NOAA FISHERIES

A characterization of the coral and sponge community on Piggy Bank seamount in southern California from a survey using a remotely operated vehicle Yoklavich, Mary, Tom Laidig, Lisa Krigsman, Andrew Taylor, Diana Watters, Milton Love, Lonny Lundsten, and Ben Negrete Report to the NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program. 63 p.

Predicting habitat to optimize sampling of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) Zwolinski, Juan P., Robert L. Emmett, and David A. Demer ICES Journal of Marine Science 68(5):867-879

Predicting habitat for optimizing acoustic and egg sampling of Pacific sardine [abstract] Zwolinski, Juan P., Robert L. Emmett, and David A. Demer In: L. Flostrand, J. Detering, and J. Schweigert (eds.), Proceedings of the 2010 Trinational Pacific Sardine Forum, p. 35. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2970.

The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates Hoffmann, Michael, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Ariadne Angulo, Monika Bohm, Thomas M. Brooks, Stuart H.M. Butchart, Kent E. Carpenter, Janice Chanson, Ben Collen, Neil A. Cox, William R.T. Darwall, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Lucy R. Harrison, Vineet Katariya, Caroline M. Pollock, Suhel Quader, Nadia I. Richman, Ana S.L. Rodrigues, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Jean-Christophe Vie, John M. Aguiar, David J. Allen, Gerald R. Allen, Giovanni Amori, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Franco Andreone, Paul Andrew, Aida Luz Aquino Ortiz, Jonathan E.M. Baillie, Ricardo Baldi, Ben D. Bell, S.D. Biju, Jeremy P. Bird, Patricia Black-Decima, J. Julian Blanc, Federico Bolanos, Wilmar Bolivar-G., Ian J. Burfield, James A. Burton, David R. Capper, Fernando Castro, Gianluca Catullo, Rachel D. Cavanagh, Alan Channing, Ning Labbish Chao, Anna M. Chenery, Federica Chiozza, Viola Clausnitzer, Nigel J. Collar, Leah C. Collett, Bruce B. Collette, Claudia F. Cortez Fernandez, Matthew T. Craig, Michael J. Crosby, Neil Cumberlidge, Annabelle Cuttelod, Andrew E. Derocher, Arvin C. Diesmos, John S. Donaldson, J.W. Duckworth, Guy Dutson, S.K. Dutta, Richard H. Emslie, Aljos Farjon, Sarah Fowler, Jorg Freyhof, David L. Garshelis, Justin Gerlach, David J. Gower, Tandora D. Grant, Geoffrey A. Hammerson, Richard B. Harris, Lawrence R. Heaney, S. Blair Hedges, Jean-Marc Hero, Baz Hughes, Syed Ainul Hussain, Javier Icochea M., Robert F. Inger, Nobuo Ishii, Djoko T. Iskandar, Richard K.B. Jenkins, Yoshio Kaneko, Maurice Kottelat, Kit M. Kovacs, Sergius L. Kuzmin, Enrique La Marca, John F. Lamoreux, Michael W.N. Lau, Esteban O. Lavilla, Kristin Leus, Rebecca L. Lewison, Gabriela Lichtenstein, Suzanne R. Livingstone, Vimoksalehi Lukoschek, David P. Mallon, Philip J.K. McGowan, Anna McIvor, Patricia D. Moehlman, Sanjay Molur, Antonio Munoz Alonso, John A. Musick, Kristin Nowell, Ronald A. Nussbaum, Wanda Olech, Nikolay L. Orlov, Theodore J. Papenfuss, Gabriela Parra-Olea, William F. Perrin, Beth A. Polidoro, Mohammad Pourkazemi, Paul A. Racey, James S. Ragle, Mala Ram, Galen Rathbun, Robert P. Reynolds, Anders G.J. Rhodin, Stephen J. Richards, Lily O. Rodriguez, Santiago R. Ron, Carlo Rondinini, Anthony B. Rylands, Yvonne Sadovy de Mitcheson, Jonnell C. Sanciangco, Kate L. Sanders, Georgina Santos-Barrera, Jan Schipper, Caryn Self-Sullivan, Yichuan Shi, Alan Shoemaker, Frederick T. Short, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, Debora L. Silvano, Kevin G. Smith, Andrew T. Smith, Jos Snoeks, Alison J. Stattersfield, Andrew J. Symes, Andrew B. Taber, Bibhab K. Talukdar, Helen J. Temple, Rob Timmins, Joseph A. Tobias, Katerina Tsytsulina, Denis Tweddle, Carmen Ubeda, Sarah V. Valenti, Peter Paul van Dijk, Liza M. Veiga, Alberto Veloso, David C. Wege, Mark Wilkinson, Elizabeth A. Williamson, Feng Xie, Bruce E. Young, H. Resit Akcakaya, Leon Bennun, Tim M. Blackburn, Luigi Boitani, Holly T. Dublin, Gustavo A.B. da Fonseca, Claude Gascon, Thomas E. Lacher Jr., Georgina M. Mace, Susan A. Mainka, Jeffery A. McNeely, Russell A. Mittermeier, Gordon McGregor Reid, Jon Paul Rodriguez, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Michael J. Samways, Jane Smart, Bruce A. Stein, and Simon N. Stuart Science 330(6010):1503-1509

