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State of the California Current 2012-13: No such thing as an "average" year Wells, Brian K., Isaac D. Schroeder, Jarrod A. Santora, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, Eric P. Bjorkstedt, Valerie J. Loeb, Sam McClatchie, Edward D. Weber, William Watson, Andrew R. Thompson, William T. Peterson, Richard D. Brodeur, Jeff Harding, John Field, Keith Sakuma, Sean Hayes, Nathan Mantua, William J. Sydeman, Marcel Losekoot, Sarah Ann Thompson, John Largier, Sung Yong Kim, Francisco P. Chavez, Caren Barcelo, Pete Warzybok, Russel Bradley, Jaime Jahncke, Ralf Goericke, Gregory S. Campbell, John A. Hildebrand, Sharon R. Melin, Robert L. DeLong, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Bertha Lavaniegos, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, Richard T. Golightly, Stephanie R. Schneider, Nancy Lo, Robert M. Suryan, Amanda J. Gladics, Cheryl A. Horton, Jennifer Fisher, Cheryl Morgan, Jay Peterson, Elizabeth A. Daly, Toby D. Auth, and Jeffrey Abell CalCOFI Reports 54:37-71

Nutrient enrichment of the subarctic Pacific Ocean pycnocline Whitney, Frank A., Steven J. Bograd, and Tsuneo Ono Geophysical Research Letters 40(10):2200-2205

Chlorophyll bloom development and the subtropical front in the North Pacific Wilson, Cara, Tracy A. Villareal, Mark A. Brzezinski, Jeffrey W. Krause, and Andrey Y. Shcherbina Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 118(3):1473-1488

Toward an ocean acidification data stewardship system Arzayus, Krisa, Hernan E. Garcia, Steve Hankin, Elizabeth Jewett, and Roy Mendelssohn Earth System Monitor 19(1):5

Movement patterns for a critically endangered species, the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), linked to foraging success and population status Bailey, Helen, Sabrina Fossette, Steven J. Bograd, George L. Shillinger, Alan M. Swithenbank, Jean-Yves Georges, Philippe Gaspar, K.H. Patrik Stromberg, Frank V. Paladino, James R. Spotila, Barbara A. Block, and Graeme C. Hays PLoS ONE 7(5):e36401 (8 p.)

Identification of distinct movement patterns in Pacific leatherback turtle populations influenced by ocean conditions Bailey, Helen, Scott R. Benson, George L. Shillinger, Steven J. Bograd, Peter H. Dutton, Scott A. Eckert, Stephen J. Morreale, Frank V. Paladino, Tomoharu Eguchi, David G. Foley, Barbara A. Block, Rotney Piedra, Creusa Hitipeuw, Ricardo F. Tapilatu, and James R. Spotila Ecological Applications 22(3):735-747

Forecasting cetacean abundance patterns to enhance management decisions Becker, E.A., D.G. Foley, K.A. Forney, J. Barlow, J.V. Redfern, and C.L. Gentemann Endangered Species Research 16(2):97-112

Density and spatial distribution patterns of cetaceans in the Central North Pacific based on habitat models Becker, Elizabeth A., Karin A. Forney, D.G. Foley, and Jay Barlow U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-490. 34 p.

Joint projections of North Pacific sea surface temperature from different global climate models Beltran, Francisco, Bruno Sanso, Ricardo T. Lemos, and Roy Mendelssohn Environmetrics 23(5):451-465

State of the California Current 2011-2012: Ecosystems respond to local forcing as La Nina wavers and wanes Bjorkstedt, Eric P., Ralf Goericke, Sam McClatchie, Ed Weber, William Watson, Nancy Lo, William T. Peterson, Richard D. Brodeur, Toby Auth, Jennifer Fisher, Cheryl Morgan, Jay Peterson, John Largier, Steven J. Bograd, Reginaldo Durazo, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, Bertha Lavaniegos, Francisco P. Chavez, Curtis A. Collins, Bob Hannah, John Field, Keith Sakuma, Will Satterthwaite, Michael O'Farrell, Sean Hayes, Jeff Harding, William J. Sydeman, Sarah Ann Thompson, Pete Warzybok, Russell Bradley, Jaime Jahncke, Richard T. Golightly, Stephanie R. Schneider, Robert M. Suryan, Amanda J. Gladics, Cheryl A. Horton, Sung Yong Kim, Sharon R. Melin, Robert L. DeLong, and Jeffrey Abell CalCOFI Reports 53:41-76

