NOAA FISHERIES

Reproductive performance of growth-enhanced transgenic coho salmon Bessey, C., R.H. Devlin, N.R. Liley, and C.A. Biagi Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133(5):1205-1220

California Current Bograd, S.J. Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific, PICES Special Publication no. 1, p. 177-191

On the seasonal and interannual migrations of the Transition Zone Chlorophyll Front Bograd, S.J., D.G. Foley, F.B. Schwing, C. Wilson, R.M. Laurs, J.J. Polovina, E.A. Howell, and R.E. Brainard Geophysical Research Letters 31(17):L17204

Real options analysis of fishing fleet dynamics: a test Bosetti, Valentina, and David Tomberlin FEEM Nota di Lavoro (Working Paper) 102.2004, Natural Resources Management. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milan, Italy. 12 p.

Natal homing in juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) Bowen, Brian W., Anna L. Bass, Shaio-Mei Chow, Meredith Bostrom, Karen A. Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, Toshinori Okuyama, Benjamin M. Bolker, Sheryan Epperly, Erin LaCasella, Donna Shaver, Mark Dodd, Sally R. Hopkins-Murphy, John A. Musick, Mark Swingle, Karen Rankin-Baransky, Wendy Teas, Wayne N. Witzell, and Peter H. Dutton Molecular Ecology 13(12):3797-3808

Physical oceanography in the Scotia Sea during the CCAMLR 2000 survey, austral summer 2000. Brandon, M. A., M. Naganobu, D. A. Demer, P. Chernyshkov, P. N. Trathan, S. E. Thorpe, T. Kameda, O. A. Berezhinskiy, E. J. Hawker, and S. Grant. Deep-Sea Research II 51:1301-1321. OCEANOGRAPHY - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA - PHYSICAL - SURVEYS - CCAMLR - ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES

Juvenile salmonid distribution, growth, condition, origin, and environmental and species associations in the Northern California Current. Brodeur, R. D., J. P. Fisher, D. J. Teel, R. L. Emmett, E. Casillas, and T. W. Miller. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 102:25-46. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - JUVENILES - DISTRIBUTION - GROWTH - CONDITION - ORIGIN - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS - SPECIES ASSOCIATIONS - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CURRENT

Molecular genetic structure suggests limited larval dispersal in grass rockfish, Sebastes rastrelliger Buonaccorsi, V.P., M. Westerman, J. Stannard, C. Kimbrell, E. Lynn, and R.D. Vetter Marine Biology 145(4):779-788

Management and productivity in the Mexican shrimp fishery: a case of analysis Cabrera Muro, Homero R., Samuel Herrick Jr., Dale Squires, and Jose R. Gonzales C NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 13 p.

Abundance of blue and humpback whales in the eastern North Pacific estimated by capture-recapture and line-transect methods. Calambokidis, J., and J. Barlow. Marine Mammal Science 20(1):63-85. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - BLUE WHALE - HUMPBACK WHALE - EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC - ABUNDANCE - ESTIMATES - CAPTURE RE-CAPTURE - LINE-TRANSECT

Research on large whales off California, Oregon, and Washington in 2003 Calambokidis, John, Todd Chandler, Erin Falcone, and Annie Douglas Contract report to NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center. 48 p.

U.S. PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL STOCK ASSESSMENTS: 2003 CARRETTA, JAMES V., KARIN A. FORNEY, MARCIA M. MUTO, JAY BARLOW, JASON D. BAKER, AND MARK S. LOWRY with contributions from David Cantillon, Annette Henry, Jane McCrae, Don Petersen, and Joe Cordaro U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-358. 291 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PINNIPEDS - PACIFIC - SURVEYS - STOCKS - ASSESSMENTS

Conservation genetics of the east Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Michoacan, Mexico Chassin-Noria, Omar, Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Peter H. Dutton, and Key Oyama Genetica 121(2):195-206

Remote sensing of new production fuelled by nitrogen fixation Coles, V.J., C. Wilson, and R.R. Hood Geophysical Research Letters 31(6):L06301

The California rockfish conservation area and groundfish trawlers at Moss Landing harbor. Dalton, M. G., and S. Ralston. Marine Resource Economics 19(1):67-83. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - ROCKFISH - CALIFORNIA - CONSERVATION AREA - GROUNDFISH TRAWLERS - MOSS LANDING HARBOR