Hawksbill turtles in Peruvian coastal fisheries Alfaro-Shigueto, J., J.C. Mangel, C. Caceres, J.A. Seminoff, A. Gaos, and I. Yanez Marine Turtle Newsletter 129:19-21

Where small can have a large impact: Structure and characterization of small-scale fisheries in Peru Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna, Jeffrey C. Mangel, Mariela Pajuelo, Peter H. Dutton, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Brendan J. Godley Fisheries Research 106(1):8-17

Managing world tuna fisheries with emphasis on rights-based management Allen, Robin, James Joseph, and Dale Squires In: R. Quentin Grafton et al. (eds.), Handbook of marine fisheries conservation and management, p. 698-712. Oxford University Press.

Conservation and management of transnational tuna fisheries Allen, Robin, James Joseph, and Dale Squires (eds.) Wiley-Blackwell. 343 p.

Introduction Allen, Robin, James Joseph, Dale Squires, and Elizabeth Stryjewski In: Robin Allen, James Joseph, and Dale Squires (eds.), Conservation and management of transnational tuna fisheries, p. 3-10. Wiley-Blackwell.

Rights-based management in transnational tuna fisheries Allen, Robin, William Bayliff, James Joseph, and Dale Squires In: Robin Allen, James Joseph, and Dale Squires (eds.), Conservation and management of transnational tuna fisheries, p. 65-86. Wiley-Blackwell.

The benefits and costs of transformation of open access on the high seas Allen, Robin, William Bayliff, James Joseph, and Dale Squires In: Robin Allen, James Joseph, and Dale Squires (eds.), Conservation and management of transnational tuna fisheries, p. 87-95. Wiley-Blackwell.

A multilocus perspective on the worldwide population structure of common dolphins (genus Delphinus) Amaral, Ana R., Luciano B. Beheregaray, Kerstin Bilgmann, Luis Freitas, Kelly M. Robertson, Marina Sequeira, Karen A. Stockin, M. Manuela Coelho, and Luciana M. Moller Paper SC/62/SM2 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC62 meeting, Agadir, Morocco, 2010). 12 p.

Assessing the power of informative subsets of loci for population assignment: standard methods are upwardly biased Anderson, E. C. Molecular Ecology Resources 10(4):701-710

Computational algorithms and user-friendly software for parentage-based tagging of Pacific salmonids Anderson, Eric C. Final report submitted to the Pacific Salmon Commission's Chinook Technical Committee (US Section). 46 p.

Estimation of relative exposure of dolphins to fishery activity Archer, Frederick I., Jessica V. Redfern, Tim Gerrodette, Susan J. Chivers, and William F. Perrin Marine Ecology Progress Series 410:245-255

A simulation-based approach to evaluating population structure in non-equilibrial populations Archer, Frederick I., Karen K. Martien, Barbara L. Taylor, Richard G. LeDuc, Bonnie J. Ripley, Geof H. Givens, and John C. George Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 11(2):101-113

Variation and predictors of vessel-response behavior in a tropical dolphin community Archer, Frederick I., Sarah L. Mesnick, and Anne C. Allen U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-457. 53 p.

