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ABOOKIRE, A. A., and B. J. MACEWICZ.
2003. Latitudinal variation in reproductive biology and growth of female
Dover sole (Microstomus pacificus) in the North Pacific, with
emphasis on the Gulf of Alaska stock. J. Sea Res. 50:187-197.
ALBERS, P. H., and T. R. LOUGHLIN..
2003. Effects of PAHs on marine birds, mammals and reptiles, p. 243-261.
In P. E. T. Douben (editor), PAHs: an ecotoxicological perspective.
John Wiley & Sons Ltd., New York.
ARMSTRONG, D. A., C. N. ROOPER, and D. R. GUNDERSON.
2003. Estuarine Production of Juvenile Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) and
Contribution to the Oregon-Washington Coastal Fishery. Estuaries 26(4B):1174-1188.
BAIER, C. T., and J. M. NAPP.
2003. Climate-induced variability in Calanus marshallae
populations. J. Plankton Res. 25:771-782.
BAILEY, K. M., E. S. BROWN, and J. T. DUFFY-ANDERSON.
2003. Aspects of distribution, transport, and recruitment of Alaska
plaice (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) in the Gulf of Alaska
and eastern Bering Sea: Comparison of marginal and central populations.
J. Sea Res. 50:87-95.
BAILEY, K. M., L. CIANNELLI, and V. N. AGOSTINI.
2003. Complexity and constraints combined in simple models of
recruitment, p. 293-301. In H. I. Browman and A. B. Skiftesvik
(editors), The Big Fish Bang, Proceedings of the 26th Annual
Larval Fish Conference. Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway.
BAKER, R. J., L. C. BRADLEY, R. D. BRADLEY, J. W. DRAGOO, M. D. ENGSTROM,
R. S. HOFFMANN, C. A. JONES, F. REID, D. W. RICE, and C. JONES.
2003. Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 2003.
Mus. Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, (Occas. Pap. 229) 23 p.
BARBEAUX, S. J., and M. W. DORN.
2003. Spatial and temporal analysis of eastern Bering Sea echo integration-trawl
survey and catch data of walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma, for 2001 and
2002. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-136, 34 p.
Online. (.pdf, 3.16MB).
BARRON, M. G., M. G. CARLS, J. W. SHORT, and S. D. RICE.
2003. Photoenhanced toxicity of aqueous phase and chemically-dispersed
weathered Alaska North Slope crude oil to Pacific herring eggs and
larvae. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 22:650-660.
BARRON, M. G., R. A. HEINTZ, and M. M. KRAHN.
2003. Contaminant exposure and effects in pinnipeds: Implications for
Steller sea lion declines in Alaska. Sci. Total Environ. 311:111-133.
BOVENG, P. L., J. L. BENGTSON, D. E. WITHROW,
J. C. CESARONE, M. A. SIMPKINS, K. J. FROST, and J. J. BURNS.
2003. The abundance of harbor seals in the Gulf of Alaska. Mar. Mammal Sci. 19(1):111-127.
BRODEUR, R. D., K. W. MYERS, and J. H. HELLE.
2003. Research conducted by the United States on the early ocean life history of Pacific
salmon. N. Pac. Anadr. Fish Comm. Bull. 3:89-131.
Online. (.pdf, 720 KB).
BUTTERWORTH, D. S., J. N. IANELLI, and R. HILBORN.
2003. A statistical model for stock assessment of southern bluefin
tuna with temporal changes in selectivity. Afr. J. Mar. Sci. 25:331-361.
CARLS, M. G., G. D. MARTY, and S. D. RICE.
2003. Is pink salmon spawning habitat recovering from the Exxon Valdez
oil spill? Pp. 335-348. In Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth Arctic and
Marine Oilspill Program (AMOP) Technical Seminar, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
CARLS, M. G., R. E. THOMAS, M. R. LILLY, and S. D. RICE.
2003. Mechanism for transport of oil-contaminated groundwater
into pink salmon redds. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 248:245-255.
Online. (.pdf, 1.16MB).
CLAPHAM, P. J., P. BERGGREN, S. CHILDERHOUSE, N. A. FRIDAY, T. KASUYA, L. K., KARL-HERMANN KOCK, S. MANZANILLA-NAIM, G. NOTABARTOLO DI SCIARA, W. F. PERRIN, A. J. READ, R. R. REEVES, E. ROGAN, L. ROJAS-BRACHO, T. D. SMITH, M. STACHOWITSCH, B. L. TAYLOR, D. THIELE, P. R. WADE, and R. L. BROWNELL, JR.
2003. Whaling as science. BioScience 53(3):210-212.
De ROBERTIS, A., C. H. RYER, A. VELOZA, and R. D. BRODEUR.
