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Predicting prey recovery from scats of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) for novel prey species and sizes Curtis, K. Alexandra, Mark S. Lowry, Joelle M. Sweeney, Anthony J. Orr, and James T. Harvey ICES Journal of Marine Science 79(1):193-203

Antarctic krill biomass and flux measured using wideband echosounders and acoustic Doppler current profilers on submerged moorings Cutter, George R. Jr., Christian S. Reiss, Sven Nylund, and George M. Watters Frontiers in Marine Science 9:784469 (23 p.)

Benchmarking ultra-high molecular weight DNA preservation methods for long-read and long-range sequencing Dahn, Hollis A., Jacquelyn Mountcastle, Jennifer Balacco, Sylke Winkler, Iliana Bista, Anthony D. Schmitt, Olga Vinnere Pettersson, Giulio Formenti, Karen Oliver, Michelle Smith, Wenhua Tan, Anne Kraus, Stephen Mac, Lisa M. Komoroske, Tanya Lama, Andrew J. Crawford, Robert W. Murphy, Samara Brown, Alan F. Scott, Phillip A. Morin, Erich D. Jarvis, and Olivier Fedrigo GigaScience 11:giac068 (13 p.)

Global habitat loss of a highly migratory predator, the blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) Dale, Jonathan J., Stephanie Brodie, Aaron B. Carlisle, Michael Castleton, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, and Barbara A. Block Diversity and Distributions 28(9):2020-2034

Forecasting in the face of ecological complexity: Number and strength of species interactions determine forecast skill in ecological communities Daugaard, Uriah, Stephan B. Munch, David Inauen, Frank Pennekamp, and Owen L. Petchey Ecology Letters 25(9):1974-1985

Long-term trend of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) nesting in Brazil reveals one of the largest rookeries in the Atlantic de Castilhos, Jaqueline C., Bruno Giffoni, Luciana Medeiros, Alexsandro Santos, Frederico Tognin, Augusto Cesar Coelho Dias da Silva, Fabio Lira das Candeias Oliveira, Ederson Luiz Fonseca, Marilda Ines Weber, Ana Carolina Correa de Melo, Joao Artur Gonzalez de Abreu, Maria Angela Marcovaldi, and Manjula Tiwari Herpetological Conservation and Biology 17(3):593-601

Recent and historical data show no evidence of Pacific bluefin tuna reproduction in the southern California Current system Dewar, Heidi, Owyn E. Snodgrass, Barbara A. Muhling, and Kurt M. Schaefer PLoS ONE 17(5):e0269069 (10 p.)

Sampling methodology for estimating life history parameters of coastal pelagic species along the U.S. Pacific Coast Dorval, Emmanis, Dianna Porzio, Brittany D. Schwartzkopf, Kelsey C. James, Lanora Vasquez, and Brad Erisman U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-660. 46 p.

Otolith chemistry indicates age and region of settlement of immature shortspine thornyhead Sebastolobus alascanus in the eastern Pacific ocean Dorval, Emmanis, Richard D. Methot, Ian G. Taylor, and Kevin R. Piner Marine Ecology Progress Series 693:157-175

Global-scale environmental niche and habitat of blue shark (Prionace glauca) by size and sex: A pivotal step to improving stock management Druon, Jean-Noel, Steven Campana, Frederic Vandeperre, Fabio H.V. Hazin, Heather Bowlby, Rui Coelho, Nono Queiroz, Fabrizio Serena, Francisco Abascal, Dimitrios Damalas, Michael Musyl, Jon Lopez, Barbara Block, Pedro Afonso, Heidi Dewar, Philippe S. Sabarros, Brittany Finucci, Antonella Zanzi, Pascal Back, Inna Senina, Fulvio Garibaldi, David W. Sims, Joan Navarro, Pablo Cermeno, Agostino Leone, Guzman Diez, Maria Teresa Carreon Zapiain, Michele Deflorio, Evgeny V. Romanov, Armelle Jung, Matthieu Lapinski, Malcolm P. Francis, Humberto Hazin, and Paulo Travassos Frontiers in Marine Science 9:828412 (25 p.)