Natural iron enrichment around the Antarctic Peninsula in the Southern Ocean Ardelan, M.V., O. Holm-Hansen, C.D. Hewes, C.S. Reiss, N.S. Silva, H. Dulaiova, E. Steinnes, and E. Sakshaug Biogeosciences 7(1):11-25

Testing early life connectivity using otolith chemistry and particle-tracking simulations Ashford, Julian, Mario La Mesa, Bettina A. Fach, Christopher Jones, and Inigo Everson Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67(8):1303-1315

Genetic diversity and structure of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) in Australian feeding aggregations Attard, Catherine R.M., Luciano B. Beheregaray, Curt Jenner, Peter Gill, Micheline Jenner, Margaret Morrice, John Bannister, Rick LeDuc, and Luciana Moller Conservation Genetics 11(6):2437-2441

Behavioural estimation of blue whale movements in the Northeast Pacific from state-space model analysis of satellite tracks Bailey, Helen, Bruce R. Mate, Daniel M. Palacios, Ladd Irvine, Steven J. Bograd, and Daniel P. Costa Endangered Species Research 10:93-106

The traceability/trackability of illegal trade in whale products: a proposal to evaluate the technical functionality of DNA registers Baker, C. Scott, and R.L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/62/O19 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC62 meeting, Agadir, Morocco, 2010). 4 p.

Stock structure of western North Pacific minke whales based on mtDNA haplotypes from Korean 'bycatch' and Japanese 'bycatch' and scientific whaling Baker, C. Scott, Beth Slikas, R.L. Brownell Jr., and Paul R. Wade Paper SC/D10/NPM3 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (First Intersessional Workshop for Western North Pacific Common Minke Whales, Pusan, Republic of Korea, December 2010). 6 p.

Genetic evidence of illegal trade in protected whales links Japan with the US and South Korea Baker, C. Scott, Debbie Steel, Yeyong Choi, Hang Lee, Kyung Seok Kim, Sung Kyoung Choi, Yong-Un Ma, Charles Hambleton, Louie Psihoyos, R.L. Brownell, and Naoko Funahashi Biology Letters 6(5):647-650

Stock structure of western North Pacific minke whales based on mtDNA haplogroups from 'bycatch' and scientific whaling Baker, C. Scott, Rebecca M. Hamner, R.L. Brownell Jr., and Paul R. Wade Paper SC/62/NPM20 (revised) presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC62 meeting, Agadir, Morocco, 2010). 10 p.

Vital rates and population dynamics Baker, Jason D., Andrew Westgate, and Tomo Eguchi In: Ian L. Boyd, W. Don Bowen, and Sara J. Iverson (eds.), Marine mammal ecology and conservation: a handbook of techniques, p. 119-143. Oxford University Press.

Ecosystem-based management for the oceans, by Karen McLeod and Heather Leslie (eds.) [book review] Ballance, Lisa T., and Tara Whitty Restoration Ecology 18(5):780-781

Cetacean abundance in the California Current estimated from a 2008 ship-based line-transect survey Barlow, Jay U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-456. 19 p.

Oregon, California and Washington line-transect and ecosystem (ORCAWALE) 2008 cruise report Barlow, Jay, Annette Henry, Jessica V. Redfern, Tina Yack, Alan Jackson, Candice Hall, Eric Archer, and Lisa Ballance U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-465. 33 p.

Conservation of the vaquita (Phocoena sinus) in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico Barlow, Jay, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Carlos Munoz-Pina, and Sara Mesnick In: R. Quentin Grafton et al. (eds.), Handbook of marine fisheries conservation and management, p. 205-214. Oxford University Press.

Smolt transformation in two California steelhead populations: effects of temporal variability in growth Beakes, Michael P., William H. Satterthwaite, Erin M. Collins, David R. Swank, Joseph E. Merz, Robert G. Titus, Susan M. Sogard, and Marc Mangel Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 139(5):1263-1275

Comparing California Current cetacean-habitat models developed using in situ and remotely sensed sea surface temperature data Becker, E.A., K.A. Forney, M.C. Ferguson, D.G. Foley, R.C. Smith, J. Barlow, and J.V. Redfern Marine Ecology Progress Series 413:163-183

Setting allowable biological catch for stocks with reliable catch data only [abstract] Berkson, Jim, Luiz Barbieri, Steve Cadrin, Shannon L. Cass-Calay, Andy Cooper, Paul Crone, Martin Dorn, Claudia Friess, Don Kobayashi, Thomas Miller, Wesley S. Patrick, Sarah Pautzke, Stephen Ralston, and Michael Trianni In: Kristan Blackhart (ed.), Proceedings: 11th National Stock Assessment Workshop: Characterization of scientific uncertainty in assessments to improve determination of acceptable biological catches (ABCs); Joint Session of the National Stock and Habitat Assessment Workshops: Incorporating habitat information in stock assessments; and 1st National Habitat Assessment Workshop: Moving towards a national habitat science program (St. Petersburg, Florida, May 17-20, 2010), p. 106. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-112.