AN EVALUATION OF USING ENHANCED DIGITAL MICROSCOPY TO ESTIMATE AGES OF SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHINS (Delphinus delphis) DANIL, KERRI, KELLY M. ROBERTSON, SUSAN J. CHIVERS U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-365. 25 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN - AGE DETERMINATION - DIGITAL MICROSCOPY - EVALUATION

An estimate of error for the CCAMLR 2000 survey estimate of krill biomass Demer, David A. Deep-Sea Research II 51(12-13):1237-1251 INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - BIOMASS - ESTIMATES - ERROR - SURVEYS - CCAMLR - ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES - ANTARCTICA

Beyond 'lognormal versus gamma': discrimination among error distributions for generalized linear models. Dick, E. J. Fisheries Research 70:351-366. FISHERIES SCIENCE - STATISTICS - ERROR DISTRIBUTIONS - DISCRIMINATION - GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS - MODELING

Occurrence of the whale shark, Rhincodon typus Smith 1828, in California waters Ebert, David A., Henry F. Mollet, Alan Baldridge, Timothy Thomas, Karin A. Forney, and William E. Ripley Northwestern Naturalist 85(1):26-28

Molecular analyses of the Truei and Dalli morphotypes of Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) Escorza-Trevino, S., L.A. Pastene, and A.E. Dizon Journal of Mammalogy 85(2):347-355

Diet of two icefish species from the Southern Shetland Islands and Elephant Island, Champsocepalus gunnari and Chaenocephalus aceratus. Flores, H. K.-H. Kock, S. Wilhelms, and C. D. Jones. Polar Biology 27:119-129. MARINE FISHES - ICEFISH - ANTARCTICA - SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS - ELEPHANT ISLAND - DIET - SPECIES

Environmental models for marine mammal stock assessments [abstract] Forney, Karin A. In: George M. Watters (ed.), Proceedings of the NMFS workshop on building environmentally explicit stock assessments, p. 8. NMFS SWFSC Administrative Report PFEL-04-01.

Population structure and history of steelhead trout in California Garza, John Carlos, Libby Gilbert-Horvath, Joe Anderson, Tommy Williams, Brian Spence, and Heidi Fish In: J. Irvine, et al. (eds.), Workshop on Application of Stock Identification in Defining Marine Distribution and Migration of Salmon (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, November 1-2, 2003). North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, Technical Report 5:129-131. ANADROMOUS FISHES - STEELHEAD - CALIFORNIA - POPULATIONS - POPULATION STRUCTURE - HISTORY

Krill caught by predators and nets revisited: interpreting prey selection in proper temporal-spatial scales Goebel, M.E., V. Loeb, D.P. Costa, S.N. Sexton, A.R. Banks, J.D. Lipsky, and A.C. Allen CCAMLR Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (Siena, Italy, 12-23 July 2004), Document no. WG-EMM-04/49 (27 p.)

The state of the California Current, 2003-2004: A rare “normal” year. Goericke, R., S. Bograd, G. Gaxiola-Castro, J. Gomez-Valdes, R. Hooff, A. Huyer, K. D. Hyrenbach, B. Lavaniegos, A. Mantyla, W. T. Peterson, F. B. Schwing, R. L. Smith, W. J. Sydeman, E. Venrick, and P. A. Wheeler. CalCOFI Reports 45:27-59. OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT - STATE - NORMAL YEAR

Recommendations for developing fishery management plan conservation objectives for Sacramento River winter Chinook and Sacramento River spring Chinook: Progress report Grover, Allen, Alice Low, Paul Ward, Jim Smith, Michael Mohr, Dan Viele, and Chuck Tracy In: March 2004 Briefing Book, Exhibit C.7.b, SRWSC Workgroup Report. Pacific Fisheries Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 30 p.

Interactions between endangered wild and hatchery salmonids: can the pitfalls of artificial propagation be avoided in small coastal streams? Hayes, S. A., M. H. Bond, C. V. Hanson, and R. B. MacFarlane. Journal of Fish Biology 65 (supp. A):101-121. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMONIDS - SALMON - WILD - HATCHERY - INTERACTIONS - ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION

Discussion theme 3: Fish production and fishery performance He, Xi, and Keith Bigelow In: George M. Watters (ed.), Proceedings of the NMFS workshop on building environmentally explicit stock assessments, p. 33-34. NMFS SWFSC Administrative Report PFEL-04-01.

