NOAA FISHERIES

Long-distance migration is a major factor driving local adaptation at continental scale in Coho salmon Rougemont, Quentin, Amanda Xuereb, Xavier Dallaire, Jean-Sebastien Moore, Eric Normandeau, Alysse Perreault-Payette, Berenice Bougas, Eric B. Rondeau, Ruth E. Withler, Donald M. Van Doornik, Penelope A. Crane, Kerry A. Naish, John Carlos Garza, Terry D. Beacham, Ben F. Koop, and Louis Bernatchez Molecular Ecology 32(3):542-559

Machine learning in marine ecology: an overview of techniques and applications Rubbens, Peter, Stephanie Brodie, Tristan Cordier, Diogo Destro Barcellos, Paul Devos, Jose A. Fernandes-Salvador, Jennifer I. Fincham, Alessandra Gomes, Nils Olav Handegard, Kerry Howell, Cedric Jamet, Kyrre Heldal Kartveit, Hassan Moustahfid, Clea Parcerisas, Dimitris Politikos, Raphaelle Sauzede, Maria Sokolova, Laura Uusitalo, Laure Van den Bulcke, Aloysius T.M. van Helmond, Jordan T. Watson, Heather Welch, Oscar Beltran-Perez, Samuel Chaffron, David S. Greenberg, Bernhard Kuhn, Rainer Kiko, Madiop Lo, Rubens M. Lopes, Klas Ove Moller, William Michaels, Ahmet Pala, Jean-Baptiste Romagnan, Pia Schuchert, Vahid Seydi, Sebastian Villasante, Ketil Malde, and Jean-Olivier Irisson ICES Journal of Marine Science 80(7):1829-1853

National Marine Sanctuaries capture enhanced abundance and diversity of the California Current Ecosystem avifauna Russell, Tamara M, Angela R. Szesciorka, Trevor W. Joyce, David G. Ainley, and Lisa T. Ballance Journal of Marine Systems 240:103887 (16 p.)

Project report: Rockfish Recruitment and Ecosystem Assessment (NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker, RL-23-03, May 16 - June 25, 2023) Sakuma, Keith NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Ecology Division, Santa Cruz, California. 17 p.

Toward identifying the critical ecological habitat of larval fishes: An environmental DNA window into fisheries management Satterthwaite, Erin V., Andrew E. Allen, Robert H. Lampe, Zachary Gold, Andrew R. Thompson, Noelle Bowlin, Rasmus Swalethorp, Kelly D. Goodwin, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, Stephanie A. Matthews, and Brice X. Semmens Oceanography 36(1):90-93

Harmonizing U.S. West Coast ecosystem reports: The CalCOFI State of the California Current Ecosystem report (SOTCC) and California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Ecosystem Status Report (CCIEA ESR) workshop (June 28-29, 2023, La Jolla, California) Satterthwaite, Erin, Noelle Bowlin, Andrew Thompson, Ed Weber, Andrew Leising, Greg Williams, Rasmus Swalethorp, Elliott Hazen, Toby Garfield, Steven Bograd, Chris Harvey, Brice Semmens, Julia Coates, Briana Brady, Jameal Samhouri, and Nick Tolimieri Synthesis report. CalCOFI and U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service. 34 p.

The reproducibility crisis meets stock assessment science: Sources of inadvertent bias in the stock assessment prioritization and review process Satterthwaite, William H. Fisheries Research 266:106763 (10 p.)

An approach to defining a Sacramento River Fall Chinook escapement objective considering natural production, hatcheries, and risk tolerance Satterthwaite, William H. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 21(3):art3 (21 p.)

Methods for assessing and responding to bias and uncertainty in U.S. West Coast salmon abundance forecasts Satterthwaite, William H., and Andrew Olaf Shelton Fisheries Research 257:106502 (14 p.)

