NOAA FISHERIES

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.)

The SWFSC Director's 2012 report on research regarding highly migratory species and their fisheries in the North Pacific Ocean Southwest Fisheries Science Center U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-12-04. 37 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.

Multi-scale sampling to evaluate assemblage dynamics in an oceanic marine reserve Thompson, Andrew R., William Watson, Sam McClatchie, and Edward D. Weber PLoS ONE 7(3):e33131 (12 p.)

Linking predators to seasonality of upwelling: using food web indicators and path analysis to infer trophic connections Thompson, Sarah Ann, William J. Sydeman, Jarrod A. Santora, Bryan A. Black, Robert M. Suryan, John Calambokidis, William T. Peterson, and Steven J. Bograd Progress in Oceanography 101(1):106-120

Updated guidelines for DNA data quality control and error rate estimation, for genetic studies relevant to IWC management advice Tiedemann, R., F. Cipriano, P.A. Morin, A.R. Hoelzel, P. Palsboll, R. Waples, A. Natoli, L. Bachmann, L. Postma, M. Double, C. Pampoulie, H. Skaug, C.S. Baker, and Jennifer Jackson Paper SC/64/SD2 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 12 p.

Sea turtles in the southern Nicobar Islands: results of surveys from February-May 1991 Tiwari, Manjula Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter 16:14-18

Turning off the heat: impacts of power plant decommissioning on greet turtle research in San Diego Bay Turner-Tomaszewicz, Calandra, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff Coastal Management 40(1):73-87

Report on the photographic comparison of the western and Mexican gray whale catalogues Urban R., J., D. Weller, O. Tyurneva, S. Swartz, A. Bradford, Y. Yakovlev, O. Sychenko, H. Rosales N., S. Martinez A., A. Burdin, and A. Gomez-Gallardo U. Paper SC/64/BRG13 (revised) presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 6 p.

Summer diatom blooms in the North Pacific subtropical gyre: 2008-2009 Villareal, Tracy A., Colbi G. Brown, Mark A. Brzezinski, Jeffrey W. Krause, and Cara Wilson PLoS ONE 7(4):e33109 (15 p.)

Spatial and temporal scale of density-dependent body growth and its implications for recruitment, population dynamics and management of stream-dwelling salmonid populations Vincenzi, Simone, William Hallowell Satterthwaite, and Marc Mangel Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 22(3):813-825

Social and behavioural factors in cetacean responses to overexploitation: are odontocetes less "resilient" than mysticetes Wade, Paul R., Randall R. Reeves, and Sarah L. Mesnick Journal of Marine Biology 2012:567276 (15 p.)

Towards developing a feedback management procedure for the Antarctic krill fishery Watters, G., and J. Hinke CCAMLR Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 2-13 July 2012), Document no. WG-EMM-12/44.

Research and monitoring to support an MPA in the Ross Sea Region Watters, G.M., and C.S. Reiss CCAMLR Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 2-13 July 2012), Document no. WG-EMM-12/46.

Effect of environmental conditions on the distribution of Pacific mackerel (Scomber japonicus) larvae in the California Current system Weber, Edward D., and Sam McClatchie Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 110(1):85-97

Movements of gray whales between the western and eastern North Pacific Weller, David W., Amber Klimek, Amanda L. Bradford, John Calambokidis, Aimee R. Lang, Brian Gisborne, Alexander M. Burdin, Wendy Szaniszlo, Jorge Urban, Alejandro Gomez-Gallardo Unzueta, Steven Swartz, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Endangered Species Research 18(3):193-199

A re-evaluation of gray whale records in the western North Pacific Weller, David W., and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/64/BRG10 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 4 p.

Population dynamics of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha relative to prey availability in the central California coastal region Wells, Brian K., Jarrod A. Santora, John C. Field, R. Bruce MacFarlane, Baldo B. Marinovic, and William J. Sydeman Marine Ecology Progress Series 457:125-137

Management Strategy Evaluation for Sacramento River winter Chinook salmon Winship, Arliss J., Michael R. O'Farrell, and Michael S. Mohr Report to the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Region, Long Beach, California. 85 p.