State of the California Current 2009-2010: Regional variation persists through transition from La Nina to El Nino (and back?) Bjorkstedt, Eric P., Ralf Goericke, Sam McClatchie, Ed Weber, William Watson, Nancy Lo, Bill Peterson, Bob Emmett, Jay Peterson, Reginaldo Durazo, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, Francisco Chavez, J.T. Pennington, C.A. Collins, John Field, Steve Ralston, Keith Sakuma, Steve J. Bograd, Franklin B. Schwing, Yan Xue, William J. Sydeman, Sarah Ann Thompson, Jarrod A. Santora, John Largier, Chris Halle, Steven Morgan, Sung Yong Kim, Karlina P.B. Merkens, John A. Hildebrand, and Lisa M. Munger CalCOFI Reports 51:39-69

Developing recruitment indices for West Coast rockfish using individual-based models and environmentally forces ocean circulation models Bjorkstedt, Eric P., Steve Ralston, John Field, Xi He, and Robert VanKirk Report to NOAA Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) program, Project 09-02. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland. 2 p.

Insights for stock assessment and empirical prerecruit indices from an environmentally forced individual-based model of early life history stages for west coast rockfishes [abstract] Bjorkstedt, Eric, and Stephen Ralston In: Kristan Blackhart (ed.), Proceedings: 11th National Stock Assessment Workshop: Characterization of scientific uncertainty in assessments to improve determination of acceptable biological catches (ABCs); Joint Session of the National Stock and Habitat Assessment Workshops: Incorporating habitat information in stock assessments; and 1st National Habitat Assessment Workshop: Moving towards a national habitat science program (St. Petersburg, Florida, May 17-20, 2010), p. 108. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-112.

Beyond the spring transition: Winter pre-conditioning of ecosystem dynamics and implications for sentinel species and fisheries Black, B.A., I. Schroeder, W.J. Sydeman, S.J. Bograd, V. Gertseva, and P. Lawson Report to NOAA Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) program, Project 09-03. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland. 12 p.

Wintertime ocean conditions synchronize rockfish growth and seabird reproduction in the central California Current ecosystem Black, Bryan A., Isaac D. Schroeder, William J. Sydeman, Steven J. Bograd, and Peter W. Lawson Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67(7):1149-1158

Fishing for data in the Ross Sea Blight, Louise K., David G. Ainley, Stephen F. Ackley, Grant Ballard, Tosca Ballerini, Robert L. Brownell Jr., C.-H. Christina Cheng, Mariachiara Chiantore, Daniel Costa, Malcolm C. Coulter, Paul Dayton, Arthur L. Devries, Robert Dunbar, Sylvia Earle, Joseph T. Eastman, Steven D. Emslie, Clive W. Evans, Robert A. Garrott, Stacy Kim, Gerald Kooyman, Amelie Lescroel, Michael Lizotte, Melanie Massaro, Silvia Olmastroni, Paul J. Ponganis, Joellen Russell, Donald B. Siniff, Walker O. Smith Jr., Brent S. Stewart, Ian Stirling, Jay Willis, Peter Wilson, and Eric J. Woehler Science 330(6009):1316

A view from the ocean from Pacific predators Block, Barbara A., Daniel P. Costa, and Steven J. Bograd In: Alasdair D. McIntyre (ed.), Life in the world's oceans: diversity, distribution, and abundance, p. 291-311. Wiley-Blackwell.

Biologging technologies: new tools for conservation. Introduction. Bograd, Steven J., Barbara A. Block, Daniel P. Costa, and Brendan J. Godley Endangered Species Research 10:1-7

Status and trends of the California Current region, 2003-2008 Bograd, Steven J., William J. Sydeman, J. Barlow, A. Booth, R.D. Brodeur, J. Calambokidis, F. Chavez, W.R. Crawford, E. Di Lorenzo, R. Durazo, R. Emmett, J. Field, G. Gaxiola-Castro, W. Gilly, R. Goericke, J. Hildebrand, J.E. Irvine, M. Kahru, J.A. Koslow, B. Lavaniegos, M. Lowry, D.L. Mackas, M. Manzano-Sarabia, S.M. McKinnell, B.G. Mitchell, L. Munger, R.I. Perry, W.T. Peterson, S. Ralston, J. Schweigert, A. Suntsov, R. Tanasichuk, A.C. Thomas, and F. Whitney In: Stewart M. McKinnell and Michael J. Dagg (eds.), Marine ecosystems of the north Pacific Ocean, 2003-2008, p. 106-141. PICES Special Publication no. 4.

