NOAA FISHERIES

Effects of an autocorrelated stochastic environment and fisheries on the age at maturity of Chinook salmon Fujiwara, Masami Theoretical Ecology 1(2):89-101

Population genetic structure of Oncorhynchus mykiss in the Santa Ynez River, California Garza, John Carlos, and Anthony Clemento Final report for contract with the Cachuma Conservation Release Board. 55 p.

Population genetic structure of Oncorhynchus mykiss in the California Central Valley Garza, John Carlos, and Devon E. Pearse Final report for California Department of Fish and Game Contract #PO485303 with University of California, Santa Cruz and NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 110 Shaffer Rd. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. 54 p.

Population genetics of Oncorhynchus mykiss in the Santa Clara Valley Region Garza, John Carlos, and Devon Pearse Final report to the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD). 53 p.

Genetic population structure of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in California's Central Valley Garza, John Carlos, Scott M. Blankenship, Christophe Lemaire, and Gregory Charrier Final report for CalFed Project "Comprehensive evaluation of population structure and diversity for Central Valley Chinook salmon". University of California, Santa Cruz, Institute of Marine Sciences, and NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, California. 80 p.

An analysis of ancient bowhead whale mangtak from Gambell Alaska: What can it tell us? George, J.C., D. Wetzel, T.M. O'Hara, K. Robertson, L. Dehn, R. LeDuc, and J. Reynolds Paper SC/60/E2 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008). 11 p.

Estimates of 2006 dolphin abundance in the eastern tropical Pacific, with revised estimates from 1986-2003 Gerrodette, Tim, George Watters, Wayne Perryman, and Lisa Ballance U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-422. 39 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - SURVEYS - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP - REVISED ESTIMATES

Geographic variation in external morphology of North Pacific and Southern Hemisphere blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) Gilpatrick, James W., Jr., and Wayne L. Perryman Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 10(1):9-21

Pinniped research at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica, 2007/08 Goebel, Michael, Birgitte I. McDonald, Scott Freeman, Russell G. Haner, Natalie B. Spear, and Stephanie N. Sexton In: Amy M. Van Cise (ed.), AMLR 2007/2008 field season report: objectives, accomplishments and tentative conclusions, p. 120-132. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-427.

Variation of vertebral number in juvenile Oncorhynchus mykiss in relation to upstream distance from the ocean Goin, Jonathan J., Thomas H. Williams, and Christopher J. Donohoe Environmental Biology of Fishes 82(3):207-213

Vertical zoning in marine protected areas: ecological considerations for balancing pelagic fishing with conservation of benthic communities Grober-Dunsmore, Rikki, Lisa Wooninck, John Field, Cameron Ainsworth, Jim Beets, Steve Berkeley, Jim Bohnsack, Rafe Boulon, Richard Brodeur, John Brodziak, Larry Crowder, Danny Gleason, Mark Hixon, Les Kaufman, Bill Lindberg, Marc Miller, Lance Morgan, and Charles Wahle Fisheries 33(12):598-610

The challenge of managing nearshore rocky reef resources Gunderson, Donald R., Ana M. Parma, Ray Hilborn, Jason M. Cope, David L. Fluharty, Marc L. Miller, Russell D. Vetter, Selina S. Heppell, and H. Gary Greene Fisheries 33(4):172-179

Characteristics of sea turtles incidentally captured the U.S. Atlantic sea scallop dredge fishery Haas, Heather L., Erin LaCasella, Robin LeRoux, Henry Milliken, and Brett Hayward Fisheries Research 93(3):289-295

Report of a hydrographic survey of Clipperton Ridge conducted aboard the David Starr Jordan during the Stenella Abundance Research cruise 2006 Hall, Candice, Keith W. Roberts, Sean M. Finney, William P. Mowitt, David Gothan, and Lisa T. Ballance U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-419. 41 p.