Economic benefits of dolphins in the United States eastern tropical Pacific purse-seine tuna industry. Herrick, S. F., D. Squires, and C. A. Tisdell. Environmental and Resource Economics 28(4):451-468. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - DOLPHIN - MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA - PURSE SEINE INDUSTRY - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP - ECONOMIC BENEFITS

Options for allocating the precautionary catch limit for krill among small-scale management units in the Scotia Sea. Hewitt, R. P., G. Watters, P. N, Trathan, J. P. Croxall, M. E. Goebel, D. Ramm, K. Reid, W. Z. Trivelpiece, and J. L. Watkins CCAMLR Science 11:81-97. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA - CATCH - LIMITS - ALLOCATION - FISHERY - FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Variation in the biomass density and demography of Antarctic krill in the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands during the 1999/2000 austral summer. Hewitt, R. P., S. Kim, M. Naganobu, M. Gutierrez, D. Kang, Y. Takao, J. Quinones, Y.-H. Lee, H.-C. Shin, S. Kawaguchi, J. H. Emery, D. A. Demer, and V. J. Loeb. Deep-Sea Research II 51:1411-1419. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS - BIOMASS - DENSITY - VARIATION - DEMOGRAPHY

Biomass of Antarctic krill in the Scotia Sea in January/February 2000 and its use in revising an estimate of precautionary yield Hewitt, Roger P., Jon Watkins, Mikio Naganobu, Viacheslav Sushin, Andrew S. Brierley, David Demer, Svetlana Kasatkina, Yoshimi Takao, Cathy Goss, Alexander Malyshko, Mark Brandon, So Kawaguchi, Volker Siegel, Philip Trathan, Jennifer Emery, Inigo Everson, and Denzil Miller Deep-Sea Research II 51(12-13):1215-1236 INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA - BIOMASS - DENSITY - VARIATION - DEMOGRAPHY

Environmentally-explicit population models for coastal pelagic species (Pacific mackerel and Pacific sardine) [abstract] Hill, Kevin T. In: George M. Watters (ed.), Proceedings of the NMFS workshop on building environmentally explicit stock assessments, p. 11. NMFS SWFSC Administrative Report PFEL-04-01.

Visualizing the food-web effects of fishing for tunas in the Pacific Ocean Hinke, Jefferson T., Isaac C. Kaplan, Kerim Aydin, George M. Watters, Robert J. Olson, and James F. Kitchell Ecology and Society 9(1):10 (24 p.) MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA - PACIFIC OCEAN - FISHERIES - FOOD WEBS - EFFECTS

Temporal and spatial distribution of chlorophyll-a in surface waters of the Scotia Sea as determined by both shipboard measurements and satellite data. Holm-Hansen, O., M. Kahru, C.D. Hewes, S. Kawaguchi, T. Kameda, V.A. Sushin, I. Krasovski, J. Priddle, R. Korb, R. P. Hewitt, and B. G. Mitchell. Deep-Sea Research II 51:1323-1331. PLANKTON - PHYTOPLANKTON - DISTRIBUTION - SURFACE WATERS - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA

Factors influencing the distribution, biomass, and productivity of phytoplankton in the Scotia Sea and adjoining waters. Holm-Hansen, O., M. Naganobu, S. Kawaguchi, T. Kameda, I. Krasovski, P. Tchernyshkov, J. Priddle, R. Korb, M. Brandon, D. Demer, R. P. Hewitt, M. Kahru, and C. D. Hewes. Deep-Sea Research II 51:1333-1350. PLANKTON - PHYTOPLANKTON - DISTRIBUTION - BIOMASS - PRODUCTIVITY - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA

2004 Billfish Newsletter: 2003 Billfish tagging and recoveries [2003 Billfish Tagging Program], Trends in 2003 billfish angler catch rates [2003 International Billfish Angler Survey], Adopt-A-Billfish Program, Top anglers and captains acknowledged, AFTO Tag-Flag Results; Fourth International Billfish Symposium, Fall 2005. Holts, David B., and Randall Rasmussen U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA. 14p. Billfish Tagging Program; International Billfish Angler Survey; marine recreational fisheries; catches; CPUE; tagging; tags;