Using decades of spawning data and hydraulic models to construct a temperature-dependent resource selection function for management of an endangered salmonid Dudley, Peter N., Sara N. John, Miles E. Daniels, and Eric M. Danner Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 79(1):73-81

Integrating remote sensing methods during controlled exposure experiments to quantify group responses of dolphins to navy sonar Durban, J.W., B.L. Southall, J. Calambokidis, C. Casey, H. Fearnbach, T.W. Joyce, J.A. Fahlbusch, M.G. Oudejans, S. Fregosi, A.S. Friedlaender, N.M. Kellar, and F. Visser Marine Pollution Bulletin 174:113194 (9 p.)

Integrating local ecological knowledge, ecological monitoring, and computer simulation to evaluate conservation outcomes Early-Capistran, Michelle Maria, Elena Solana-Arellano, F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Gerardo Garibay-Melo, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Andrea Saenz-Arroyo, and Nemer E. Narchi Conservation Letters 15(6):e12921 (10 p.)

Eastern North Pacific gray whale calf production 1994-2022 Eguchi, Tomoharu, Aimée R. Lang, and David W. Weller U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-667. 11 p.

Abundance and migratory phenology of eastern North Pacific gray whales 2021/2022 Eguchi, Tomoharu, Aimée R. Lang, and David W. Weller U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-668. 10 p.

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) bones from a 5850 year old shell midden on San Miguel Island, California, USA Erlandson, Jon M., Robert L. DeLong, and Kelly M. Robertson Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 17(1):142-151

Blue whales increase feeding rates at fine-scale ocean features Fahlbusch, James A., Max F. Czapanskiy, John Calambokidis, David E. Cade, Briana Abrahms, Elliott L. Hazen, and Jeremy A. Goldbogen Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289(1891):20221180 (12 p.)

Movements and residency of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the California Current System Falcone, Erin A., Erin L. Keene, Eric M. Keen, Jay Barlow, James Stewart, Ted Cheeseman, Craig Hayslip, and Daniel M. Palacios Mammalian Biology 102(4):1445-1462

The distribution of manta rays in the western North Atlantic Ocean off the eastern United States Farmer, Nicholas A., Lance P. Garrison, Calusa Horn, Margaret Miller, Timothy Gowan, Robert D. Kenney, Michelle Vukovich, Julia Robinson Willmott, Jessica Pate, D. Harry Webb, Timothy J. Mullican, Joshua D. Stewart, Kim Bassos-Hull, Christian Jones, Delaney Adams, Nicole A. Pelletier, Jordan Waldron, and Stephen Kajiura Scientific Reports 12:6544 (20 p.)

Cytological and molecular approaches for ploidy determination: Results from a wild Walleye population Farrell, Collin J., Brett M. Johnson, Adam G. Hansen, Christopher A. Myrick, Eric C. Anderson, Thomas A. Delomas, Andrea D. Schreier, and Joel P. Van Eenennaam North American Journal of Fisheries Management 42(4):849-856

A decade of photo-identification reveals contrasting abundance and trends of Type B killer whales in the coastal waters of the Antarctic Peninsula Fearnbach, Holly, John W. Durban, David K. Ellifrit, Alyssa Paredes, Leigh S. Hickmott, and Robert L. Pitman Marine Mammal Science 38(1):58-72

Quantification of thermal impacts across freshwater life stages to improve temperature management for anadromous salmonids FitzGerald, Alyssa M., and Benjamin T. Martin Conservation Physiology 10(1):coac013 (17 p.)

Physical and biological constraints on the capacity for life-history expression of anadromous salmonids: an Eel River, California, case study FitzGerald, Alyssa M., David A. Boughton, Joshua Fuller, Sara N. John, Benjamin T. Martin, Lee R. Harrison, and Nathan J. Mantua Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 79(7):1023-1041

Proceedings of the 22nd annual Trinational Sardine and Small Pelagics Forum virtual event (May 2, 2022) Flores, Stephanie (ed.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-22-01. 25 p.

