NOAA FISHERIES

Revised rebuilding analysis for widow rockfish for 2002 Punt, Andre E., and Alec D. MacCall Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 7 p.

Drifter observations of anticyclonic eddies seaward of Bussol Strait, Kuril Islands. Rabinovich, A. B., R. E. Thomson, and S. J. Bograd. Journal of Oceanography 58:661-671. OCEANOGRAPHY - SEA OF OKHOTSK - KURIL ISLANDS - BUSSOL STRAIT - ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES - DRIFTER OBSERVATIONS

Sexual dimorphism. Ralls, K., and S. L. Mesnick. W. F. Perrin, B. Wursig, and J. G. M. Thewissen (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals, p. 1071-1078. Academic Press. MARINE MAMMALS - SEXUAL DIMORPHISM - EVOLUTION - VARIATION - TAXONOMY - MORPHOLOGY - VOCALIZATIONS

West coast groundfish harvest policy. Ralston, S. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22(1):249-250. MARINE FISHES - GROUNDFISH - WEST COAST - HARVEST POLICY

The groundfish crisis: what went wrong? Ralston, S. Ecosystem Observations for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 2002:19-20

Review of the updated 2002 sablefish stock assessment Ralston, Stephen, Michael Dalton, Martin Dorn, Andre Punt, Mark Saelens, and Rod Moore Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 7 p.

Krill population dynamics in the Scotia Sea: variability in growth and mortality within a single population Reid, K., E.J. Murphy, V. Loeb, and R.P. Hewitt Journal of Marine Systems 36(1-2):1-10

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST DURING MAY-JUNE 2000: A SUMMARY OF CTD DATA FROM PELAGIC JUVENILE ROCKFISH SURVEYS SAKUMA, KEITH M., FRANKLIN B. SCHWING, MARK H. PICKETT, DALE ROBERTS, STEPHEN V. RALSTON U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-318. 83 p. OCEANOGRAPHY - PHYSICAL - CALIFORNIA - CTD - ROCKFISH - PELAGIC - JUVENILES - SURVEYS

ICHTHYOPLANKTON AND STATION DATA FOR MANTA (SURFACE) TOWS TAKEN ON CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE OCEANIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS SURVEY CRUISES IN 1987 SANDKNOP, ELAINE M., RICHARD L. CHARTER, H. GEOFFREY MOSER U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-323. 40 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - SURFACE PLANKTON TOWS (MANTA) - CALCOFI - SURVEYS - CRUISES

ICHTHYOPLANKTON AND STATION DATA FOR MANTA (SURFACE) TOWS TAKEN ON CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE OCEANIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS SURVEY CRUISES IN 1991 SANDKNOP, ELAINE M., RICHARD L. CHARTER, H. GEOFFREY MOSER U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-327. 41 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - SURFACE PLANKTON TOWS (MANTA) - CALCOFI - SURVEYS - CRUISES

ICHTHYOPLANKTON AND STATION DATA FOR MANTA (SURFACE) TOWS TAKEN ON CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE OCEANIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS SURVEY CRUISES IN 1995 SANDKNOP, ELAINE M., RICHARD L. CHARTER, H. GEOFFREY MOSER U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-331. 42 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - SURFACE PLANKTON TOWS (MANTA) - CALCOFI - SURVEYS - CRUISES

Sharks and tunas: fisheries impacts on predators with contrasting life histories Schindler, Daniel E., Timothy E. Essington, James F. Kitchell, Chris Boggs, and Ray Hilborn Ecological Applications 12(3):735-748

The 1998-99 regime shift in the North Pacific: physical mechanisms and ecological consequences Schwing, F.B. 10th Annual PICES Meeting, Program Abstracts, p. 152

The state of the California Current, 2001-2002: Will the California Current System keep its cool, or is El Niño looming? Schwing, F.B., S.J. Bograd, C.A. Collins, G. Gaxiola-Castro, J. Garcia, R. Goericke, J. Gomez-Valdez, A. Huyer, K.D. Hyrenbach, P.M. Kosro, B.E. Lavaniegos, R.J. Lynn, A.W. Mantyla, M.D. Ohman, W.T. Peterson, R.L. Smith, W.J. Sydeman, E. Venrick, and P.A. Wheeler CalCOFI Reports 43:31-68

The Northern Oscillation Index (NOI): a new climate index for the northeast Pacific Schwing, F.B., T. Murphree, and P.M. Green Progress in Oceanography 53(2-4):115-139

The evolution of oceanic and atmospheric anomalies in the northeast Pacific during the El Nino and La Nina events of 1995-2001 Schwing, F.B., T. Murphree, L. deWitt, and P.M. Green Progress in Oceanography 54(1-4):459-491

Physical oceanography of offshore habitats: scales of variability impacting marine resources Schwing, Franklin B. In: Pelagic predators, prey, and processes: exploring the scientific basis for offshore marine reserves (Proceedings of the first Pelagic Working Group workshop, January 17, 2002, Santa Cruz, California), p. 19-20. Pelagic Working Group.

El Nino and multidecadal climate change: a global perspective Schwing, Franklin B. Investigaciones Marinas 30(1 supp.):85-86

Decadal regime shifts in the North Pacific: physical mechanisms and ecological consequences Schwing, Franklin B. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 83(4):OS31

Hawaii cyclonic eddies and blue marlin catches: the case study of the 1995 Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament. Seki, M. P., R. Lumpkin, and P. Flament. Journal of Oceanography 58:739-745. MARINE FISHES - BILLFISHES - BILLFISH - MARLINS - BLUE MARLIN - HAWAII - CYCLONIC EDDIES - CATCH - CASE STUDY - HAWAIIAN INTERNATIONAL BILLFISH TOURNAMENT

An oceanographic characterization of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) longline fishing grounds in the springtime subtropical North Pacific. Seki, M.P., J.J. Polovina, D.R. Kobayashi, R.R. Bidigare, and G.T. Mitchum. Fisheries Oceanography 11(5):251-266. MARINE FISHES - BILLFISHES - BILLFISH - SWORDFISH - LONGLINE FISHING GROUNDS - OCEANOGRAPHY - OCEANOGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION - SPRINGTIME SUBTROPICAL NORTH PACIFIC

Status and conservation of facultative freshwater cetaceans in Asia Smith, B.D., and T.A. Jefferson Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 10:173-187

Predicting self-recruitment in marine populations: biophysical correlates and mechanisms Sponaugle, Su, Robert K. Cowen, Alan Shanks, Steven G. Morgan, Jeffrey M. Leis, Jesus Pineda, George W. Boehlert, Michael J. Kingsford, Kenyon C. Lindeman, Churchill Grimes, and John L. Munro Bulletin of Marine Science 70(supp.1):341-375

Bocaccio: STAR Panel report (Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington, April 15-19, 2002) Stauffer, Gary, Stephen Ralston, Larry Jacobson, Paul Medley, Mark Saelens, and Tom Ghio Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 9 p.

Canary rockfish: STAR Panel meeting report (Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington, April 15-19, 2002) Stauffer, Gary, Stephen Ralston, Larry Jacobson, Paul Medley, Mark Saelens, and Tom Ghio Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 11 p.

Conservation biology. Taylor, B. L. W. F. Perrin, B. Wursig, and J. G. M. Thewissen (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals, p. 273-276. Academic Press. MARINE MAMMALS - CONSERVATION BIOLOGY - BIODIVERSITY - EXTINCTION - EXPLOITATION - VULNERABILITY - CONSERVATION PRACTICES - ENDANGERED SPECIES - POPULATIONS

Chemical contaminants in juvenile gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) from a subsistence harvest in Arctic feeding grounds Tilbury, Karen L., John E. Stein, Cheryl A. Krone, Robert L. Brownell Jr., S.A. Blokhin, Jennie L. Bolton, and Don W. Ernest Chemosphere 47(6):555-564

Director's report to the 53rd Tuna Conference on tuna and tuna-related activities at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center for the period May 1, 2001-April 30, 2002 Tillman, Michael F. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-02-03. 24 p.

Fishing skill in developing country fisheries: the Kedah, Malaysia trawl fishery. Viswanathan, K. K., I. H. Omar, Y. Jeohn, J. Kirkley, D. Squires, and I. Susilowati. Marine Resource Economics 16:293-314. MARINE FISHERIES - MALAYSIA TRAWL FISHERY - FISHING - SKILL

An assessment of the eastern gray whale population in 2002 Wade, P.R., and W. Perryman Paper SC/54/BRG7 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC54 meeting, Shimonoseki, Japan, 2002). 16 p.

Fisheries habitat studies at Heceta Bank on the Oregon outer continental shelf: combining high-resolution sonar and seafloor investigations with GIS techniques [abstract] Wakefield, W. Waldo, Robert W. Embley, Brian N. Tissot, Mary M. Yoklavich, William H. Barss, Jennifer Bloeser, Keith L. Bosley, Julia E.R. Clemons, Gordon L. Hendler, Mark A. Hixon, Susan Merle, Nicole M. Nasby, Jackie Popp Noskov, Noelani Puniwai, Douglas Reese, Angel Valdes, and Curt Whitmire In: GEOHAB: Marine geological habitat mapping (May 1-3, 2002, Moss Landing, California): agenda and abstracts, p. 44-45. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Center for Habitat Studies.

Diets of Baird's beaked whales, Berardius bairdii, in the southern Sea of Okhotsk and off the Pacific coast of Honshu, Japan Walker, William A., James G. Mead, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Marine Mammal Science 18(4):9002-919

Incidental catches of fishes by Hawai'i longliners. Walsh, W. A. Pelagic Fisheries Research Program Newsletter 7:1-4. MARINE FISHES - INCIDENTAL CATCH - HAWAII - LONGLINE FISHERIES - LONGLINERS - LONGLINING

Comparison of logbook reports of incidental blue shark catches by Hawaii-based longline vessels to fishery observer data by application of a generalized additive model. Walsh, W. A., P. Kleiber, and M. McCracken. Fisheries Research 58:79-94. MARINE FISHES - SHARKS - BLUE SHARK - LONGLINE FISHERIES - HAWAIIAN-BASED LONGLINE VESSELS - INCIDENTAL CATCH - LOGBOOK REPORTS - FISHERY OBSERVER DATA - MODELS - GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL

ICHTHYOPLANKTON AND STATION DATA FOR SURFACE (MANTA) AND OBLIQUE (BONGO) PLANKTON TOWS TAKEN DURING A SURVEY IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN JULY 28 - DECEMBER 9,1999 WATSON, WILLIAM, ELAINE M. SANDKNOP, SHARON R. CHARTER, DAVID A. AMBROSE, RICHARD L. CHARTER, AND H. GEOFFREY MOSER U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-338. 96 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - SURFACE PLANKTON TOWS (MANTA) - OBLIQUE PLANKTON TOWS (BONGO) - CALCOFI - SURVEYS - CRUISES - ETP

ICHTHYOPLANKTON AND STATION DATA FOR MANTA (SURFACE) TOWS TAKEN ON CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE OCEANIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS SURVEY CRUISES IN 1988 WATSON, WILLIAM, RICHARD L. CHARTER, AND H. GEOFFREY MOSER U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-324. 44 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - SURFACE PLANKTON TOWS (MANTA) - CALCOFI - SURVEYS - CRUISES

ICHTHYOPLANKTON AND STATION DATA FOR MANTA (SURFACE) TOWS TAKEN ON CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE OCEANIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS SURVEY CRUISES IN 1992 WATSON, WILLIAM, RICHARD L. CHARTER, AND H. GEOFFREY MOSER U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-328. 40 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - SURFACE PLANKTON TOWS (MANTA) - CALCOFI - SURVEYS - CRUISES

ICHTHYOPLANKTON AND STATION DATA FOR MANTA (SURFACE) TOWS TAKEN ON CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE OCEANIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS SURVEY CRUISES IN 2000 WATSON, WILLIAM, RICHARD L. CHARTER, AND H. GEOFFREY MOSER U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-336. 40 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - SURFACE PLANKTON TOWS (MANTA) - CALCOFI - SURVEYS - CRUISES

ICHTHYOPLANKTON AND STATION DATA FOR MANTA (SURFACE) TOWS TAKEN ON CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE OCEANIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS SURVEY CRUISES IN 1996 WATSON, WILLIAM, RICHARD L. CHARTER, H. GEOFFREY MOSER U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-332. 45 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - SURFACE PLANKTON TOWS (MANTA) - CALCOFI - SURVEYS - CRUISES

Distributions of planktonic fish eggs and larvae off two state ecological reserves in the Santa Barbara Channel vicinity and two nearby islands in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, California Watson, William, Richard L. Charter, H. Geoffrey Moser, David A. Ambrose, Sharon R. Charter, Elaine M. Sandknop, Larry L. Robertson, and Eric A. Lynn CalCOFI Reports 43:141-154

Egg and larval fish production from marine ecological reserves. Part Three: Distributions of planktonic fish eggs and larvae in the vicinities of Big Sycamore Canyon and Vandenberg State Ecological Reserves, and Anacapa and San Miguel Islands in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Watson, William, Richard L. Charter, H. Geoffrey Moser, David A. Ambrose, Sharon R. Charter, Elaine Sandknop, Larry L. Robertson, and Eric A. Lynn In: Marine Ecological Reserves Research Program research results, 1996-2001 (CD-ROM). California Sea Grant College Program, University of California, La Jolla, California. 67 p.

Status of bigeye tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean Watters, George M., and Mark N. Maunder Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, Stock Assessment Report 2:147-246

Predation on marine mammals. Weller, D. W. W. F. Perrin, B. Wursig, and J. G. M. Thewissen (eds.), Encyclopedia of marine mammals, p. 985-994. Academic Press. MARINE MAMMALS - PREDATION - SIRENIANS - MANATEES - DUGONGS - LUTRINAE - SEA OTTERS - PINNIPEDS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - DOLPHIN - KILLER WHALES - SHARKS - SHARK - BLACKFISH - POLAR BEARS

The western gray whale: a review of past exploitation, current status and potential threats Weller, D.W., A.M. Burdin, B. Würsig, B.L. Taylor, and R.L. Brownell Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4(1):7-12

A note on the spatial distribution of western gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) off Sakhalin Island, Russia Weller, D.W., S.H. Reeve, A.M. Burdin, B. Würsig, and R.L. Brownell, Jr. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4(1):13-17

Influence of seismic surveys on western gray whales off Sakhalin Island, Russia in 2001 Weller, David W., Yulia V. Ivashchenko, Grigory A. Tsidulko, Alexander M. Burdin, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/54/BRG14 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC54 meeting, Shimonoseki, Japan, 2002). 15 p.

Macrogeographic structure and patterns of genetic diversity in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from Alaska to Japan. Westlake, R. L., and G. M. O'Corry-Crowe. Journal of Mammalogy 83(4):1111-1126. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - HARBOR SEAL - DIVERSITY - PATTERNS - MACROGEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE - PACIFIC

Integration of high-resolution multibeam sonar imagery with observational data from submersibles and ROVs to classify bottom types for habitat-based groundfish assessments at Heceta Bank, Oregon [abstract] Whitmire, Curt, Robert W. Embley, Julia E.R. Clemons, Susan Merle, Noelani Puniwai, Brian N. Tissot, W. Waldo Wakefield, and Mary M. Yoklavich In: GEOHAB: Marine geological habitat mapping (May 1-3, 2002, Moss Landing, California): agenda and abstracts, p. 46-47. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Center for Habitat Studies.

The effects of unaccounted discards and misspecified natural mortality on harvest policies based on estimates of spawners per recruit. Williams, E. H North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22(1):311-325. MARINE FISHES - GROUNDFISH - WEST COAST - PRODUCTIVITY - HARVEST RATES - MODELS - STOCK ASSESSMENT - CATCH AGE MODEL - SIZE SELECTIVE DISCARDS - NATURAL MORTALITY - ESTIMATES - SPAWNERS PER RECRUITMENT

Distribution and co-occurrence of rockfishes (family: Sebastidae) over trawlable shelf and slope habitats of California and southern Oregon. Williams, E. H., and S. Ralston. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 100:836-855. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - ROCKFISH - CALIFORNIA - OREGON - DISTRIBUTION - CO-OCCURRENCE - TRAWLS - TRAWLING - SHELF HABITAT - SLOPE HABITAT

A global view of bio-physical coupling from SeaWiFS and TOPEX satellite data, 1997-2001 Wilson, C., and D. Adamec Geophysical Research Letters 29(8):1257

Observing deepwater rockfishes off southern California. Wooninck, L. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Report 11(12):2. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - ROCKFISH - DEEP-WATER - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - OBSERVATIONS

Necropsy findings in sea turtles taken as bycatch in the North Pacific longline fishery Work, Thierry M., and George H. Balazs Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 100(4):876-880

Distribution and transport of suspended particulate matter in Monterey Canyon, California Xu, J.P., M. Noble, S.L. Eittreim, L.K., Rosenfeld, F.B. Schwing, and C.H. Pilskaln Marine Geology 181(1-3):215-234

Fishes Yoklavich, Mary M., Gregor M. Cailliet, Dion S. Oxman, James P. Barry, and David C. Lindquist In: J. Caffrey, et al. (eds.), Changes in a California estuary: a profile of Elkhorn Slough. p. 163-185. Elkhorn Slough Foundation, Moss Landing, California.

Laser line scan technology to characterize deepwater habitats and associated organisms [abstract] Yoklavich, Mary, Churchill Grimes, Waldo W. Wakefield, and H. Gary Greene In: GEOHAB: Marine geological habitat mapping (May 1-3, 2002, Moss Landing, California): agenda and abstracts, p. 16. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Center for Habitat Studies.

Deepwater habitat and fish resources associated with the Big Creek Ecological Reserve Yoklavich, Mary, Gregor Cailliet, Robert N. Lea, H. Gary Greene, Rick Starr, Jean de Marignac, and Jeff Field CalCOFI Reports 43:120-140

Age and growth of Hawaiian green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas): an analysis based on skeletochronology. Zug, G. R., G. H. Balazs, J. A. Wetherall, D. M. Parker, and S. K. K. Murakawa. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 100:117-127. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - GREEN - HAWAII - AGE - GROWTH - SKELETOCRONOLOGY - BONES - SKELETONS

Salmon Adams, Peter In: H. A. Karl, et al. (eds.), Beyond the Golden Gate: oceanography, geology, biology, and environmental issues in the Gulf of the Farallones (full-length technical version), p. 146-149. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1198.

Salmon Adams, Peter In: H. A. Karl, et al. (eds.), Beyond the Golden Gate: oceanography, geology, biology, and environmental issues in the Gulf of the Farallones (short general-audience version), p. 42-43. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1198.

Lingcod Adams, Peter B., and Richard M. Starr In: W. S. Leet, et al. (eds.), California's living marine resources: a status report, p. 191-194. California Department of Fish and Game.

Blood chemistry values of green turtles, Chelonia mydas, with and without fibropapillomatosis. Aguirre, A. A., and G. H. Balazs. Comparative Haematology International 10:132-137. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - GREEN - BLOOD CHEMISTRY VALUES - FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS

ICHTHYOPLANKTON AND STATION DATA FOR CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE OCEANIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS SURVEY CRUISES IN 1999 AMBROSE, DAVID A., RICHARD L. CHARTER, H. GEOFFREY MOSER U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-311. 69 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - CALCOFI - SURVEYS - CRUISES

Unobserved kill of nursing dolphin calves in a tuna purse-seine fishery. Archer, F., T. Gerrodette, A. Dizon, K. Abella, and S. Southern. Marine Mammal Science 17(3):540-554. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - DOLPHIN - FEMALE - NURSING - CALVES - MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA - PURSE SEINE FISHERY - UNOBSERVED KILL - MORTALITY

Seabird foraging ecology Ballance, L.T., D.G. Ainley, and G.L. Hunt, Jr. In: J.H. Steele, S.A. Thorpe, and K.K. Turekian (eds.), Encyclopedia of ocean sciences, vol. 5, p. 2636-2644. Academic Press.

Cetacean sightings around the Republic of the Maldives, April 1998 Ballance, L.T., R.C. Anderson, R.L. Pitman, K. Stafford, A. Shaan, Z. Waheed, and R.L. Brownell Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 3(2):213-218

Cruise report DS-01-03, David Starr Jordan, May 9 - June 13, 2001: rockfish recruitment assessment Baltz, Ken National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, California. 13 p.

Factors affecting perpendicular sighting distances on shipboard line-transect surveys for cetaceans. Barlow, J., T. Gerrodette, and J. Forcada. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 3(2):201-212. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - SIGHTINGS - SHIPBOARD LINE TRANSECT - SURVEYS

Diel horizontal migration of the Hawaiian mesopelagic boundary community observed acoustically Benoit-Bird, K. J., W. W. L. Au, R. E. Brainard, M. O. Lammers Marine Ecology Progress Series 217:1-14 MARINE ECOSYSTEMS - HAWAIIAN MESOPELAGIC BOUNDARY COMMUNITY - DIEL HORIZONTAL MIGRATION - DIEL VERTICAL MIGRATION - ACOUSTIC SAMPLING - DENSITY - RELATIVE ABUNDANCE - ECOLOGY

Can blind monk seals help us see? Blanchard, M., B. Aldridge, C. Funke, D. King, T. Goldstein, F. Gulland, G. Antonelis, A. A. Aguirre, R. Braun, J. Reif, L. Dalton, S. Dickerson, and J. Stott. C. K. Baer and R. A. Patterson (eds.), Proceedings American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine Joint Conference, p. 466-467. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL - ENDANGERED SPECIES - GENETICS - IMMUNOLOGY - MULTIPLE ASSAYS - GENOTYPING - DNA - PBML RNA - MHC - PCR

A report on the tagging of pacific pelagics (TOPP) workshop: a pilot project for the census of marine life. Block B. A., D. P. Costa, G. W. Boehlert, and R. Kochevar. Monterey California, November 12-14, 2000. Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California. 81 p. MARINE ECOSYSTEMS - CENSUS OF MARINE LIFE - TAGGING OF PACIFIC PELAGICS - TOPP - WORKSHOP REPORT

Northern elephant seals -- autonomous pinniped environmental samplers. Boehlert, G. W., D. Costa, and D. Crocker. Ecosystem Observations for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 2000:17-18. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL - ELECTRONIC TAGS - TAGGING - TEMPERATURE - DEPTH - DATA - SAMPLING - HABITAT - PHYSIOLOGY - BEHAVIOR - OCEANOGRAPHY - OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA - XBTS

Autonomous pinniped environmental samplers using instrumented animals as oceanographic data collectors. Boehlert, G. W., D. P. Costa, D. E. Crocker, P. Green, T. O'Brien, S. Levitus, and B. J. Le Boeuf. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 18(11):1882-1893. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL - ELECTRONIC TAGS - TAGGING - TEMPERATURE - DEPTH - DATA - SAMPLING - HABITAT - PHYSIOLOGY - BEHAVIOR - OCEANOGRAPHY - OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA - XBTS

Book review: Effects of fishing on non-target species and habitats: biological, conservation, and socio-economic issues Boehlert, George W. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130(2):349

Deterring albatrosses from contacting baits during swordfish longline sets Boggs, Christofer H. In: Edward F. Melvin and Julia K. Parrish (eds.), Seabird bycatch: trends, roadblocks and solutions, p. 79-94. University of Alaska Sea Grant, AK-SG-01-01.

Physical-biological coupling in the California Current during the 1997-99 El Niño-La Niña cycle. Bograd, S. J., and R. J. Lynn. Geophysical Research Letters 28(2):275-278 OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT - STATE - PHYSICAL - BIOLOGICAL - EL NINO - LA NINA - EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION - ENSO

Transport of mass, heat, salt and nutrients in the southern California Current System: Annual cycle and interannual variability. Bograd, S. J., T. K. Chereskin, and D. Roemmich. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 106(C5):9255-9275 OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEM - TRANSPORT - MASS - HEAT - SALT - NUTRIENTS - ANNUAL CYCLE - INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY

CalCOFI hydrographic climatology Bograd, Steven J. PICES Scientific Report 18:47-49

Understanding environmental influences on movements and depth distributions of tunas and billfishes can significantly improve population assessments. Brill, R. W., and M. E. Lutcavage. G. R. Sedberry (ed.), Proceedings of the Charleston Bump Colloquium, Charleston, South Carolina, October 28-29, 1999. American Fisheries Society Symposium 25:179-198. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA - BILLFISHES - BILLFISH - POPULATION ASSESSMENT - POPULATIONS - ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES - MOVEMENTS - DEPTH - DISTRIBUTION - STOCKS - STOCK ASSESSMENT

Gill and intestinal Na+-K+ ATPase activity, and estimated maximal osmoregulatory costs, in three high energy-demand teleosts: yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), and dolphin fish (Coryphaena hippurus). Brill, R., Y. Swimmer, C. Taxboel, K. Cousins, T. Lowe. Marine Biology 138(5):935-944. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - YELLOWFIN TUNA - SKIPJACK TUNA - DOLPHINFISH - MAHI MAHI - BIOCHEMISTRY - ENERGETICS - OSMOREGULATION - HIGH ENERGY DEMAND TELEOSTS

The impact of solar ultraviolet radiation on crustacean zooplankton and ichthyoplankton: case studies from sub-arctic marine ecosystems. Browman, H. I., and R. D. Vetter. Ecological Studies 153:261-304. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - ZOOPLANKTON - ICHTHYOPLANKTON - TROPHIC LEVELS - PRODUCTIVITY - UV - ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION - IMPACTS - MARINE ECOSYSTEMS - SUBARCTIC - CASE STUDY

