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A data-poor assessment of the US wreckfish fishery MacCall, Alec D. Briefing book report to the Scientific and Statistical Committee Meeting, October 23-25, 2012. South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, North Charleston, South Carolina. 10 p.

Weak evidence for sardine collapse MacCall, Alec D., Kevin T. Hill, Paul Crone, and Robert Emmett Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(19):E1131

Sources of abundance information for 65 unassessed stocks of West Coast groundfish MacCall, Alec, E.J. Dick, Braden Soper, and Maria DeYorio In: Assessment methods for data-moderate stocks: Report of the Methodology Review Panel Meeting (NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington, 26-29 June 2012), Appendix 4, p. 24-86. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

Home ranges of East Pacific green turtles Chelonia mydas in a highly urbanized temperate foraging ground MacDonald, Bradley D., Rebecca L. Lewison, Sheila V. Madrak, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Tomoharu Eguchi Marine Ecology Progress Series 461:211-221

Stable isotope analysis challenges wasp-waist food web assumptions in an upwelling pelagic ecosystem Madigan, Daniel J., Aaron B. Carlisle, Heidi Dewar, Owyn E. Snodgrass, Steven Y. Litvin, Fiorenza Micheli, and Barbara A. Block Scientific Reports 2:654 (10 p.)

Small-scale gill-net fisheries cause massive green turtle Chelonia mydas mortality in Baja California Sur, Mexico Mancini, Agnese, Volker Koch, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Benedicte Madon Oryx 46(1):69-77

Modelling the timing and duration of dormancy in populations of Calanus finmarchicus from the Northwest Atlantic shelf Maps, Frederic, Jeffrey A. Runge, Andrew Leising, Andrew J. Pershing, Nicholas R. Record, Stephane Plourde, and James J. Pierson Journal of Plankton Research 34(1):36-54

Population structure of island-associated dolphins: Evidence from mitochondrial and microsatellite markers for common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) around the main Hawaiian Islands Martien, Karen K., Robin W. Baird, Nicole M. Hedrick, Antoinette M. Gorgone, Janet L. Thieleking, Daniel J. McSweeney, Kelly M. Robertson, and Daniel L. Webster Marine Mammal Science 28(3):E208-E232

Effort changes around a marine reserve: The case of the California Rockfish Conservation Area Mason, Janet, Rosemary Kosaka, Aaron Mamula, and Cameron Speir Marine Policy 36(5):1054-1063

Automated techniques for detection and recognition of fishes using computer vision algorithms Matai, J., R. Kastner, G.R. Cutter Jr., and D.A. Demer In: Kresimir Williams, Chris Rooper, and John Harms (eds.), Report of the National Marine Fisheries Service Automated Image Processing Workshop (September 4-7, 2010, Seattle, Washington), p. 35-37. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-121.

Contrasting abundance and residency patterns of two sympatric populations of transient killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the northern Gulf of Alaska Matkin, Craig O., John W. Durban, Eva L. Saulitis, Russel D. Andrews, Janice M. Straley, Dena R. Matkin, and Graeme M. Ellis Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 110(2):143-155

Finding balance in fisheries management Maxwell, Sara M., Elliott L. Hazen, Lance E. Morgan, Helen Bailey, and Rebecca Lewison Science 336(6080):413

Sardine biomass is poorly correlated with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation off California McClatchie, Sam Geophysical Research Letters 39:L13703 (6 p.)

Resolution of fine biological structure including small narcomedusae across a front in the Southern California Bight McClatchie, Sam, Robert Cowen, Karen Nieto, Adam Greer, Jessica Y. Luo, Cedric Guigand, David Demer, David Griffith, and Daniel Rudnick Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 117(C4):C04020 (18 p.)

Biological and environmental drivers of energy allocation in a dependent mammal, the Antarctic fur seal pup McDonald, Birgitte I., Michael E. Goebel, Daniel E. Crocker, and Daniel P. Costa Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85(2):134-147

Dynamic influence of maternal and pup traits on maternal care during lactation in an income breeder, the Antarctic fur seal McDonald, Birgitte I., Michael E. Goebel, Daniel E. Crocker, and Daniel P. Costa Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85(3):243-254

Satellite-based detection and monitoring of phytoplankton blooms along the Oregon coast McKibben, S.M., P.G. Strutton, D.G. Foley, T.D. Peterson, and A.E. White Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 117(C12):C12002 (12 p.)