Clustering of disaggregated fisheries data reveals functional longline fleets across the Pacific Frawley, Timothy H., Barbara Muhling, Heather Welch, Katherine L. Seto, Shui-Kai Chang, Francisco Blaha, Quentin Hanich, Myeonghwa Jung, Elliott L. Hazen, Michael G. Jacox, and Stephanie Brodie One Earth 5(9):1002-1018

Impacts of marine protected areas and the environment on larval rockfish species richness and assemblage structure in the Southern California Bight Freeman, Jessica B., Brice X. Semmens, and Andrew R. Thompson Marine Ecology Progress Series 698:125-137

Detection probability and density estimation of fin whales by a Seaglider Fregosi, Selene, Danielle V. Harris, Haruyoshi Matsumoto, David K. Mellinger, Stephen W. Martin, Brian Matsuyama, Jay Barlow, and Holger Klinck Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 152:2277-2291

Fisheries surveys are essential ocean observing programs in a time of global change: A synthesis of oceanographic and ecological data from U.S. West Coast fisheries surveys Gallo, Natalya D., Noelle M. Bowlin, Andrew R. Thompson, Erin V. Satterthwaite, Briana Brady, and Brice X. Semmens Frontiers in Marine Science 9:757124 (18 p.)

Evaluation of MPA designs that protect highly mobile megafauna now and under climate change scenarios Gilmour, M.E., J. Adams, B.A. Block, J.E. Caselle, A.M. Friedlander, E.T. Game, E.L. Hazen, N.D. Holmes, K.D. Lafferty, S.M. Maxwell, D.J. McCauley, E.M. Oleson, K. Pollock, S.A. Shaffer, N.H. Wolff, and A. Wegmann Global Ecology and Conservation 35:e02070 (19 p.)

First satellite-tracked movements of pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) in New Zealand waters Goetz, Kimberly T., Simon J. Childerhouse, David Paton, Mike Ogle, Krista van der Linde, Rochelle Constantine, Michael C. Double, Virginia Andrews-Goff, Alexandre N. Zerbini, and Paula A. Olson Marine Mammal Science 38(2):742-755

Loss of suitable ocean habitat and phenological shifts among grouper and snapper spawning aggregations in the Greater Caribbean under climate change Gokturk, Esra N., Brian S. Bartlett, Brad Erisman, William Heyman, and Rebecca G. Asch Marine Ecology Progress Series 699:91-115

Shifting fish distributions impact predation intensity in a sub-Arctic ecosystem Goodman, Maurice C., Gemma Carroll, Stephanie Brodie, Arnaud Gruss, James T. Thorson, Stan Kotwicki, Kirstin Holsman, Rebecca L. Selden, Elliott L. Hazen, and Giulio A. De Leo Ecography 2022(9):e06084 (13 p.)

Ocean warming alters the distributional range, migratory timing, and spatial protections of an apex predator, the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) Hammerschlag, Neil, Laura H. McDonnell, Mitchell J. Rider, Garrett M. Street, Elliott L. Hazen, Lisa J. Natanson, Camilla T. McCandless, Melanie R. Boudreau, Austin J. Gallagher, Malin L. Pinsky, and Ben Kirtman Global Change Biology 28(6):1990-2005

From drought to deluge: spatiotemporal variation in migration routing, survival, travel time and floodplain use of an endangered migratory fish Hance, Dalton J., Russell W. Perry, Adam C. Pope, Arnold J. Ammann, Jason L. Hassrick, and Gabriel Hansen Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 79(3):410-428

Evaluating the sensitivity of multi-dimensional model predictions of salmon habitat to the source of remotely sensed river bathymetry Harrison, Lee R., Carl J. Legleiter, Vamsi K. Sridharan, Peter N. Dudley, and Miles E. Daniels Water Resources Research 58(12):e2022WR033097 (20 p.)

