NOAA FISHERIES

Fishery effects on dolphins targeted by tuna purse-seiners in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean Edwards, Elizabeth F. International Journal of Comparative Psychology 20(2-3):217-227

At-sea density and abundance estimates of the olive ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea in the eastern tropical Pacific Eguchi, T., T. Gerrodette, R.L. Pitman, J.A. Seminoff, and P.H. Dutton Endangered Species Research 3:191-203

2006-2007 International Whaling Commission-Southern Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC-SOWER) Cruise Ensor, Paul, Hiroyuki Komiya, Isabel Beasley, Kazuki Fukutome, Paula Olson, and Yasunari Tsuda Paper SC/59/IA1 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 58 p.

Population dynamics of an unexploited rockfish (Sebastes jordani) in the California Current Field, J.C., E.J. Dick, M. Key, M. Lowry, Y. Lucero, A. MacCall, D. Pearson, S. Ralston, W. Sydeman, and J. Thayer In: Jonathan Heifetz et al. (eds.), Biology, assessment, and management of North Pacific rockfishes (23rd Lowell Wakefield Symposium), p. 451-472. Alaska Sea Grant, AK-SG-07-01. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - SHORTBELLY ROCKFISH - POPULATION DYNAMICS - CALIFORNIA CURRENT

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center: Agency report to the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-U.S. Groundfish Committee Field, John (ed.), Anne Allen, John Hyde, Janet Mason, Deanna Pinkard, Stephen Ralston, Susan Sogard, Cynthia Thomson, and William Watson In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: Forty-eighth annual meeting of the TSC (April 24-25, 2007, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, California), p. 183-203. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Portland, Oregon.

Stock assessment model for the shortbelly rockfish, Sebastes jordani, in the California Current Field, John C., Edward J. Dick, and Alec D. MacCall U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-405. 83+21 p. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - SHORTBELLY ROCKFISH - STOCKS - STOCK ASSESSEMENT MODEL - MODELS - CALIFORNIA CURRENT

Range expansion and trophic interactions of the jumbo squid, Dosidicus gigas, in the California Current Field, John C., Ken Baltz, A. Jason Phillips, and William A. Walker CalCOFI Reports 48:131-146

Comparisons of the coastal distributions and abundances of juvenile Pacific salmon from central California to the northern Gulf of Alaska Fisher, Joseph, Marc Trudel, Arnold Ammann, Joseph A. Orsi, Jack Piccolo, Cynthia Bucher, Edmundo Casillas, Jeffrey A. Harding, R. Bruce MacFarlane, Richard D. Brodeur, John F. T. Morris, and David W. Welch C. B. Grimes et al. (eds.), The ecology of juvenile salmon in the northeast Pacific Ocean: regional comparisons. American Fisheries Society Symposium 57:31-80.

Trade-offs between size and energy reserves reflect alternative strategies for optimizing larval survival potential in rockfish Fisher, R., S. Sogard, and S. Berkeley Marine Ecology Progress Series 344:257-270

Preliminary estimates of cetacean abundance along the U.S. West Coast and within four National Marine Sanctuaries during 2005 Forney, Karin A. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-406. 27 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - SURVEYS - ABUNDANCE - POPULATIONS - ESTIMATION - NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES

Updated estimates of mortality and injury of cetaceans in the Hawaii-based longline fishery, 1994-2005 Forney, Karin A., Donald R. Kobayashi U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-412. 30 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - MORTALITY - HAWAII - LONGLINE FISHERY

Director's report to the 58th Tuna Conference on tuna and tuna-related activities at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center for the period May 1, 2006 to April 30, 2007 Fox, William W. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-07-03. 27 p.

Ten commandments for ecosystem-based fisheries scientists Francis, Robert C., Mark A. Hixon, M. Elizabeth Clarke, Steven A. Murawski, and Stephen Ralston Fisheries 32(5):217-233

Leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea, nesting along the Atlantic coast of Africa Fretey, Jacques, Alexis Billes, and Manjula Tiwari Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6(1):126-129

Extinction-effective population index: incorporating life-history variations in population viability analysis Fujiwara, M. Ecology 88(9):2345-2353

Status of blue whales off Isla de Chiloe, Chile, during 2007 field season Galletti Vernazzani, Barbara, Carole A. Carlson, Elsa Cabrera, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/59/SH1 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 7 p.

Large scale parentage inference as an alternative to coded-wire tags for salmon fishery management Garza, John Carlos, and Eric Anderson In: PSC Genetic Stock Identification Workshop (May and September 2007): Logistics Workgroup final report and recommendations, p. 48-55. Pacific Salmon Commission, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

A brief and preliminary look at SNPs data for some Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas bowhead whales Givens, Geof, Marisa Williams, Phillip A. MOrin, Brittany Hancock, and J. Craig George Paper SC/59/BRG11 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 5 p.