Cruise report, F/V Ventura II, LL-JS-0024, June 24, 2011 - July 13, 2011 and October 21, 2011 - October 30, 2011: Highly Migratory Species (HMS) abundance survey: Fisheries Resources Division. Wraith, James, and Suzanne Kohin NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 5 p.

Summary of current knowledge on Mesoplodon ginkgodens from the seas around Japan and review of North American data Yamada, T.K., Y. Tajima, A. Yatabe, and R.L. Brownell Paper SC/64/SM28 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012).

Summary of current knowledge on Mesoplodon stejnegeri mainly from the seas around Japan and review of North American data Yamada, T.K., Y. Tajima, A. Yatabe, S. Kitamura, T. Isobe, and R.L. Brownell Paper SC/64/SM25 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012).

Review of current knowledge on Hubbs' beaked whale, Mesoplodon carlhubbsi, from the seas around Japan and data from North America Yamada, Tadasu K., Yuko Tajima, Akiko Yatabe, B.M. Allen, and R.L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/64/SM27 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 8 p.

Review of current knowledge on Indopacetus pacificus including identification of knowledge gaps and suggestions for future research Yamada, Tadasu K., Yuko Tajima, Akiko Yatabe, R. Pitman, and R.L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/64/SM26 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 8 p.

Two Longman's beaked whales (Indopacetus pacificus) from Taiwan Yao, Chiuo-Ju, Wei-Cheng Yang, Yan-Jun Chen, Jun-Tsong Lin, Robert L. Brownell Jr., and Lien-Siang Chou Paper SC/64/SM32 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC64 meeting, Panama City, Panama, 2012). 13 p.

The Ascension-Monterey Canyon System: Habitats of demersal fishes and macroinvertebrates along the central California coast of the USA Yoklavich, Mary, and H. Gary Greene In: Peter T. Harris and Elaine K. Baker (eds.), Seafloor geomorphology as benthic habitat: GeoHAB atlas of seafloor geomorphic features and benthic habitats, p. 739-749. Elsevier.

Estimation of spawning habitats of market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens) from field surveys of eggs off Central and Southern California Zeidberg, Louis D., John L. Butler, Darlene Ramon, Anthony Cossio, Kevin L. Stierhoff, and Annette Henry Marine Ecology 33(3):326-336

A cold oceanographic regime with high exploitation rates in the Northeast Pacific forecasts a collapse of the sardine stock Zwolinski, Juan P., and David A. Demer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109(11):4175-4180

Distributions and abundances of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) and other pelagic fishes in the California Current Ecosystem during spring 2006, 2008, and 2010, estimated from acoustic-trawl surveys Zwolinski, Juan P., David A. Demer, Kyle A. Byers, George R. Cutter, Josiah S. Renfree, Thomas S. Sessions, and Beverly J. Macewicz Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 110(1):110-122

Discovery and characterization of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in steelhead/rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss Abadia-Cardoso, Alicia, Anthony J. Clemento, and John Carlos Garza Molecular Ecology Resources 11(Suppl.1):31-49

California coastal salmonid population monitoring: strategy, design, and methods Adams, Peter B., L.B. Boydstun, Sean P. Gallagher, Michael K. Lacy, Trent McDonald, and Kevin E. Shaffer California Department of Fish and Game, Fish Bulletin 180 (82 p.)

Freshwater and marine habitat communities Adams, Peter, Scott VanderKooi, and Thomas Williams In: Lyman Thorsteinson, Scott VanderKooi, and Walter Duffy (eds.), Proceedings of the Klamath Basin Science Conference (Medford, Oregon, February 1-5, 2010), p. 111-121. U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 2011-1196.

Small-scale fisheries of Peru: a major sink for marine turtles in the Pacific Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna, Jeffrey C. Mangel, Francisco Bernedo, Peter H. Dutton, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Brendan J. Godley Journal of Applied Ecology 48(6):1432-1440

Species review of Blainville's beaked whale, Mesoplodon densirostris Allen, B.M., J.G. Mead, and R.L. Brownell Paper SC/63/SM16 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC63 meeting, Tromso, Norway, 2011). 18 p.

Species review of Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris Allen, B.M., R.L. Brownell, and J.G. Mead Paper SC/63/SM17 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC63 meeting, Tromso, Norway, 2011). 8 p.