2021-2022 California Current Ecosystem status report Harvey, Chris, Toby Garfield, Gregory Williams, and Nick Tolimieri (eds.) A report of the NOAA California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team (CCIEA) to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. 98 p.

Factors affecting spatiotemporal variation in survival of endangered winter-run Chinook Salmon out-migrating from the Sacramento River Hassrick, Jason L., Arnold J. Ammann, Russell W. Perry, Sara N. John, and Miles E. Daniels North American Journal of Fisheries Management 42(2):375-395

Influence of life-history parameters on persistent organic pollutant concentrations in blubber of eastern North Pacific gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) Hayes, Kia R.R., Gina M. Ylitalo, Todd A. Anderson, Jorge Urban R., Jeff K. Jacobsen, Jonathan J. Scordino, Aimee R. Lang, Keri A. Baugh, Jennie L. Bolton, Anna Bruniche-Olsen, John Calambokidis, Sergio Martinez-Aguilar, Seenivasan Subbiah, Matthew O. Gribble, and Celine A.J. Godard-Codding Environmental Science and Technology 56(23):17119-17130

Climate change 'heard' in the ocean depths Hazen, Elliott L. Nature Climate Change 12(10):891-892

Ecological decision-making: From circuit elements to emerging principles Hein, Andrew M. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 74:102551 (8 p.)

Evaluating thermal and color sensors for automating detection of penguins and pinnipeds in images collected with an unoccupied aerial system Hinke, Jefferson T., Louise M. Giuseffi, Victoria R. Hermanson, Samuel M. Woodman, and Douglas J. Krause Drones 6(9):255 (11 p.)

Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition Hoban, Sean, Frederick I. Archer, Laura D. Bertola, Jason G. Bragg, Martin F. Breed, Michael W. Bruford, Melinda A. Coleman, Robert Ekblom, W. Chris Funk, Catherine E. Grueber, Brian K. Hand, Rodolfo Jaffe, Evelyn Jensen, Jeremy S. Johnson, Francine Kershaw, Libby Liggins, Anna J. MacDonald, Joachim Mergeay, Joshua M. Miller, Frank Muller-Karger, David O'Brien, Ivan Paz-Vinas, Kevin M. Potter, Orly Razgour, Cristiano Vernesi, and Margaret E. Hunter Biological Reviews 97(4):1511-1538

Patterns of association and distribution of estuarine-resident common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in North Carolina, USA Hohn, Aleta A., Antoinette M. Gorgone, Barbie L. Byrd, Kyle W. Shertzer, and Tomo Eguchi PLoS ONE 17(8):e0270057 (30 p.)

Subsurface eddy facilitates retention of simulated diel vertical migrators in a biological hotspot Hudson, K., M.J. Oliver, J. Kohut, J.H. Cohen, M.S. Dinniman, J.M. Klinck, C.S. Reiss, G.R. Cutter, H. Statscewich, K.S. Bernard, and W. Fraser Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 127(5):e2021JC017482 (15 p.)

Tracking and forecasting community responses to climate perturbations in the California Current Ecosystem Hunsicker, Mary E., Eric J. Ward, Michael A. Litzow, Sean C. Anderson, Chris J. Harvey, John C. Field, Jin Gao, Michael G. Jacox, Sharon Melin, Andrew R. Thompson, and Pete Warzybok PLoS Climate 1(3):e0000014 (29 p.)

Global seasonal forecasts of marine heatwaves Jacox, Michael G., Michael A. Alexander, Dillon Amaya, Emily Becker, Steven J. Bograd, Stephanie Brodie, Elliott L. Hazen, Mercedes Pozo Buil, and Desiree Tommasi Nature 604(7906):486-490

The secrets in our teeth James, Hannah F., Jacob I. Griffith, Kelsie Long, Christina Cheung, and Malte Willmes Frontiers for Young Minds 10:749555 (8 p.)

