NOAA FISHERIES

Factors impacting the timing of reproductive development in female Antarctic krill at the northwestern Antarctic Peninsula Steinke, Kirsten B., Kim S. Bernard, Christian S. Reiss, Jennifer Walsh, Giancarlo M. Correa, and Sharon E. Stammerjohn Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1383175 (15 p.)

Get them off the deck: Straightforward interventions increase post-release survival rates of manta and devil rays in tuna purse seine fisheries Stewart, Joshua D., Melissa R. Cronin, Erick Largacha, Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, Jon Lopez, Martin Hall, Melanie Hutchinson, Emma G. Jones, Malcolm Francis, Maitane Grande, Jefferson Murua, Vanessa Rojo, and Salvador J. Jorgensen Biological Conservation 299:110794 (13 p.)

Distribution, biomass, and demographics of coastal pelagic fishes in the California Current Ecosystem during summer 2023 based on acoustic-trawl sampling Stierhoff, Kevin L., Juan P. Zwolinski, Josiah S. Renfree, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-703. 87 p.

Micrometer-scale structure in shark vertebral centra Stock, S.R., U. Kierdorf, K.C. James, P.D. Shevchenko, L.J. Natanson, S. Gomez, and H. Kierdorf Acta Biomaterialia 177:300-315

Connecting thiamine availability to the microbial community composition in Chinook salmon spawning habitats of the Sacramento River basin Suffridge, Christopher P., Kelly C. Shannon, H. Matthews, R.C. Johnson, C. Jeffres, N. Mantua, A.E. Ward, E. Holmes, J. Kindopp, M. Aldoo, and F.S. Colwell Applied and Environmental Microbiology 90(1):e01760-23 (26 p.)

Estimating demographic parameters for bearded seals, Erignathus barbatus, in Alaska using close-kin mark-recapture methods Taras, Brian D., Paul B. Conn, Mark V. Bravington, Andrzej Kilian, Aimee R. Lang, Anna Bryan, Raphaela Stimmelmayr, and Lori Quakenbush Evolutionary Applications 17(11):e70035 (14 p.)

State of the California Current Ecosystem report in 2022: a tale of two La Ninas Thompson, Andrew R., Rasmus Swalethorp, Michaela Alksne, Jarrod A. Santora, Elliott L. Hazen, Andrew Leising, Erin Satterthwaite, William J. Sydeman, Clarissa R. Anderson, Toby D. Auth, Simone Baumann-Pickering, Timothy Baumgardner, Eric P. Bjorkstedt, Steven J. Bograd, Noelle M. Bowlin, Brian J. Burke, Elizabeth A. Daly, Heidi Dewar, John C. Field, Jennifer L. Fisher, Newell Garfield, Ashlyn Gidding, Ralf Goericke, Richard Golightly, Eliana Gomez-Ocampo, Jose Gomez-Valdes, John A. Hildebrand, Kym C. Jacobson, Michael G. Jacox, Jaime Jahncke, Michael Johns, Joshua M. Jones, Bertha Lavaniegos, Nate Mantua, Gerard J. McChesney, Megan E. Medina, Sharon R. Melin, Luis Erasmo Miranda, Cheryl A. Morgan, Catherine F. Nickels, Rachael A. Orben, Jessica M. Porquez, Antonella Preti, Roxanne R. Robertson, Daniel L. Rudnick, Keith M. Sakuma, Carley R. Schacter, Isaac D. Schroeder, Lauren Scopel, Owyn E. Snodgrass, Sarah Ann Thompson, Pete Warzybok, Katherine Whitaker, William Watson, Edward D. Weber, and Brian Wells Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1294011 (21 p.)

Empirical dynamic modeling for sustainable benchmarks of short-lived species Tsai, Cheng-Han, Stephan B. Munch, Michelle D. Masi, and Molly H. Stevens ICES Journal of Marine Science 81(7):1209-1220

Distinct natal origins based on vertebral ring analysis corroborate the migration pattern of Pacific bluefin tuna in the North Pacific Ocean Uematsu, Yuki, Taiki Ishihara, Tamaki Shimose, Kuo-Shu Chen, John A. Mohan, Jay R. Rooker, R.J. David Wells, Owyn E. Snodgrass, Heidi Dewar, Seiji Ohshimo, and Yosuke Tanaka Marine Ecology Progress Series 743:65-74

