8685

Ship collision risk threatens whales across the world's oceans Nisi, Anna C., Heather Welch, Stephanie Brodie, Callie Leiphardt, Rachel Rhodes, Elliott L. Hazen, Jessica V. Redfern, Trevor A. Branch, Andre S. Barreto, John Calambokidis, Tyler Clavelle, Lauren Dares, Asha de Vos, Shane Gero, Jennifer A. Jackson, Robert D. Kenney, David Kroodsma, Russell Leaper, Douglas J. McCauley, Sue E. Moore, Ekaterina Ovsyanikova, Simone Panigada, Chloe V. Robinson, Tim White, Jono Wilson, and Briana Abrahms Science 386(6724):870-875

Biological status of Oregon Coast and Southern Oregon/Northern California coastal Chinook salmon: Report of the Status Review Team NOAA Fisheries Oregon Coast and Southern Oregon/Northern California Coastal Chinook Salmon Status Review Team U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-189. 150 p.

California steelhead populations were regionally buffered and individually resistant to a severe multi-year drought Ohms, Haley A., Eric P. Palkovacs, and David A. Boughton Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81(11):1594-1605

Environmental drivers of biogeography and community structure in a Mid-Atlantic estuary Oleynik, Haley A., Joseph J. Bizzarro, Edward A. Hale, and Aaron B. Carlisle Oecologia 204(3):543-557

Using Antarctic blue whale photo-ID data from the SOWER cruises: Capture-recapture estimates of abundance Olson, Paula A., and Douglas Kinzey Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, Special Issue 4:13-20

Future climate-induced distribution shifts in a sexually dimorphic key predator of the Southern Ocean Ouled-Cheikh, Jazel, David March, Renato Borras-Chavez, Massimiliano Drago, Michael E. Goebel, Jose M. Farina, Manel Gazo, Marta Coll, and Luis Cardona Global Change Biology 30(3):e17191 (17 p.)

Review of 2023 ocean salmon fisheries (amended): 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. 354 p.

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis and environmental assessment Part 1 for 2024 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 131 p.

Preseason report II: Proposed alternatives and environmental assessment Part 2 for 2024 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 73 p.

Preseason report III: Council adopted management measures and environmental assessment Part 3 for 2024 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 59 p.

Demographic and physiological signals of reproductive events in humpback whales on a southwest Pacific breeding ground Pallin, Logan J., Claire Garrigue, Nicholas M. Kellar, C. Scott Baker, Claire D. Bonneville, Solene Derville, Ellen C. Garland, Debbie Steel, and Ari S. Friedlaender Conservation Physiology 12(1):coae038 (17 p.)

Energy-dispersive diffraction tomography of shark vertebral centra Park, Jun-Sang, Ryan M. Horn, Haiyan Chen, Kelsey C. James, Michelle S. Passerotti, Lisa J. Natanson, and Stuart R. Stock Powder Diffraction 39(2):69-75

Small pelagic fish: new frontiers in ecological research Peck, Myron A., Ignacio A. Catalan, Susana Garrido, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Rebecca G. Asch, Jan R. McDowell, Elliott L. Hazen, and Isaac C. Kaplan Marine Ecology Progress Series 741:1-6

Detection of Leptospira kirschneri in a short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis delphis) stranded off the coast of southern California, USA Prager, K.C., Kerri Danil, Elyse Wurster, Kathleen M. Colegrove, Renee Galloway, Niesa Kettler, Rinosh Mani, Ryelan F. McDonough, Jason W. Sahl, Nathan E. Stone, David M. Wagner, and James O. Lloyd-Smith BMC Veterinary Research 20:266 (11 p.)

Reintroduction of spring-run Chinook salmon in the San Joaquin River: Evaluating genetic and phenotypic effects of captive breeding Pregler, Kasey C., Anthony Clemento, Mike Grill, Paul Adelizi, Stephanie M. Carlson, John Carlos Garza Conservation Science and Practice 6(9):e13176 (13 p.)

Catch as catch can: markets, availability, and fishery closures drive distinct responses among the U.S. West Coast coastal pelagic species fleet segments Quezada, Felipe J., Desiree Tommasi, Timothy H. Frawley, Barbara Muhling, Isaac Kaplan, and Stephen Stohs Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81(8):1135-1153

Quantifying the fates and retention of larval rockfish through Lagrangian analyses Quigley, Lucinda A., Peter J.S. Franks, Andrew R. Thompson, John C. Field, and Jarrod A. Santora Marine Ecology Progress Series 749:109-125

Open-source machine learning BANTER acoustic classification of beaked whale echolocation pulses Rankin, Shannon, Taiki Sakai, Frederick I. Archer, Jay Barlow, Danielle Cholewiak, Annamaria I. DeAngelis, Jennifer L.K. McCullough, Erin M. Oleson, Anne E. Simonis, Melissa S. Soldevilla, and Jennifer S. Trickey Ecological Informatics 80:102511 (8 p.)

Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) post-mortem findings from December 2018 through 2021 during the Unusual Mortality Event in the Eastern North Pacific Raverty, Stephen, Padraig Duignan, Denise Greig, Jessica L. Huggins, Kathy Burek Huntington, Michael Garner, John Calambokidis, Paul Cottrell, Kerri Danil, Dalin D'Alessandro, Deborah Duffield, Moe Flannery, Frances M.D. Gulland, Barbie Halaska, Dyanna M. Lambourn, Taylor Lehnhart, Jorge Urban R., Teri Rowles, James Rice, Kate Savage, Kristin Wilkinson, Justin Greenman, Justin Viezbicke, Brendan Cottrell, P. Dawn Goley, Maggie Martinez, and Deborah Fauquier PLoS ONE 19(3):e0295861 (25 p.)