A large-scale environmental strontium isotope baseline map of Portugal for archaeological and paleoecological provenance studies James, Hannah F., Shaun Adams, Malte Willmes, Kate Mathison, Andrea Ulrichsen, Rachel Wood, Antonio C. Valera, Catherine J. Frieman, and Rainer Grun Journal of Archaeological Science 142:105595 (10 p.)

Marine mammal bycatch in U.S. West Coast groundfish fisheries, 2002-19 Jannot, Jason E., Kayleigh A. Somers, Vanessa J. Tuttle, Jason Eibner, Kate E. Richerson, Jon T. McVeigh, James V. Carretta, Nancy C. Young, and James Freed U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-176. 43 p.

Introducing zoid: A mixture model and R package for modeling proportional data with zeros and ones in ecology Jensen, Alexander J., Ryan P. Kelly, Eric C. Anderson, William H. Satterthwaite, Andrew Olaf Shelton, and Eric J. Ward Ecology 103(11):e3804 (8 p.)

Micro- and macro-habitat selection of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, post-smolts in relation to marine environmental cues Jensen, J.L.A., J.F. Strom, A. Nikolopoulos, R. Primicerio, J. Skardhamar, B.J. Atencio, J.E.T. Strand, P.A. Bjorn, and T. Bohn ICES Journal of Marine Science 79(4):1394-1407

Integrating climate change and management scenarios in population models to guide the conservation of marine turtles Jensen, Michael P., Tomoharu Eguchi, Nancy N. FitzSimmons, Michael A. McCarthy, Mariana M.P.B. Fuentes, Mark Hamann, Colin J. Limpus, Ian P. Bell, and Mark A. Read Bulletin of Marine Science 98(2):131-154

An empirical dynamic modeling framework for missing or irregular samples Johnson, Bethany, and Stephan B. Munch Ecological Modelling 468:109948 (9 p.)

Status, change, and futures of zooplankton in the Southern Ocean Johnston, Nadine M., Eugene J. Murphy, Angus Atkinson, Andrew J. Constable, Cedric Cotte, Martin Cox, Kendra L. Daly, Ryan Driscoll, Hauke Flores, Svenja Halfter, Natasha Henschke, Simeon L. Hill, Juan Hofer, Brian P.V. Hunt, So Kawaguchi, Dhugal Lindsay, Cecilia Liszka, Valerie Loeb, Clara Manno, Bettina Meyer, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Matthew H. Pinkerton, Christian S. Reiss, Kate Richerson, Walker O. Smith Jr., Deborah K. Steinberg, Kerrie M. Swadling, Geraint A. Tarling, Sally E. Thorpe, Devi Veytia, Peter Ward, Christine K. Weldrick, and Guang Yang Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:624692 (41 p.)

Divergent post-breeding spatial habitat use of Laysan and black-footed albatross Jordan, Fredrick Dallas, Scott A. Shaffer, Melinda G. Conners, Julia E.F. Stepanuk, Morgan E. Gilmour, Corey A. Clatterbuck, Elliott L. Hazen, Daniel M. Palacios, Yann Tremblay, Michelle Antolos, David G. Foley, Steven J. Bograd, Daniel P. Costa, and Lesley H. Thorne Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12:1028317 (18 p.)

Field measurements reveal exposure risk to microplastic ingestion by filter-feeding megafauna Kahane-Rapport, S.R., M.F. Czapanskiy, J.A. Fahlbusch, A.S. Friedlaender, J. Calambokidis, E.L. Hazen, J.A. Goldbogen, and M.S. Savoca Nature Communications 13:6327 (11 p.)

Common model diagnostics for fish stock assessments in the United States Karp, Melissa A., Peter Kuriyama, Kristan Blackhart, Jon Brodziak, Felipe Carvalho, Kiersten Curti, E.J. Dick, Dana Hanselman, Daniel Hennen, James Ianelli, Skyler Sagarese, Kyle Shertzer, and Ian Taylor U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-240A. 27 p.