A robust deterministic model describing the bomb radiocarbon signal for use in fish age validation Hamel, Owen S., Kevin R. Piner, and John R. Wallace Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137(3):852-859

Catch strategies for the Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) Hannesson, Rögnvaldur, and Samuel F. Herrick CalCOFI Reports 49:222-231

Concentrations of organotin compounds in the stranded killer whales from Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan Harino, Hiroya, Madoka Ohji, Robert L. Brownell, Takaomi Arai, and Nobuyuki Miyazaki Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 55(1):137-142

Steelhead growth in a small central California watershed: upstream and estuarine rearing patterns. Hayes, S. A., M. H. Bond. C. V. Hanson, E. V. Freund, J. J. Smith, E. C. Anderson, A. J. Ammann, and R. B. MacFarlane. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137(1):114-128.

Rebuilding analysis for widow rockfish in 2007 – an update He, Xi, Andre Punt, Alec D. MacCall, and Stephen Ralston In: Status of the Pacific coast groundfish fishery through 2008, stock assessment and fishery evaluation: Stock assessments, STAR Panel reports, and rebuilding analyses. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 17 p.

Status of the widow rockfish resource in 2007: an update He, Xi, Donald E. Pearson, E.J. Dick, John C. Field, Stephen Ralston, and Alec D. MacCall In: Status of the Pacific coast groundfish fishery through 2008, stock assessment and fishery evaluation: Stock assessments, STAR Panel reports, and rebuilding analyses. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 92 p.

Control of phytoplankton biomass by dilution and mixed layer depth in the western Weddell-Scotia Confluence Hewes, C.D., C.S. Reiss, M. Kahru, B.G. Mitchell, and O. Holm-Hansen Marine Ecology Progress Series 366:15-29

Reconciling fisheries with conservation: three examples from the Southern Ocean Hewitt, Roger P., Christopher D. Jones, and Inigo Everson J.L. Nielsen, et al. (eds.), Reconciling fisheries with conservation: Proceedings of the Fourth World Fisheries Congress (May 2-6, 2004, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), vol. II. American Fisheries Society Symposium 49:1681-1697.

Ocean colour and climate change Hoepffner, Nick, Cara Wilson, and Samantha Lavender T. Platt, et al. (eds.), Why ocean colour? The societal benefits of ocean-colour technology, p. 103-109. International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG), Report no. 7, Dartmouth, Canada.

Biogeochemical cycles Hoepffner, Nicolas, Frédéric Mélin, Mark Dowell, John Marra, Toshiro Saino, and Cara Wilson T. Platt, et al. (eds.), Why ocean colour? The societal benefits of ocean-colour technology, p. 31-46. International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG), Report no. 7, Dartmouth, Canada.

Spatial analysis shows that fishing enhances the climatic sensitivity of marine fishes Hsieh, Chih-hao, Christian S. Reiss, Roger P. Hewitt, and George Sugihara Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65(5):947-961

Cryptic speciation in the vermilion rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) and the role of bathymetry in the speciation process Hyde, J.R., C.A. Kimbrell, J.E. Budrick, E.A. Lynn, and R.D. Vetter Molecular Ecology 17(4):1122-1136

Multiple paternity and maintenance of genetic diversity in the live-bearing rockfishes Sebastes spp. Hyde, John R., Carol Kimbrell, Larry Robertson, Kevin Clifford, Eric Lynn, and Russell Vetter Marine Ecology Progress Series 357:245-253

Transoceanic migration rates of young North Pacific albacore, Thunnus alalunga, from conventional tagging data Ichinokawa, Momoko, Atilio L Coan Jr., and Yukio Takeuchi Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65(8):1681-1691

Marine mammal data collected during a survey in the eastern tropical Pacific ocean aboard NOAA ships David Starr Jordan and McArthur II, July 28 - December 7, 2006 Jackson, Alan, Tim Gerrodette, Susan Chivers, Morgan Lynn, Shannon Rankin, and Sarah Mesnick U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-421. 45 p.