Onset of melanophore patterns in the head region of Chinook salmon: a natural marker for the reidentification of individual fish Merz, Joseph E., Paul Skvorc, Susan M. Sogard, Clark Watry, Scott M. Blankenship, and Erwin E. Van Nieuwenhuyse North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32(4):806-816

Body shape changes associated with reproductive status, nutritive condition and growth in right whales Eubalaena glacialis and E. australis Miller, Carolyn A., Peter B. Best, Wayne L. Perryman, Mark F. Baumgartner, and Michael J. Moore Marine Ecology Progress Series 459:135-156

Probability of taking a western North Pacific gray whale during the proposed Makah Hunt Moore, Jeffery E., and David W. Weller Paper SC/64/BRG9 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 5 p.

Beaked whale abundance trends in the California Current, 1991-2008 Moore, Jeffrey E., and Jay P. Barlow Paper SC/64/SM11 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 14 p.

Trophic tangles through time? Opposing direct and indirect effects of an invasive omnivore on stream ecosystem processes Moore, Jonathan W., Stephanie M. Carlson, Laura A. Twardochleb, Jason L. Hwan, Justin M. Fox, and Sean A. Hayes PLoS ONE 7(11):e50687 (10 p.)

Global killer whale phylogeography part II: mitogenome and nuclear genetic analysis using next-generation DNA sequencing and SNP genotypes Morin, Phillip A., Andrew Foote, John Durban, and Robert Pitman Paper SC/64/O18 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 12 p.

An empirical comparison of SNPs and microsatellites for population structure, assignment, and demographic analyses of bowhead whale populations Morin, Phillip A., Frederick I. Archer, Victoria L. Pease, Brittany L. Hancock-Hanser, Kelly M. Robertson, Ryan M. Huebinger, Karen K. Martien, John W. Bickham, J. Craig George, Lianne D. Postma, and Barbara L. Taylor Paper SC/64/AWMP3 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 27 p.

Empirical comparison of single nucleotide polymorphisms and microsatellites for population and demographic analyses of bowhead whales Morin, Phillip A., Frederick I. Archer, Victoria L. Pease, Brittany L. Hancock-Hanser, Kelly M. Robertson, Ryan M. Huebinger, Karen K. Martien, John W. Bickham, J. Craig George, Lianne D. Postma, and Barbara L. Taylor Endangered Species Research 19(2):129-147

Preliminary analysis of mitochondrial genome phylogeography of Blainville's, Cuvier's and Gervias' beaked whales Morin, Phillip A., Sebastian Duchene, Nicole Lee, John Durban, and Diane Claridge Paper SC/64/SM14 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 17 p.

Diet of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) associating with artisanal fishing traps in a subtropical estuary in Brazil Nagaoka, Shany Mayumi, Agnaldo Silva Martins, Robson Guimaraes dos Santos, Monica Maria Pereira Tognella, Erico Cabral de Oliveira Filho, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff Marine Biology 159(3):573-581

Ancient climate change, antifreeze, and the evolutionary diversification of Antarctic fishes Near, Thomas J., Alex Dornburg, Kristen L. Kuhn, Joseph T. Eastman, Jullian N. Pennington, Tomaso Patarnello, Lorenzo Zane, Daniel A. Fernandez, and Christopher D. Jones Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(9):3434-3439

Mesoscale frontal structures in the Canary Upwelling System: New front and filament detection algorithms applied to spatial and temporal patterns Nieto, K., H. Demarcq, and S. McClatchie Remote Sensing of Environment 123:339-346

Final biological report: Final rule to revise the critical habitat designation for leatherback sea turtles NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. 34 p.

Economic impacts associated with the U.S. West Coast critical habitat designation for the leatherback sea turtle NMFS Southwest Regional Office and NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Regional Office and Southwest Fisheries Science Center. 103 p.

Sacramento River winter Chinook cohort reconstruction: analysis of ocean fishery impacts O'Farrell, Michael R., Michael S. Mohr, Allen M. Grover, and William H. Satterthwaite U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-491. 68 p.

The Winter-Run Harvest Model (WRHM) O'Farrell, Michael R., Shanae D. Allen, and Michael S. Mohr U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-489. 17 p.