Foraging behavior of a mesopelagic predator, the northern elephant seal, in northeastern Pacific eddies Keates, Theresa R., Elliott L. Hazen, Rachel R. Holser, Jerome Fiechter, Steven J. Bograd, Patrick W. Robinson, Juan Pablo Gallo-Reynoso, and Daniel P. Costa Deep Sea Research I 189:103866 (13 p.)

Plasticity in the morphometrics and movements of an Antarctic apex predator, the leopard seal Kienle, Sarah S., Michael E. Goebel, Erin LaBrecque, Renato Borras-Chavez, Stephen J. Trumble, Shane B. Kanatous, Daniel E. Crocker, and Daniel P. Costa Frontiers in Marine Science 9:976019 (17 p.)

Acoustic sampling of Antarctic krill with simulated underwater buoyancy gliders: Does the sawtooth dive pattern work? Kinzey, Douglas, Anthony M. Cossio, Christian S. Reiss, and George M. Watters Frontiers in Marine Science 9:1064181 (14 p.)

Pedigree analysis of an integrated hatchery steelhead program from the Mad River, California, provides insight into life history patterns and informs management Kinziger, Andrew P., Steven R. Fong, and John Carlos Garza North American Journal of Fisheries Management 42(5):1285-1295

Social-ecological vulnerability of fishing communities to climate change: A U.S. West Coast case study Koehn, Laura E., Laura K. Nelson, Jameal F. Samhouri, Karma C. Norman, Michael G. Jacox, Alison C. Cullen, Jerome Fiechter, Mercedes Pozo Buil, and Phillip S. Levin PLoS ONE 17(8):e0272120 (29 p.)

Population projections of Pacific sardine driven by ocean warming and changing food availability in the California Current Koenigstein, Stefan, Michael G. Jacox, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Jerome Fiechter, Barbara A. Muhling, Stephanie Brodie, Peter T. Kuriyama, Toby D. Auth, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, and Desiree Tommasi ICES Journal of Marine Science 79(9):2510-2523

Network analysis of sea turtle movements and connectivity: A tool for conservation prioritization Kot, Connie Y., Susanne Akesson, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Diego Fernando Amorocho Llanos, Marina Antonopoulou, George H. Balazs, Warren R. Baverstock, Janice M. Blumenthal, Annette C. Broderick, Ignacio Bruno, Ali Fuat Canbolat, Paolo Casale, Daniel Cejudo, Michael S. Coyne, Corrie Curtice, Sara DeLand, Andrew DiMatteo, Kara Dodge, Daniel C. Dunn, Nicole Esteban, Angela Formia, Mariana M.P.B. Fuentes, Ei Fujioka, Julie Garnier, Matthew H. Godfrey, Brendan J. Godley, Victoria Gonzalez Carman, Autumn-Lynn Harrison, Catherine E. Hart, Lucy A. Hawkes, Graeme C. Hays, Nicholas Hill, Sandra Hochscheid, Yakup Kaska, Yaniv Levy, Cesar P. Ley-Quinonez, Gwen G. Lockhart, Milagros Lopez-Mendilaharsu, Paolo Luschi, Jeffrey C. Mangel, Dimitris Margaritoulis, Sara M. Maxwell, Catherine M. McClellan, Kristian Metcalfe, Antonio Mingozzi, Felix G. Moncada, Wallace J. Nichols, Denise M. Parker, Samir H. Patel, Nicolas J. Pilcher, Sara Poulin, Andrew J. Read, Alan F. Rees, David P. Robinson, Nathan J. Robinson, Alejandra G. Sandoval-Lugo, Gail Schofield, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Erin E. Seney, Robin T.E. Snape, Dogan Sozbilen, Jesus Tomas, Nuria Varo-Cruz, Brian P. Wallace, Natalie E. Wildermann, Matthew J. Witt, Alan A. Zavala-Norzagaray, and Patrick N. Halpin Diversity and Distributions 28(4):810-829

The rapid population collapse of a key marine predator in the northern Antarctic Peninsula endangers genetic diversity and resilience to climate change Krause, Douglas J., Carolina A. Bonin, Michael E. Goebel, Christian S. Reiss, and George M. Watters Frontiers in Marine Science 8:796488 (18 p.)