MARINE MAMMAL DATA COLLECTED DURING A SURVEY IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC ABOARD THE NOAA SHIPS McARTHUR II AND DAVID STARR JORDAN, JULY 29 - DECEMBER 10, 2003 JACKSON, ALAN, TIM GERRODETTE, SUSAN J. CHIVERS, MORGAN LYNN, PAULA OLSON, SHANNON RANKIN U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-366. 98 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PINNIPEDS - SURVEYS - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP - DATA - NOAA R/V - DAVID STARR JORDAN - MCARTHUR II

Hybridization between a green turtle, Chelonia mydas, and loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, and the first record of a green turtle in Atlantic Canada James, Michael C., Kathleen Martin, and Peter H. Dutton Canadian Field-Naturalist 118(4):579-582

The commercial harvest of krill in the southwest Atlantic before and during the CCAMLR 2000 Survey. Jones, C. D., and D. Ramm. Deep-Sea Research II 51:1421-1434. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC OCEAN - FISHERY - COMMERCIAL HARVEST - CCAMLR - SURVEYS

Comparison of standard length, fork length, and total length for measuring west coast marine fishes. Kahn, R. G., D. E. Pearson, and E. J. Dick. Marine Fisheries Review 66(1):31-33. MARINE FISHES - WEST COAST - PHYSIOLOGY - MEASUREMENT - STANDARD LENGTH - FORTH LENGTH - TOTAL LENGTH

A comparison of net and acoustic estimates of krill density in the Scotia Sea during the CCAMLR 2000 Survey Kasatkina, S.M., C. Goss, J.H. Emery, Y. Takao, F.F. Litvinov, A.P. Malyshko, V.N. Shnar, and O.A. Berezhinsky Deep-Sea Research II 51(12-13):1289-1300

Klamath River fall chinook age-specific escapement, 2003 run Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath Fishery Management Council, Yreka, California. 16 p.

Ocean abundance projections and prospective harvest levels for Klamath River fall chinook, 2004 season Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath Fishery Management Council, Yreka, California. 30 p.

Joinville-D'Urville Islands (Subarea 48), a former fishing ground for the spiny icefish (Chaenodraco wilsoni), at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula revisited. Kock, K.-H., L. Pshenichnov, C. D. Jones, K. Shust, K. E. Skora, and Zh. A. Frolkina. CCAMLR Science 11:1-20. MARINE FISHES - ICEFISH - SPINY ICEFISH - CCAMLR - ANTARCTICA - ANTARCTIC PENINSULA - JOINVILLE-D'URVILLE ISLANDS

Is the attempt to estimate the biomass of Antarctic fish from a multi-species survey appropriate for all targeted species? Notothenia rossii in the Atlantic Ocean sector revisited. Kock, K.-H., M. Belchier, and C. D. Jones. CCAMLR Science 11:141-155. MARINE FISHES - COD - MARBLED ROCKCOD - ICEFISH - ANTARCTICA - CCAMLR - MULTI-SPECIES SURVEY - SURVEYS - ESTIMATE - BIOMASS - ATLANTIC OCEAN

A comparative echocardiographic assessment of ventricular function in five species of sharks. Lai, N. C., N. Dalton, Y. Y. Lai, C. Kwong, R. Rasmussen, D. Holts, and J. B. Graham. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 137(3):506-521. MARINE FISHES - SHARKS - SHARK - COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY - HEART - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY - ECHOCARDIOGRAM - VENTRICULAR FUNCTION - ASSESSMENT

Description and growth of larval and pelagic juvenile pygmy rockfish (Sebastes wilsoni) (family Sebastidae). Laidig, T. E., K. M. Sakuma, and J. A. Stannard. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 102:452-463. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - PYGMY ROCKFISH - LARVAL - LARVAE - JUVENILES - DESCRIPTION - GROWTH - PELAGIC

Brainstorming session: Actions for the future Laurs, Michael, and George Watters In: George M. Watters (ed.), Proceedings of the NMFS workshop on building environmentally explicit stock assessments, p. 37. NMFS SWFSC Administrative Report PFEL-04-01.