Natural intrusions of hypoxic, low pH water into nearshore marine environments on the California coast Booth, J. Ashley T., Erika E. McPhee-Shaw, Paul Chua, Eric Kingsley, Mark Denny, Roger Phillips, Steven J. Bograd, Louis D. Zeidberg, and William F. Gilly Continental Shelf Research 45:108-115

River temperature forecasting: a coupled-modeling framework for management of river habitat Danner, Eric M., Forrest S. Melton, Andrew Pike, Hirofumi Hashimoto, Andrew Michaelis, Balaji Rajagopalan, Jason Caldwell, Lynn DeWitt, Steven Lindley, and Ramakrishna R. Nemani IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 5(6):1752-1760

The northeastern Pacific white shark Shared Offshore Foraging Area (SOFA): A first examination and description from ship observations and remote sensing Domeier, Michael L., Nicole Nasby-Lucas, and Daniel M. Palacios In: Michael L. Domeier (ed.), Global perspectives on the biology and life history of the white shark, p. 147-158. CRC Press.

Austral fall-winter transition of mesozooplankton assemblages and krill aggregations in an embayment west of the Antarctic Peninsula Espinasse, Boris, Meng Zhou, Yiwu Zhu, Elliott L. Hazen, Ari S. Friedlaender, Douglas P. Nowacek, Dezhang Chu, and Francois Carlotti Marine Ecology Progress Series 452:63-80

Ontogeny in marine tagging and tracking science: technologies and data gaps Hazen, Elliott L., Sara M. Maxwell, Helen Bailey, Steven J. Bograd, Mark Hamann, Philippe Gaspar, Brendan J. Godley, and George L. Shillinger Marine Ecology Progress Series 457:221-240

Fisheries Ecology Hazen, Elliott Lee, and Larry B. Crowder In: Alan Hastings and Louis J. Gross (eds.), Encyclopedia of theoretical ecology, p. 280-287. University of California Press.

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center: Agency report to the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-U.S. Groundfish Committee He, Xi, and John Field (eds.), E.J. Dick, John Hyde, Janet Mason, Andrew Thompson, Cindy Thomson, and Mary Yoklavich In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: 53rd annual meeting of the TSC (May 1-2, 2012, Newport Beach, California), p. 249-268. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

On North Pacific circulation and associated marine debris concentration Howell, Evan A., Steven J. Bograd, Carey Morishige, Michael P. Seki, and Jeffrey J. Polovina Marine Pollution Bulletin 65(1-3):16-22

Increased kinetic efficiency for silicic acid uptake as a driver of summer diatom blooms in the North Pacific subtropical gyre Krause, Jeffrey W., Mark A. Brzezinski, Tracy A. Villareal, and Cara Wilson Limnology and Oceanography 57(4):1084-1098

Conditionally linear models for non-homogeneous spatial random fields Lemos, Ricardo T., and Bruno Sanso Statistical Methodology 9(1-2):275-284

Modelling the timing and duration of dormancy in populations of Calanus finmarchicus from the Northwest Atlantic shelf Maps, Frederic, Jeffrey A. Runge, Andrew Leising, Andrew J. Pershing, Nicholas R. Record, Stephane Plourde, and James J. Pierson Journal of Plankton Research 34(1):36-54

Effort changes around a marine reserve: The case of the California Rockfish Conservation Area Mason, Janet, Rosemary Kosaka, Aaron Mamula, and Cameron Speir Marine Policy 36(5):1054-1063

Finding balance in fisheries management Maxwell, Sara M., Elliott L. Hazen, Lance E. Morgan, Helen Bailey, and Rebecca Lewison Science 336(6080):413

Satellite-based detection and monitoring of phytoplankton blooms along the Oregon coast McKibben, S.M., P.G. Strutton, D.G. Foley, T.D. Peterson, and A.E. White Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 117(C12):C12002 (12 p.)

Stable isotopes indicate differing foraging strategies in two sympatric otariids of the Galapagos Islands Paez-Rosas, Diego, David Aurioles-Gamboa, Juan Jose Alava, and Daniel M. Palacios Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 424-425:44-52

Cetacean distribution and relative abundance in Colombia's Pacific EEZ from survey cruises and platforms of opportunity Palacios, Daniel M., Julio C. Herrera, Tim Gerrodette, Carolina Garcia, German A. Soler, Isabel C. Avila, Sandra Bessudo, Elizabeth Hernandez, Fernando Trujillo, Lilian Florez-Gonzalez, and Iain Kerr Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 12(1):45-60