Comparing fishery impacts and maturation schedules of hatchery-origin vs. natural-origin fish from a threatened Chinook salmon stock Satterthwaite, William H., Emily K. Chen, Tracy R. McReynolds, Audrey E. Dean, Shanae D. Allen, and Michael R. O'Farrell San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 21(4):art3 (26 p.)

Modeling somatic and otolith growth of the central subpopulation of northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax) by incorporating seasonality Schwartzkopf, Brittany D., Emmanis Dorval, Dianna L. Porzio, Jonathan M. Walker, Kelsey C. James, and Brad E. Erisman Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 121(4):172-187

United States Gulf of Mexico waters provide important nursery habitat for Mexico's green turtle nesting populations Shamblin, Brian M., Kristen M. Hart, Margaret M. Lamont, Donna J. Shaver, Peter H. Dutton, Ericn L. LaCasella, and Campbell J. Nairn Frontiers in Marine Science 9:1035834 (14 p.)

Future change of summer hypoxia in coastal California Current Shi, Hui, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Steven J. Bograd, Marisol Garcia-Reyes, Michael G. Jacox, Bryan A. Black, William J. Sydeman, and Ryan R. Rykaczewski Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1205536 (11 p.)

Somatic growth and maturity for four species of River Cooter including Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis, P. nelsoni, P. peninsularis, and P. texana Siders, Zachary A., Theresa A. Stratmann, Calandra N. Turner Tomaszewicz, Andrew D. Walde, and Eric C. Munscher Biology 12(7):965 (19 p.)

Daily stream temperature predictions for free-flowing streams in the Pacific Northwest, USA Siegel, Jared E., Aimee H. Fullerton, Alyssa M. FitzGerald, Damon Holzer, and Chris E. Jordan PLOS Water 2(8):e0000119 (27 p.)

Laboratory-based measures of temperature preference and metabolic thermal sensitivity provide insight into the habitat utilisation of juvenile California horn shark (Heterodontus francisci) and leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) Skelton, Zachary R., Tanya S. Prinzing, Philip A. Hastings, and Nicholas C. Wegner Journal of Fish Biology 102(4):829-843

Projecting climate change impacts from physics to fisheries: A view from three California Current fisheries Smith, James A., Mercedes Pozo Buil, Barbara Muhling, Desiree Tommasi, Stephanie Brodie, Timothy H. Frawley, Jerome Fiechter, Stefan Koenigstein, Amber Himes-Cornell, Michael A. Alexander, Steven J. Bograd, Nathali Cordero Quiros, Larry B. Crowder, Enrique Curchitser, Stephanie J. Green, Natasha A. Hardy, Alan C. Haynie, Elliott L. Hazen, Kirstin Holsman, Gwendal Le Fol, Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Charles A. Stock, Stephen Stohs, Jonathan Sweeney, Heather Welch, and Michael G. Jacox Progress in Oceanography 211:102973 (22 p.)

A summary report of life history information on Pacific Mackerel (Scomber japonicus) for the 2023 benchmark stock assessment Snodgrass, Owyn E., Emmanis Dorval, Kelsey C. James, Brittany D. Schwartzkopf, Jonathan M. Walker, Dianna L. Porzio, Beverly J. Macewicz, and Brad E. Erisman U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-689. 24 p.

Prediction-based approach for quantifying phenological mismatch across landscapes under climate change Song, Yiluan, Stephan B. Munch, and Kai Zhu Landscape Ecology 38(3):821-845

Behavioural responses of fin whales to military mid-frequency active sonar Southall, Brandon L., Ann N. Allen, John Calambokidis, Caroline Casey, Stacy L. DeRuiter, Selene Fregosi, Ari S. Friedlaender, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Catriona M. Harris, Elliott L. Hazen, Valentin Popov, and Alison K. Stimpert Royal Society Open Science 10(12):231775 (18 p.)