Marine mammals of the world: a comprehensive guide to their identification Jefferson, Thomas A., Marc A. Webber, and Robert L. Pitman Academic Press / Elsevier. 573 p.

Diversity, relative abundance, new locality records and population structure of Antarctic demersal fishes from the northern Scotia Arc islands and Bouvetoya Jones, Christopher D., M. Eric Anderson, Arcady V. Balushkin, Guy Duhamel, Richard R. Eakin, Joseph T. Eastman, Kristen L. Kuhn, Guillaume Lecointre, Thomas J. Near, Anthony W. North, David L. Stein, Marino Vacchi, and H. William Detrich III Polar Biology 31(12):1481-1497

Prevalence of the commensal barnacle Xenobalanus globicipitis on cetacean species in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, and a review of global occurrence Kane, Emily A., Paula A. Olson, Tim Gerrodette, and Paul C. Fiedler Fishery Bulletin 106(4):395-404

The 2007 assessment of blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) in California Key, Meisha, Alec D. MacCall, John Field, Debbie Aseltine-Neilson, and Kirk Lynn In: Status of the Pacific coast groundfish fishery through 2008, stock assessment and fishery evaluation: Stock assessments, STAR Panel reports, and rebuilding analyses. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 155 p.

Hybridization between spring- and fall-run Chinook salmon returning to the Trinity River, California Kinziger, Andrew P., Eric J. Loudenslager, David G. Hankin, Eric C. Anderson, and John Carlos Garza North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28(5):1426-1438

Ocean abundance projections and prospective harvest levels for Klamath River fall Chinook, 2008 season Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath River Technical Advisory Team. 28 p.

Klamath River fall Chinook age-specific escapement, river harvest, and run size estimates, 2007 run Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath River Technical Advisory Team. 17 p.

Pelagic habitat characterization of loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in the North Pacific Ocean (1997-2006): insights from satellite tag tracking and remotely sensed data Kobayashi, D.R., J.J. Polovina, D.M. Parker, N. Kamezaki, I.-J. Cheng, I. Uchida, P.H. Dutton, and G.H. Balazs Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 356:96-114

The biology of the spiny icefish Chaenodraco wilsoni Regan, 1914 Kock, Karl-Hermann, Leonid Pshenichnov, Christopher D. Jones, Joachim Groger, and Rudiger Riehl Polar Biology 31(3):381-393

2008 Billfish Newsletter Kohin, Suzanne, and James Wraith U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 16 p. Billfish Tagging Program; Cooperative Billfish Tagging Program; International Billfish Angler Survey; marine recreational fisheries; catches; CPUE; tagging; tags;

Use of chemical tracers to assess diet and persistent organic pollutants in Antarctic Type C killer whales Krahn, Margaret M., Robert L. Pitman, Douglas G. Burrows, David P. Herman, and Ronald W. Pearce Marine Mammal Science 24(3):643-663

Identification, description, and daily growth of pelagic larval and juvenile squarespot rockfish, Sebastes hopkinsi (Family Sebastidae) Laidig, Thomas E., Keith M. Sakuma, John R. Hyde, William Watson, and Cynthia Taylor Lawley CalCOFI Reports 49:212-221

Fish and invertebrate bycatch estimates for the California drift gillnet fishery targeting swordfish and thresher shark, 1990-2006 Larese, Jason P., and Atilio L. Coan Jr. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-426. 53 p.

Age estimates for female eastern and whitebelly spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) incidentally killed in the eastern tropical Pacific tuna purse-seine fishery from 1973-82 Larese, Jason P., and Susan J. Chivers Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 10(2):169-177

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, D. Litovka, and J.C. George Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 10(2):93-97

Mitochondrial sequence divergence among Antarctic killer whale ecotypes is consistent with multiple species LeDuc, Richard, Kelly M. Robertson, and Robert L. Pitman Biology Letters 4(4):426-429

Marine migration of North American green sturgeon Lindley, S.T., M.L. Moser, D.F. Erickson, M. Belchik, D. Welch, E. Rechiski, J.T. Kelly, J. Heublein, and A.P. Klimley Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:182-194

Impact of freshwater and terrestrial ecosystem conditions on estuarine dependent and anadromous fish Lindley, Steve, Steve Ralston, and Eric Danner Report to NOAA Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) program, Project 07-06. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland. 1 p.