California coastal Chinook salmon: status, data, and feasibility of alternative fishery management strategies O'Farrell, Michael R., William H. Satterthwaite, and Brian C. Spence U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-494. 29 p.

Field guide to marine mammals of the Pacific Coast: Baja, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, by Sarah G. Allen and Joe Mortenson [book review] Olson, Paula A. The Quarterly Review of Biology 87(3):273

Antarctic blue whale photo-identification catalogue summary Olson, Paula A. Paper SC/64/SH8 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 5 p.

Observations of killer whales off East Antarctica, 82°-95°E, in 2009 Olson, Paula A., Paul Ensor, and Sanna Kuningas Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 12(1):61-64

Pacific coast groundfish 5-year review of essential fish habitat. Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council, Phase 1: New information. Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Coast Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Review Committee) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 427 p.

Review of 2011 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. 352 p.

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis and environmental assessment Part 1 for 2012 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 126 p.

Preseason report II: Proposed alternatives and environmental assessment Part 2 for 2012 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 69 p.

Preseason report III: Council adopted management measures and environmental assessment Part 3 for 2012 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 40 p.

Oceanic controls on the mass balance of Wilkins Ice Shelf, Antarctica Padman, Laurie, Daniel P. Costa, Michael S. Dinniman, Helen A. Fricker, Michael E. Goebel, Luis A. Huckstadt, Angelika Humbert, Ian Joughin, Jan T.M. Lenaerts, Stefan R.M. Ligtenberg, Ted Scambos, and Michiel R. van den Broeke Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 117(C1):C01010 (17 p.)

Stable isotopes indicate differing foraging strategies in two sympatric otariids of the Galapagos Islands Paez-Rosas, Diego, David Aurioles-Gamboa, Juan Jose Alava, and Daniel M. Palacios Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 424-425:44-52

Cetacean distribution and relative abundance in Colombia's Pacific EEZ from survey cruises and platforms of opportunity Palacios, Daniel M., Julio C. Herrera, Tim Gerrodette, Carolina Garcia, German A. Soler, Isabel C. Avila, Sandra Bessudo, Elizabeth Hernandez, Fernando Trujillo, Lilian Florez-Gonzalez, and Iain Kerr Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 12(1):45-60

The small-cetacean fauna of the west coast of Africa and Macaronesia: diversity and distribution Perrin, William F., and Koen Van Waerebeek In: Conserving cetaceans and manatees in the western African region: compilation of articles based on the Scientific Symposium of the Western African Talks on Cetaceans and their Habitats (WATCH) (Adeje, Tenerife, 2007), p. 7-17. United Nations Environment Programme, Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, CMS Technical Series no. 26.

Anomalous 2012 spring ice cover in the Bering Sea: predicted impacts on eastern North Pacific gray whales Perryman, Wayne L., and David W. Weller Paper SC/64/BRG18 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 3 p.

GhostNet marine debris survey in the Gulf of Alaska: Satellite guidance and aircraft observations Pichel, William G., Timothy S. Veenstra, James H. Churnside, Elena Arabini, Karen S. Friedman, David G. Foley, Russell E. Brainard, Dale Kiefer, Simeon Ogle, Pablo Clemente-Colon, and Xiaofeng Li Marine Pollution Bulletin 65(1-3):28-41

Estimating escapement for a low-abundance steelhead population using dual-frequency identification sonar (DIDSON) Pipal, Kerrie A., Jeremy J. Notch, Sean A. Hayes, and Peter B. Adams North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32(5):880-893

Review of current knowledge on pygmy beaked whale Mesoplodon peruvianus including identification of knowledge gaps and suggestions for future research Pitman, R.L., and R.L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/64/SM30 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 5 p.

Cooperative hunting behavior, prey selectivity and prey handling by pack ice killer whales (Orcinus orca), type B, in Antarctic Peninsula waters Pitman, Robert L., and John W. Durban Marine Mammal Science 28(1):16-36

Incidence of wing deformities ('angel wing') among masked boobies at Clipperton Island: life history consequences and insight into etiology Pitman, Robert L., Lisa T. Ballance, and Charles A. Bost Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124(3):597-602

A simplified method of determining the sex of Pygoscelis penguins using bill measurements Polito, Michael J., Gemma V. Clucas, Tom Hart, and Wayne Z. Trivelpiece Marine Ornithology 40(2):89-94