Assessment of the Northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax) central subpopulation in 2021 for U.S. management Kuriyama, Peter T., Juan P. Zwolinski, Steve L.H. Teo, and Kevin T. Hill U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-665. 114 p.

Update assessment of the Pacific sardine resource in 2022 for U.S. management in 2022-2023 Kuriyama, Peter T., Kevin T. Hill, and Juan P. Zwolinski U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-662. 30 p.

Elucidating the acid-base mechanisms underlying otolith overgrowth in fish exposed to ocean acidification Kwan, Garfield T., and Martin Tresguerres Science of the Total Environment 823:153690 (8 p.)

Optimizing immunostaining of archival fish samples to enhance museum collection potential Kwan, Garfield T., Benjamin W. Frable, Andrew R. Thompson, and Martin Tresguerres Acta Histochemica 124(7):151952 (10 p.)

Origins of juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Bahamas: A comparison of recent and historical rookery contributions Kynoch, Camille, Mariana M.P.B. Fuentes, Peter H. Dutton, Erin L. LaCasella, and Ian Silver-Gorges Ecology and Evolution 12(11):e9548 (12 p.)

A characterization of the deep-sea coral and sponge community along the California, Oregon, and Washington coasts using a remotely operated vehicle on the EXPRESS 2019 expedition Laidig, Tom, Diana Watters, Nancy Prouty, Meredith Everett, Lizzie Duncan, Liz Clarke, Chris Caldow, Jill R. Bourque, Jennifer McClain-Counts, and Amanda W.J. Demopoulos U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-672. 125 p.

Population structure of North Pacific gray whales in light of trans-Pacific movements Lang, Aimee R., David W. Weller, Alexander M. Burdin, Kelly Robertson, Olga Sychenko, Jorge Urban R., Sergio Martinez-Aguilar, Victoria L. Pease, Richard G. LeDuc, Dennis I. Litovka, Vladimir N. Burkanov, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Marine Mammal Science 38(2):433-468

Organochlorine and metal contaminants in the blood plasma of Green Sturgeon caught in Washington coastal estuaries Layshock, Julie A., Molly A.H. Webb, Olaf P. Langness, John Carlos Garza, Laura B. Heironimus, and Deke Gunderson Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 82(1):82-94

Five valid species of cardinalfishes of the genus Apogon (Apogonidae) in the eastern Pacific Ocean, with a redescription of A. atricaudus and notes on the distribution of A. atricaudus and A. atradorsatus Lea, Robert N., Thomas H. Fraser, Carole C. Baldwin, and Matthew T. Craig Ichthyology and Herpetology 110(1):106-114

Editorial: Multidisciplinary approaches to mitigating fisheries bycatch Lent, Rebecca, Dale Squires, Lisa Taylor Ballance, Laurent Dagorn, and Peter H. Dutton Frontiers in Marine Science 9:884885 (3 p.)

The effect of temperature on specific dynamic action of juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Lo, Vanessa K., Benjamin T. Martin, Eric M. Danner, Dennis E. Cocherell, Joseph J. Cech Jr., and Nann A. Fangue Conservation Physiology 10(1):coac067 (12 p.)

Genome-wide markers reveal differentiation between and within the cryptic sister species, sunset and vermilion rockfish Longo, Gary C., John Harms, John R. Hyde, Matthew T. Craig, Ana Ramon-Laca, and Krista M. Nichols Conservation Genetics 23:75-89

A structured deepwater fish community in an isolated benthic feature off Southern California Love, Milton S., Mary M. Nishimoto, Linda Snook, Ann Scarborough Bull, Tom Laidig, Li Kui, Diana Watters, and Mary Yoklavich Bulletin of Marine Science 98(3):221-246

Spatio-temporal diet variability of the California sea lion Zalophus californianus in the southern California Current Ecosystem Lowry, Mark S., Stephanie E. Nehasil, and Jeffrey E. Moore Marine Ecology Progress Series 692:1-21