Aquaculture-related ecosystem services in PICES member countries Ray, Kevin D., Gisele Magnusson, Yuhang Liu, Hiroki Wakamatsu, Claire Cazorla, Adam Colilli, Rosemary Kosaka, Daniel K. Lew, Jingmei Li, Wei Liu, Meng Su, and Ziyan Wang In: Daniel K. Lew, Gisele Magnusson, and Kevin D. Ray (eds.), Report of Working Group 41 on Marine Ecosystem Services in the North Pacific, p. 75-133. North Pacific Marine Science Organization, PICES Scientific Report no. 65.

Report on the Summer 2023 California Current Ecosystem Survey (CCES) (2307RL), 17 July to 3 November 2023, conducted aboard NOAA Ships Reuben Lasker and Bell M. Shimada, fishing vessels Lisa Marie and Long Beach Carnage, and three uncrewed surface vessels Renfree, Josiah S., Alice Beittel, Noelle M. Bowlin, Brad E. Erisman, Scott A. Mau, David W. Murfin, Brittany D. Schwartzkopf, Thomas S. Sessions, Kevin L. Stierhoff, Lanora Vasquez, William Watson, Juan P. Zwolinski, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-702. 53 p.

Relative sarcolipin (SLN) and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA1) transcript levels in closely related endothermic and ectothermic scombrid fishes: Implications for molecular basis of futile calcium cycle non-shivering thermogenesis (NST) Robinson, Sean, Nicholas C. Wegner, Chugey A. Sepulveda, and Jens P.C. Franck Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 295:111667 (7 p.)

Evaluating top-down, bottom-up, and environmental drivers of pelagic food web dynamics along an estuarine gradient Rogers, Tanya L., Samuel M. Bashevkin, Christina E. Burdi, Denise D. Colombano, Peter N. Dudley, Brian Mahardja, Lara Mitchell, Sarah Perry, and Parsa Saffarinia Ecology 105(4):e4274 (15 p.)

Mexico must save the vaquita from gill nets [letter to the editor] Rojas-Bracho, Lorenzo, Barbara L. Taylor, Randall R. Reeves, Andrew Read, Jay Barlow, Greg Donovan, Peter O. Thomas, Frances Gulland, Sarah L. Mesnick, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Annette Henry, Jorge Urban, and Tim Gerrodette Science 385(6708):504

Advancing bioenergetics-based modeling to improve climate change projections of marine ecosystems Rose, Kenneth A., Kirstin Holsman, Janet A. Nye, Emily H. Markowitz, Thomas N.S. Banha, Nina Bednarsek, Juan Bueno-Pardo, David Deslauriers, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Klaus B. Huebert, Martin Huret, Shin-ichi Ito, Stefan Koenigstein, Lingbo Li, Hassan Moustahfid, Barbara A. Muhling, Philipp Neubauer, Jose Ricardo Paula, Elizabeth C. Siddon, Morten D. Skogen, Paul D. Spencer, P. Daniel van Denderen, Gro I. van der Meeren, and Myron A. Peck Marine Ecology Progress Series 732:193-221

Perturbations in a pelagic food web during the NE Pacific large marine heatwave and persistent harmful diatom blooms Ruiz-Cooley, Rocio I., Clarissa Anderson, Raphael Kudela, Robin Dunkin, and John Field Harmful Algae 140:102743 (13 p.)

Using environmental DNA to assess the response of steelhead/Rainbow Trout and Coastrange Sculpin populations to postfire debris flows in coastal streams of Big Sur, California Rundio, David E., Brian C. Spence, Dorothy M. Chase, and Carl O. Ostberg North American Journal of Fisheries Management 44(6):1167-1182

Development of methods for collecting spectral data from Fourier transform near-infrared spectroscopy to age three small coastal pelagic species (Pacific Sardine, Pacific Mackerel, Northern Anchovy) in the northeast Pacific Ocean Saas, Emma, Emmanis Dorval, Dianna L. Porzio, and Brittany D. Schwartzkopf U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-694. 47 p.

Project report: Rockfish Recruitment and Ecosystem Assessment Survey (NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker, RL-24-06, May 1 - June 18, 2024) Sakuma, Keith NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Ecology Division, Santa Cruz, California. 18 p.

Stay or go? Geographic variation in risks due to climate change for fishing fleets that adapt in-place or adapt on-the-move Samhouri, Jameal F., Blake E. Feist, Michael Jacox, Owen R. Liu, Kate Richerson, Erin Steiner, John Wallace, Kelly Andrews, Lewis Barnett, Anne H. Beaudreau, Lyall Bellquist, Mer Pozo Buil, Melissa A. Haltuch, Abigail Harley, Chris J. Harvey, Isaac C. Kaplan, Karma Norman, Amanda Phillips, Leif K. Rasmuson, Eric J. Ward, Curt Whitmire, and Rebecca L. Selden PLOS Climate 3(2):e0000285 (28 p.)

Beyond boundaries: governance considerations for climate-driven habitat shifts of highly migratory marine species across jurisdictions Santos, Bianca S., Elliott L. Hazen, Heather Welch, Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, Barbara A. Block, Daniel P. Costa, Scott A. Shaffer, and Larry B. Crowder npj Ocean Sustainability 3:22 (8 p.)

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