Physiological constraints and the influence of diet on fatty acids in the yolk of gentoo penguins, Pygoscelis papua Polito, Michael J., Heather N. Koopman, Stephanie Able, Jennifer Walsh, and Michael E. Goebel Journal of Comparative Physiology B 182(5):703-713

Comparative feeding ecology of shortfin mako, blue and thresher sharks in the California Current Preti, Antonella, Candan U. Soykan, Heidi Dewar, R.J. David Wells, Natalie Spear, and Suzanne Kohin Environmental Biology of Fishes 95(1):127-146

Discovery and characterization of a large number of diagnostic markers to discriminate Oncorhynchus mykiss and O. clarkii Pritchard, V.L., A. Abadia-Cardoso, and J.C. Garza Molecular Ecology Resources 12(5):918-931

Can genetic differences explain vocal dialect variation in sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus Rendell, Luke, Sarah L. Mesnick, Merel L. Dalebout, Jessica Burtenshaw, and Hal Whitehead Behavior Genetics 42(2):332-343

William Eugene Evans, 11 October 1930 - 12 October 1910 Ridgway, Sam, Bernd Wursig, Alexey V. Yablokov, William F. Perrin, and Randall Davis Marine Mammal Science 28(1):232-235

A status update on IWC samples held in the Southwest Fisheries Science Center's marine mammal and turtle molecular research sample collection Robertson, K.M., B.L. Taylor, and R.L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/64/SD1 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 2 p.

Estimating species and size composition of rockfishes to verify targets in acoustic surveys of untrawlable areas Rooper, Christopher N., Michael H. Martin, John L. Butler, Darin T. Jones, and Mark Zimmermann Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 110(3):317-331

Differences in timing of migration and response to sexual signalling drive asymmetric hybridization across a migratory divide Ruegg, K., E.C. Anderson, and H. Slabbekoorn Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25(9):1741-1750

Tracking large-scale latitudinal patterns of δ13C and δ15N along the E Pacific using epi-mesopelagic squid as indicators Ruiz-Cooley, R.I., and T. Gerrodette Ecosphere 3(7):63 (17 p.)

Contrasting C and N isotope ratios from sperm whale skin and squid between the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of California: effect of habitat Ruiz-Cooley, R.I., D.T. Engelhaupt, and J.G. Ortega-Ortiz Marine Biology 159(1):151-164

Climatic and ecological conditions in the California Current LME for [January to March 2012] Runcie, Rosa (comp.) PaCOOS quarterly report (vol. 5, quarter 1). NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 11 p.

Climatic and ecological conditions in the California Current LME for April to June 2012 Runcie, Rosa (comp.) PaCOOS quarterly report (vol. 5, quarter 2). NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 17 p.

Climatic and ecological conditions in the California Current LME for July to September 2012 Runcie, Rosa (comp.) PaCOOS quarterly report (vol. 5, quarter 3). NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 14 p.

Summary of 2012 climatic and ecological conditions in the California Current LME Runcie, Rosa (comp.) PaCOOS annual report (vol. 5, annual 4). NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 23 p.

Reciprocal fluxes of stream and riparian invertebrates in a coastal California basin with Mediterranean climate Rundio, David E., and Steven T. Lindley Ecological Research 27(3):539-550

Male-biased sex ratio of nonanadromous Oncorhynchus mykiss in a partially migratory population in California Rundio, David E., Thomas H. Williams, Devon E. Pearse, and Steven T. Lindley Ecology of Freshwater Fish 21(2):293-299

StereoMeasure and StereoFeatures: Measuring fish and reconstructing scenes using underwater stereo photographs Rzhanov, Yuri, and George Cutter In: Kresimir Williams, Chris Rooper, and John Harms (eds.), Report of the National Marine Fisheries Service Automated Image Processing Workshop (September 4-7, 2010, Seattle, Washington), p. 38-40. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-121.

Thermal legacies: transgenerational effects of temperature on growth in a vertebrate Salinas, Santiago, and Stephan B. Munch Ecology Letters 15(2):159-163

The response of correlated traits following cessation of fishery-induced selection Salinas, Santiago, Kestrel O. Perez, Tara A. Duffy, Stephen J. Sabatino, Lyndie A. Hice, Stephan B. Munch, and David O. Conover Evolutionary Applications 5(7):657-663

Habitat use of hourglass dolphins near the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Santora, Jarrod A. Polar Biology 35(5):801-806

Spatial ecology of krill, micronekton and top predators in the central California Current: Implications for defining ecologically important areas Santora, Jarrod A., John C. Field, Isaac D. Schroeder, Keith M. Sakuma, Brian K. Wells, and William J. Sydeman Progress in Oceanography 106:154-174

Krill space: a comparative assessment of mesoscale structuring in polar and temperate marine ecosystems Santora, Jarrod A., William J. Sydeman, Isaac D. Schroeder, Christian S. Reiss, Brian K. Wells, John C. Field, Anthony M. Cossio, and Valerie J. Loeb ICES Journal of Marine Science 69(7):1317-1327

State-dependent migration timing and use of multiple habitat types in anadromous salmonids Satterthwaite, William H., Sean A. Hayes, Joseph E. Merz, Susan M. Sogard, Danielle M. Frechette, and Marc Mangel Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141(3):781-794

A Bayesian hierarchical model of size-at-age in ocean-harvested stocks: quantifying effects of climate and temporal variability Satterthwaite, William Hallowell, Michael Steven Mohr, Michael Robert O'Farrell, and Brian Kenneth Wells Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69(5):942-954

Managed relocation: integrating the scientific, regulatory, and ethical challenges Schwartz, Mark W., Jessica J. Hellmann, Jason M. McLachlan, Dov F. Sax, Justin O. Borevitz, Jean Brennan, Alejandro E. Camacho, Gerardo Ceballos, Jamie R. Clark, Holly Doremus, Regan Early, Julie R. Etterson, Dwight Fielder, Jacquelyn L. Gill, Patrick Gonzalez, Nancy Green, Lee Hannah, Dale W. Jamieson, Debra Javeline, Ben A. Minteer, Jay Odenbaugh, Stephen Polasky, David M. Richardson, Terry L. Root, Hugh D. Safford, Osvaldo Sala, Stephen H. Schneider, Andrew R. Thompson, John W. Williams, Mark Vellend, Pati Vitt, and Sandra Zellmer BioScience 62(8):732-743

Pelagic predator associations: tuna and dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean Scott, Michael D., Susan J. Chivers, Robert J. Olson, Paul C. Fiedler, and Kim Holland Marine Ecology Progress Series 458:283-302

Sea turtles of the eastern Pacific: advances in research and conservation Seminoff, Jeffrey A., and Bryan P. Wallace (eds.) University of Arizona Press. 376 p.

Biology and conservation of sea turtles in the eastern Pacific Ocean: a general overview Seminoff, Jeffrey A., Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Diego Amorocho, Randall Arauz, Andres Baquero Gallegos, Didiher Chacon Chaverri, Alexander R. Gaos, Shaleyla Kelez, Jeffrey C. Mangel, Jose Urteaga, and Bryan P. Wallace In: Jeffrey A. Seminoff and Bryan P. Wallace (eds.), Sea turtles of the eastern Pacific: advances in research and conservation, p. 11-38. University of Arizona Press.

Stable isotope tracking of endangered sea turtles: validation with satellite telemetry and d15N analysis of amino acids Seminoff, Jeffrey A., Scott R. Benson, Karen E. Arthur, Tomoharu Eguchi, Peter H. Dutton, Ricardo F. Tapilatu, and Brian N. Popp PLoS ONE 7(5):e37403 (11 p.)

Expanded mitochondrial control region sequences increase resolution of stock structure among North Atlantic loggerhead turtle rookeries Shamblin, Brian M., Alan B. Bolten, Karen A. Bjorndal, Peter H. Dutton, Janne T. Nielsen, F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Kimberly J. Reich, Blair E. Witherington, Dean A. Bagley, Llewellyn M. Ehrhart, Anton D. Tucker, David S. Addison, Alejandro Arenas, Chris Johnson, Raymond R. Carthy, Margaret M. Lamont, Mark G. Dodd, Michael S. Gaines, Erin LaCasella, and Campbell J. Nairn Marine Ecology Progress Series 469:145-160

Estimating species composition and quantifying uncertainty in multispecies fisheries: hierarchical Bayesian models for stratified sampling protocols with missing data Shelton, Andrew O., E.J. Dick, Donald E. Pearson, Stephen Ralston, and Marc Mangel Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69:(2) 231-246