Estimating the size of steelhead runs by tagging juveniles and monitoring migrants Boughton, David A. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30(1):89-101

A forward-looking scientific frame of reference for steelhead recovery on the south-central and southern California coast Boughton, David A. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-466. 46 p.

Some research questions on recovery of steelhead on the south-central and southern California coast Boughton, David A. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-467. 14 p.

Comparing observations of age at first reproduction in western gray whales to estimates of age at sexual maturity in eastern gray whales Bradford, Amanda L., David W. Weller, Aimee R. Lang, Grigory A. Tsidulko, Alexander M. Burdin, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/62/BRG2 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC62 meeting, Agadir, Morocco, 2010). 6 p.

A retrospective investigation of two dolphin mass mortality events in Iran, autumn 2007 (Mammalia: Cetacea) Braulik, Gill, Omid S. Savadkouhi, Shahrom Fadakar, Hassan Mohammadi, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Randall R. Reeves, M. Bagher Nabavi, and Antonio Fernandez Zoology in the Middle East 49:13-26

The Advanced Sampling Technology Working Group's recent efforts in improving NMFS' stock and habitat assessment science [abstract] Breuer, Eric, Dezhang Chu, George R. Cutter Jr., David A. Demer, Joseph Godlewski, Scott Ferguson, Brad Hanson, Michael Jech, Frank Parrish, Joseph E. Serafy, David Somerton, Charles H. Thompson, and Chris Wilson In: Kristan Blackhart (ed.), Proceedings: 11th National Stock Assessment Workshop: Characterization of scientific uncertainty in assessments to improve determination of acceptable biological catches (ABCs); Joint Session of the National Stock and Habitat Assessment Workshops: Incorporating habitat information in stock assessments; and 1st National Habitat Assessment Workshop: Moving towards a national habitat science program (St. Petersburg, Florida, May 17-20, 2010), p. 117. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-112.

Model averaging and probable status of North Pacific striped marlin, Tetrapturus audax Brodziak, Jon, and Kevin Piner Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67(5):793-805

Draft conservation plan for western North Pacific gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) Brownell, R.L., G.P. Donovan, H. Kato, F. Larsen, D. Mattila, R.R. Reeves, Y. Rock, V. Vladimirov, D. Weller, and Q. Zhu Paper SC/62/BRG24 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC62 meeting, Agadir, Morocco, 2010). 61 p.

Summary gray whale strandings in 2010: California, Oregon, and Washington Brownell, Robert L. Jr. Paper SC/62/BRG35 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC62 meeting, Agadir, Morocco, 2010). 3 p.

On the road to extinction? Monitoring population trends of the endangered white abalone, Haliotis sorenseni [abstract] Butler, John, Kevin Stierhoff, and Melissa Neuman In: Kristan Blackhart (ed.), Proceedings: 11th National Stock Assessment Workshop: Characterization of scientific uncertainty in assessments to improve determination of acceptable biological catches (ABCs); Joint Session of the National Stock and Habitat Assessment Workshops: Incorporating habitat information in stock assessments; and 1st National Habitat Assessment Workshop: Moving towards a national habitat science program (St. Petersburg, Florida, May 17-20, 2010), p. 118. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-112.