Data collection and analysis methods to evaluate potential impacts of seismic surveys and other marine industrial activities on baleen whales Southall, Brandon L., Gregory P. Donovan, Roberto Racca, Randall R. Reeves, Alexander I. Vedenev, David W. Weller, and Douglas P. Nowacek Ocean and Coastal Management 245:106799 (14 p.)

Viability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act: Southwest Southwest Fisheries Science Center U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-686. 263 p.

Southwest Fisheries Science Center decadal strategy for Pacific salmon recovery science Southwest Fisheries Science Center U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Ecology Division, Santa Cruz, California. 11 p.

A measure of port-level resilience to shocks in commercial fisheries Speir, Cameron, Amanda Phillips, Aaron Mamula, and Karma Norman Marine Policy 151:105575 (12 p.)

North-Central California Coast Recovery Domain Spence, Brian C. In: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Viability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act: Southwest, p. 56-136. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-686.

Large and in charge: cortisol levels vary with sex, diet, and body mass in an Antarctic predator, the leopard seal Sperou, Emily S., Daniel E. Crocker, Renato Borras-Chavez, Daniel P. Costa, Michael E. Goebel, Shane B. Kanatous, Douglas J. Krause, Stephen J. Trumble, and Sarah S. Kienle Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1179236 (16 p.)

The ex-vessel market for tropical tuna in Manta, Ecuador: A new key player on the global tuna market Squires, Dale, Ramon Jimenez-Toribio, Patrice Guillotreau, and Jimmy Anastacio-Solis Fisheries Research 262:106646 (12 p.)

Diversity of mitochondrial DNA in 3 species of great whales before and after modern whaling Sremba, Angela L., Anthony R. Martin, Peter Wilson, Ana Lucia Cypriano-Souza, Danielle L. Buss, Tom Hart, Marcia H. Engel, Sandro L. Bonatto, Howard Rosenbaum, Tim Collins, Carlos Olavarria, Frederick I. Archer, Debbie Steel, Jennifer A. Jackson, and C. Scott Baker Journal of Heredity 114(6):587-597

Simulating the migration dynamics of juvenile salmonids through rivers and estuaries using a hydrodynamically driven enhanced particle tracking model Sridharan, Vamsi Krishna, Doug Jackson, Andrew M. Hein, Russell W. Perry, Adam C. Pope, Noble Hendrix, Eric M. Danner, and Steven T. Lindley Ecological Modelling 482:110393 (27 p.)

Boom-bust cycles in gray whales associated with dynamic and changing Arctic conditions Stewart, Joshua D., Trevor W. Joyce, John W. Durban, John Calambokidis, Deborah Fauquier, Holly Fearnbach, Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Morgan Lynn, Manfredi Manizza, Wayle L. Perryman, M. Tim Tinker, and David W. Weller Science 382(6667):207-211

Distribution, biomass, and demographics of coastal pelagic fishes in the California Current Ecosystem during summer 2021 based on acoustic-trawl sampling Stierhoff, Kevin L., Josiah S. Renfree, Ramon I. Rojas-Gonzalez, Juan R.F. Vallarta-Zarate, Juan P. Zwolinski, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-676. 85 p.

Distribution, biomass, and demographics of coastal pelagic fishes in the California Current Ecosystem during summer 2022 based on acoustic-trawl sampling Stierhoff, Kevin L., Juan P. Zwolinski, Josiah S. Renfree, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-683. 84 p.

Anchovy boom and bust linked to trophic shifts in larval diet Swalethorp, Rasmus, Michael R. Landry, Brice X. Semmens, Mark D. Ohman, Lihini Aluwihare, Dereka Chargualaf, and Andrew R. Thompson Nature Communications 14:7412 (12 p.)

Gray whale sex, reproductive behavior, and social strategies Swartz, Steven L., Aimee Lang, Alexander Burdin, John Calambokidis, Heloise Frouin-Mouy, Sergio Martinez-Aguilar, Fabian Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Ludovic Tenorio-Halle, Aaron Thode, Jorge Urban-Ramirez, and David W. Weller In: Bernd Wursig and Dara N. Orbach (eds.), Sex in cetaceans: morphology, behavior, and the evolution of sexual strategies, p. 499-520. Springer.