The role of satellite remote sensing in NOAA Fisheries. Laurs, R. M., and D. Foley. Backscatter 15(2):41-48. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - OCEANOGRAPHY - SATELLITES - SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING - NMFS - NOAA FISHERIES

REPORT OF THE RESULTS OF THE 2002 SURVEY FOR NORTH PACIFIC RIGHT WHALES LEDUC, R. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-357. 58 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - NORTH PACIFIC RIGHT WHALES - SURVEYS - RESULTS

Population structure of threatened and endangered chinook salmon ESUs in California's Central Valley basin [public review draft] Lindley, S. T., R. Schick, B. P. May, J. J. Anderson, S. Greene, C. Hanson, A. Low, D. McEwan, R. B. MacFarlane, C. Swanson, and J. G. Williams NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, CA. 93 p. [Final version of this report released as NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-360, April 2004.]

POPULATION STRUCTURE OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED CHINOOK SALMON ESUs IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY BASIN LINDLEY, STEVEN T., ROBERT S. SCHICK, B.P. MAY, J.J. ANDERSON, S. GREENE, C. HANSON, A. LOW, D. MCEWAN, R.B. MACFARLANE, C. SWANSON, J.G. WILLIAMS U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-360. 56 p. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - CHINOOK - CALIFORNIA - POPULATION STRUCTURE - THREATENED - ENDANGERED

AMLR 2003/2004 field season report: objectives, accomplishments and tentative conclusions Lipsky, Jessica D. (ed.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-367. 165 p. ANTARCTICA - POLAR - ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES (AMLR) - FIELD SEASON REPORT

Origins of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding aggregations around Barbados, West Indies Luke, K., J.A. Horrocks, R.A. LeRoux, and P.H. Dutton Marine Biology 144(4):799-805

Discussion theme 4: Advice in fluctuating environments MacCall, Alec In: George M. Watters (ed.), Proceedings of the NMFS workshop on building environmentally explicit stock assessments, p. 35-36. NMFS SWFSC Administrative Report PFEL-04-01.

Fecundity, egg deposition, and mortality of market squid (Loligo opalescens). Macewicz, B. J., J. R. Hunter, N. C. H. Lo, and E. L. LaCasella. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 102:306-327. INVERTEBRATES - CEPHALOPODS - SQUID - MARKET SQUID - FECUNDITY - EGGS - EGG DEPOSITION - MORTALITY

Historical patterns from 74 years of commercial landings from California waters Mason, J.E. CalCOFI Reports 45:180-190

Fishery dynamics of the California market squid (Loligo opalescens), as measured by satellite remote sensing Maxwell, Michael R., Annette Henry, Christopher D. Elvidge, Jeffrey Safran, Vinita R. Hobson, Ingrid Nelson, Benjamin T. Tuttle, John B. Dietz, and John R. Hunter Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 102(4):661-670

Zooplankton in the Ligurian Sea: Part I. Characterization of their dispersion, relative abundance and environment during summer 1999. McGehee, D. E., D. A. Demer, and J. D. Warren. Journal of Plankton Research 26(12):1409-1418. PLANKTON - ZOOPLANKTON - MEDITERRANEAN SEA - LIGURIAN SEA - PART 1 - DISPERSION - RELATIVE ABUNDANCE - ENVIRONMENT

Access to environmental data [abstract] Mendelssohn, Roy, and Lynn Dewitt In: George M. Watters (ed.), Proceedings of the NMFS workshop on building environmentally explicit stock assessments, p. 13. NMFS SWFSC Administrative Report PFEL-04-01.

Nonstationary seasonality of upper ocean temperature in the California Current Mendelssohn, Roy, Franklin B. Schwing, and Steven J. Bograd Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 109(C10):C10015 (16 p.)