GhostNet marine debris survey in the Gulf of Alaska: Satellite guidance and aircraft observations Pichel, William G., Timothy S. Veenstra, James H. Churnside, Elena Arabini, Karen S. Friedman, David G. Foley, Russell E. Brainard, Dale Kiefer, Simeon Ogle, Pablo Clemente-Colon, and Xiaofeng Li Marine Pollution Bulletin 65(1-3):28-41

Spatial ecology of krill, micronekton and top predators in the central California Current: Implications for defining ecologically important areas Santora, Jarrod A., John C. Field, Isaac D. Schroeder, Keith M. Sakuma, Brian K. Wells, and William J. Sydeman Progress in Oceanography 106:154-174

Krill space: a comparative assessment of mesoscale structuring in polar and temperate marine ecosystems Santora, Jarrod A., William J. Sydeman, Isaac D. Schroeder, Christian S. Reiss, Brian K. Wells, John C. Field, Anthony M. Cossio, and Valerie J. Loeb ICES Journal of Marine Science 69(7):1317-1327

Tagging through the stages: ontogeny in biologging [Theme section] Shillinger, George L., Elliott L. Hazen, Helen Bailey, Steven J. Bograd, Brendan J. Godley, Rory P. Wilson, Philippe Gaspar, Mark Hamann, and James R. Spotila (eds.) Marine Ecology Progress Series 457:163-301

On the dispersal of leatherback turtle hatchlings from Mesoamerican nesting beaches Shillinger, George L., Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Hao Luo, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Helen Bailey, and James R. Spotila Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279(1737):2391-2395

Tagging through the stages: technical and ecological challenges in observing life histories through biologging [Introduction to theme section] Shillinger, George L., Helen Bailey, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Mark Hamann, Philippe Gaspar, Brendan J. Godley, Rory P. Wilson, and James R. Spotila Marine Ecology Progress Series 457:165-170

Marine predator migration during range expansion: Humboldt squid Dosidicus gigas in the northern California Current System Stewart, J.S., E.L. Hazen, D.G. Foley, S.J. Bograd, and W.F. Gilley Marine Ecology Progress Series 471:135-150

Linking predators to seasonality of upwelling: using food web indicators and path analysis to infer trophic connections Thompson, Sarah Ann, William J. Sydeman, Jarrod A. Santora, Bryan A. Black, Robert M. Suryan, John Calambokidis, William T. Peterson, and Steven J. Bograd Progress in Oceanography 101(1):106-120

Summer diatom blooms in the North Pacific subtropical gyre: 2008-2009 Villareal, Tracy A., Colbi G. Brown, Mark A. Brzezinski, Jeffrey W. Krause, and Cara Wilson PLoS ONE 7(4):e33109 (15 p.)

Selecting and evaluating indicators for the California Current Andrews, Kelly S., Gregory D. Williams, Isaac C. Kaplan, Nick Tolimieri, Jameal F. Samhouri, Phillip S. Levin, Brian K. Wells, Steven J. Bograd, Churchill B. Grimes, Elliot L. Hazen, David Huff, Steven T. Lindley, and Isaac D. Schoeder In: Levin, Phillip S., and Franklin B. Schwing (eds.), Technical background for an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of the California Current: groundfish, salmon, green sturgeon, and ecosystem health, p. 7-59. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-109.

Large-scale movements and high-use areas of western Pacific leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea Benson, Scott R., Tomoharu Eguchi, Dave G. Foley, Karin A. Forney, Helen Bailey, Creusa Hitipeuw, Betuel P. Samber, Ricardo F. Tapilatu, Vagi Rei, Peter Ramohia, John Pita, and Peter H. Dutton Ecosphere 2(7):art84 (17 p.)

State of the California Current 2010-2011: Regionally variable responses to a strong (but fleeting?) La Nina Bjorkstedt, Eric P., Ralf Goericke, Sam McClatchie, Ed Weber, William Watson, Nancy Lo, Bill Peterson, Bob Emmett, Ric Brodeur, Jay Peterson, Marisa Litz, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, Bertha Lavaniegos, Francisco Chavez, Curtis A. Collins, John Field, Keith Sakuma, Steven J. Bograd, Franklin B. Schwing, Pete Warzybok, Russell Bradley, Jaime Jahncke, Gregory S. Campbell, John A. Hildebrand, William J. Sydeman, Sarah Ann Thompson, John L. Largier, Chris Halle, Sung Yong Kim, and Jeff Abell CalCOFI Reports 52:36-68

Winter and summer upwelling modes and their biological importance in the California Current Ecosystem Black, Bryan A., Isaac D. Schroeder, William J. Sydeman, Steven J. Bograd, Brian K. Wells, and Franklin B. Schwing Global Change Biology 17(8):2536-2545

Multidecadal otolith growth histories for red and gray snapper (Lutjanus spp.) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, USA Black, Bryan A., Robert J. Allman, Isaac D. Schroeder, and Michael J. Schirripa Fisheries Oceanography 20(5):347-356

Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean Block, B.A., I.D. Jonsen, S.J. Jorgensen, A.J. Winship, S.A. Shaffer, S.J. Bograd, E.L. Hazen, D.G. Foley, G.A. Breed, A.-L. Harrison, J.E. Ganong, A. Swithenbank, M. Castleton, H. Dewar, B.R. Mate, G.L. Shillinger, K.M. Schaefer, S.R. Benson, M.J. Weise, R.W. Henry, and D.P. Costa Nature 475(7354):86-90

Physical effects of climate change Cheng, Brian, Frank Schwing, Marisol Garcia-Reyes, David Reynolds, Dane Behrens, David Revell, John Largier, Annaliese Hettinger, Tessa Hill, Raphael Kudela, and Steve Bograd In: John Largier, Brian Cheng, and Kelley Higgason (eds.), Climate change impacts: Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, p. 13-42. Report of a joint working group of the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Advisory Councils. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-11-04.

Advection and starvation cause krill (Euphausia pacifica) decreases in 2005 Northern California coastal populations: implications from a model study Dorman, Jeffrey G., Thomas M. Powell, William J. Sydeman, and Steven J. Bograd Geophysical Research Letters 38:L04605 (5 p.)

Ecologically or biologically significant areas in the pelagic realm: examples and guidelines: Workshop report (May 12-14, 2011, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada) Dunn, D.C. (ed.), J. Ardron, N. Ban, N. Bax, P. Bernal, S. Bograd, C. Corrigan, P. Dunstan, E. Game, K. Gjerde, H. Grantham, P.N. Halpin, A.L. Harrison, E. Hazen, E. Lagabrielle, B. Lascelles, S. Maxwell, S. McKenna, S. Nicol, E. Norse, D. Palacios, L. Reeve, G. Shillinger, F. Simard, K. Sink, F. Smith, A. Spadone, and M. Wurtz International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). 44 p.

Responses in marine habitats Elliott, Meredith, Jaime Jahncke, Frank Schwing, Lance Morgan, Pete Warzybok, Jenifer Dugan, David Revell, Brian Cheng, Brian Gaylord, Kerry Nickols, Mike Graham, Ted Grosholz, and Bob Breen In: John Largier, Brian Cheng, and Kelley Higgason (eds.), Climate change impacts: Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, p. 64-79. Report of a joint working group of the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Advisory Councils. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-11-04.

The 2005 Galapagos humpback whale expedition: a first attempt to assess and characterise the population in the archipelago Felix, Fernando, Daniel M. Palacios, Sandie K. Salazar, Susana Caballero, Ben Haase, and Jessica Falconi Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, Special Issue 3:291-299.

The relationship among oceanography, prey fields, and beaked whale foraging habitat in the Tongue of the Ocean Hazen, Elliott L., Douglas P. Nowacek, Louis St. Laurent, Patrick N. Halpin, and David J. Moretti PLoS ONE 6(4):e19269 (10 p.)

Status of the California Current Ecosystem: major EBM drivers and pressures Hazen, Elliott L., William J. Sydeman, Isaac D. Schroeder, Sarah A. Thompson, Brian K. Wells, Steven T. Lindley, Churchill B. Grimes, Steven J. Bograd, and Franklin B. Schwing In: Levin, Phillip S., and Franklin B. Schwing (eds.), Technical background for an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of the California Current: groundfish, salmon, green sturgeon, and ecosystem health, p. 99-110. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-109.

The effect of the environment on California's commercial fisheries [abstract] Herrick, Samuel F. Jr., Jerrold Norton, and Rognvaldur Hannesson In: L. Flostrand, J. Detering, and J. Schweigert (eds.), Proceedings of the 2010 Trinational Pacific Sardine Forum, p. 38. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2970.

Variational assimilation of satellite observations in a coastal ocean model off Oregon Kurapov, A.L., D. Foley, P.T. Strub, G.D. Egbert, and J.S. Allen Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 116(C5):C05006 (19 p.)

Introduction: An incremental approach to the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Levin, Phillip S., and Franklin B. Schwing In: Levin, Phillip S., and Franklin B. Schwing (eds.), Technical background for an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of the California Current: groundfish, salmon, green sturgeon, and ecosystem health, p. 1-6. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-109.

Technical background for an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of the California Current: groundfish, salmon, green sturgeon, and ecosystem health Levin, Phillip S., and Franklin B. Schwing (eds.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-109 (330 p.)

The STAMP software for state space models Mendelssohn, Roy Journal of Statistical Software 41(2):1-18

The Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) 4-dimensional variational data assimilation systems: Part II - Performance and application to the California Current System Moore, Andrew M., Hernan G. Arango, Gregoire Broquet, Chris Edwards, Milena Veneziani, Brian Powell, Dave Foley, James D. Doyle, Dan Costa, and Patrick Robinson Progress in Oceanography 91(1):50-73

The Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) 4-dimensional variational data assimilation systems: Part III - Observation impact and observation sensitivity in the California Current System Moore, Andrew M., Hernan G. Arango, Gregoire Broquet, Chris Edwards, Milena Veneziani, Brian Powell, Dave Foley, James D. Doyle, Dan Costa, and Patrick Robinson Progress in Oceanography 91(1):74-94

Super-aggregations of krill and humpback whales in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula Nowacek, Douglas P., Ari S. Friedlaender, Patrick N. Halpin, Elliott L. Hazen, David W. Johnston, Andrew J. Read, Boris Espinasse, Meng Zhou, and Yiwu Zhu PLoS ONE 6(4):e19173 (5 p.)

Galapagos marine vertebrates: responses to environmental variability and potential impacts of climate change Palacios, Daniel M., Sandie K. Salazar, and F. Hernan Vargas In: Irma Larrea Ona and Giuseppe Di Carlo (eds.), Climate change vulnerability assessment of the Galapagos Islands, p. 69-80. WWF and Conservation International, USA.

Projecting uncertainty onto marine megafauna trajectories Robel, Alexander A., M. Susan Lozier, Stefan F. Gary, George L. Shillinger, Helen Bailey, and Steven J. Bograd Deep-Sea Research I 58(9):915-921

Mesoscale structure and oceanographic determinants of krill hotspots in the California Current: Implications for trophic transfer and conservation Santora, Jarrod A., William J. Sydeman, Isaac D. Schroeder, Brian K. Wells, and John C. Field Progress in Oceanography 91(4):397-409

Vertical and horizontal habitat preferences of post-nesting leatherback turtles in the South Pacific Ocean Shillinger, George L., Alan M. Swithenbank, Helen Bailey, Steven J. Bograd, Michael R. Castelton, Bryan P. Wallace, James R. Spotila, Frank V. Paladino, Rotney Piedra, and Barbara A. Block Marine Ecology Progress Series 422:275-289

Does positioning of the North Pacific Current affect downstream ecosystem productivity? Sydeman, William J., Sarah Ann Thompson, John C. Field, William T. Peterson, Ronald W. Tanasichuk, Howard J. Freeland, Steven J. Bograd, and Ryan R. Rykaczewski Geophysical Research Letters 38:L12606 (6 p.)

Status of the California Current Ecosystem: major EBM components Tolimieri, Nick, Gregory D. Williams, Kelly S. Andrews, Phillip S. Levin, Brian K. Wells, Steven J. Bograd, Churchill B. Grimes, Elliott L. Hazen, David Hugg, Steven T. Lindley, and Isaac D. Schroeder In: Levin, Phillip S., and Franklin B. Schwing (eds.), Technical background for an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of the California Current: groundfish, salmon, green sturgeon, and ecosystem health, p. 60-98. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-109.

Appendix C: Data sources Tolimieri, Nick, Gregory D. Williams, Kelly S. Andrews, Phillip S. Levin, Elliott L. Hazen, William J. Sydeman, Isaac D. Schroeder, Sarah A. Thompson, Brian K. Wells, Steven T. Lindley, Churchill B. Grimes, Steven J. Bograd, and Franklin B. Schwing In: Levin, Phillip S., and Franklin B. Schwing (eds.), Technical background for an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of the California Current: groundfish, salmon, green sturgeon, and ecosystem health, p. 275-284. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-109.

Summer blooms of diatom-diazotroph assemblages and surface chlorophyll in the North Pacific gyre: a disconnect Villareal, Tracy A., Lori Adornato, Cara Wilson, and Caimee A. Schoenbaechler Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 116(C3):C03001, 15 p.

Chlorophyll anomalies along the critical latitude at 30°N in the NE Pacific Wilson, Cara Geophysical Research Letter 38:L15603, 6 p.

The rocky road from research to operations for satellite ocean-colour data in fishery management Wilson, Cara ICES Journal of Marine Science 68(4):677-686

The making of a productivity hotspot in the coastal ocean Wingfield, Dana K., S. Hoyt Peckham, David G. Foley, Daniel M. Palacios, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Reginaldo Durazo, Wallace J. Nichols, Donald A. Croll, and Steven J. Bograd PLoS ONE 6(11):e27874 (6 p.)

Behavioural estimation of blue whale movements in the Northeast Pacific from state-space model analysis of satellite tracks Bailey, Helen, Bruce R. Mate, Daniel M. Palacios, Ladd Irvine, Steven J. Bograd, and Daniel P. Costa Endangered Species Research 10:93-106

Comparing California Current cetacean-habitat models developed using in situ and remotely sensed sea surface temperature data Becker, E.A., K.A. Forney, M.C. Ferguson, D.G. Foley, R.C. Smith, J. Barlow, and J.V. Redfern Marine Ecology Progress Series 413:163-183

State of the California Current 2009-2010: Regional variation persists through transition from La Nina to El Nino (and back?) Bjorkstedt, Eric P., Ralf Goericke, Sam McClatchie, Ed Weber, William Watson, Nancy Lo, Bill Peterson, Bob Emmett, Jay Peterson, Reginaldo Durazo, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, Francisco Chavez, J.T. Pennington, C.A. Collins, John Field, Steve Ralston, Keith Sakuma, Steve J. Bograd, Franklin B. Schwing, Yan Xue, William J. Sydeman, Sarah Ann Thompson, Jarrod A. Santora, John Largier, Chris Halle, Steven Morgan, Sung Yong Kim, Karlina P.B. Merkens, John A. Hildebrand, and Lisa M. Munger CalCOFI Reports 51:39-69

Beyond the spring transition: Winter pre-conditioning of ecosystem dynamics and implications for sentinel species and fisheries Black, B.A., I. Schroeder, W.J. Sydeman, S.J. Bograd, V. Gertseva, and P. Lawson Report to NOAA Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) program, Project 09-03. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland. 12 p.

Wintertime ocean conditions synchronize rockfish growth and seabird reproduction in the central California Current ecosystem Black, Bryan A., Isaac D. Schroeder, William J. Sydeman, Steven J. Bograd, and Peter W. Lawson Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67(7):1149-1158

A view from the ocean from Pacific predators Block, Barbara A., Daniel P. Costa, and Steven J. Bograd In: Alasdair D. McIntyre (ed.), Life in the world's oceans: diversity, distribution, and abundance, p. 291-311. Wiley-Blackwell.

Biologging technologies: new tools for conservation. Introduction. Bograd, Steven J., Barbara A. Block, Daniel P. Costa, and Brendan J. Godley Endangered Species Research 10:1-7

Status and trends of the California Current region, 2003-2008 Bograd, Steven J., William J. Sydeman, J. Barlow, A. Booth, R.D. Brodeur, J. Calambokidis, F. Chavez, W.R. Crawford, E. Di Lorenzo, R. Durazo, R. Emmett, J. Field, G. Gaxiola-Castro, W. Gilly, R. Goericke, J. Hildebrand, J.E. Irvine, M. Kahru, J.A. Koslow, B. Lavaniegos, M. Lowry, D.L. Mackas, M. Manzano-Sarabia, S.M. McKinnell, B.G. Mitchell, L. Munger, R.I. Perry, W.T. Peterson, S. Ralston, J. Schweigert, A. Suntsov, R. Tanasichuk, A.C. Thomas, and F. Whitney In: Stewart M. McKinnell and Michael J. Dagg (eds.), Marine ecosystems of the north Pacific Ocean, 2003-2008, p. 106-141. PICES Special Publication no. 4.

TOPP as a marine life observatory: Using electronic tags to monitor the movements, behaviour and habitats of marine vertebrates Costa, Daniel P., Barbara A. Block, Steven Bograd, Michael A. Fedak, and John S. Gunn Community White Paper 19 (8 p.). In: Julie Hall, D.E. Harrison, and Detlef Stammer (eds.), Proceedings of the OceanObs'09 Conference: Ocean information for society: sustaining the benefits, realizing the potential (Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009), vol. 2: Community white papers. European Space Agency, ESA Publication WPP-306.