Multiscale relationships between humpback whales and forage species hotspots within a large marine ecosystem Szesciorka, Angela R., David A. Demer, Jarrod A. Santora, Karin A. Forney, and Jeff E. Moore Ecological Applications 33(2):e2794 (20 p.)

Anticipating fluctuations of bigeye tuna in the Pacific Ocean from three-dimensional ocean biogeochemistry Taboada, Fernando G., Jong-Yeon Park, Barbara A. Muhling, Desiree Tommasi, Kisei R. Tanaka, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Charles A. Stock, and Jorge L. Sarmiento Journal of Applied Ecology 60(3):463-479

Remote sensing for shellfish management: Efforts toward early warning, tool development, and training for harmful algal blooms in Chesapeake Bay [abstract] Tomlinson, Michelle C., Xin Yu, Elizabeth A. Staugler, Melanie Abecassis, Cara Wilson, Steve Morton, Jen Maucher Fuquay, and Richard P. Stumpf In: National Shellfisheries Association: Program and abstracts of the 115th annual meeting (March 26-30, 2023, Baltimore, Maryland), p. 159. National Shellfisheries Association.

Predicting nonlinear dynamics of short-lived penaeid shrimp species in the Gulf of Mexico Tsai, Cheng-Han, Stephan B. Munch, Michelle D. Masi, and Adam G. Pollack Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 80(1):57-68

Scaling of activity space in marine organisms across latitudinal gradients Udyawer, Vinay, Charlie Huveneers, Fabrice Jaine, Russell C. Babcock, Stephanie Brodie, Marie-Jeanne Buscot, Hamish A. Campbell, Robert G. Harcourt, Xavier Hoenner, Elodie J.I. Ledee, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Matthew D. Taylor, Asia Armstrong, Adam Barnett, Culum Brown, Barry Bruce, Paul A. Butcher, Gwenael Cadiou, Lydie I.E. Couturier, Leanne Currey-Randall, Michael Drew, Christine L. Dudgeon, Ross G. Dwyer, Mario Espinoza, Luciana C. Ferreira, Anthony Fowler, David Harasti, Alastair R. Harborne, Nathan A. Knott, Kate Lee, Matt Lloyd, Michael Lowry, Teagan Marzullo, Jordan Matley, Jaime D. McAllister, Rory McAuley, Frazer McGregor, Mark Meekan, Kade Mills, Bradley M. Norman, Beverly Oh, Nicholas L. Payne, Vic Peddemors, Toby Piddocke, Richard D. Pillans, Richard D. Reina, Paul Rogers, Jayson M. Semmens, Amy Smoothey, Conrad W. Speed, Dylan van der Meulen, and Michelle R. Heupel American Naturalist 201(4):586-602

Sequential scute growth layers reveal developmental histories of hawksbill sea turtles Van Houtan, Kyle S., T. Todd Jones, Molly E. Hagemann, Joel Schumacher, George Phocas, Alexander R. Gaos, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff Marine Biology 170(7):79 (12 p.)

Isotopic ecology of Hawaiian green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) and reliability of δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S analyses of unprocessed bone samples for dietary studies Velasquez-Vacca, Adriana, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, T. Todd Jones, George H. Balazs, and Luis Cardona Marine Biology 170(7):81 (15 p.)

Natal origin and spatiotemporal distribution of leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) strandings at a foraging hotspot in temperate waters of the southwest Atlantic Ocean Velez-Rubio, Gabriela M., Laura Prosdocimi, Milagros Lopez-Mendilaharsu, Maria Noel Caraccio, Alejandro Fallabrino, Erin L. LaCasella, and Peter H. Dutton Animals 13:1285 (17 p.)