SNPs in ecology, evolution and conservation Morin, Phillip A., Gordon Luikart, Robert K. Wayne, and the SNP workshop group Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19(4):208-216

Modeling the krill transport pathways in the Scotia Sea: spatial and environmental connections generating the seasonal distribution of krill. Murphy, E. J., S. E. Thorpe, J. L. Watkins, and R. P. Hewitt. Deep-Sea Research II 51:1435-1456. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA - MODELING - TRANSPORT PATHWAYS - SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION - SPATIAL - ENVIRONMENT

Genetic divergence between gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) and black and yellow rockfish (Sebastes chrysomelas) Narum, Shawn R., Vincent P. Buonaccorsi, Carol A. Kimbrell, and Russell D. Vetter Copeia 2004(4):926-931

Santa Cruz Laboratory program review 2004 NMFS Santa Cruz Laboratory National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, California. 178 p.

Locally and remotely forced environmental influences on California commercial fish and invertebrate landings Norton, J.G., and J.E. Mason CalCOFI Reports 45:136-145

Assessment of environmental influences on California commercial fish and invertebrate landings Norton, Jerrold G., and Janet E. Mason In: Scott W. Starratt and Nikki L. Blomquist (eds.), Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Pacific Climate Workshop (Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, April 6-9, 2003), p. 33-39. Interagency Ecological Program for the San Francisco Estuary, Technical Report 72.

Belugas and DNA: the role of molecular genetics in the study and co-management of an arctic whale. O'Corry-Crowe, G. M Alaska Beluga Whale Newsletter 7(2):1-8. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - BELUGA WHALE - ARCTIC - MOLECULAR GENETICS - DNA

The effect of recording and analysis bandwidth on acoustic identification of delphinid species Oswald, Julie N., Shannon Rankin, and Jay Barlow Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116(5):3178-3185

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis for 2004 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 2004 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 39 p.

Preseason report III: Analysis of council adopted management measures for 2004 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 30 p.

Review of 2003 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 306 p.

Seasonal patterns of sea-surface temperature and ocean color around the Galápagos: regional and local influences Palacios, Daniel M. Deep-Sea Research II 51(1-3):43-57

Long-term and seasonal trends in stratification in the California Current, 1950-1993 Palacios, Daniel M., Steven J. Bograd, Roy Mendelssohn, and Franklin B. Schwing Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 109(C10):C10016 (12 p.)

Modeling the circulation of Western Bank on the Scotian Shelf through sequential application of a variational algorithm and a nonlinear model. Panteleev, G. G., B. de Young, M. Luneva, C. Reiss, and E. V. Semenov. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 109(C2):C02003 (15 p.) OCEANOGRAPHY - CIRCULATION - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA - WESTERN BANK - MODELING - NONLINEAR MODEL - VARIATIONAL ALGORITHM

Passive tracer reconstruction as a least-squares problem with a semi-Lagrangian constraint: an application to fish eggs and larvae Panteleev, G.G., B. deYoung, C.S. Reiss, and C.T. Taggart Journal of Marine Research 62(6):787-814

Low genetic variability in the highly endangered Mediterranean monk seal. Pastor, T., J. C. Garza, P. Allen, W. Amos, and A. Aguilar. Journal of Heredity 95(4):291-300. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEAL - ENDANGERED SPECIES - GENETICS - VARIABILITY

Beyond Fst: analysis of population genetic data for conservation. Pearse, D. E., and K. A. Crandall. Conservation Genetics 5:585-602. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY - POPULATION DYNAMICS - BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS - GENETICS - DNA - ANALYSIS - DATA - MODELS - GENE FLOW - POPULATIONS - POPULATION STRUCTURE - ABUNDANCE - FST - BAYESIAN - METHODS - DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY

Sources of age determination errors for sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria). Pearson, D. E., and F. R. Shaw. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 102:127-141. MARINE FISHES - SABLEFISH - AGE DETERMINATION - AGEING - ERRORS

CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE TUNA-DOLPHIN PROBLEM, 1941-2001 PERRIN, WILLIAM F. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-356. 194 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - PORPOISES - MARINE FISHES - TUNA - CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

PARTIAL CATALOG OF CETACEAN OSTEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS IN RUSSIAN MUSEUMS PERRIN, WILLIAM F., GALINA E. ZUBTSOVA, ANATOLIY A. KUZMIN U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-364. 26 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - OSTEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS - RUSSIAN MUSEUMS - PARTIAL CATALOG

Preliminary results from shore-based surveys of northbound gray whale calves in 2003 and 2004, with a comparison to predicted numbers based on the distribution of seasonal ice Perryman, W.L., G.M. Watters, L.K. Schwartz, and R.A. Rowlett Paper SC/56/BRG43 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC56 meeting, Sorrento, Italy, July 2004). 10 p.

Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) chronology of bomb radiocarbon in otoliths from 1944-1981 and a validation of ageing methods. Piner, K. R., and S. G. Wischniowski. Journal of Fish Biology 64:1060-1071. MARINE FISHES - FLATFISHES - PACIFIC HALIBUT - AGE DETERMINATION - AGEING - BOMB RADIOCARBON - CHRONOLOGY - OTOLITHS

Age, growth and the potential for growth overfishing of spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) from the Chesapeake Bay, eastern USA Piner, Kevin R., and Cynthia M. Jones Marine and Freshwater Research 55(6):553-560

Killer whale predation on a leatherback turtle in the northeast Pacific Pitman, Robert L., and Peter H. Dutton Pacific Science 58(3):497-498

Population status, foods and foraging of Laysan Albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis nesting on Guadalupe Island, Mexico Pitman, Robert L., William A. Walker, William T. Everett, and Juan Pablo Gallo-Reynoso Marine Ornithology 32(2):159-165

Forage and migration habitat of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in the central North Pacific Ocean Polovina, Jeffrey J., George H. Balazs, Evan A. Howell, Denise M. Parker, Michael P. Seki, and Peter H. Dutton Fisheries Oceanography 13(1):36-51

Diet differences in the thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) during transition from a warm-water regime to a cool-water regime off California-Oregon, 1998-2000. Preti, A., S. E. Smith, and D. A. Ramon. CalCOFI Reports 45:118-125. MARINE FISHES - SHARKS - THRESHER SHARK - DIET - TEMPERATURE - CALIFORNIA - OREGON

West coast groundfish: the rockfish problem [abstract] Ralston, Stephen In: George M. Watters (ed.), Proceedings of the NMFS workshop on building environmentally explicit stock assessments, p. 21. NMFS SWFSC Administrative Report PFEL-04-01.

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Widening the net: spatio-temporal variability in the krill population structure across the Scotia Sea Reid, Keith, Mark J. Jessopp, Melissa S. Barrett, So Kawaguchi, Volker Siegel, and Mike E. Goebel Deep-Sea Research II 51(12-13):1275-1287

Biomass and energy transfer to baleen whales in the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Reilly, S., S. Hedley, J. Borberg, R. Hewitt, D. Thiele, J. Watkins, and M. Naganobu. Deep-Sea Research II 51:1397-1410. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - BALEEN WHALE - ANTARCTICA - SOUTH ATLANTIC - BIOMASS - ENERGY TRANSFER

Investigating environmental effects on population dynamics of Loligo opalescens in the Southern California Bight. Reiss, Christian S., Michael R. Maxwell, and John R. Hunter CalCOFI Reports 45:87-97. INVERTEBRATES - CEPHALOPODS - SQUID - CALIFORNIA MARKET SQUID - POPULATION DYNAMICS - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT

Separation of foraging habitat among breeding sites of a colonial marine predator, the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus). Robson, B. W., M. E. Goebel, J. D. Baker, R. R. Ream, T. R. Loughlin, R. C. Francis, G. A. Antonelis, and D. P. Costa. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82:20-29. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - NORTHERN FUR SEAL - FORAGING - HABITAT - BREEDING SITES - COLONIES - MARINE PREDATOR

A novel method for collection and preservation of faeces for genetic studies Roeder, Amy D., Frederick I. Archer, Hendrik N. Poinar, and Phillip A. Morin Molecular Ecology Notes 4(4):761-764

Trophic relationships between sperm whales and jumbo squid using stable isotopes of C and N Ruiz-Cooley, R.I., D. Gendron, S. Aguíñiga, S. Mesnick, and J.D. Carriquiry Marine Ecology Progress Series 277:275-283

Ecological implications of body composition and thermal capabilities in young Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella). Rutishauser, M. R., D. P. Costa, M. E. Goebel, and T. M. Williams. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77:669-681. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - ANTARCTIC FUR SEAL - JUVENILE - BODY COMPOSITION - THERMAL CAPABILITIES - THERMOREGULATION - ECOLOGY - ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS