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Occurrence, distribution, site fidelity, and school size of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) off San Diego, California. DeFran, R. H., and D. W. Weller. Marine Mammal Science 15(2):366-380. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN - DISTRIBUTION - RANGE - OCCURRENCE - SITE FIDELITY - SCHOOL SIZE - ABUNDANCE - POPULATION - CALIFORNIA - SAN DIEGO

Range characteristics of Pacific coast bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the southern California bight. DeFran, R. H., D. W. Weller, D. L. Kelly, and M. A. Espinosa. Marine Mammal Science 15(2):381-393. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN - PACIFIC COAST - DISTRIBUTION - RANGE - RANGE CHARACTERISTICS - ABUNDANCE - POPULATION - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT

Stock structure. DeMartini, E. E. G. T. DiNardo (ed.), Proceedings of the second international Pacific swordfish symposium. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS, NMFS-SWFSC-263, p. 185-195. MARINE FISHES - BILLFISHES - BILLFISH - SWORDFISH - STOCK STRUCTURE - STOCKS

Size-at-maturity and related reproductive biology. DeMartini, E. E. G. T. DiNardo (ed.), Proceedings of the second international Pacific swordfish symposium. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS, NMFS-SWFSC-263, p. 161-169. MARINE FISHES - BILLFISHES - BILLFISH - SWORDFISH - SIZE AT MATURITY - SEXUAL MATURITY - REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY - REPRODUCTION - ADULTS

Morphometric criteria for estimating sexual maturity in two snappers, Etelis carbunculus and Pristipomoides sieboldii. DeMartini, E. E., and B. B. Lau. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 97:449-458. MARINE FISHES - SNAPPERS - SNAPPER - SEXUAL MATURITY - MORPHOMETRIC CRITERIA

Status of nearshore sports and commercial fishing and impacts on biodiversity in the tropical insular Pacific. DeMartini, E. E., B. C. Mundy, and J. J. Polovina. L. G. Eldredge et al. (eds.), Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in the Tropical Pacific Region, vol. 2. Program on Environment, East-West Center, Honolulu, p. 339-355. MARINE ECOSYSTEMS - TROPICAL INSULAR PACIFIC - HAWAII - NEARSHORE SPORT FISHING - COMMERCIAL FISHING - STATUS - IMPACTS - BIODIVERSITY

A multiple-frequency method for potentially improving the accuracy and precision of in situ target strength measurements Demer, David A., Michael A. Soule, and Roger P. Hewitt Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 105(4):2359-2376 OCEANOGRAPHY - ACOUSTICS - SPLIT-BEAM ECHOSOUNDERS - MULTIPLE- FREQUENCY METHOD - IN SITU TARGET STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS - MIXED SPECIES ASSEMBLAGES - ACCURACY - PRECISION

Accounting for uncertainty in the development of harvest strategies for the northwestern Hawaiian Islands lobster trap fishery. DiNardo, G. T., and J. A. Wetherall. ICES Journal of Marine Science 56:943-951. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - LOBSTERS - HAWAII - NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LOBSTER TRAP FISHERY - HARVESTING - STRATEGIES - UNCERTAINTY

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC SWORDFISH SYMPOSIUM DINARDO, GERARD T. (EDITOR) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-263. 240 p. MARINE FISHES - SWORDFISH - PACIFIC - SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS

The application of precautionary principles to the Northwestern Hawaiian Island lobster fishery: life in the trenches DiNardo, Gerard, and Jerry Wetherall In: Victor R. Restrepo (ed.), Proceedings of the Fifth National NMFS Stock Assessment Workshop: Providing scientific advice to implement the precautionary approach under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (February 24-26, 1998, Key Largo, Florida), p. 23. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-40.

Global phylogeography of the leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea. Dutton, P. H., B. W. Bowen, D. W. Owens, A. Barragan, and S. K. Davis. Journal of Zoology (London) 248:397-409. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - LEATHERBACK - GLOBAL PHYLOGEOGRAPHY - BIOGEOGRAPHY - DISTRIBUTION - MITOCHONDRIAL DNA - NATAL HOMING - CONSERVATION GENETICS - PHYLOGENIES

Using trend indices for endangered species. Eberhardt, L. L., R. A. Garrott, and B. L. Becker. Marine Mammal Science 15(3):766-785. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL - ENDANGERED SPECIES - HAWAII - FLORIDA MANATEES - YELLOWSTONE GRIZZLY BEARS - AUXILIARY VARIABLES, BEACH COUNTS - MODELS - MODELING - BOOTSTRAP - TRANSFORMATION - POPULATIONS - TREND INDICES

Sebastes moseri (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae): a new rockfish from the eastern North Pacific. Eitner, B., C. Kimbrell, and R. Vetter. Copeia 1999(1):85-92. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - ROCKFISH - NEW SPECIES - DESCRIPTION - CHARACTERISTICS - GENETICS - DNA

Market linkages between the U.S. and Japan: an application to the fisheries industry Elston, Julie Ann, James D. Hastie, and Dale Squires Japan and the World Economy 11(4):517-530

Eastern tropical Pacific dolphin habitat variability Fiedler, Paul NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (La Jolla, California). 12 p.

Status of the Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus in the western Sahara and the implications of a mass mortality event. Forcada, J., P. S. Hammond and A. Aguilar. Marine Ecology Progress Series 188:249-261. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEAL - STATUS - MASS MORTALITY EVENT - IMPLICATIONS

Trends in harbor porpoise abundance off central California 1986-95: evidence for interannual changes in distribution? Forney, K. A. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 1:73-80. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PORPOISES - HARBOR PORPOISE - ABUNDANCE - CALIFORNIA -TRENDS - DISTRIBUTION

U.S. PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL STOCK ASSESSMENTS: 1999 FORNEY, KARIN A., MARCIA M. MUTO, AND JASON D. BAKER U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-282. 65 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PINNIPEDS - PACIFIC - SURVEYS - STOCKS - ASSESSMENTS

Side-scan sonar mapping of benthic trawl marks on the shelf and slope off Eureka, California. Friedlander, A. M., G. W. Boehlert, M. E. Field, J. E. Mason, J. V. Gardner, and P. Dartnell. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 97:786-801. MARINE FISHES - GROUNDFISH - SOLE - SABLEFISH - ROCKFISH - TRAWLING - BENTHIC TRAWL MARKS - FISHING GEAR - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS - REMOTE SENSING - SIDE-SCAN SONAR MAPPING - CALIFORNIA - EUREKA - OCEAN FLOOR - CONTINENTAL SHELF - SLOPE

Effect of life history strategy, environmental variability, and overexploitation on the genetic diversity of pelagic fish populations. Gaggiotti, O. E., and R. D. Vetter. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56:1376-1388. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC SARDINE - ANCHOVIES - NORTHERN ANCHOVY - PELAGIC FISHES - LIFE HISTORY STRATEGIES - VARIABILITY - OVEREXPLOITATION - GENETICS - DIVERSITY - POPULATIONS

Measurement of larval striped bass (Morone saxatilis) net avoidance using evasion radius estimation to improve estimates of abundance and mortality. Gartz, R. G., L. W. Miller, R. W. Fujimura and P. E. Smith. Journal of Plankton Research 21(3):561-580. MARINE FISHES - STRIPED BASS - LARVAE - LARVAL - ZOOPLANKTON - NET AVOIDANCE - EVASIVE RADIUS ESTIMATION - ABUNDANCE - MORTALITY RATE - OVERESTIMATION - MODELS - MODELING

Preliminary estimates of 1998 abundance of four dolphin stocks in the eastern tropical Pacific Gerrodette, Tim NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 20 p.

Estimating population size Gerrodette, Tim, and Barbara L. Taylor In: K.L. Eckert et al. (eds.), Research and management techniques for the conservation of sea turtles, p. 67-71. IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group, Publication no. 4.

The extratropical Northern Oscillation Index (NOIx): a new index of environmental variability for the northeast Pacific Green, P.M., F.B. Schwing, T. Murphree, and L. deWitt Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 80:262

A classification scheme for deep seafloor habitats Greene, H. Gary, Mary M. Yoklavich, Richard M. Starr, Victoria M. O'Connell, W. Waldo Wakefield, Deidre E. Sullivan, James E. McRea, and Gregor M. Cailliet Oceanologica Acta 22(6):663-678

Spatial and temporal distributions of copepods to leeward and windward of Oahu, Hawaiian Archipelago. Hassett, R. P., and G. W. Boehlert. Marine Biology 134:571-584. INVERTEBRATES - COPEPODS - DISTRIBUTION - HAWAII - OAHU - HAWAIIAN ISLANDS - HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO

The state of the California current in 1998-1999: transition to cool-water conditions. Hayward, T. L., T. R. Baumgartner, D. M. Checkley, R. Durazo, G. Gaxiola-Castro, K. D. Hyrenbach, A. W. Mantyla, M. M. Mullin, T. Murphree, F. B. Schwing, P. E. Smith, and M. J. Tegner. CalCOFI Reports 40: 29-62. OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT - STATE - EL NINO - LA NINA - EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION - ENSO - TRANSITION - REGIME SHIFT - MACROPLANKTON DATA

Comparative pathology and pathogenesis of spontaneous and experimentally induced fibropapillomas of green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Herbst, L. H., E. R. Jacobson, P. A. Klein, G. H. Balazs, R. Moretti, T. Brown, and J. P. Sundberg. Veterinary Pathology 36:551-564. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - GREEN - FIBROPAPILLOMAS - COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY - PATHOGENESIS - SPONTANEOUS - EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED

Wing ecomorphology of seabirds from Johnston Atoll. Hertel, F., and L. T. Ballance. Condor 101:549-556. BIRDS - SEABIRDS - MARINE BIRDS - WING ECOMORPHOLOGY - FORAGING BEHAVIOR - WING SIZE - WING SHAPE - WINGS - ENERGETICS - ENERGETIC COSTS OF FLIGHT - CENTRAL TROPICAL PACIFIC - JOHNSTON ATOLL

Status of the Pacific mackerel resource and fishery in 1998 Hill, Kevin T., Marci Yaremko, and Larry D. Jacobson California Department of Fish and Game, Marine Region Administrative Report 99-3. 60 p.

The role of nearshore ocean variation in spatial and temporal patterns of survival and size of coho salmon Hobday, A.H., and G.W. Boehlert Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 80:262

Different residence times of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares and bigeye tuna, T. obesus found in mixed aggregations over a seamount. Holland, K. N., P. Kleiber, and S. M. Kajiura. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 97(2):392-395. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - YELLOWFIN TUNA - BIGEYE TUNA - SEAMOUNTS - MIXED AGGREGATIONS - RESIDENCE TIME

1999 Billfish Newsletter Holts, David B., and Douglas Prescott U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 12 p. Billfish Tagging Program; Cooperative Marine Game Fish Tagging Program; International Billfish Angler Survey; marine recreational fisheries; catches; CPUE; tagging; tags; HM tags;

Comparative examination of scale-explicit biological and physical processes: recruitment of Pacific hake (Merluccius productus). Horne, J. K., P. E. Smith, and D. C. Schneider. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56 (Suppl. 1):170-179. MARINE FISHES - PACIFIC HAKE - LARVAE - JUVENILES - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - BIOMASS - RECRUITMENT - CAPELIN - ATLANTIC COD - SCALE EXPLICIT BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES - PHYSICAL PROCESSES - OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEM

A new abundance estimate for vaquitas: first step for recovery. Jaramillo-Legorreta, A. M., L. Rojas-Bracho, and T. Gerrodette. Marine Mammal Science 15(4):957-973. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - DOLPHIN - VAQUITA - ABUNDANCE - ESTIMATES - RECOVERY

Reinstatement and further description of Eualus subtilis Carvacho & Olson, and comparison with E. lineatus Wicksten & Butler (Crustacea: Decapoda: Hippolytidae) Jensen, Gregory C., and Rachel C. Johnson Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112(1):133-140

HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL IN THE NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, 1996 JOHANOS, THEA C., AND TIMOTHY J. RAGEN U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-259. 134 p. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - HAWAII - HAWAIIAN MONK SEALS

HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL IN THE NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, 1997 JOHANOS, THEA C., AND TIMOTHY J. RAGEN U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-262. 131 p. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - HAWAII - HAWAIIAN MONK SEALS

Surface areas of seabed within the 500 m isobath for regions within the South Shetland Islands (subarea 48.1). Jones, C. D., S. N. Sexton, and R. E. Cosgrove III. CCAMLR Science 6:133-140. OCEANOGRAPHY - SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS - KING GEORGE ISLAND - SMITH ISLAND - ELEPHANT ISLAND - BATHYMETRIC MAPS - MAPPING - SEAFLOOR SLOPE - SEABEDS - SURFACE AREAS