A collaborative aerial survey of coastal pelagic species in nearshore California waters Lynn, Kirk, Emmanis Dorval, Dianna Porzio, and Trung Nguyen Fisheries 47(11):500-508

National Standard 1 technical guidance on managing with ACLs for data-limited stocks: Review and recommendations for implementing 50 CFR 600.310(h)(2) flexibilities for certain data-limited stocks Macpherson, Marian, Jason Cope, Patrick Lynch, Abigail Furnish, Melissa Karp, James Berkson, Deb Lambert, Liz Brooks, Skyler Sagarese, Kate Siegfried, Edward Dick, Cindy Tribuzio, and Donald Kobayashi U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-237. 33 p.

Effects of ambient temperature on dive behavior of East Pacific green turtles before and after a power plant closure Madrak, Sheila V., Rebecca L. Lewison, Tomoharu Eguchi, A. Peter Klimley, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff Marine Ecology Progress Series 683:157-168

Informational constraints on predator-prey interactions Martin, Benjamin T., Michael A. Gil, Ashkaan K. Fahimipour, and Andrew M. Hein Oikos 2022(10):e08143 (12 p.)

Evaluating loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) bycatch in the small-scale fisheries of Cabo Verde Martins, Samir, Manjula Tiwari, Fernando Rocha, Edson Rodrigues, Ravidson Monteiro, Sonia Araujo, Elena Abella, Nuno de Santos Loureiro, Leo J. Clarke, and Adolfo Marco Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 32:1001-1015

Decoding comparable morphologies: Pigmentation validated for identifying southern California Paralabrax larvae Mason, Erica T. Jarvis, Lucille Bulkeley, William W. Watson, Allyson C. Salazar Sawkins, Matthew T. Craig, John R. Hyde, Andrew R. Thompson, and Brice X. Semmens FishTaxa 25:9-25

Challenging gender inequity in wildlife conservation: a women's group leading sea turtle conservation efforts in El Salvador Massey, Lynn M., Prestyn McCord Camerden, Alexander R. Gaos, Michael J. Liles, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Ana Luisa M. Ahern Local Environment 27(1):1-15

First records of Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790), Whitespotted Grouper, (Teleostei, Epinephelidae) in the southern Arabian Gulf Mateos-Molina, Daniel, Ivonne Bejarano, and Matthew T. Craig Check List 18(4):793-797

Satellite telemetry elucidates migratory pathways and foraging aread for hawksbill sea turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, in the Caribbean Maurer, Andrew S., Clara Dawson, Rhema Bjorkland, Andrea Donaldson, Seth P. Stapleton, James I. Richardson, Denise M. Parker, George H. Balazs, and Barbara A. Schroeder Caribbean Journal of Science 52(1):126-141

Spatial distribution, temporal changes, and knowledge gaps in basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) sightings in the California Current Ecosystem McInturf, Alexandra G., Barbara Muhling, Joseph J. Bizzarro, Nann A. Fangue, David A. Ebert, Damien Caillaud, and Heidi Dewar Frontiers in Marine Science 9:818670 (17 p.)

In hot water? Assessing the link between fundamental thermal physiology and predation of juvenile Chinook salmon McInturf, Alexandra G., Ken W. Zillig, Katherine Cook, Jacqueline Fukumoto, Anna Jones, Emily Patterson, Dennis E. Cocherell, Cyril J. Michel, Damien Caillaud, and Nann A. Fangue Ecosphere 13(11):e4264 (19 p.)

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Heterogeneity in diagnostic characters across ecoregions: A case study with Botrynema (Hydrozoa: Trachylina: Halicreatidae) Montenegro, Javier, Allen G. Collins, Russell R. Hopcroft, Jennifer M. Questel, Erik V. Thuesen, Tiffany S. Bachtel, Leah A. Bergman, Mehul N. Sangekar, Jeffrey C. Drazen, and Dhugal J. Lindsay Frontiers in Marine Science 9:11011699 (17 p.)

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