Stage-specific drivers of Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) recruitment in the California Current Ecosystem Vestfals, Cathleen D. Vestfals, Kristin N. Marshall, Nick Tolimieri, Mary E. Hunsicker, Aaron M. Berger, Ian G. Taylor, Michael G. Jacox, and Brendan D. Turley Fisheries Oceanography 32(4):352-389

Marine turtle regional management units 2.0: an updated framework for conservation and research of wide-ranging megafauna species Wallace, Bryan P., Zachary A. Posnik, Brendan J. Hurley, Andrew D. DiMatteo, Ashleigh Bandimere, Isabel Rodriguez, Sara M. Maxwell, Lucy Meyer, Hannah Brenner, Michael P. Jensen, Erin LaCasella, Brian M. Shamblin, F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Kelly R. Stewart, Peter H. Dutton, Hector Barrios-Garrido, Mayuel Dalleau, Florence Dell'amico, Karen L. Eckert, Nancy N. FitzSimmons, Marco Garcia-Cruz, Graeme C. Hays, Shaleyla Kelez, Cynthia J. Lagueux, Christine A. Madden Hof, Adolfo Marco, Samir L.T. Martins, Asghar Mobaraski, Jeanne A. Mortimer, Ronel Nel, Andrea D. Phillott, Nicolas J. Pilcher, Nathan F. Putman, Alan F. Rees, Juan M. Rguez-Baron, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Adhith Swaminathan, Oguz Turkozan, Sarah M. Vargas, Pedro D. Vernet, Sibelle Vilaca, Scott D. Whiting, Brian J. Hutchinson, Paolo Casale, and Roderic B. Mast Endangered Species Research 52:209-223

Extreme El Nino southern oscillation conditions have contrasting effects on the body condition of five euphausiid species around the northern Antarctic Peninsula during winter Walsh, Jennifer, and Christian Reiss Polar Biology 46(4):319-338

When to conduct, and when not to conduct, management strategy evaluations Walter, J.F. III, C.D. Peterson, K. Marshall, J.J. Deroba, S. Gaichas, B.C. Williams, S. Stohs, D. Tommasi, and R. Ahrens ICES Journal of Marine Science 80(4):719-727

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center: Agency report to the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-U.S. Groundfish Committee Watters, Diana (ed.), John Field, Tom Laidig, Nick Wegner, William Watson, Joe Bizzarro, and E.J. Dick In: Report of the Sixty-third Annual Meeting, Technical Subcommittee (TSC) of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee (18-19 April 2023), p. 265-276. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

The fish gill: where fish physiology begins Wegner, Nicholas C. In: Randall, David J., et al., The 50th anniversary issue of Fish Physiology: Physiological systems and development. Fish Physiology 40A:1-7

Impacts of marine heatwaves on top predator distributions are variable but predictable Welch, Heather, Matthew S. Savoca, Stephanie Brodie, Michael G. Jacox, Barbara A. Muhling, Thomas A. Clay, Megan A. Cimino, Scott R. Benson, Barbara A. Block, Melinda G. Conners, Daniel P. Costa, Fredrick D. Jordan, Andrew W. Leising, Chloe S. Mikles, Daniel M. Palacios, Scott A. Shaffer, Lesley H. Thorne, Jordan T. Watson, Rachel R. Holser, Lynn Dewitt, Steven J. Bograd, and Elliott L. Hazen Nature Communications 14:5188 (10 p.)

Distinct population segment analysis of western North Pacific gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) under the Endangered Species Act Weller, David W., Robert Anderson, Bonnie Easley-Appleyard, Grace Ferrara, Aimee R. Lang, Jeffrey Moore, Patricia E. Rosel, Barbara Taylor, and Nancy C. Young U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-679. 26 p.

Implementing an ecosystem oceanography program to increase capacity and preparedness for dynamic ocean management and fishery challenges Wells, Brian K., and Jarrod A. Santora Frontiers in Marine Science 10:1192052 (16 p.)

