NOAA FISHERIES

Using the California Habitat Restoration Project database to estimate habitat restoration costs for ESA-listed salmonids Hildner, K. Kelly, and Cynthia J. Thomson U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-403. 220 p. ECOLOGY - HABITAT - CALIFORNIA HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECT - HABITAT RESTORATION - COSTS - DATABASE - ANADROMOUS FISHES - ESA LISTED SALMONIDS - SALMON

Salmon habitat restoration cost modeling: results and lessons learned Hildner, K. Kelly, and Cynthia J. Thomson U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-404. 191 p. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - HABITATION RESTORATION - COSTS - MODELING - MODELS - RESULTS - LESSONS LEARNED

Assessment of the Pacific sardine resource in 2007 for U.S. management in 2008 Hill, Kevin T., Emmanis Dorval, Nancy C.H. Lo, Beverly J. Macewicz, Christina Show, and Roberto Felix-Uraga U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-413. 179 p. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC - FISHERY MANAGEMENT - POPULATIONS - ABUNDANCE

A compilation of parameters for ecosystem dynamics models of the Scotia Sea - Antarctic Peninsula region Hill, S.L., K. Reid, S.E. Thorpe, J. Hinke, and G.M. Watters CCAMLR Science 14:1-25

Divergent responses of Pygoscelis penguins reveal a common environmental driver Hinke, J.T., K. Salwicka, S.G. Trivelpiece, G.M. Watters, and W.Z. Trivelpiece Oecologia 153:845-855

Population status and internesting movement of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, nesting on the northwest coast of Papua, Indonesia Hitipeuw, C., P.H. Dutton, S. Benson, J. Thebu, and J. Bakarbessy Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6:28-36

The Transition Zone Chlorophyll Front can trigger Acanthaster planci outbreaks in the Pacific Ocean: Historical confirmation. Houk, P., S. Bograd, and R. Van Woesik. Journal of Oceanography 63:149-154 INVERTEBRATES - SEA STARS - CROWN-OF-THORNS STARFISH - OCEANOGRAPHY - TRANSITION ZONE CHLOROPHYLL FRONT - PACIFIC OCEAN - HISTORY

Geographical distribution and abundance of Pacific saury, Cololabis saira (Brevoort) (Scomberesocidae), fishing stocks in the northwestern Pacific in relation to sea temperatures Huang, Wen-Bin, Nancy C.H. Lo, Tai-Sheng Chiu, and Chih-Shin Chen Zoological Studies 46(6):705-716

Risk assessment of trace elements in the stomach contents of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins and finless porpoises in Hong Kong waters Hung, Craig L.H., Ridge K.F. Lau, James C.W. Lam, Thomas A. Jefferson, Samuel K. Hung, Michael H.W. Lam, and Paul K.S. Lam Chemosphere 66(7):1175-1182

The origin, evolution, and diversification of rockfishes of the genus Sebastes (Cuvier) Hyde John R., and Russell D. Vetter Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(2):790-811

Simulation of surface erosion on a logging road in the Jackson Demonstration State Forest Ish, T., and D. Tomberlin R.B. Standiford et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Redwood Region Forest Science Symposium: What does the future hold? U.S. Forest Service, General Technical Report PSW-GTR-194.

Isomer specific determination of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) in small cetaceans from the South China Sea -- levls and temporal variation Isobe, Tomohiko, Karri Ramu, Natsuko Kajiwara, Shin Takahashi, Paul K.S. Lam, Thomas A. Jefferson, Kaiya Zhou, Shinsuke Tanabe Marine Pollution Bulletin 54(8):1139-1145

Possible Soviet catches of humpback whales in Fiji and Tonga Ivashchenko, Y.V., P. Clapham, and R.L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/59/SH20 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 2 p.

Saving the vaquita: immediate action, not more data Jaramillo-Legorreta, A., L. Rojas-Bracho, R.L. Brownell Jr., A.J. Read, R.R. Reeves, K. Ralls, and B.L. Taylor Conservation Biology 21(6):1653-1655

Marine mammals of the world Jefferson, T.A., M.A. Webber, and R.L. Pitman Academic Press. 592 p.

An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong Jefferson, Thomas A., and Samuel K. Hung Mammalia 71(3):105-114

Tag return models allowing for harvest and catch and release: evidence of environmental and management impacts on striped bass fishing and natural mortality rates Jiang, Honghua, Kenneth H. Pollock, Cavell Brownie, John M. Hoenig, Robert J. Latour, Brian K. Wells, and Joseph E. Hightower North American Journal of Fisheries Management 27(2):387-396

Sea level anomalies control phytoplankton biomass in the Costa Rica Dome area Kahru, M., P.C. Fiedler, S.T. Gille, M. Manzano, and B.G. Mitchell Geophysical Research Letters 34(22):L22601

Male krill grow fast and die young Kawaguchi, S. L.A. Finley, S. Jarman, S.G. Candy, R.M. Ross, L.B. Quetin, V. Siegel, W. Trivelpiece, M. Naganobu, and S. Nicol Marine Ecology Progress Series 345:199-210

Klamath River fall Chinook age-specific escapement, river harvest, and run size estimates, 2006 run Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath River Technical Advisory Team. 18 p.

Ocean abundance projections and prospective harvest levels for Klamath River fall Chinook, 2007 season Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath River Technical Advisory Team. 25 p.

Use of chemical tracers in assessing the diet and foraging regions of eastern North Pacific killer whales Krahn, Margaret M., David P. Herman, Craig O. Matkin, John W. Durban, Lance Barrett-Lennard, Douglas G. Burrows, Marilyn E. Dahlheim, Nancy Black, Richard G. LeDuc, and Paul R. Wade Marine Environmental Research 63(2):91-114

Relationship between abundance of juvenile rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) and environmental variables documented off northern California and potential mechanisms for the covariation. Laidig, T. E., J. R. Chess, and D. F. Howard. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 105: 39-48 MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - ROCKFISH - JUVENILES - ABUNDANCE - VARIABLES - POTENTIAL MECHANISMS

Identification of historical populations of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in the Oregon Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit Lawson, P.W., E.P. Bjorkstedt, M.W. Chilcote, C.W. Huntington, J.S. Mills, K.M.S. Moore, T.E. Nickelson, G.H. Reeves, H.A. Stout, T.C. Wainwright, and L.A. Weitkamp U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-79. 126 p.

Patterns of genetic variation in Southern Hemisphere blue whales and the use of assignment test to detect mixing on the feeding grounds LeDuc, R.G., A.E. Dizon, M. Goto, L.A. Pastene, H. Kato, S. Nishiwaki, C.A. LeDuc, and R.L. Brownell Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(1):73-80

Mitochondrial genetic variation in bowhead whales in the western Arctic LeDuc, R.G., K.K. Martien, P.A. Morin, N. Hedrick, K.M. Robertson, B.L. Taylor, N.S. Mugue, R.G. Borodin, D.A. Zelenina, and J.C. George Paper SC/59/BRG9 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 11 p.

Sequence variation in bowhead whales: a response to BRG29 and a reexamination of the analyses LeDuc, R.G., K.K. Martien, P.A. Morin, N. Hedrick, K.M. Robertson, B.L. Taylor, N.S. Mugue, R.G. Borodin, D.A. Zelenina, and J.C. George Paper SC/59/BRG33 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 24 p.

Framework for assessing viability of threatened and endangered Chinook salmon and steelhead in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Basin. Lindley, S. T., R. S. Schick, E. Mora, P. B. Adams, J. J. Anderson, S. Greene, C. Hanson, B. P. May, D. R. McEwan, R. B. MacFarlane, C. Swanson, and J. G. Williams. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 5(1):4 (26 p.) ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - CHINOOK - STEELHEAD - CALIFORNIA

Acoustic tagging of green sturgeon Lindley, S., and M. Moser P. Sheridan, J.W. Ferguson, and S.L. Downing (eds.), Report of the National Marine Fisheries Service workshop on advancing electronic tag technologies and their use in stock assessments (August 23-25, 2005), p. 7-8. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-82.