Best practices for collecting and preserving marine mammal biological samples in the 'omics era Van Cise, Amy M., Alexandra D. Switzer, Amy Apprill, Cory D. Champagne, Paul M. Chittaro, Natasha K. Dudek, Mackenzie R. Gavery, Brittany L. Hancock-Hanser, Alaina C. Harmon, Alexander L. Jaffe, Nicholas M. Kellar, Carolyn A. Miller, Phillip A. Morin, Sarah E. Nelms, Kelly M. Robertson, Irvin R. Schultz, Emma Timmins-Schiffman, Ebru Unal, and Kim M. Parsons Marine Mammal Science 40(4):e13148 (36 p.)

A new, standardized international Pacific Rim baseline for genetic stock identification (GSI) of Chinook Salmon Van Doornik, Donald M., Paul Moran, Eric B. Rondeau, Krista M. Nichols, Shawn R. Narum, Matthew R. Campbell, Anthony J. Clemento, John S. Hargrove, Jon E. Hess, Rebekah L. Horn, Lisa W. Seeb, Jeff J. Stephenson, and Garrett J. McKinney North American Journal of Fisheries Management 44(4):857-869

Size-selective predation effects on juvenile Chinook salmon cohort survival off Central California evaluated with an individual-based model Vasbinder, Kelly, Jerome Fiechter, Jarrod A. Santora, James J. Anderson, Nate Mantua, Steve T. Lindley, David D. Huff, and Brian K. Wells Fisheries Oceanography 33(1):e12654 (15 p.)

Integrating vertical and horizontal movements of shortfin mako sharks Isurus oxyrinchus in the easter North Pacific Ocean Vaudo, Jeremy J., Heidi Dewar, Michael E. Byrne, Bradley M. Wetherbee, and Mahmood S. Shivji Marine Ecology Progress Series 732:85-99

Trophic history of Hawaiian green turtles as revealed by stable isotope ratios (δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S) in the bones of museum specimens Velasquez-Vacca, Adriana, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, T. Todd Jones, George H. Balazs, and Luis Cardona Aquatic Conservation 34(1):e4063 (12 p.)

Perceived social benefits and drawbacks of sea turtle conservation efforts in a globally important sea turtle rookery Vieira, Sara, Victor Jimenez, Betania Ferreira-Airaud, Antunes Pina, Venceslau Soares, Manjula Tiwari, Maria A. Teodosio, Rita Castilho, and Ana Nuno Biodiversity and Conservation 33:1185-1205

Evolutionary history influences the microbiomes of a female symbiotic reproductive organ in cephalopods Vijayan, Nidhi, Sarah J. McAnulty, Gustavo Sanchez, Jeffrey Jolly, Yuzuru Ikeda, Michele K. Nishiguchi, Elodie Reveillac, Camino Gestal, Blake L. Spady, Diana H. Li, Benjamin P. Burford, Allison H. Kerwin, and Spencer V. Nyholm Applied and Environmental Microbiology 90(3):e00990-23 (19 p.)

Bycatch mitigation from the sky: using helicopter communication for mobulid conservation in tropical tuna fisheries Waldo, Jennifer L., Ernesto Altamirano-Nieto, Donald A. Croll, Marta D. Palacios, Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, Jon Lopez, Gala Moreno, Stefany Rojas-Perea, and Melissa R. Cronin Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1303324 (10 p.)

Diet and size at birth affect larval rockfish condition and survival Walsh, Kamran A., Andrew R. Thompson, Garfield T. Kwan, Brice X. Semmens, H. William Fennie, and Rasmus Swalethorp Marine Ecology Progress Series 745:95-114

Leveraging ecological indicators to improve short term forecasts of fish recruitment Ward, Eric J., Mary E. Hunsicker, Kristin N. Marshall, Kiva L. Oken, Brice X. Semmens, John C. Field, Melissa A. Haltuch, Kelli F. Johnson, Ian G. Taylor, Andrew R. Thompson, and Nick Tolimieri Fish and Fisheries 25(6):895-909

Win, lose, or draw: Evaluating dynamic thermal niches of northeast Pacific groundfish Ward, Eric J., Sean C. Anderson, Lewis A.K. Barnett, Philina A. English, Halle M. Berger, Christian J.C. Commander, Timothy E. Essington, Chris J. Harvey, Mary E. Hunsicker, Michael G. Jacox, Kelli F. Johnson, Scott Large, Owen R. Liu, Kate E. Richerson, Jameal F. Samhouri, Samantha A. Siedlecki, Andrew O. Shelton, Kayleigh A. Somers, and Jordan T. Watson PLOS Climate 3(11):e0000454 (19 p.)