Abundance and spatial distribution of sympatrically breeding Catharacta spp. (skuas) in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica Carneiro, Ana Paula Bertoldi, Michael J. Polito, Martin Sander, and Wayne Z. Trivelpiece Polar Biology 33(5):673-682

U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2009 Carretta, James V., Karin A. Forney, Mark S. Lowry, Jay Barlow, Jason Baker, Dave Johnston, Brad Hanson, Robert L. Brownell, Jr., Jooke Robbins, David K. Mattila, Katherine Ralls, Marcia M. Muto, Deanna Lynch, and Lilian Carswell U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-453. 336 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PINNIPEDS - PACIFIC - SURVEYS - STOCKS - ASSESSMENTS

Feeding ecology of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Galapagos Islands Carrion-Cortez, Javier A., Patricia Zarate, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90(5):1005-1013

Movement patterns and nursery habitat of juvenile thresher sharks Alopias vulpinus in the Southern California Bight Cartamil, D., N.C. Wegner, D. Kacev, N. Ben-aderet, S. Kohin, and J.B. Graham Marine Ecology Progress Series 404:249-258

New insights into Southern Ocean physical and biological processes revealed by instrumented elephant seals Charrassin, J.-B., F. Roquet, Y.-H. Park, F. Bailleul, C. Guinet, M. Meredity, K. Nicholls, S. Thorpe, B. McDonald, D.P. Costa, I. Tremblay, M. Goebel, M. Muelbert, M.N. Bester, J. Plotz, H. Bornemann, R. Timmermann, M. Hindell, A. Meijers, R.C. Coleman, I.C. Field, C.M McMahon, S.R. Rintoul, S. Sokolov, L. Boehme, P. Lovell, M.A. Fedak, M. Biuw, O.A. Nost, C. Lydersen, and K.M. Kovacs Community White Paper 15 (12 p.). In: Julie Hall, D.E. Harrison, and Detlef Stammer (eds.), Proceedings of the OceanObs'09 Conference: Ocean information for society: sustaining the benefits, realizing the potential (Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009), vol. 2: Community white papers. European Space Agency, ESA Publication WPP-306.

Utilizing ecosystem information to improve decision support systems for marine fisheries [abstract] Chavez, F., F. Chai, Y. Chao, B. Wells, and SAFARI team American Geophysical Union, 2010 Fall Meeting, Abstract OS12A-01

Reproductive biology of albacore Thunnus alalunga Chen, K.-S., P.R. Crone, and C.-C. Hsu Journal of Fish Biology 77(1):119-136

Distribution, abundance, and individual movements of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in the Pearl River Estuary, China Chen, Tao, Samuel K. Hung, Yongsong Qiu, Xiaoping Jia, and Thomas Jefferson Mammalia 74(2):117-125

Evidence of genetic differentiation for Hawai'i insular false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) Chivers, Susan J., Robin W. Baird, Karen N. Martien, Barbara L. Taylor, Eric Archer, Antoinette M. Gorgone, Brittany L. Hancock, Nicole M. Hedrick, David Matilla, Daniel J. McSweeney, Erin M. Oleson, Carol L. Palmer, Victoria Pease, Kelly M. Robertson, Jooke Robbins, Juan Carlos Salinas, Gregory S. Schorr, Mark Schultz, Janet L. Thieleking, and Daniel L. Webster U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-458. 44 p.

Ecosystem survey of Delphinus species cruise report Chivers, Susan J., Wayne L. Perryman, Nicholas M. Kellar, James V. Carretta, Frederick I. Archer, Jessica V. Redfern, Annette E. Henry, Morgan S. Lynn, Candice Hall, Al Jackson, Gabriela Serra-Valente, Thomas J. Moore, Claire Surrey-Marsden, and Lisa T. Ballance U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-464. 53 p.

TOPP as a marine life observatory: Using electronic tags to monitor the movements, behaviour and habitats of marine vertebrates Costa, Daniel P., Barbara A. Block, Steven Bograd, Michael A. Fedak, and John S. Gunn Community White Paper 19 (8 p.). In: Julie Hall, D.E. Harrison, and Detlef Stammer (eds.), Proceedings of the OceanObs'09 Conference: Ocean information for society: sustaining the benefits, realizing the potential (Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009), vol. 2: Community white papers. European Space Agency, ESA Publication WPP-306.

Approaches to studying climatic change and its role on the habitat selection of Antarctic pinnipeds Costa, Daniel P., Luis A. Huckstadt, Daniel E. Crocker, Birgitte I. McDonald, Michael E. Goebel, and Michael A. Fedak Integrative and Comparative Biology 50(6):1018-1030

Three-dimensional observations of swarms of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) made using a multi-beam echosounder Cox, Martin J., Joseph D. Warren, David A. Demer, George R. Cutter, and Andrew S. Brierley Deep-Sea Research II 57(7-8):508-518

Multifrequency biplanar interferometric imaging Cutter, George R., Jr., and David A. Demer IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 7(1):171-175

Multifrequency biplanar interferometric imaging for ultra high resolution three-dimensional imaging of seabed habitat [abstract] Cutter, George R., Jr., and David A. Demer In: Kristan Blackhart (ed.), Proceedings: 11th National Stock Assessment Workshop: Characterization of scientific uncertainty in assessments to improve determination of acceptable biological catches (ABCs); Joint Session of the National Stock and Habitat Assessment Workshops: Incorporating habitat information in stock assessments; and 1st National Habitat Assessment Workshop: Moving towards a national habitat science program (St. Petersburg, Florida, May 17-20, 2010), p. 123. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-112.