2210RL Enhanced CalCOFI White, Kirsten, Rachel Pound, Robert Lampe, Amy Hays, Anne Schulbert, Zachary Gold, Nicolas DeProspero, Blair Delean, Noelle Bowlin, and Ryan Freedman U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Science Series ONMS-23-01. 21 p.

Southern Oregon / Northern California Coast Recovery Domain Williams, Thomas H. In: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Viability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act: Southwest, p. 25-55. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-686.

Sexually dimorphic characteristics of short-finned pilot whales, false killer whales, pygmy killer whales, and melon-headed whales assessed using fin and body morphometrics from photographs taken at sea Yahn, Shelby N., Robin W. Baird, Sabre De. Mahaffy, and Kelly M. Robertson Marine Mammal Science 39(1):98-113

Report from the Pacific Sardine Stock Structure Workshop, November 2022 Yau, Annie (ed.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 14 p.

Intraspecific variation among Chinook Salmon populations indicates physiological adaptation to local environmental conditions Zillig, Kenneth W., Alyssa M. FitzGerald, Robert A. Lusardi, Dennis E. Cocherell, and Nann A. Fangue Conservation Physiology 11(1):coad044 (23 p.)

Distribution, biomass, and demographics of coastal pelagic fishes in the California Current Ecosystem during spring 2021 based on acoustic-trawl sampling Zwolinski, Juan P., Josiah S. Renfree, Kevin L. Stierhoff, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-675. 53 p.

Report on the Spring 2021 Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Survey (2103RL), 20 March to 13 April 2021, conducted aboard NOAA ship Reuben Lasker and fishing vessel Long Beach Carnage Zwolinski, Juan P., Noelle M. Bowlin, Brad E. Erisman, Kelsey C. James, Gabriel E. Johnson, Scott A. Mau, David W. Murfin, Josiah S. Renfree, Brittany D. Schwartzkopf, Thomas S. Sessions, Kevin L. Stierhoff, William Watson, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-674. 30 p.

Diving in the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology Andrzejaczek, Samantha, Tim C.D. Lucas, Maurice C. Goodman, Nigel E. Hussey, Amelia J. Armstrong, Aaron Carlisle, Daniel M. Coffey, Adrian C. Gleiss, Charlie Huveneers, David M.P. Jacoby, Mark G. Meekan, Johann Mourier, Lauren R. Peel, Katya Abrantes, Andre S. Afonso, Matthew J. Ajemian, Brooke N. Anderson, Scot D. Anderson, Gonzalo Araujo, Asi O. Armstrong, Pascal Bach, Adam Barnett, Mike B. Bennett, Natalia A. Bezerra, Ramon Bonfil, Andre M. Boustany, Heather D. Bowlby, Ilka Branco, Camrin D. Braun, Edward J. Brooks, Judith Brown, Patrick J. Burke, Paul Butcher, Michael Castleton, Taylor K. Chapple, Olivier Chateau, Maurice Clarke, Rui Coelho, Enric Cortes, Lydie I.E. Couturier, Paul D. Cowley, Donald A. Croll, Juan M. Cuevas, Tobey H. Curtis, Laurent Dagorn, Jonathan J. Dale, Ryan Daly, Heidi Dewar, Philip D. Doherty, Andres Domingo, Alistair D.M. Dove, Michael Drew, Christine L. Dudgeon, Clinton A.J. Duffy, Riley G. Elliott, Jim R. Ellis, Mark V. Erdmann, Thomas J. Farrugia, Luciana C. Ferreira, Francesco Ferretti, John D. Filmalter, Brittany Finucci, Chris Fischer, Richard Fitzpatrick, Fabien Forget, Kerstin Forsberg, Malcolm P. Francis, Bryan R. Franks, Austin J. Gallagher, Felipe Galvan-Magana, Mirta L. Garcia, Troy F. Gaston, Bronwyn M. Gillanders, Matthew J. Gollock, Jonathan R. Green, Sofia Green, Christopher A. Griffiths, Neil Hammerschlag, Abdi Hasan, Lucy A. Hawkes, Fabio Hazin, Matthew Heard, Alex Hearn, Kevin J. Hedges, Suzanne M. Henderson, John Holdsworth, Kim N. Holland, Lucy A. Howey, Robert E. Hueter, Nicholas E. Humphries, Melanie Hutchinson, Fabrice R.A. Jaine, Salvador J. Jorgensen, Paul E. Kanive, Jessica Labaja, Fernanda O. Lana, Hugo Lassauce, Rebecca S. Lipscombe, Fiona Llewellyn, Bruno C.L. Macena, Ronald Mambrasar, Jaime D. McAllister, Sophy R. McCully Phillips, Frazer McGregor, Matthew N. McMillan, Lianne M. McNaughton, Sibele A. Mendonca, Carl G. Meyer, Megan Meyers, John A. Mohan, John C. Montgomery, Gonzalo Mucientes, Michael K. Musyl, Nicole Nasby-Lucas, Lisa J. Natanson, John B. O'Sullivan, Paulo Oliveira, Yannis P. Papastamtiou, Toby A. Patterson, Simon J. Pierce, Nuno Queiroz, Craig A. Radford, Andy J. Richardson, Anthony J. Richardson, David Righton, Christoph A. Rohner, Mark A. Royer, Ryan A. Saunders, Matthias Schaber, Robert J. Schallert, Michael C. Scholl, Andrew C. Seitz, Jayson M. Semmens, Edy Setyawan, Brendan D. Shea, Rafid A. Shidqi, George L. Shillinger, Oliver N. Shipley, Mahmood S. Shivji, Abraham B. Sianipar, Joana F. Silva, David W. Sims, Gregory B. Skomal, Lara L. Sousa, Emily J. Southall, Julia L.Y. Spaet, Kilian M. Stehfest, Guy Stevens, Joshua D. Stewart, James A. Sulikowski, Ismail Syakurachman, Simon R. Thorrold, Michele Thums, David Tickler, Mariana T. Tolloti, Kathy A. Townsend, Paulo Travassos, John P. Tyminski, Jeremy J. Vaudo, Drausio Veras, Laurent Wantiez, Sam B. Weber, R.J. David Wells, Kevin C. Weng, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Jane E. Williamson, Matthew J. Witt, Serena Wright, Kelly Zilliacus, Barbara A. Block, and David J. Curnick Science Advances 8(33):eabo1754 (19 p.)

Worldwide phylogeography of rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) provides evidence for subspecies delimitation Albertson, G. Renee, Alana Alexander, Frederick I. Archer, Susana Caballero, Karen K. Martien, Lenaig G. Hemery, Robin W. Baird, Marc Oremus, M. Michael Poole, Deborah A. Duffield, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Dan Kerem, Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni, and C. Scott Baker Marine Mammal Science 38(4):1371-1397

Subseasonal-to-seasonal forecast skill in the California Current System and its connection to coastal Kelvin waves Amaya, Dillon J., Michael G. Jacox, Juliana Dias, Michael A. Alexander, Kristopher B. Karnauskas, James D. Scott, and Maria Gehne Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 127(1):e2021JC017892 (16 p.)

CKMRpop: Forward-in-time simulation and tabulation of pairwise kin relationships in age-structured populations Anderson, Eric C. Molecular Ecology Resources 22(3):1190-1199

Effects of survey response mode, purported topic, and incentives on response rates in human dimensions of fisheries and wildlife research Anderson, Leif, Matt Jans, Adam Lee, Christopher Doyle, Heather Driscoll, and James Hilger Human Dimensions of Wildlife 27(3):201-219