Plasticity in gill morphology and function Wegner, Nicholas C., and Anthony P. Farrell In: Sarah L. Alderman and Todd E. Gillis (eds.), Encyclopedia of fish physiology (2nd ed.), vol. 1, p. 762-779. Academic Press.

Selection of planning unit size in dynamic management strategies to reduce human-wildlife conflict Welch, Heather, Owen R. Liu, Leena Riekkola, Briana Abrahms, Elliott L. Hazen, and Jameal F. Samhouri Conservation Biology 38(3):e14201 (12 p.)

Harnessing AI to map global fishing vessel activity Welch, Heather, Robert T. Ames, Namrata Kolla, David A. Kroodsma, Luca Marsaglia, Tommaso Russo, Jordan T. Watson, and Elliott L. Hazen One Earth 7(10):1685-1691

Unseen overlap between fishing vessels and top predators in the northeast Pacific Welch, Heather, Tyler Clavelle, Timothy D. White, Megan A. Cimino, David Kroodsma, and Elliott L. Hazen Science Advances 10(10):eadl5528 (11 p.)

Trophoscapes of predatory fish reveal biogeographic structuring of spatial dietary overlap and inform fisheries bycatch patterns Wells, Brian K., Jarrod A. Santora, Joseph J. Bizzarro, Alicia Billings, Richard D. Brodeur, Elizabeth A. Daly, John C. Field, Kate E. Richerson, and James T. Thorson Marine Ecology Progress Series 741:47-70

Predicting spring phenology in deciduous broadleaf forests: NEON phenology forecasting community challenge Wheeler, Kathryn I., Michael C. Dietze, David LeBauer, Jody A. Peters, Andrew D. Richardson, Arun A. Ross, R. Quinn Thomas, Kai Zhu, Uttam Bhat, Stephan Munch, Raphaela Floreani Buzbee, Min Chen, Benjamin Goldstein, Jessica Guo, Dalei Hao, Chris Jones, Mira Kelly-Fair, Haoran Liu, Charlotte Malmborg, Naresh Neupane, Debasmita Pal, Vaughn Shirey, Yiluan Song, McKalee Steen, Eric A. Vance, Whitney M. Woelmer, Jacob H. Wynne, and Luke Zachmann Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 345:109810 (12 p.)

Forensic geochemistry identifies the illegal introduction of Walleye into Lake Cascade, Idaho Whitman, George, Jordan Messner, Rachel C. Johnson, Malte Willmes, Brian P. Kennedy, and Carson Jeffres North American Journal of Fisheries Management 44(2):407-414

Evaluating robustness of harvest control rules to climate-driven variability in Pacific sardine recruitment Wildermuth, Robert P., Desiree Tommasi, Peter Kuriyama, James Smith, and Isaac Kaplan Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 81(8):1029-1051

Integrating otolith and genetic tools to reveal intraspecific biodiversity in a highly impacted salmon population Willmes, Malte, Anna M. Sturrock, Flora Cordoleani, Sara Hugentobler, Mariah H. Meek, George Whitman, Kimberly Evans, Eric P. Palkovacs, Natalie J. Stauffer-Olsen, and Rachel C. Johnson Journal of Fish Biology 105(2):412-430

CS-PHOC: weekly census counts of Southern Ocean phocids at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island Woodman, Samuel M., Renato Borras-Chavez, Michael E. Goebel, Daniel Torres, Anelio Aguayo, and Douglas J. Krause Scientific Data 11:895 (8 p.)

Variability in coastal habitat available for Longfin Smelt Spirinchus thaleichthys in the northeastern Pacific Ocean Young, Matthew J., Frederick V. Feyrer, Steven T. Lindley, and David D. Huff Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1282286 (13 p.)

Accurate species classification of Arctic toothed whale echolocation clicks using one-third octave ratios Zahn, Marie J., Michael Ladegaard, Malene Simon, Kathleen M. Stafford, Taiki Sakai, and Kristin L. Laidre Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 155(4):2359-2370

An updated model of potential habitat for northern stock Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax) and its use for attributing survey observations and fishery landings Zwolinski, Juan P., and David A. Demer Fisheries Oceanography 33(3):e12644 (14 p.)

Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science Halpern, Benjamin S., Carl Boettiger, Michael C. Dietze, Jessica A. Gephart, Patrick Gonzalez, Nancy B. Grimm, Peter M. Groffman, Jessica Gurevitch, Sarah E. Hobbie, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Kristy J. Kroeker, Heather J. Lahr, David M. Lodge, Christopher J. Lortie, Julie S.S. Lowndes, Fiorenza Micheli, Hugh P. Possingham, Mary H. Ruckelshaus, Courtney Scarborough, Chelsea L. Wood, Grace C. Wu, Lina Aoyama, Eva E. Arroyo, Christie A. Bahlai, Erin E. Beller, Rachael E. Blake, Karrigan S. Bork, Trevor A. Branch, Norah E.M. Brown, Julien Brun, Emilio M. Bruna, Lauren B. Buckley, Jessica L. Burnett, Max C.N. Castorani, Samantha H. Cheng, Sarah C. Cohen, Jessica L. Couture, Larry B. Crowder, Laura E. Dee, Arildo S. Dias, Ignacio J. Diaz-Maroto, Martha R. Downs, Joan C. Dudney, Erle C. Ellis, Kyle A. Emery, Jacob G. Eurich, Bridget E. Ferriss, Alexa Fredston, Hikaru Furukawa, Sara A. Gagne, Sarah R. Garlick, Colin J. Garroway, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Angelica L. Gonzalez, Eliza M. Grames, Tamar Guy-Haim, Ed Hackett, Lauren M. Hallett, Tamara K. Harms, Danielle E. Haulsee, Kyle J. Haynes, Elliott L. Hazen, Rebecca M. Jarvis, Kristal Jones, Gaurav S. Kandlikar, Dustin W. Kincaid, Matthew L. Knope, Anil Koirala, Jurek Kolasa, John S. Kominoski, Julia Koricheva, Lesley T. Lancaster, Jake A. Lawlor, Heili E. Lowman, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Kari E.A. Norman, Nan Nourn, Casey C. O'Hara, Suzanne X. Ou, Jacqueline L. Padilla-Gamino, Paula Pappalardo, Ryan A. Peek, Dominique Pelletier, Stephen Plont, Lauren C. Ponisio, Christina Portales-Reyes, Diogo B. Provete, Eric J. Raes, Carlos Ramirez-Reyes, Irene Ramos, Sydne Record, Anthony J. Richardson, Roberto Salguero-Gomez, Erin V. Satterthwaite, Chloe Schmidt, Aaron J. Schwartz, Craig R. See, Brendan D. Shea, Rachel S. Smith, Eric R. Sokol, Christopher T. Solomon, Trisha Spanbauer, Paris V. Stefanoudis, Beckett W. Sterner, Vitor Sudbrack, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Ashley R. Townes, Mireia Valle, Jonathan A. Walter, Kathryn I. Wheeler, William R. Wieder, David R. Williams, Marten Winter, Barbora Winterova, Lucy C. Woodall, Adam S. Wymore, and Casey Youngflesh Ecosphere 14(1):e4342 (13 p.)

Responses to pathogen exposure in sentinel juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon in the Sacramento River, CA Abdelrazek, Samah M.R., Richard E. Connon, Camilo Sanchez, Benjamin Atencio, Florian Mauduit, Brendan Lehman, Sascha L. Hallett, Stephen D. Atkinson, J. Scott Foott, and Miles E. Daniels Conservation Physiology 11(1):coad066 (13 p.)

A survey of coastal conditions around the continental US using a high-resolution ocean analysis Alexander, Michael A., James D. Scott, Michael G. Jacox, Clara Deser, Dillon J. Amaya, Antonietta Capotondi, and Adam S. Phillips Progress in Oceanography 216:103055 (20 p.)

Long-term changes in body size of green turtles nesting on Trindade Island, Brazil: Signs of recovery? Alves Pereira, Josiele, Agnaldo Silva Martins, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Ana Carolina de Azevedo Mazzuco Marine Environmental Research 186:105930 (8 p.)