MARINE MAMMAL DATA COLLECTED DURING A SURVEY IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC OEAN ABOARD THE NOAA SHIPS MCARTHUR AND DAVID STARR JORDAN AND THE UNOLS SHIP ENDEAVOR JULY 31-DECEMBER 9, 1998 KINZEY, DOUGLAS, TIM GERRODETTE, JAY BARLOW, ANDREW E. DIZON, WAYNE L. PERRYMAN, PAULA OLSON, ALEXANDRA VON SAUNDER U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-283. 113 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PINNIPEDS - SURVEYS - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP - DATA - NOAA R/V - DAVID STARR JORDAN - UNOLS SHIP ENDEAVOR

Capacity and capacity utilization in fishing industries Kirkley, James, and Dale Squires University of California, San Diego, Department of Economics, Discussion Paper 99-16. 38 p.

Ocean stock size projections and prospective harvest levels for Klamath River fall chinook, 1999 season Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath Fishery Management Council, Yreka, California.

Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier, 1812) Kruse, S., D.K. Caldwell, and M.C. Caldwell In: S.H. Ridgway and R. Harrison (eds.), Handbook of marine mammals, Volume 6: The second book of dolphins and porpoises, p. 183-212. Academic Press.

Cordell Bank: a haven for rockfishes Laidig, Tom Hydrosphere (Newsletter of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association) 6(Spring):5,9

The potential role of natural tumor promoters in marine turtle fibropapillomatosis Landsberg, Jan H., George H. Balazs, Karen A. Steidinger, Daniel G. Baden, Thierry M. Work, and Dennis J. Russell Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 11(3):199-210

Phylogenetic relationships among the delphinid cetaceans based on full cytochrome b sequences. LeDuc, R. G., W. F. Perrin, and A. E. Dizon. Marine Mammal Science 15(3):619-648. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - DOLPHIN - PHYLOGENETICS - RELATIONSHIPS - GENETICS

The effect of striped bass predation on recovery of the endangered Sacramento River winter chinook: a Bayesian population viability analysis Lindley, Steven T., and Michael S. Mohr In: Management implications of co-occurring native and introduced fishes: Proceedings of the workshop (October 27-28, 1998, Portland, Oregon). Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and National Marine Fisheries Service. (Available from National Marine Fisheries Service, 525 N.E. Oregon St., Suite 510, Portland, Oregon.)

Counts of California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pups from aerial color photographs and from the ground: a comparison of two methods. Lowry, M. S. Marine Mammal Science 15(1):143-158. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEA LIONS - CALIFORNIA SEA LION - PUPS - COUNTS - AERIAL SURVEYS - BEACH COUNTS - COMPARISON - METHODS

Market squid (Loligo opalescens) in the diet of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in southern California (1981-1995). Lowry, M. S., and J. V. Carretta. CalCOFI Reports 40:196-207. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEA LIONS - CALIFORNIA SEA LION - DIET - FOOD HABITS - INVERTEBRATES - CEPHALOPODS - MARKET SQUID - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Establishment and characterization of 13 cell lines from a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with fibropapillomas. Lu, Y., V. R. Nerurkar, A. A. Aguirre, T. M. Work, G. H. Balazs, and R. Yanagihara. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology 35:389-393. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - GREEN - FIBROPAPILLOMAS - CELL LINES

Bocaccio rebuilding MacCall, Alec D. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 8 p.

Use of decision tables to develop a precautionary approach to problems in behavior, life history and recruitment variability MacCall, Alec D. In: Victor R. Restrepo (ed.), Proceedings of the Fifth National NMFS Stock Assessment Workshop: Providing scientific advice to implement the precautionary approach under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (February 24-26, 1998, Key Largo, Florida), p. 53-64. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-40.