Stepping stones towards Antarctica: Switch to southern spawning grounds explains an abrupt range shift in krill Atkinson, Angus, Simeon L. Hill, Christian S. Reiss, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Gregory Beaugrand, Geraint A. Tarling, Guang Yang, Deborah K. Steinberg, Katrin Schmidt, Martin Edwards, Emilce Rombola, and Frances A. Perry Global Change Biology 28(4):1359-1375

Genetic assignment of fisheries bycatch reveals disproportionate mortality among Alaska Northern Fulmar breeding colonies Baetscher Diana S., Jessie Beck, Eric C. Anderson, Kristen Ruegg, Andrew M. Ramey, Scott Hatch, Hannah Nevins, Shannon M. Fitzgerald, and John Carlos Garza Evolutionary Applications 15(3):447-458

Unique morphological and acoustic characteristics of beaked whales (Mesoplodon sp.) off the west coast of Baja California, Mexico Barlow, Jay, Gustavo Cardenas-Hinojosa, E. Elizabeth Henderson, Dawn Breese, Diana Lopez-Arzate, Eva Hidalgo Pla, and Barbara L. Taylor Marine Mammal Science 38(1):383-390

Acoustic-based estimates of Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) density and abundance along the U.S. West Coast from drifting hydrophone recorders Barlow, Jay, Jeffrey E. Moore, Jennifer L.K. McCullough, and Emily T. Griffiths Marine Mammal Science 38(2):517-538

Spatial heterogeneity in prey availability, feeding success, and dietary selectivity for the threatened longfin smelt Barros, Arthur, James A. Hobbs, Malte Willmes, Christina M. Parker, Micah Bisson, Nann A. Fangue, Andrew L. Rypel, and Levi S. Lewis Estuaries and Coasts 45(6):1766-1779

Dynamic habitat models reflect interannual movement of cetaceans within the California Current Ecosystem Becker, Elizabeth A., Karin A. Forney, David L. Miller, Jay Barlow, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Jore Urban R., and Jeff E. Moore Frontiers in Marine Science 9:829523 (21 p.)

Recurrent neural networks for partially observed dynamical systems Bhat, Uttam, and Stephan B. Munch Physical Review E 105(4):042205 (9 p.)

Land-dependent marine species face climate-driven impacts on land and at sea Blondin, Hannah E., Katrina C. Armstrong, Elliott L. Hazen, William K. Oestreich, Bianca S. Santos, Danielle E. Haulsee, Chloe S. Mikles, Christopher J. Knight, Audrey E. Bennett, and Larry B. Crowder Marine Ecology Progress Series 699:181-198

Assessing the size spectra of marine fish communities with hydroacoustics: examining the challenges of abundant schools, diverse assemblages, and variable orientations Bolser, Derek G., Jack P. Egerton, Philip M. Souza Jr., Kevin M. Boswell, and Brad E. Erisman Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 79(8): 1255-1268

Spatiotemporal variability in environmental conditions influences the performance and behavior of juvenile steelhead in a coastal California lagoon Bond, Rosealea M., Joseph D. Kiernan, Ann-Marie K. Osterback, Cynthia H. Kern, Alexander E. Hay, Joshua M. Meko, Miles E. Daniels, and Jeffrey M. Perez Estuaries and Coasts 45(6):1749-1765

Quantitative scenarios for reintroduction of spring-run Chinook salmon to Tuolumne River Boughton, David A. NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, California. 31 p.

Response of a threatened steelhead trout population to water-provisioning scenarios for the Carmel River, California Boughton, David A., and Haley A. Ohms NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, California. 38 p.

Capacity of two Sierra Nevada rivers for reintroduction of anadromous salmonids: insights from a high-resolution view Boughton, David A., Lee R. Harrison, Sara N. John, Rosealea M. Bond, Colin L. Nicol, Carl J. Legleiter, and Ryan T. Richardson Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 151(1):13-41

Integration of steelhead viability monitoring, recovery plans and fisheries management in the southern coastal area Boughton, David, Jennifer Nelson, and Michael K. Lacy California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Bulletin 182. 116 p.

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