Beaked whale sexual dimorphism, mating strategies, and diversification Alves, Filipe, Sarah L. Mesnick, Massimiliano Rosso, and Robert L. Pitman In: Bernd Wursig and Dara N. Orbach (eds.), Sex in cetaceans: morphology, behavior, and the evolution of sexual strategies, p. 385-413. Springer.

An evaluation of high-resolution ocean reanalyses in the California Current System Amaya, Dillon J., Michael A. Alexander, James D. Scott, and Michael G. Jacox Progress in Oceanography 210:102951 (19 p.)

Bottom marine heatwaves along the continential shelves of North America Amaya, Dillon J., Michael G. Jacox, Michael A. Alexander, James D. Scott, Clara Deser, Antonietta Capotondi, and Adam S. Phillips Nature Communications 14:1038 (15 p.)

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) distributions, aggregation structures, and predator interactions in Bransfield Strait Annasawmy, Pavanee, John K. Horne, Christian S. Reiss, George R. Cutter, and Gavin J. Macaulay Polar Biology 46:151-168

A shallow scattering layer structures the energy seascape of an open ocean predator Arostegui, Martin C., Barbara Muhling, Emmett Culhane, Heidi Dewar, Stephanie S. Koch, and Camrin D. Braun Science Advances 9(40):eadi8200 (11 p.)

Trends in Chinook salmon spawner abundance and total run size highlight linkages between life history, geography and decline Atlas, William I., Matthew R. Sloat, William H. Satterthwaite, Thomas W. Buehrens, Charles K. Parken, Jonathan W. Moore, Nathan J. Mantua, Jon Hart, and Anna Potapova Fish and Fisheries 24(4):595-617

Highly accurate species identification of Eastern Pacific rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) with high-throughput DNA sequencing Baetscher, Diana S., Hayley M. Nuetzel, and John Carlos Garza Conservation Genetics 24(5):563-574

Fin-spine microchemistry discriminates regional stocks of Caspian Sea starry sturgeon Bakhshalizadeh, Shima, Botagoz Murasovna Nasibulina, Tatyana Fedorovna Kurochkin, Attaala Muhaysin Ali, and Theodore W. Hermann Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 292:108483 (8 p.)

Laser ablation strontium isotopes and spatial assignment show seasonal mobility in red deer (Cervus elaphus) at Lazaret Cave, France (MIS 6) Barakat, Sarah, Mael Le Corre, Malte Willmes, Jessica Cohen, Manon Vuillien, Emmanuel Desclaux, and Kate Britton Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11:988837 (14 p.)

Beaked whale dive cycle estimation based on acoustic data from drifting recording systems Barlow, Jay, and Jennifer L.K. McCullough Marine Mammal Science 39(2):688-695

Genetic and environmental drivers of migratory behavior in western burrowing owls and implications for conservation and management Barr, Kelly, Christen M. Bossu, Rachael A. Bay, Eric C. Anderson, Jim Belthoff, Lynne A. Trulio, Debra Chromczak, Colleen L. Wisinski, Thomas B. Smith, and Kristen C. Ruegg Evolutionary Applications 16(12):1889-1900

Deconstructing dams and disease: predictions for salmon disease risk following Klamath River dam removals Bartholomew, Jerri L., Julie D. Alexander, Justin Alvarez, Stephen D. Atkinson, Michael Belchik, Sarah J. Bjork, J. Scott Foott, Alex Gonyaw, Mark E. Hereford, Richard A. Holt, Barry McCovey Jr., Nicholas A. Som, Toz Soto, Anne Voss, Thomas H. Williams, Ted G. Wise, and Sascha L. Hallett Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11:1245967 (24 p.)

Genetic diversity and demographic history of the leopard seal: A Southern Ocean top predator Bender, Arona N., Douglas J. Krause, Michael E. Goebel, Joseph I. Hoffman, Eric A. Lewallen, and Carolina A. Bonin PLoS ONE 18(8):e0284640 (16 p.)