Status of bocaccio off California in 1999 and outlook for the next millennium MacCall, Alec D., Stephen Ralston, Don Pearson, and Erik Williams In: Status of the Pacific coast groundfish fishery through 1999 and recommended acceptable biological catches for 2000: stock assessment and fishery evaluation (appendix), 45 p. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

Nutritional dynamics during embryonic developments in the viviparous genus Sebastes and their application to the assessment of reproductive success. MacFarlane, R. B., and E. C. Norton. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 97(2):273-281. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - SHORTBELLY ROCKFISH - YELLOWTAIL ROCKFISH - VIVIPAROUS - NUTRITION - NUTRITIONAL DYNAMICS - EMBRYOS - LIPIDS - LIPID RESERVES

Incipient breeding colony of Guadalupe fur seals at Isla Benito del Este, Baja California, Mexico. Maravilla-Chavez, M. O., and M. S. Lowry. Marine Mammal Science 15(1):239-241. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - GUADALUPE FUR SEAL - MEXICO - BAJA CALIFORNIA - ISLA BENITO DE ESTE

A sensitivity analysis to guide research and management for Hector's dolphin Martien, Karen K., Barbara L. Taylor, Elizabeth Slooten, and Steve Dawson Biological Conservation 90(3):183-191

Interannual variations in the seasonal behavior of the northeast Pacific Mendelssohn, R., F.B. Schwing, and T. Murphree Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 80:88

A note on the collection of associated behavioural data with biopsy samples during cetacean assessment cruises. Mesnick, S. L., P. Clapham, and A. E. Dizon. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 1(2):205-211. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - CRUISES - BIOPSY SAMPLES - BEHAVIORAL DATA - BEHAVIOR - ASSESSMENT

Culture and genetic evolution in whales (Technical comment) Mesnick, Sarah L., Barbara L. Taylor, Richard G. LeDuc, Sergio Escorza-Treviño, Greg M. O'Corry-Crowe, and Andrew E. Dizon Science 284(5423):2055a

Observing and modeling the California Current System Miller, Arthur J., J.C. McWilliams, N. Schneider, J.S. Allen, J.A. Barth, R.C. Beardsley, F.P. Chavez, T.K. Chereskin, C.A. Edwards, R.L. Haney, K.A. Kelly, J.C. Kindle, L.N. Ly, J.R. Moisan, M.A. Noble, P.P. Niiler, L.Y. Oey, F.B. Schwing, R.K. Shearman, and M.S. Swenson Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 80(45):533-539

The potential of no-take reserves to sustain the red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) fishery in northern California Morgan, L. E., L. W. Botsford, C. J. Lundquist, and J. F. Quinn Bulletin of Tohoku Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, special issue no. 62:83-94

Spatial distribution of macro-zooplankton in the Gulf of the Farallones [abstract] Morgan, L.E., S. Ralston, and S. Wing American Geophysical Union, 1999 Fall Meeting, Abstract OS51A-05

Vertical distribution of eggs and larvae of northern anchovy, Engraulis mordax and the larvae of associated fishes at two sites in the Southern California Bight. Moser, H. G. and T. Pommeranz. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 97:920-943. MARINE FISHES - ANCHOVIES - NORTHERN ANCHOVY - EGGS - LARVAE - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT

Book review: The first year in the life of estuarine fishes in the Middle Atlantic Bight (Kenneth W. Able and Michael P. Fahay, Rutgers University Press, 1998) Moser, H. Geoffrey Copeia 1999(1):232-233

Climatic regimes of the northeast Pacific Murphree, T., F. Schwing, and P. Green Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 80:88

No-take reserve networks: sustaining fishery populations and marine ecosystems. Murray , S. N., R.F. Ambrose, J.A. Bohnsack, L.W. Botsford, M.H. Carr, G.E. Davis, P.K. Dayton, D. Gotshall, D.R. Gunderson, M.A. Hixon, J. Lubchenco, M. Mangel, A. MacCall, D.A. McArdle, J.C. Ogden, J. Roughgarden, R.M. Starr, M.J. Tegner,M.M. Yoklavich. Fisheries 24(11):11-25. MARINE ECOSYSTEMS - FISHERY POPULATIONS - NO-TAKE RESERVES - MARINE PROTECTED AREAS - SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES

Status review update for deferred ESUs of West Coast Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho NMFS West Coast Chinook Salmon Biological Review Team U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center. 108 p.

Report to Congress on the initial finding, required under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 as amended by the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act of 1997, regarding whether the intentional deployment on or encirclement of dolphins with purse seine nets is having a significant adverse impact on any depleted dolphin stock in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (La Jolla, California). 39 p.

Acoustic detections of singing humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the eastern North Pacific during their northbound migration. Norris, T. F., M. Mc Donald, and J. Barlow. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 106(1):506-514. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - HUMPBACK WHALE - ACOUSTICS - DETECTION - TOWED HYDROPHONE ARRAY - SONOBUOYS - DISTRIBUTION - SINGING - EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC - NORTHBOUND MIGRATION - BEHAVIOR - SURVEYS

Lipid class composition of the viviparous yellowtail rockfish over a reproductive cycle. Norton, E. C., and R. B. MacFarlane. Journal of Fish Biology 54:1287-1299. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - YELLOWTAIL ROCKFISH - REPRODUCTION - REPRODUCTIVE CYCLES - VIVIPAROUS - LIPIDS - LIPID CLASS COMPOSITION - TRIACYLGLYCEROLS

Apparent habitat extensions of dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) in response to climate transients in the California Current. Norton, J. G. Scientia Marina 63(3-4):239-260. MARINE FISHES - DOLPHINFISH - MAHI MAHI - HABITAT EXTENSIONS - CLIMATOLOGY - CLIMATE TRANSIENTS - OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEM

CONTINUOUS HIGH RESOLUTION SHORE STATION TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY DATA FROM GRANITE CANYON, CALIFORNIA NORTON, JERROLD G., CHRISTOPHER S. MOORE, FRANKLIN B. SCHWING, DAVID HUSBY, KENNETH BALTZ, HEATHER PARKER-HALL, DAVID VENTRESCA, DANIEL M. FERNANDEZ U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-285. 26 p. OCEANOGRAPHY - SHORE STATION TEMPERATURE - SALINITY - DATA - CALIFORNIA

Lanternfish larvae from the Agulhas current (SW Indian Ocean). Olivar, M. P., H. G. Moser, and L. E. Beckley. Scientia Marina 63(2):101-120. MARINE FISHES - LANTERNFISH - LARVAE - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - AGULHAS CURRENT - SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis for 1999 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

Preseason report II: Analysis of proposed regulatory options for 1999 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

Preseason report III: Analysis of council adopted management measures for 1999 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

Review of 1998 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

Marine reserves for fisheries management: Why not Parrish, Richard CalCOFI Reports 40:77-86

Capture rate as a function of school size in pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenella attenuata) in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Perkins, P. C., and E. F. Edwards. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 97(3):542-554. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - PANTROPICAL SPOTTED DOLPHIN - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP - CAPTURE RATE - SCHOOL SIZE

Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) of the western Pacific and Southeast Asia: pelagic and shallow-water forms. Perrin, W. F., M. L. L. Dolar, and D. Robineau. Marine Mammal Science 15(4):1029-1053. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - SPINNER DOLPHIN - WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN - SOUTHEAST ASIA - AUSTRALIA - PHILIPPINES - PELAGIC - SHALLOW-WATER - TAXONOMY - MORPHOLOGY - SUBSPECIES - GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION - FEEDING HABITS

Diel variation in migration rates of eastern Pacific gray whales measured with thermal imaging sensors. Perryman, W. L., M. A. Donahue, J. L. Laake, and T. E. Martin. Marine Mammal Science 15(2):426-445. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - GRAY WHALE - EASTERN PACIFIC - DIEL VARIATION - MIGRATION RATES - THERMAL IMAGING SENSORS - SURVEYS

Sightings and possible identity of a bottlenose whale from the tropical Indo-Pacific: Indopacetus pacificus. Pitman, R. L., D. M. Palacios, P. L. R. Brennan, B. J. Brennan, K. C. Balcomb III, and T. Miyashita. Marine Mammal Science 15(2):531-549. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - INDO-PACIFIC WHALE - LONGMAN'S BEAKED WHALE - UNIDENTIFIED BOTTLENOSE WHALE - TROPICAL INDO-PACIFIC - POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION

Application of TOPEX-POSEIDON satellite altimetry to simulate transport dynamics of larvae of spiny lobster, Panulirus marginatus in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1993-1996. Polovina, J. J., P. Kleiber, and D. R. Kobayashi. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 97(1):132-143. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - LOBSTERS - SPINY LOBSTER - LARVAE - SATELLITE ALTIMETRY - REMOTE SENSING - SIMULATION - TRANSPORT DYNAMICS - HAWAII - NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

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