Proceedings of the 2007 Trinational Sardine Forum (San Diego, California, USA, November 29-30, 2007) Lo, Nancy C.H., and Anne C. Allen U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-08-02. 87 p.

Spawning biomass of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) off U.S. in 2008 Lo, Nancy C.H., Beverly J. Macewicz, David A. Griffith, and Richard L. Charter U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-430. 33 p. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC - SPAWNING BIOMASS - UNITED STATES

Biogeographic patterns of benthic invertebrate megafauna on shelf areas within the Southern Ocean Atlantic sector. Lockhart, S.J., and C.D. Jones CCAMLR Science 15:167-192

Diet selection by immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Bahia Magdalena foraging ground in the Pacific Coast of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico Lopez-Mendilaharsu, Milagros, Susan C. Gardner, Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 88(3):641-647

Habitat characteristics of juvenile cowcod, Sebastes levis (Scorpaenidae), in Southern California Love, Milton S., and Mary Yoklavich Environmental Biology of Fishes 82(2):195-202

Pacific harbor seal census in California during May-July 2002 and 2004 Lowry, Mark S., James V. Carretta, and Karin A. Forney California Fish and Game 94(4):180-193

Bocaccio rebuilding analysis for 2007 MacCall, Alec D. In: Status of the Pacific coast groundfish fishery through 2008, stock assessment and fishery evaluation: Stock assessments, STAR Panel reports, and rebuilding analyses. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 13 p.

Status of bocaccio off California in 2007 MacCall, Alec D. In: Status of the Pacific coast groundfish fishery through 2008, stock assessment and fishery evaluation: Stock assessments, STAR Panel reports, and rebuilding analyses. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 67 p.

Coho and Chinook salmon decline in California during the spawning seasons of 2007/08 MacFarlane, R.B., S. Hayes, and B. Wells 4 p.

GuiLiner: a configurable and extensible graphical user interface for scientific analysis and simulation software Manoukis, Nicholas C., and Eric C. Anderson arXiv:0806.0314v1 [cs.HC], 4 p. URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/0806.0314v1

Patterns and controls of chlorophyll-a and primary productivity cycles in the Southern California Bight Mantyla, Arnold W., Steven J. Bograd, and Elizabeth L. Venrick Journal of Marine Systems 73(1-2):48-60

Comparative performance testing of spatially explicit genetic analytical methods Martien, Karen K., and David P. Gregovich Paper SC/60/SD4 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008). 10 p.

TOSSM: an R package for assessing performance of genetic analytical methods in a management context Martien, Karen K., Dave Gregovich, Mark V. Bravington, Andre E. Punt, Allan E. Strand, David A. Tallmon, and Barbara L. Taylor Paper SC/60/SD2 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008). 5 p.

Evaluating the performance of the CLA when population structure is not correctly identified Martien, Karen K., David P. Gregovich, and Andre E. Punt Paper SC/60/SD3 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008). 10 p.

The state of the California Current, 2007-2008: La Niña conditions and their effects on the ecosystem McClatchie, Sam, Ralf Goericke, J. Anthony Koslow, Franklin B. Schwing, Steven J. Bograd, Richard Charter, William Watson, Nancy Lo, Kevin Hill, Jon Gottschalck, Michelle l'Heureux, Yan Xue, William T. Peterson, Robert Emmett, Curtis Collins, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, Reginaldo Durazo, Mati Kahru, B. Greg Mitchell, K. David Hyrenbach, W.J. Sydeman, R.W. Bradley, P. Warzybok, and Eric Bjorkstedt CalCOFI Reports 49:39-76