AMLR 2006/2007 field season report: objectives, accomplishments and tentative conclusions Lipsky, Jessica D. (ed.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-409. 156 p. ANTARCTICA - POLAR - ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES (AMLR) - FIELD SEASON REPORT

Daily larval production of Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) off California in 1951-2006 Lo, Nancy C.H. CalCOFI Reports 48:147-164

Spawning biomass of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) off U.S. and Canada in 2007 Lo, Nancy C.H., Beverly J. Macewicz, and Richard L. Charter U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-411. 31 p. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC - SPAWNING BIOMASS - UNITED STATES - CANADA

Spawning biomass of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) off U.S. and Canada in 2006 Lo, Nancy C.H., Beverly J. Macewicz, David A. Griffith, and Richard L. Charter U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-401. 32 p. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC - SPAWNING BIOMASS - UNITED STATES - CANADA

Age of black coral (Antipathes dendrochristos) colonies, with notes on associated invertebrate species. Love, M. S., M. M. Yoklavich, B. A. Black, and A. H. Andrews. Bulletin of Marine Science 80(2):391-400 INVERTEBRATES - CORALS - BLACK CORAL - AGE - COLONIES

Population consequences of age-dependent maternal effects in rockfish (Sebastes spp.) Lucero, Yasmin Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Santa Cruz. 153 p.

Depletion-adjusted average catch MacCall, Alec D. A. Rosenberg, et al. (eds.), Setting annual catch limits for U.S. fisheries: An expert working group report, p. 27-31. Lenfest Ocean Program, Washington, D.C.

Ecosystem-based fisheries management: some practical suggestions Marasco, R.J., D. Goodman, C.B. Grimes, P.W. Lawson, A.E. Punt, and T.J. Quinn II Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64:928-939

Simulation-based performance testing of the Bayesian clustering program STRUCTURE Martien, Karen K., Eric Archer, and Barbara L. Taylor Paper SC/59/SD3 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 10 p.

The genetic consequence of non-equilibrial dynamics in bowhead whales Martien, Karen K., Eric Archer, Bonnie J. Ripley, and Barbara L. Taylor Paper SC/59/BRG16 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 12 p.

A note on the ability of STRUCTURE to correctly infer the number of populations for Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas bowhead whales Martien, Karen K., Geof H. Givens, and Eric Archer Paper SC/59/BRG34 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 8 p.

Genesis of simulated genetic data and sampling to emulate empirical bowhead whale samples Martien, Karen, Eric Archer, and Barbara Taylor Paper SC/J07/AWMP5 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (Second Intersessional Workshop to Prepare for the 2007 Bowhead Whale Implementation Review, Seattle, 12-16 January 2007). 6 p.

Cycles of Euphausia superba recruitment evident in the diet of pygoscelid penguins and net trawls in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Miller, A.K., and W.Z. Trivelpiece Polar Biology 30:1615-1623

Diets of top predators indicate pelagic juvenile rockfish (Sebastes spp.) abundance in the California Current System. Mills, K. L., T. Laidig, S. Ralston, and W. J. Sydeman. Fisheries Oceanography 16(3):273-283 MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - ROCKFISH - JUVENILES - CALIFORNIA CURRENT ECOSYSTEM - CCE - PREDATORS - DIET

Characterization of 18 SNP markers for sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Morin, P.A., N.C. Aitken, N. Rubio-Cisneros, A.E. Dizon, and S. Mesnick Molecular Ecology Notes 7(4):626-630

Comparative mitochondrial and nuclear quantitative PCR of historical marine mammal tissue, bone, baleen, and tooth samples Morin, P.A., N.M. Hedrick, K.M. Robertson, and C.A. LeDuc Molecular Ecology Notes 7(3):404-411

Highly accurate SNP genotyping from historical and low-quality samples Morin, Phillip A., and Melissa McCarthy Molecular Ecology Notes 7(6):937-946 MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - BOWHEAD WHALE - POPULATION GENETICS - ANCIENT DNA - GENOTYPING - PCR - SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM - SNP - HISTORICAL DATA

Development and application of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for bowhead whale population structure analysis Morin, Phillip A., Brittany L. Hancock, and J. Craig George Paper SC/59/BRG8 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 7 p.

Estimated genotype error rates from bowhead whale microsatellite data Morin, Phillip A., Richard G. LeDuc, Eric Archer, Karen K. Martien, Barbara L. Taylor, Ryan Huebinger, and John W. Bickham Paper SC/59/BRG15 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 10 p.

Reproduction in the viviparous South African clinid fish Fucomimus mus Moser, H.G. African Journal of Marine Science 29(3):423-436

Use of Washington estuaries by subadult and adult green sturgeon. Moser, M., and S. Lindley. Environmental Biology of Fishes 79(3-4):243-253 MARINE FISHES - STURGEONS - GREEN STURGEON - SUBADULT - ADULT - ESTUARIES - HABITAT - WASHINGTON

Confirmation of neutral buoyancy in Aethotaxis mitopteryx DeWitt (Notothenioidei: Nototheniidae) Near, Thomas J., B. Jacob Kendrick, H. William Detrich III, and Christopher D. Jones Polar Biology 30(4):443-447

Summary of bronzespotted rockfish (Sebastes gilli) conservation concerns NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center March 2007 briefing book, Agenda item E.2.b, Attachment 3 (3 p.). Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

Physiological and behavioral development in delphinid calves: implications for calf separation and mortality due to tuna purse-seine sets Noren, S. R., and E. Edwards Marine Mammal Science 23(1):15-29 MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - DOLPHIN - PHYSIOLOGY - BEHAVIOR - MOTHER CALF SEPARATION - MORTALITY - MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA - PURSE SEINES - SETS - NETS - FISHING

Blue whale visual and acoustic encounter rates in the Southern California Bight Oleson, E.M., J. Calambokidis, J. Barlow, and J.A. Hildebrand Marine Mammal Science 23(3):574-597

Behavioral context of call production by eastern North Pacific blue whales Oleson, Erin M., John Calambokidis, William C. Burgess, Mark A. McDonald, Carrie A. LeDuc, and John A. Hildebrand Marine Ecology Progress Series 330:269-284

Cetaceans, small: overview Olson, Paula A. In: Beau Riffenburgh (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, p. 216-218. Routledge.

Report of blue whale photo-identification from IWC-SOWER 2006-2007, Area IIIW Olson, Paula A. Paper SC/59/IA9 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 4 p.

Status of the archival and analysis of blue whale photographs from IWC IDCR/SOWER cruises Olson, Paula A. Paper SC/59/IA10 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 5 p.

Photo-identification of killer whales from the eastern tropical Pacific Olson, Paula A., and Tim Gerrodette Paper SC/59/SM27 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 4 p.

Epipelagic fish assemblages associated with juvenile Pacific salmon in neritic waters of the California Current and the Alaska Current Orsi, Joseph A., Jeffrey A. Harding, Suzan S. Pool, Richard D. Brodeur, Lewis J. Haldorson, James M. Murphy, Jamal H. Moss, Edward V. Farley, Jr., Ruston M. Sweeting, John F.T. Morris, Marc Trudel, Richard J. Beamish, Robert L. Emmett, and Emily A. Fergusson C.B. Grimes, et al. (eds.), The ecology of juvenile salmon in the northeast Pacific Ocean: regional comparisons, p. 105-155. American Fisheries Society Symposium 57.

A tool for real-time acoustic species identification of delphinid whistles Oswald, J. N., S. Rankin, J. Barlow, and M. O. Lammers Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 122(1):587-595 MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - ACOUSTICS - WHISTLES - SOUNDS - IDENTIFICATION

First description of whistles of Pacific Fraser's dolphins Lagenodelphis hosei Oswald, J.N., S. Rankin, and J. Barlow Bioacoustics 16(2):99-111

The effect of vaterite deposition on sound reception, otolith morphology, and inner ear sensory epithelia in hatchery-reared Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Oxman, D.S., R. Barnett-Johnson, M.E. Smith, A. Coffin, D.L. Miller, R. Josephson, and A.N. Popper Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64(11):1469-1478

Klamath River fall Chinook overfishing assessment Pacific Fishery Management Council (Klamath River Fall Chinook Review Workgroup) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 41 p.

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis for 2007 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 90 p.

Preseason report II: Analysis of proposed regulatory options for 2007 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 45 p.

Preseason report III: Analysis of Council adopted management measures for 2007 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 36 p.

Review of 2006 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 312 p.

Genetic diversity and differentiation between the two remaining populations of the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal Pastor, T., J. C. Garza, A. Aguilar, E. Tounta, and E. Androukaki Animal Conservation 10(4):461-469

Population genetics of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Klamath River Pearse, D.E., C.J. Donohoe, and J.C. Garza Environmental Biology of Fishes 80:377-387

Identification of northeastern Pacific rockfish using multilocus nuclear DNA genotypes Pearse, D.E., L. Wooninck, C.A. Dean, and C.J. Garza Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136(1):272-280

Time series of the northeast Pacific Pena, M. Angelica, and Steven J. Bograd Progress in Oceanography 75(2):115-119

Proposed updates to the list of recognised species of cetaceans Perrin, W.F., and R.L. Brownell Paper SC/59/O15 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 4 p.

Cranial description and genetic identity of the holotype specimen of Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832) Perrin, W.F., K.M. Robertson, P.J.H. Van Bree, and J.G. Mead Marine Mammal Science 23(3):343-357

External appearance of the dwarf spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris roseiventris Perrin, W.F., M.T. Aquino, M.L.L. Dolar, and M.N.R. Alava Marine Mammal Science 23(4):730

The small-cetacean fauna of the west coast of Africa and Macaronesia: diversity and distribution Perrin, William F., and Koen Van Waerebeek WATCH: Western African Talks on Cetaceans and their Habitats (Adeje, Tenerife, Spain, 16-20 October 2007). United Nations Environment Programme, Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, UNEP/CMS-WATCH-Inf.6, 10 p.

Recent pre-recruit Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) occurrences in the northern California Current suggest a northward expansion of their spawning area Phillips, A. Jason, Stephen Ralston, Richard D. Brodeur, Toby D. Auth, Robert L. Emmett, Carrie Johnson, and Vidar G. Wespestad CalCOFI Reports 48:215-229

Marine debris collects within the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone Pichel, William G., James H. Churnside, Timothy S. Veenstra, David G. Foley, Karen S. Friedman, Russell E. Brainard, Jeremy B. Nicoll, Quanan Zheng, and Pablo Clemente-Colon Marine Pollution Bulletin 54(8):1207-1211

Nesting of the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) from 1999-2000 through 2003-2004 at Playa Langosta, Parque Nacional Marino Las Baulas de Guanacaste, Costa Rica Piedra, R., E. Vélez, P. Dutton, E. Possardt, and C. Padilla Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6:111-116

Abundance and distribution of the eastern North Pacific Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) population Pitcher, K. W., P. F. Olesiuk, R. F. Brown, M. S. Lowry, S. J. Jeffries, J. L. Sease, W. L. Perryman, C. E. Stinchcomb, and L. F. Lowry Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 105:102-115 MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEA LIONS - EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC STELLAR SEA LION - POPULATION - ABUNDANCE - DISTRIBUTION

How now, little cow? Pitman, R. L., and L. Rojas-Bracho Natural History 116(6):28-32 MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - DOLPHIN - VAQUITA - BAIJI - ENDANGERED - MEXICO - GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Killer whales preying on a blue whale calf on the Costa Rica Dome: genetics, morphometrics, vocalisations and composition of the group Pitman, Robert L., Holly Fearnbach, Richard LeDuc, James W. Gilpatrick Jr., John K.B. Ford, and Lisa T. Ballance Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9(2):151-157

A dwarf form of killer whale in Antarctica Pitman, Robert L., Wayne L. Perryman, Don LeRoi, and Erik Eilers Journal of Mammalogy 88(1):43-48 MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - DOLPHIN - KILLER WHALE - DWARF FORM - ANTARCTICA

A management strategy evaluation of rebuilding revision rules for overfished rockfish stocks Punt, André E., and Stephen Ralston J. Heifetz, et al. (eds.), Biology, assessment, and management of north Pacific rockfishes, p. 329-351. Alaska Sea Grant no. AK-SG-07-01.