Using carapace measurements to determine the sex of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba Goebel, M.E., J.D. Lipsky, C.R. Reiss, and V.J. Loeb Polar Biology 30:307-315

The state of the California Current, 2006-2007: Regional and local processes dominate Goericke, Ralf, Elizabeth Venrick, Tony Koslow, William J. Sydeman, Franklin B. Schwing, Steven J. Bograd, William T. Peterson, Robert Emmett, J. Ruben Lara Lara, Gilberto Gaxiola Castro, Jose Gomez Valdez, K. David Hyrenbach, Russel W. Bradley, Michael J. Weise, James T. Harvey, Curtis Collins, and Nancy C.H. Lo CalCOFI Reports 48:33-66

Multibeam sonar surveys and geological habitat mapping of the seafloor within the Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCA), Southern California continental borderland Goldfinger, Chris, Chris Romsos, Jason Chaytor, Mary Yoklavich, Mark Amend, Diana Watters, Waldo Wakefield, and Lawrence Hufnagle Oregon State University, Active Tectonics and Seafloor Mapping Laboratory, Report ATSML 07-01 (40 p.)

A champion’s guide to the TOSSM package Gregovich, Dave, Karen Martien, and Mark Bravington Paper SC/59/SD4 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 8 p.

The ecology of juvenile salmon in the northeast Pacific Ocean: regional comparisons Grimes, Churchill B., Richard D. Brodeur, Lewis J. Haldorson, and Stewart M. McKinnell (eds.) Proceedings of the Symposium "Ocean Ecology of Salmon in Western North America: Regional Comparisons" (Anchorage, AK, 12-13 September 2005). American Fisheries Society Symposium 57. 247 p.

An introduction to the ecology of juvenile salmon in the northeast Pacific Ocean: regional comparisons Grimes, Churchill B., Richard D. Brodeur, Stewart M. McKinnell, and Lewis J. Haldorson C. B. Grimes et al. (eds.), The ecology of juvenile salmon in the northeast Pacific Ocean: regional comparisons. Proceedings of the Symposium "Ocean Ecology of Salmon in Western North America: Regional Comparisons" (Anchorage, AK, 12-13 September 2005). American Fisheries Society Symposium 57:1-6.

Lessons from fisheries buybacks Groves, Theodore, and Dale Squires In: Rita Curtis and Dale Squires (eds.), Fisheries buybacks, p. 15-53. Blackwell Publishing.

Status review of Puget Sound steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Hard, J.J., J.M. Myers, M.J. Ford, R.G. Kope, G.R. Pess, R.S. Waples, G.A. Winans, B.A. Berejikian, F.W. Waknitz, P.B. Adams, P.A. Bisson, D.E. Campton, and R.R. Reisenbichler U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-81. 117 p.

Field anaesthesia of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) Harms, C.A., S.A. Eckert, S.A. Kubis, M. Campbell, D.H. Levenson, and M.A. Crognale Veterinary Record 161(1):15-21

Archival tagging of salmonids on the central California coast. Hayes, S.A., E.V. Freund, C.V. Hanson, M.H. Bond, and R.B. MacFarlane 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. 39-40. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-82.

Flipper beat frequency and amplitude changes in diving green turtles, Chelonia mydas Hays, Graeme C., Greg J. Marshall, and Jeff A. Seminoff Marine Biology 150(5):1003-1009

Plasma catecholamine levels as indicators of the post-release survivorship of juvenile pelagic sharks caught on experimental drift longlines in the Southern California Bight Hight, Barbara V., David Holts, Jeffrey B. Graham, Brian P. Kennedy, Valerie Taylor, Chugey A. Sepulveda, Diego Bernal, Darlene Ramon, Randall Rasmussen, and N. Chin Lai Marine and Freshwater Research 58(1):145-151

Data sources: California Habitat Restoration Project cost analysis Hildner, K. Kelly U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-402. 93 p. ECOLOGY - HABITAT - CALIFORNIA HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECT - COST ANALYSIS - DATA SOURCES

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.

A technique for using Geographic Information Systems to summarize trawl fish species composition and fishing effort Mason, Janet In: Tom Nishida, Patricia J. Kailola, and Albert E. Caton (eds.), GIS/spatial analyses in fishery and aquatic sciences, vol. 3: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on GIS/Spatial Analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences (Shanghai Fisheries University, China, 22-26 August 2006), p. 213-226. Fishery-Aquatic GIS Research Group, Saitama, Japan.

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.