Building the IOOS® Data Management subsystem de la Beaujardiere, Jeff, Roy Mendelssohn, Carmel Ortiz, and Richard P. Signell Marine Technology Society Journal 44(6):73-83

Climate forcing on marine ecosystems Drinkwater, Ken, George Hunt, Patrick Lehodey, Salvador Lluch-Cota, Eugene J. Murphy, Yasunori Sakurai, Frank Schwing, Gregory Beaugrand, and Svein Sundby In: Manuel Barange et al. (eds.), Marine ecosystems and global change, p. 11-39. Oxford University Press.

Identification and monitoring of dynamic habitat in the changing ocean [abstract] Foley, David G. In: Kristan Blackhart (ed.), Proceedings: 11th National Stock Assessment Workshop: Characterization of scientific uncertainty in assessments to improve determination of acceptable biological catches (ABCs); Joint Session of the National Stock and Habitat Assessment Workshops: Incorporating habitat information in stock assessments; and 1st National Habitat Assessment Workshop: Moving towards a national habitat science program (St. Petersburg, Florida, May 17-20, 2010), p. 125. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-112.

NetCDF-CF-OPeNDAP: Standards for ocean data interoperability and object lessons for community data standards processes Hankin, Steve, Jon D. Blower, Theirry Carval, Kenneth S. Casey, Craig Donlon, Olivier Lauret, Thomas Loubrieu, A. Srinivasan, Joaquin Trinanes, Oystein Godoy, Roy Mendelssohn, Rich Signell, Jeff de La Beaujardiere, Peter Cornillon, Frederique Blanc, Russ Rew, and Jack Harlan Community White Paper 41 (9 p.). In: Julie Hall, D.E. Harrison, and Detlef Stammer (eds.), Proceedings of the OceanObs'09 Conference: Ocean information for society: sustaining the benefits, realizing the potential (Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009), vol. 2: Community white papers. European Space Agency, ESA Publication WPP-306.

Data management for the ocean sciences -- perspectives for the next decade Hankin, Steve, Luis Bermudez, Jon D. Blower, Benno Blumenthal, Kenneth S. Casey, Mark Fornwall, John Graybeal, Robert P. Guralnick, Ted Habermann, Eoin Howlett, Bob Keeley, Roy Mendelssohn, Reiner Schlitzer, Rich Signell, Derrick Snowden, and Andrew Woolf Plenary Paper 21 (10 p.). In: Julie Hall, D.E. Harrison, and Detlef Stammer (eds.), Proceedings of the OceanObs'09 Conference: Ocean information for society: sustaining the benefits, realizing the potential (Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009), vol. 1: Plenary papers. European Space Agency, ESA Publication WPP-306.

Meridional patterns in the deep scattering layers and top predator distribution in the central equatorial Pacific Hazen, Elliott L., and David W. Johnston Fisheries Oceanography 19(6):427-433

Recent findings and accomplishments of NOAA's Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) program [abstract] Hollowed, Anne B., Steven Bograd, Elizabeth Brooks, Milissa A. Haltuch, Jonathan A. Hare, Roger Hewitt, Evan Howell, John Lamkin, Kenric Osgood, Jeffrey Polovina, and Michael J. Schirripa In: Kristan Blackhart (ed.), Proceedings: 11th National Stock Assessment Workshop: Characterization of scientific uncertainty in assessments to improve determination of acceptable biological catches (ABCs); Joint Session of the National Stock and Habitat Assessment Workshops: Incorporating habitat information in stock assessments; and 1st National Habitat Assessment Workshop: Moving towards a national habitat science program (St. Petersburg, Florida, May 17-20, 2010), p. 129. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-112.

Oceanographic influences on the dive behavior of juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the North Pacific Ocean Howell, Evan A., Peter H. Dutton, Jeffrey J. Polovina, Helen Bailey, Denise M. Parker, and George H. Balazs Marine Biology 157(5):1011-1026

Hawaiian albatrosses track interannual variability of marine habitats in the North Pacific Kappes, Michelle A., Scott A. Shaffer, Yann Tremblay, David G. Foley, Daniel M. Palacios, Patrick W. Robinson, Steven J. Bograd, and Daniel P. Costa Progress in Oceanography 86(1-2):246-260

Integration of ocean observations into an ecosystem approach to resource management Koslow, J. Anthony, Keith Brander, Michael Fogarty, and Frank Schwing Plenary Paper 26 (11 p.). In: Julie Hall, D.E. Harrison, and Detlef Stammer (eds.), Proceedings of the OceanObs'09 Conference: Ocean information for society: sustaining the benefits, realizing the potential (Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009), vol. 1: Plenary papers. European Space Agency, ESA Publication WPP-306.