Movements and population structure of humpback whales in the North Pacific Calambokidis, John, Gretchen H. Steiger, Janice M. Straley, Louis M. Herman, Salvatore Cerchio, Dan R. Salden, Jorge Urban R., Jeff K. Jacobsen, Olga Von Ziegesar, Kenneth C. Balcomb, Christine M. Gabriele, Marilyn E. Dahlheim, Senzo Uchida, Graeme Ellis, Yukifumi Miyamura, Paloma Ladron de Guevara P., Manami Yamaguchi, Fumihiko Sato, Sally A. Mizroch, Lisa Schlender, Kristin Rasmussen, Jay Barlow, and Terrance J. Quinn II Marine Mammal Science 17(4):769-794

Final report on anadromous salmonid fish hatcheries in California California Department of Fish and Game / National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Region Joint Hatchery Review Committee California Department of Fish and Game; National Marine Fisheries Service. 35 p.

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Preliminary estimates of cetacean mortality in California gillnet fisheries for 2000 Carretta, James V. Paper SC/53/SM9 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC53 meeting, London, July 2001). 21 p.

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Yellowfin tuna. Coan, A. L. Jr. W. S. Leet , C. M. Dewees, R. Klingbiel, and E. J. Larson (eds.), California's living marine resources: a status report, p. 331-333. ANR Publication SG01-11. California Department of Fish and Game, and University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - YELLOWFIN TUNA - LIVING MARINE RESOURCE - STATUS - SUMMARY

Forecasting coho salmon survival in the Oregon production index region. Cole, J., G. Boehlert, and L. deWitt. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, Technical Report 2:22-24. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - COHO - SURVIVAL - FORECASTING - OREGON PRODUCTION INDEX REGION

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The Black-footed Albatross Population Biology Workshop: A step to understanding the impacts of longline fishing on seabird populations Cousins, Katherine L. In: Edward F. Melvin and Julia K. Parrish (eds.), Seabird bycatch: trends, roadblocks and solutions, p. 95-114. University of Alaska Sea Grant, AK-SG-01-01.

Albacore. Crone, P. R. W. S. Leet , C. M. Dewees, R. Klingbiel, and E. J. Larson (eds.), California's living marine resources: a status report, p. 317-321. ANR Publication SG01-11. California Department of Fish and Game, and University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - ALBACORE TUNA - LIVING MARINE RESOURCE - STATUS - SUMMARY

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Improving access to environmental datasets: data holdings at Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory deWitt, Lynn, and Roy Mendelssohn PICES Scientific Report 18:49-54

Derelict fishing gear in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Diving surveys and debris removal in 1999 confirm threat to coral reef ecosystems. Donohue, M. J., R. C. Boland, C. M. Sramek, and G. A. Antonelis. Marine Pollution Bulletin 42(12):1301-1312. CORAL REEFS - HAWAII - NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS - ECOSYSTEMS - THREAT - MARINE DEBRIS - DERELICT FISHING GEAR - DIVING SURVEYS

The state of the California Current, 2000-2001: a third straight La Niña year. Durazo, R., T. R. Baumgartner, S. J. Bograd, C. A. Collins, S. de la Campa, J. Garcia, G. Gaxiola-Castro, A. Huyer, K. D. Hyrenbach, D. Loya, R. J. Lynn, F. B. Schwing, R. L. Smith, W. J. Sydeman, and P. Wheeler. CalCOFI Reports 42: 29-60. OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT - STATE - EL NINO - LA NINA - EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION - ENSO

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A note on the preparation of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) teeth for age determination Evans, K., and K. Robertson Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 3(1):101-107

Central California gillnet effort and bycatch of sensitive species, 1990-1998. Forney, Karin A., Scott R. Benson, and Grant A. Cameron. In: Edward F. Melvin and Julia K. Parrish (eds.), Seabird bycatch: trends, roadblocks and solutions, p. 141-160. University of Alaska Sea Grant, AK-SG-01-01. MARINE FISHES - FLATFISHES - CALIFORNIA HALIBUT - SET GILLNET FISHERY - BYCATCH - SENSITIVE SPECIES - BIRDS - SEABIRDS - COMMON MURRE - MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PORPOISE - HARBOR PORPOISE - SEA OTTERS - FISHING EFFORT - MORTALITY - DISTRIBUTION