Divergent sensory and immune gene evolution in sea turtles with contrasting demographic and life histories Bentley, Blair P., Tomas Carrasco-Valenzuela, Elia K.S. Ramos, Harvinder Pawar, Larissa Souza Arantes, Alana Alexander, Shreya M. Banerjee, Patrick Masterson, Martin Kuhlwilm, Martin Pippel, Jacquelyn Mountcastle, Bettina Haase, Marcela Uliano-Silva, Giulio Formenti, Kerstin Howe, William Chow, Alan Tracey, Ying Sims, Sarah Pelan, Jonathan Wood, Kelsey Yetsko, Justin R. Perrault, Kelly Stewart, Scott R. Benson, Yaniv Levy, Erica V. Todd, H. Bradley Shaffer, Peter Scott, Brian T. Henen, Robert W. Murphy, David W. Mohr, Alan F. Scott, David J. Duffy, Neil, J. Gemmell, Alexander Suh, Syke Winkler, Francoise Thibaud-Nissen, Mariana F. Nery, Tomas Marques-Bonet, Agostinho Antunes, Yaron Tikochinski, Peter H. Dutton, Olivier Fedrigo, Eugene W. Myers, Erich D. Jarvis, Camila J. Mazzoni, and Lisa M. Komoroske Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120(7):e2201076120 (12 p.)

Distinct patterns of inheritance shape life-history traits in steelhead trout Beulke, Anne K., Alicia Abadia-Cardoso, Devon E. Pearse, Laura C. Goetz, Neil F. Thompson, Eric C. Anderson, and John Carlos Garza Molecular Ecology 32(24):6896-6912

Revisiting a central prediction of the Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory: Gill area index and growth performance Bigman, Jennifer S., Nicholas C. Wegner, and Nicholas K. Dulvy Fish and Fisheries 24(3):354-366

Gills, growth and activity across fishes Bigman, Jennifer S., Nicholas C. Wegner, and Nicholas K. Dulvy Fish and Fisheries 24(5):730-743

Observing ocean ecosystem responses to volcanic ash Bisson, K.M., S. Gasso, N. Mahowald, S. Wagner, B. Koffman, S.A. Carn, S. Deutsch, E. Gazel, S. Kramer, N. Krotkov, C. Mitchell, M.E. Pritchard, K. Stamieszkin, and C. Wilson Remote Sensing of Environment 296:113749 (13 p.)

A Field Guide to the Fishes of the Salish Sea is a portable work of art: Theodore W. Pietsch, James W. Orr (illustrated by Joseph R. Tomelleri), A field guide to the fishes of the Salish Sea: Puget Sound and the straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca, Washington State and British Columbia. Chatwin Books, 2023 [book review] Bizzarro, Joseph J. Environmental Biology of Fishes 106(12):2219-2221

Trophic guilds of marine predators in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem Bizzarro, Joseph J., John C. Field, Jarrod A. Santora, K. Alexandra Curtis, and Brian K. Wells Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1195000 (21 p.)

A multi-predator trophic database for the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem Bizzarro, Joseph J., Lynn Dewitt, Brian K. Wells, K. Alexandra Curtis, Jarrod A. Santora, and John C. Field Scientific Data 10:496 (10 p.)

Natal contributions of kokanee salmon to Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Wyoming-Utah: An evaluation using otolith microchemistry Black, A.R., J.D. Walrath, M. Willmes, and M.C. Quist Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 14(1):90-107

Variability in billfish vertical distribution and fishing interactions driven by environmental conditions in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean Blondin, H.E., D.E. Haulsee, R. Logan, M. Shivji, E.R. Hoffmayer, J.H. Walker, J.M. Dean, E.L. Hazen, and L.B. Crowder ICES Journal of Marine Science 80(6):1629-1642

Fisheries Oceanography: The first 30 years and new challenges Bograd, Steven J., Martin Edwards, Shin-ichi Ito, Janet Nye, and Emily Chappell Fisheries Oceanography 32(1):3-9

Climate change impacts on eastern boundary upwelling systems Bograd, Steven J., Michael G. Jacox, Elliott L. Hazen, Elisa Lovecchio, Ivonne Montes, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Lynn J. Shannon, William J. Sydeman, and Ryan R. Rykaczewski Annual Review of Marine Science 15:303-328

Time and behavioral adjustments to lactation: Insights from a marine predator Borras-Chavez, Renato, Michael E. Goebel, Stella Villegas-Amtmann, Luis A. Huckstadt, Carla Rivera-Rebella, Daniel P. Costa, Jose M. Farina, and Francisco Bozinovic Marine Mammal Science 39(1):131-150

South-Central / Southern California Coast Recovery Domain Boughton, David A. In: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Viability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act: Southwest, p. 175-209. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-686.

Migrant steelhead passage after dam removal, river reroute, and channel evolution in the Carmel River, California Boughton, David A., Haley A. Ohms, and Cory Hamilton Report to California American Water and the California Coastal Office of the National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Ecology Division, Santa Cruz, California. 8 p.

Building use-inspired species distribution models: Using multiple data types to examine and improve model performance Braun, Camrin D., Martin C. Arostegui, Nima Farchadi, Michael Alexander, Pedro Afonso, Andrew Allyn, Steven J. Bograd, Stephanie Brodie, Daniel P. Crear, Emmett F. Culhane, Tobey H. Curtis, Elliott L. Hazen, Alex Kerney, Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, Katherine E. Mills, Dylan Pugh, Nuno Queiroz, James D. Scott, Gregory B. Skomal, David W. Sims, Simon R. Thorrold, Heather Welch, Riley Young-Morse, and Rebecca L. Lewison Ecological Applications 33(6):e2893

Widespread habitat loss and redistribution of marine top predators in a changing ocean Braun, Camrin D., Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, Nima Farchadi, Martin C. Arostegui, Michael Alexander, Andrew Allyn, Steven J. Bograd, Stephanie Brodie, Daniel P. Crear, Tobey H. Curtis, Elliott L. Hazen, Alex Kerney, Katherine E. Mills, Dylan Pugh, James D. Scott, Heather Welch, Riley Young-Morse, and Rebecca L. Lewison Science Advances 9(32):eadi2718 (9 p.)

Ecological forecasts for marine resource management during climate extremes Brodie, Stephanie, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Heather Welch, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Jarrod A. Santora, Rachel Seary, Isaac D. Schroeder, and Michael G. Jacox Nature Communications 14:7701 (10 p.)

William F. Perrin 1938-2022 [obituary] Brownell, Robert L. Jr., Frederick I. Archer, Lisa T. Ballance, Thomas A. Jefferson, James G. Mead, Sarah L. Mesnick, Randall R. Reeves, and Barbara L. Taylor Marine Mammal Science 39(1):356-362

Interactions between life history and the environment on changing growth rates of Chinook salmon Buckner, Jack H., William H. Satterthwaite, Benjamin W. Nelson, and Eric J. Ward Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 80(4):648-662

Historical mitogenomic diversity and population structuring of Southern Hemisphere fin whales Buss, Danielle L., Lane M. Atmore, Maria H. Zicos, William P. Goodall-Copestake, Selina Brace, Frederick I. Archer, C. Scott Baker, Ian Barnes, Emma L. Carroll, Tom Hart, Andrew C. Kitchener, Richard Sabin, Angela L. Sremba, Caroline R. Weir, and Jennifer A. Jackson Genes 14(5):1038 (23 p.)

Observations of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) surface feeding on krill in austral winter at South Georgia Calderan, Susannah V. Calderan, Tracey Dornan, Sophie Fielding, Ryan Irvine, Jennifer A. Jackson, Russell Leaper, Cecilia M. Liszka, Paula A. Olson, and Martin A. Collins Marine Mammal Science 39(4):1306-1312

Surfacing rates, swim speeds, and patterns of movement of Antarctic blue whales Calderan, Susannah V., Russell Leaper, Virginia Andrews-Goff, Brian S. Miller, Paula A. Olson, M.V. Reyes Reyes, Elanor Bell, and Michael C. Double Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1087967 (13 p.)

Estimates of marine mammal, sea turtle, and seabird bycatch in the California large-mesh drift gillnet fishery: 1990-2022 Carretta, James V. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-687. 65 p.

U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2022 Carretta, James V., Erin M. Oleson, Karin A. Forney, David W. Weller, Aimee R. Lang, Jason Baker, Anthony J. Orr, Brad Hanson, Jay Barlow, Jeffrey E. Moore, Megan Wallen, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-684. 404 p.

Sources of human-related injury and mortality for U.S. Pacific West Coast marine mammal stock assessments, 2017-2021 Carretta, James V., Justin Greenman, Kristin Wilkinson, Lauren Saez, Dan Lawson, and Justin Viezbicke U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-690. 223 p.

Role of maturation and mortality in portfolio effects and climate resilience Carvalho, Paul G., William H. Satterthwaite, Michael R. O'Farrell, Cameron Speir, and Eric P. Palkovacs Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 80(6):924-941

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