Evolutionary consequences of habitat loss for Pacific anadromous salmonids McClure, Michelle M., Stephanie M. Carlson, Timothy J. Beechie, George R. Pess, Jeffrey C. Jorgensen, Susan M. Sogard, Sonia E. Sultan, Damon M. Holzer, Joseph Travis, Beth L. Sanderson, Mary E. Power, and Richard W. Carmichael Evolutionary Applications 1(2):300-318

Growth rates of wild green turtles, Chelonia mydas, at a temperate foraging habitat in the northern Gulf of Mexico: assessing short-term effects of cold-stunning on growth McMichael, Erin, Jeffrey Seminoff, and Raymond Carthy Journal of Natural History 42(43-44):2793-2807

Chinstrap penguins alter foraging and diving behavior in response to the size of their principle prey, Antarctic krill Miller, Aileen K., and Wayne Z. Trivelpiece Marine Biology 154(2):201-208

A template for quality control and reporting of genetic data used in management Morin, Phillip A., Karen K. Martien, Frederick I. Archer, Frank Cipriano, and Barbara L. Taylor Paper SC/60/SD1 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008)

Differentiating salmon populations at broad and fine geographical scales with microsatellites and single nucleotide polymorphisms Narum, S. R., M. Banks, T. D. Beacham, M. R. Bellinger, M. R. Campbell, J. Dekoning, A. Elz, C. M. Guthrie III, C. Kozfkay, K. M. Miller, P. Moran, R. Phillips, L. W. Seeb, C. T. Smith, K. Warheit, S. F. Young, and J. C. Garza Molecular Ecology 17(15):3464-3477

Physical oceanography and underway environmental observations Needham, Derek, Marcel van den Berg, and Johan Kritzinger In: Amy M. Van Cise (ed.), AMLR 2007/2008 field season report: objectives, accomplishments and tentative conclusions, p. 12-28. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-427.

Collecting adult coastal pelagic fish using the Nordic 264 rope trawl: a guide to deployment and sample processing NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Resources Division, La Jolla, California. 12 p.

Hitching a ride: the formation locomotion strategy of dolphin calves Noren, S.R., G. Biedenbach, J.V. Redfern, and E.F. Edwards Functional Ecology 22(2):278-283

Risk factors for an outbreak of leptospirosis in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in California, 2004 Norman, Stephanie A., Ronald F. DiGiacomo, Frances M.D. Gulland, John Scott Meschke, and Mark S. Lowry Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44(4):837-844

Climate change and the molecular ecology of arctic marine mammals O'Corry-Crowe, Gregory Ecological Applications 18(2, suppl.):S56-S76

Status of blue whale photo-identification from IWC IDCR/SOWER cruises 1987-1988 to 2007-2008 Olson, Paula A. Paper SC/60/SH29 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008). 7 p.

Killer whales of the eastern tropical Pacific: a catalog of photo-identified individuals Olson, Paula A., and Tim Gerrodette U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-428. 120 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - KILLER WHALES - ETP - PHOTO IDENTIFICATION

Assessment of factors affecting natural area escapement shortfall of Klamath River fall Chinook salmon in 2004-2006 Pacific Fishery Management Council (Klamath River Fall Chinook Assessment Workgroup) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 76 p.

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis for 2008 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 101 p.

Preseason report II: Analysis of proposed regulatory options for 2008 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 54 p.

Preseason report III: Analysis of Council adopted management measures for 2008 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 35 p.

Review of 2007 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 326 p.

A Fregetta storm-petrel off western Mexico Pagen, Rich, Peter Pyle, and Lisa T. Ballance Western Birds 39(4):225-227

Cetacean abundance on the western side of the Galápagos Islands during April 2000 Palacios, D.M., and K.A. Forney Paper SC/60/SM7 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008)

Distribution and relative abundance of oceanic cetaceans in Colombia's Pacific EEZ from survey cruises and platforms of opportunity Palacios, Daniel M., Tim Gerrodette, Carolina Garcia, Isabel C. Avila, German A. Soler, Sandra Bessudo, and Fernando Trujillo Paper SC/60/SM4 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008)

Historical baseline for genetic monitoring of coastal California steelhead, Oncorhynchus mykiss Pearse, Devon, and John Carlos Garza Final report to California Department of Fish and Game, Fisheries Restoration Grant Program, Grant #P0510530. NOAA Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, California. 31 p.