Maternal age, fecundity, egg quality, and recruitment: linking stock structure to recruitment using an age-structured Ricker model Shelton, Andrew O., Stephan B. Munch, David Keith, and Marc Mangel Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69(10):1631-1641

Tagging through the stages: ontogeny in biologging [Theme section] Shillinger, George L., Elliott L. Hazen, Helen Bailey, Steven J. Bograd, Brendan J. Godley, Rory P. Wilson, Philippe Gaspar, Mark Hamann, and James R. Spotila (eds.) Marine Ecology Progress Series 457:163-301

On the dispersal of leatherback turtle hatchlings from Mesoamerican nesting beaches Shillinger, George L., Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Hao Luo, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Helen Bailey, and James R. Spotila Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279(1737):2391-2395

Tagging through the stages: technical and ecological challenges in observing life histories through biologging [Introduction to theme section] Shillinger, George L., Helen Bailey, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Mark Hamann, Philippe Gaspar, Brendan J. Godley, Rory P. Wilson, and James R. Spotila Marine Ecology Progress Series 457:165-170

Combining a Bayesian nonparametric method with a hierarchical framework to estimate individual and temporal variation in growth Sigourney, Douglas B., Stephan B. Munch, and Benjamin H. Letcher Ecological Modelling 247:125-134

Contrasts in habitat characteristics and life history patterns of Oncorhynchus mykiss in California's central coast and Central Valley Sogard, Susan M., Joseph E. Merz, William H. Satterthwaite, Michael P. Beakes, David R. Swank, Erin M. Collins, Robert G. Titus, and Marc Mangel Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141(3):747-760

Application of a data-assimilation model to variability of Pacific sardine spawning and survivor habitats with ENSO in the California Current System Song, Hajoon, Arthur J. Miller, Sam McClatchie, Edward D. Weber, Karen M. Nieto, and David M. Checkley Jr. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 117(C3):C03009 (15 p.)

Updates to biological viability criteria for threatened steelhead populations in the North-Central California Coast Recovery Domain Spence, Brian C., Eric P. Bjorkstedt, Sara Paddock, and Leora Nanus National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Ecology Division, Santa Cruz, California. 15 p.

Circumpolar diversity and geographic differentiation of mtDNA in the critically endangered Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus intermedia) Sremba, Angela L., Brittany Hancock-Hanser, Trevor A. Branch, Rick L. LeDuc, and C. Scott Baker PLoS ONE 7(3):e32579 (13 p.)

Marine predator migration during range expansion: Humboldt squid Dosidicus gigas in the northern California Current System Stewart, J.S., E.L. Hazen, D.G. Foley, S.J. Bograd, and W.F. Gilley Marine Ecology Progress Series 471:135-150

On the road to extinction? Population declines of the endangered white abalone, Haliotis sorenseni Stierhoff, Kevin L., Melissa Neuman, and John L. Butler Biological Conservation 152:46-52

An overview of visual survey research and imaging technology development at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center Stierhoff, Kevin, George Cutter, David Murfin, and David Demer In: Kresimir Williams, Chris Rooper, and John Harms (eds.), Report of the National Marine Fisheries Service Automated Image Processing Workshop (September 4-7, 2010, Seattle, Washington), p. 13-17. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-121.

Scientific conclusions of the status review for Oregon coast coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Stout, Heather A., Peter W. Lawson, Daniel L. Bottom, Thomas D. Cooney, Michael J. Ford, Chris E. Jordan, Robert G. Kope, Lance M. Kruzic, George R. Pess, Gordon H. Reeves, Mark D. Scheuerell, Thomas C. Wainwright, Robin S. Waples, Eric Ward, Laurie A. Weitkamp, John G. Williams, and Thomas A. Williams U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-118. 242 p.

Detecting causality in complex ecosystems Sugihara, George, Robert May, Hao Ye, Chih-hao Hsieh, Ethan Deyle, Michael Fogarty, and Stephan Munch Science 338(6106):496-500

The spatial structure of coastal ichthyoplankton assemblages off central and southern California Suntsov, Andrey, J. Anthony Koslow, and William Watson CalCOFI Reports 53:153-170

Ichthyoplankton and station data for surface (Manta) and oblique (Bongo) plankton tows for California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Cruises and California Current Ecosystem Survey in 2009 Thompson, Andrew R., William Watson, and Susan M. Manion U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-492. 155 p.