Age determination and reproductive traits of killer whales entrapped in ice off Aidomari, Hoddaido, Japan Amano, Masao, Tadasu K. Yamada, Robert L. Brownell Jr., and Yoshikazu Uni Journal of Mammalogy 92(2):275-282

Selecting and evaluating indicators for the California Current Andrews, Kelly S., Gregory D. Williams, Isaac C. Kaplan, Nick Tolimieri, Jameal F. Samhouri, Phillip S. Levin, Brian K. Wells, Steven J. Bograd, Churchill B. Grimes, Elliot L. Hazen, David Huff, Steven T. Lindley, and Isaac D. Schoeder In: Levin, Phillip S., and Franklin B. Schwing (eds.), Technical background for an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of the California Current: groundfish, salmon, green sturgeon, and ecosystem health, p. 7-59. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-109.

How useful is the ratio of fish density outside versus inside no-take marine reserves as a metric for fishery management control rules? Babcock, Elizabeth A., and Alec D. MacCall Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68(2):343-359

Stock structure of western North Pacific minke whales based on mtDNA haplotypes from Korean 'bycatch' and Japanese 'bycatch' and scientific whaling, in relation to Hypothesis III Baker, C. Scott, Beth Slikas, R.L. Brownell Jr., and Paul R. Wade Paper SC/63/RMP16 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC63 meeting, Tromso, Norway, 2011). 7 p.

Comparison of real-time and post-cruise acoustic species identification of dolphin whistles using ROCCA (Real-time Odontocete Call Classification Algorithm) Barkley, Yvonne, Julie N. Oswald, James V. Carretta, Shannon Rankin, Alexis Rudd, and Marc O. Lammers U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-473. 29 p.

Humpback whale abundance in the North Pacific estimated by photographic capture-recapture with bias correction from simulation studies Barlow, Jay, John Calambokidis, Erin A. Falcone, C. Scott Baker, Alexander M. Burdin, Phillip J. Clapham, John K.B. Ford, Christine M. Gabriele, Richard LeDuc, David K. Mattila, Terrance J. Quinn II, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Janice M. Straley, Barbara L. Taylor, Jorge Urban R., Paul Wade, David Weller, Briana H. Witteveen, and Manami Yamaguchi Marine Mammal Science 27(4):793-818

Effective strip widths for ship-based line-transect surveys of cetaceans Barlow, Jay, Lisa T. Ballance, and Karin A. Forney U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-484. 28 p.

Freshwater survival of stranded steelhead kelts in coastal central California streams Barnett, Lewis A.K., and Brian C. Spence North American Journal of Fisheries Management 31(4):757-764

Predation on gray whales and prolonged feeding on submerged carcasses by transient killer whales at Unimak Island, Alaska Barrett-Lennard, Lance G., Craig O. Matkin, John W. Durban, Eva L. Saulitis, and David Ellifrit Marine Ecology Progress Series 421:229-241

Large-scale movements and high-use areas of western Pacific leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea Benson, Scott R., Tomoharu Eguchi, Dave G. Foley, Karin A. Forney, Helen Bailey, Creusa Hitipeuw, Betuel P. Samber, Ricardo F. Tapilatu, Vagi Rei, Peter Ramohia, John Pita, and Peter H. Dutton Ecosphere 2(7):art84 (17 p.)

Calculating acceptable biological catch for stocks that have reliable catch data only (Only Reliable Catch Stocks - ORCS) Berkson, Jim, Luiz Barbieri, Steve Cadrin, Shannon Cass-Calay, Paul Crone, Martin Dorn, Claudia Friess, Donald Kobayashi, Thomas J. Miller, Wesley S. Patrick, Sarah Pautzke, Stephen Ralston, and Michael Trianni NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-616. 44 p.

State of the California Current 2010-2011: Regionally variable responses to a strong (but fleeting?) La Nina Bjorkstedt, Eric P., Ralf Goericke, Sam McClatchie, Ed Weber, William Watson, Nancy Lo, Bill Peterson, Bob Emmett, Ric Brodeur, Jay Peterson, Marisa Litz, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, Bertha Lavaniegos, Francisco Chavez, Curtis A. Collins, John Field, Keith Sakuma, Steven J. Bograd, Franklin B. Schwing, Pete Warzybok, Russell Bradley, Jaime Jahncke, Gregory S. Campbell, John A. Hildebrand, William J. Sydeman, Sarah Ann Thompson, John L. Largier, Chris Halle, Sung Yong Kim, and Jeff Abell CalCOFI Reports 52:36-68

Winter and summer upwelling modes and their biological importance in the California Current Ecosystem Black, Bryan A., Isaac D. Schroeder, William J. Sydeman, Steven J. Bograd, Brian K. Wells, and Franklin B. Schwing Global Change Biology 17(8):2536-2545

Multidecadal otolith growth histories for red and gray snapper (Lutjanus spp.) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, USA Black, Bryan A., Robert J. Allman, Isaac D. Schroeder, and Michael J. Schirripa Fisheries Oceanography 20(5):347-356

Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean Block, B.A., I.D. Jonsen, S.J. Jorgensen, A.J. Winship, S.A. Shaffer, S.J. Bograd, E.L. Hazen, D.G. Foley, G.A. Breed, A.-L. Harrison, J.E. Ganong, A. Swithenbank, M. Castleton, H. Dewar, B.R. Mate, G.L. Shillinger, K.M. Schaefer, S.R. Benson, M.J. Weise, R.W. Henry, and D.P. Costa Nature 475(7354):86-90

Using barnacle and pigmentation characteristics to identify gray whale calves on their feeding grounds Bradford, Amanda L., David W. Weller, Alexander M. Burdin, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Marine Mammal Science 27(3):644-651

Electronic tracking tag programming is critical to data collection for behavioral time-series analysis Breed, Greg A., Daniel P. Costa, Michael E. Goebel, and Patrick W. Robinson Ecosphere 2(1):art10 (12 p.)

Klamath River thermal refugia as critical habitat for threatened juvenile salmonids [abstract] Brewitt, K., E. Danner, S. Lindley, and A. Pike In: Lyman Thorsteinson, Scott VanderKooi, and Walter Duffy (eds.), Proceedings of the Klamath Basin Science Conference (Medford, Oregon, February 1-5, 2010), p. 273-274. U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 2011-1196.

Age estimation and lead-radium dating of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the Ross Sea Brooks, Cassandra M., Allen H. Andrews, Julian R. Ashford, Nakul Ramanna, Christopher D. Jones, Craig C. Lundstrom, and Gregor M. Cailliet Polar Biology 34(3):329-338

True's beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus, in the North Atlantic Ocean: distribution, biology, status and threats Brownell, R.L. Jr., B.M. Allen, and J.G. Mead Paper SC/63/SM20 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC63 meeting, Tromso, Norway, 2011). 7 p.

Ocean acidification: hands-on experiments to explore the causes and consequences Bruno, Barbara C., Kimberly A. Tice, Noelani Puniwai, and Kate Achilles Science Scope 34(6):23-30

Development of metabolic-process EST-SSR PCR primers within the bocaccio rockfish Sebastes paucispinis Buonaccorsi, Vincent P., Ashton Bunce, Carol Kimbrell, Eric Lynn, and John Hyde Conservation Genetics Resources 3(3):475-477

Endangered white abalone: the view from a decade of research [abstract] Butler, John, and Melissa Neuman In: New frontiers in fisheries management and ecology: Leading the way in a changing world: American Fisheries Society 141st annual meeting (Seattle, Washington, September 4-8, 2011). American Fisheries Society. URL: https://afs.confex.com/afs/2011/webprogram/Paper3400.html

Weakened portfolio effect in a collapsed salmon population complex Carlson, Stephanie Marie, and William Hallowell Satterthwaite Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68(9):1579-1589

Long-term effectiveness, failure rates, and "dinner bell" properties of acoustic pingers in a gillnet fishery Carretta, James V., and Jay Barlow Marine Technology Society Journal 45(5):7-19

U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2010 Carretta, James V., Karin A. Forney, Erin Oleson, Karen Martien, Marcia M. Muto, Mark S. Lowry, Jay Barlow, Jason Baker, Brad Hanson, Deanna Lynch, Lilian Carswell, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Jooke Robbins, David K. Mattila, Katherine Ralls, and Marie C. Hill U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-476. 352 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PINNIPEDS - PACIFIC - SURVEYS - STOCKS - ASSESSMENTS

Abundance of the long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis) in California and western Baja California waters estimated from a 2009 ship-based line-transect survey Carretta, James V., Susan J. Chivers, and Wayne L. Perryman Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 110(3):152-164

An MPA scenario for the Ross Sea region CCAMLR Scientific Committee, Delegation of the USA CCAMLR Scientific Committee, 30th Meeting (Hobart, Australia, 24 October - 4 November 2011), Document no. SC-CAMLR-XXX/09.

Elopomorpha Charter, Sharon R., and Denice Drass In: Arthur W. Kendall Jr. (ed.), Identification of eggs and larvae of marine fishes, p. 1-41. National Museum of Nature and Science (Japan); Tokai University Press.

Ichthyoplankton and station data for surface (Manta) and oblique (Bongo) plankton tows for California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations survey cruises in 2007 Charter, Sharon R., William Watson, and Susan M. Manion U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-478. 112 p.

Satellite remote sensing for an ecosystem approach to fisheries management Chassot, Emmanuel, Sylvain Bonhommeau, Gabriel Reygondeau, Karen Nieto, Jeffrey J. Polovina, Martin Huret, Nicholas K. Dulvy, and Herve Demarcq ICES Journal of Marine Science 68(4):651-666

Pacific ocean perch: Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel report (Seattle, Washington, 20-24 June 2011) Chen, Yong, Ray Conser, James Ianelli, and Kevin Stokes Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 17 p.

Petrale sole: Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel report (Seattle, Washington, 20-24 June 2011) Chen, Yong, Ray Conser, James Ianelli, and Kevin Stokes Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 17 p.

Physical effects of climate change Cheng, Brian, Frank Schwing, Marisol Garcia-Reyes, David Reynolds, Dane Behrens, David Revell, John Largier, Annaliese Hettinger, Tessa Hill, Raphael Kudela, and Steve Bograd In: John Largier, Brian Cheng, and Kelley Higgason (eds.), Climate change impacts: Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, p. 13-42. Report of a joint working group of the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Advisory Councils. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-11-04.

Migration and behavior of juvenile North Pacific albacore (Thunnus alalunga) Childers, John, Stephanie Snyder, and Suzanne Kohin Fisheries Oceanography 20(3):157-173

Size at release, size-selective mortality, and age at maturity of Willamette River hatchery yearling Chinook salmon Claiborne, Andrew M., Joseph P. Fisher, Sean A. Hayes, and Robert L. Emmett Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 140(4):1135-1144

Discovery and characterization of single nucleotide polymorphisms in Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Clemento, A.J., A. Abadia-Cardoso, H.A. Starks, and J.C. Garza Molecular Ecology Resources 11(Suppl.1):50-66

An approach to defining stock complexes for U.S. west coast groundfishes using vulnerabilities and ecological distributions Cope, Jason M., John DeVore, E.J. Dick, Kelly Ames, John Budrick, Daniel L. Erickson, Joanna Grebel, Gretchen Hanshew, Robert Jones, Lynn Mattes, and Corey Niles North American Journal of Fisheries Management 31(4):589-604

Bioacoustic survey Cossio, Anthony M., and Christian Reiss In: Amy Van Cise (ed.), AMLR 2009/2010 field season report: objectives, accomplishments and tentative conclusions, p. 12-16. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-470.

A re-analysis and update of the Antarctic krill biomass in the South Shetland Islands, through 2011 Cossio, Anthony, Christian Reiss, and Ryan Driscoll CCAMLR Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (Busan, Republic of Korea, 11-22 July 2011), Document no. WG-EMM-11/26.

Red snapper management in the Gulf of Mexico: science- or faith-based? Cowan, J.H., Jr., C.B. Grimes, W.F. Patterson III, C.J. Walters, A.C. Jones, W.J. Lindberg, D.J. Sheehy, W.E. Pine III, J.E. Powers, M.D. Campbell, K.C. Lindeman, S.L. Diamond, R. Hilborn, H.T. Gibson, and K.A. Rose Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 21(2):187-204

Introduction to the conservation of Pacific sea turtles Dalzell, Paul, Peter H. Dutton, Kitty M. Simonds, and Dale Squires In: Peter H. Dutton, Dale Squires, and Mahfuzuddin Ahmed (eds.), Conservation of Pacific sea turtles, p. 1-11. University of Hawaii Press.

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