Reliability of California's groundfish landing estimates from 1969-2006 Pearson, Donald E., Brenda Erwin, and Meisha Key U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-431. 133 p. MARINE FISHES - GROUNDFISHES - CALIFORNIA - LANDINGS - ESTIMATES

In search of peer reviewers Perrin, William F. Science 319(5859):32

Diet of the striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba, in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean Perrin, William F., Kelly M. Robertson, and William A. Walker U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-418. 26 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - STRIPED DOLPHIN - DIET - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP

Killer snowballs Pitman, Robert L. Natural History 117(10):56

Transition to independence and evidence of extended parental care in the gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) Polito, Michael J., and Wayne Z. Trivelpiece Marine Biology 154(2):231-240

Santa Cruz Harbor commercial fishing community profile: California Fishing Communities Project Pomeroy, Caroline, and Melissa M. Stevens California Sea Grant, Publication no. T-066. 34 p.

Feeding habits of the bigeye thresher shark (Alopias superciliosus) sampled from the California-based drift gillnet fishery Preti, Antonella, Suzanne Kohin, Heidi Dewar, and Darlene Ramon CalCOFI Reports 49:202-211

Spatial variation in fishing intensity and its effect on yield Ralston, Stephen, and Michael R. O'Farrell Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65(4):588-599

Canary rockfish STAR Panel report Ralston, Steve, Patrick Cordue, Devorah Hart, Jim Ianelli, and Paul Medley In: Status of the Pacific coast groundfish fishery through 2008, stock assessment and fishery evaluation: Stock assessments, STAR Panel reports, and rebuilding analyses. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 16 p.

Arrowtooth flounder STAR Panel report Ralston, Steve, Patrick Cordue, Devorah Hart, Jim Ianelli, and Paul Medley In: Status of the Pacific coast groundfish fishery through 2008, stock assessment and fishery evaluation: Stock assessments, STAR Panel reports, and rebuilding analyses. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 12 p.

An assessment of the accuracy and precision of localization of a stationary sound source using a two-element towed hydrophone array Rankin, Shannon, Jay Barlow, and Julie Oswald U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-416. 29 p.

Acoustic studies of marine mammals during seven years of combined visual and acoustic line-transect surveys for cetaceans in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean Rankin, Shannon, Jay Barlow, Julie Oswald, and Lisa Ballance U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-429. 58 p.

Acoustic behavior of dolphins in the Pacific Ocean: implications for using passive acoustic methods for population studies Rankin, Shannon, Julie N. Oswald, and Jay Barlow Canadian Acoustics 36(1):88-92

Absence of scale dependence in dolphin-habitat models for the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean Redfern, J.V., J. Barlow, L.T. Ballance, T. Gerrodette, and E.A. Becker Marine Ecology Progress Series 363:1-14

Variations in the biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) around the South Shetland Islands, 1996-2006. Reiss, Christian S., Anthony M. Cossio, Valerie Loeb, and David A. Demer. ICES Journal of Marine Science 65(4): 497-508.

Remotely sensed spawning habitat of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) and Northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax) within the California Current. Reiss, Christian S., David M. Checkley Jr, and Steven J. Bograd. Fisheries Oceanography 17(2):126-136.

Development and characterization of nine polymorphic microsatellite markers for Mexican spadefoot toads (Spea multiplicata) with cross-amplification in Plains spadefoot toads (S. bobmifrons) Rice, A.M., D.E. Pearse, T. Becker, R.A. Newman, C. Lebonville, G.R. Harper, and K.S. Pfennig Molecular Ecology Resources 8(6):1386-1389