Atmospheric events disrupting coastal upwelling in the southwestern Caribbean Lonin, Serguei A., Jose L. Hernandez, and Daniel M. Palacios Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 115(C6):C06030 (17 p.)

Review of the use of California commercial fisheries landings and recreational catch data in stock assessments Mason, Janet In: Managing data-poor fisheries: case studies, models and solutions (1-4 December 2008, Berkeley, California), p. 247-256. California Sea Grant College Program.

North Pacific synthesis McKinnell, S.M., S. Batten, S.J. Bograd, J.L. Boldt, N. Bond, S. Chiba, M.J. Dagg, M.G.G. Foreman, G.L. Hunt Jr., J.R. Irvine, O.N. Katugin, V. Lobanov, D.L. Mackas, P. Mundy, V. Radchenko, Y.J. Ro, H. Sugisaki, F.A. Whitney, A. Yatsu, and S. Yoo In: Stewart M. McKinnell and Michael J. Dagg (eds.), Marine ecosystems of the north Pacific Ocean, 2003-2008, p. 1-55. PICES Special Publication no. 4.

Climate change, teleconnection patterns, and regional processes forcing marine populations in the Pacific Schwing, Franklin B., Roy Mendelssohn, Steven J. Bograd, James E. Overland, Muyin Wang, and Shin-ichi Ito Journal of Marine Systems 79(3-4):245-257

Identification of high-use internesting habitats for eastern Pacific leatherback turtles: role of the environment and implications for conservation Shillinger, George L., Alan M. Swithenbank, Steven J. Bograd, Helen Bailey, Michael R. Castelton, Bryan P. Wallace, James R. Spotila, Frank V. Paladino, Rotney Piedra, and Barbara A. Block Endangered Species Research 10:215-232

Utilizing environmental information to reduce recruitment uncertainty in the Alask sablefish stock assessment [abstract] Shotwell, S. Kalei, Dana H. Hanselman, and David G. Foley In: Kristan Blackhart (ed.), Proceedings: 11th National Stock Assessment Workshop: Characterization of scientific uncertainty in assessments to improve determination of acceptable biological catches (ABCs); Joint Session of the National Stock and Habitat Assessment Workshops: Incorporating habitat information in stock assessments; and 1st National Habitat Assessment Workshop: Moving towards a national habitat science program (St. Petersburg, Florida, May 17-20, 2010), p. 104. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-112.

Relationships among upwelling, phytoplankton blooms, and phycotoxins in coastal Oregon shellfish Tweddle, J.F., P.G. Strutton, D.G. Foley, L. O'Higgins, A.M. Wood, B. Scott, R.C. Everroad, W.T. Peterson, D. Cannon, M. Hunter, and Z. Forster Marine Ecology Progress Series 405:131-145

Study of marine ecosystems and biogeochemistry now and in the future: examples of the unique contributions from space Yoder, James A., Scott C. Doney, David A. Siegel, and Cara Wilson Oceanography 23(4):104-117

Resource partitioning by species but not sex in sympatric boobies in the central Pacific Ocean Young, Hillary S., Scott A. Shaffer, Douglas J. McCauley, Dave G. Foley, Rodolfo Dirzo, and Barbara A. Block Marine Ecology Progress Series 403:291-301

Proxy calibration to instrumental data set: Implications for paleoceanographic reconstructions Abrantes, F., C. Lopes, T. Rodrigues, I. Gil, L. deWitt, J. Grimalt, and I. Harris Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 10:9 (15 p.)

Oxygen concentrations in the California Current Bograd, Steven In: Linda Mazur and Carmen Milanes (eds.), Indicators of climate change in California, p. 114-118. California Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.

Phenology of coastal upwelling in the California Current Bograd, Steven J., Isaac Schroeder, Nandita Sarkar, Xuemei Qiu, William J. Sydeman, and Franklin B. Schwing Geophysical Research Letters 36:L01602 (5 p.)

Comparing sea level response at Monterey, California from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and the 1964 Great Alaskan Earthquake Breaker, L.C., T.S. Murty, Jerrold G. Norton, and Dustin Carroll Science of Tsunami Hazards 28(5):255-271

Building links with the fishing, aquaculture and management communities Bundy, Alida, Gary Borstad, John Field, Steve Groom, Nicolas Hoepffner, Chuanmin Hu, Vivian Lutz, and Cara Wilson In: Marie-Helene Forget, Venetia Stuart, and Trevor Platt (eds.), Remote sensing in fisheries and aquaculture, p. 89-102. International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group, IOCCG Report no. 8.