A comparison of bathymetry mapped with the Simrad ME70 multibeam echosounder operated in bathymetric and fisheries modes Cutter, George R., Jr., Laurent Berger, and David A. Demer ICES Journal of Marine Science 67(6):1301-1309

Necropsy trailer at SWFSC Danil, K. California Marine Mammal Stranding Network Newsletter 2(2):6

Case study: NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center Danil, K. California Marine Mammal Stranding Network Newsletter 2(2):2

Cetacean strandings in San Diego County, California, USA: 1851–2008 Danil, Kerri, Susan J. Chivers, Mike D. Henshaw, Janet L. Thieleking, Risa Daniels, and Judy A. St. Leger Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 11(2):163-184

Building the IOOS® Data Management subsystem de la Beaujardiere, Jeff, Roy Mendelssohn, Carmel Ortiz, and Richard P. Signell Marine Technology Society Journal 44(6):73-83

Collaborative Optically-assisted Acoustical Survey Technique (COAST) for surveying the distributions, abundances, and lengths of demersal fishes, by species [abstract] Demer, David A., John Butler, George R. Cutter Jr., Kevin Stierhoff, Kyle Byers, David Murfin, Josiah Renfree, Scott Mau, and Thomas S. Sessions In: Kristan Blackhart (ed.), Proceedings: 11th National Stock Assessment Workshop: Characterization of scientific uncertainty in assessments to improve determination of acceptable biological catches (ABCs); Joint Session of the National Stock and Habitat Assessment Workshops: Incorporating habitat information in stock assessments; and 1st National Habitat Assessment Workshop: Moving towards a national habitat science program (St. Petersburg, Florida, May 17-20, 2010), p. 113. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-112.

Satellite tracking the world's largest jelly predator, the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, in the Western Pacific Dewar, H., T. Thys, S.L.H. Teo, C. Farwell, J. O'Sullivan, T. Tobayama, M. Soichi, T. Nakatsubo, Y. Kondo, Y. Okada, D.J. Lindsay, G.C. Hays, A. Walli, K. Weng, J.T. Streelman, and S.A. Karl Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 393(1-2):32-42

Estimates of sustainable yield for 50 data-poor stocks in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery management plan Dick, E.J., and Alec D. MacCall U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-460. 201 p.

Determining yields for data-poor stocks using a DCAC-based stock reduction analysis of catch history [abstract] Dick, E.J., and Alec MacCall In: Kristan Blackhart (ed.), Proceedings: 11th National Stock Assessment Workshop: Characterization of scientific uncertainty in assessments to improve determination of acceptable biological catches (ABCs); Joint Session of the National Stock and Habitat Assessment Workshops: Incorporating habitat information in stock assessments; and 1st National Habitat Assessment Workshop: Moving towards a national habitat science program (St. Petersburg, Florida, May 17-20, 2010), p. 95. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-112.

A note on the unprecedented strandings of 56 deep-diving whales along the UK and Irish coast Dolman, Sarah J., Eunice Pinn, Robert J. Reid, Jason P. Barley, Rob Deaville, Paul D. Jepson, Mick O'Connell, Simon Berrow, Rod S. Penrose, Peter T. Stevick, Susannah Calderan, Kevin P. Robinson, Robert L. Brownell Jr., and Mark P. Simmonds Marine Biodiversity Records 3:e16 (8 p.)

Sea turtle bycatch in the Chilean pelagic longline fishery in the southeastern Pacific: Opportunities for conservation Donoso, Miguel, and Peter H. Dutton Biological Conservation 143(11):2672-2684

Evaluation of a marine mammal excluder device (MMED) for a Nordic 264 midwater rope trawl Dotson, Ronald C., David A. Griffith, David L. King, and Robert L. Emmett U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-455. 14 p.

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