Sounds recorded in the presence of Blainville’s beaked whales, Mesoplodon densirostris, near Hawai'i Rankin, S., and J. Barlow Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 122(1):42-45 MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - BLAINSVILLE BEAKED WHALE - ACOUSTICS- HAWAII - SOUND RECORDING

Patterned burst-pulse vocalizations of the northern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis borealis Rankin, S., J. Oswald, J. Barlow, and M. Lammers Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121(2):1213-1218 MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE - ACOUSTICS - VOCALIZATIONS

A visual sighting and acoustic detections of minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae), in nearshore Hawaiian waters Rankin, S., T. F. Norris, M. A. Smultea, C. Oedekoven, A. M. Zoidis, E. Silva, and J. Rivers Pacific Science 61(3):395-398 MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - MINKE WHALE - ACOUSTICS - DETECTION - HAWAII - VISUAL SIGHTINGS

Vocalizations of the Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis off the Hawaiian Islands Rankin, Shannon, and Jay Barlow Bioacoustics 16(2):137-145

Southern Hemisphere humpback whales wintering off Central America: insights from water temperature into the longest mammalian migration. Rasmussen, K., D. M. Palacios, J. Calambokidis, M. T. Saborı´o, L. Dalla Rosa, E. R. Secchi, G. H. Steiger, J. M. Allen, and G. S. Stone. Biology Letters 3(3):302-305 MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - HUMPBACK WHALE - CENTRAL AMERICA - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - WATER TEMPERATURE - MIGRATION

Comparison of humpback whale entanglement across the North Pacific Ocean based on scar evidence Robbins, J., J. Barlow, A.M. Burdin, J. Calambokidis, C. Gabriele, P. Clapham, J. Ford, R.G. LeDuc, D.K. Mattila, T. Quinn, L. Rojas-Bracho, J.M. Straley, J. Urban, P.R. Wade, D.W. Weller, B.H. Witteveen, K. Wynne, and M. Yamaguchi Paper SC/59/BC15 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 4 p.

Extraction of DNA from formalin-fixed cetacean tissues Robertson, Kelly M., Carrie A. LeDuc, Rick G. LeDuc, and Phillip A. Morin U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-400. 17 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DNA - EXTRACTION - TISSUES

Life history and stock structure of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Rooker, Jay R., Jaime R. Alvarado Bremer, Barbara A. Block, Heidi Dewar, Gregorio De Metrio, Aldo Corriero, Richard T. Kraus, Eric D. Prince, Enrique Rodriguez-Marin, and David H. Secor Reviews in Fisheries Science 15(4):265-310

Report of the Large Whale Health Assessment Workshop, Olympia, Washington, 8-9 December 2006 Rowles, T., A.L. Bradford, J. Calambokidis, E.A. Falcone, C.M. Gabriele, J.K. Gaydos, M.M. Krahn, D.K. Mattila, B. Norberg, S. Raverty, J. Robbins, L. Rojas-Bracho, R.M. Rolland, C. Rosa, D.S. Rotstein, J. Urban, D.W. Weller, and M. Yamaguchi Paper SC/59/DW2 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 7 p.

Influence of headwater site conditions and riparian buffers on terrestrial salamander response to forest thinning Rundio, David E., and Deanna H. Olson Forest Science 53(2):320-330

High-frequency patterns in abundance of larval Pacific hake, Merluccius productus, and rockfish, Sebastes spp., at a single fixed station off central California. Sakuma, K. M., S. Ralston, and D. A. Roberts. Fisheries Oceanography 16(4):383-394. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - ROCKFISH - PACIFIC HAKE - CALIFORNIA - LARVAE - ABUNDANCE - MONITORING - TRENDS - LESSONS - STATION DATA

Directed connectivity among fish populations in a riverine network Schick, Robert S., and Steven T. Lindley Journal of Applied Ecology 44(6):1116-1126

Development of a standardized DNA database for Chinook salmon Seeb, L.W., A. Antonovich, M.A. Banks, T.D. Beacham, M.R. Bellinger, S.M. Blankenship, M.R. Campbell, N.A. Decovich, J.C. Garza, C.M. Guthrie III, T.A. Lundrigan, P. Moran, S.R. Narum, J.J. Stephenson, K.J. Supernault, D.J. Teel, W.D. Templin, et al. Fisheries 32:540-552

Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the Gulf of California: distribution, demography, and human interactions Seminoff, J.A., and P.H. Dutton Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6:137-141

Refocusing on leatherbacks: conservation challenges and signs of success Seminoff, Jeffrey A., Frank V. Paladino, and Anders G.J. Rhodin Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6(1):1-6

Morphology and biomechanics of a "three-wing" flying fish: Parexocoetus brachypterus [abstract] Shadwick, Robert E., and Robert L. Pitman Eighth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (Paris, France, July 16-21, 2007). Journal of Morphology 268(12):1041-1154.