2003. Differential effects of turbidity on prey consumption of
piscivorous and planktivorous fish. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60:1517-1526.
DIETER, B. E., D. A. WION, and R. A. McCONNAUGHEY (editors).
2003. Mobile fishing gear effects on benthic habitats: a bibliography
(second edition). U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-135, 206 p.
Online. (.pdf, 3.22MB).
DOLAR, M. L. L., W. A. WALKER, G. L. KOOYMAN, and W. F. PERRIN.
2003. Comparative feeding ecology of spinner dolphins (Stenella
longirostris) and Fraser’s dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the
Sulu Sea. Mar. Mammal Sci. 19(1):1-19.
DUFFY-ANDERSON, J. T., J. P. MANDERSON, and K. W. ABLE.
2003. A characterization of juvenile fish assemblages around man-made
structures in the New York-New Jersey Harbor estuary, U.S.A. Bull. Mar. Sci. 72(3):877-889.
DUFFY-ANDERSON, J. T., L. CIANNELLI, T. HONKALEHTO,
K. M. BAILEY, S. SOGARD, A. M. SPRINGER, and T. BUCKLEY.
2003. Distribution of age-1 and age-2 walleye pollock in the Gulf of
Alaska and eastern Bering Sea: Sources of variation and implications for
higher trophic levels, p. 381-394. In H. I. Browman and A. B.
Skiftesvik (editors), The Big Fish Bang, Proceedings of the 26th
Annual Larval Fish Conference. Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway.
FOWLER, C. W.
2003. Tenets, principles, and criteria for management: the basis for
systemic management. Mar. Fish. Rev. 65(2):1-55.
Online. (.pdf, 1.57MB).
FOWLER, C. W., and L. HOBBS.
2003. Is humanity sustainable? Proc. Royal Soc. Lond. B 270:2579-2583.
FOWLER, C. W., and S. M. McCLUSKEY.
2003. Overfishing: Single species and ecosystems (abstract), p. 6. In
P. M. Mace (editor), Proceedings of the seventh NMFS national stock
assessment workshop: (Re)building sustainable fisheries and marine
ecosystems. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-62.
FREESE, J. L., and B. L. WING.
2003. Juvenile red rockfish, Sebastes sp., associations
with sponges in the Gulf of Alaska. Mar. Fish. Rev. 65(3):38-42.
Online. (.pdf, 162KB).
FRIDAY, N. A., and T. D. SMITH.
2003. The effect of age and sex selective harvest patterns
for baleen whales. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 5:23-28.
GAICHAS, S., and J. FIELD.
2003. Comparative modeling approaches for exploited marine ecosystems in
the North Pacific: What are these models good for? (abstract), p. 7-10.
In P. M. Mace (editor), Proceedings of the seventh NMFS national
stock assessment workshop: (Re)building sustainable fisheries and marine
ecosystems. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-62.
GHARRETT, A. J. , R. G. GUSTAFSON, J. L. NIELSEN, J. E. SEEB , L. W.
SEEB , W. W. SMOKER , G. H. THORGAARD, and R. L. WILMOT (editors).
2003. Genetics of subpolar fish and invertebrates. Alaska Sea Grant
College Program Report No. AK-SG-03-02, University of Alaska, Fairbanks,
AK. 481 p.
GUNDERSON, D. R., M. ZIMMERMANN, D. G. NICHOL, and K. PEARSON.
2003. Indirect estimates of natural mortality rate for arrowtooth
flounder (Atheresthes stomias) and blotched rockfish (Sebastes
crameri). Fish. Bull., US. 101:175-182.
Online. (.pdf, 158KB).
HALE, R. S., J. K. HORNE, D. J. DEGAN, and M. E. CONNERS.
2003. Paddlefish as potential acoustic targets for abundance estimates. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 132(4):746-758.
HANSELMAN, D. H., T. J. QUINN II, C. LUNSFORD, J. HEIFETZ, and D. CLAUSEN.
2003. Applications in adaptive cluster sampling of Gulf of Alaska rockfish.
Fish. Bull., U.S. 101:501-513.
Online. (.pdf, 1.93MB).
HEARD, W. R.
2003. Alaska salmon enhancement: a successful program for hatchery and wild stocks, p. 149-169.
In Y. Nakamura, J. P. McVey, S. Fox, K. Churchill, C. Neidig, and K. Leber (editors), Ecology of
Aquaculture Species and Enhancement of Stocks, Proceedings of the 30th U. S.-Japan Aquaculture Panel,
3-4 December 2001. Florida Sea Grant TP-128, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL.
HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, M. P., L. WITTING, and M. V. JENSEN.
2003. Inshore-offshore movements of two fin whales (Balaenoptera
physalus) tracked by satellite off West Greenland. J. Cetacean
Res. Manage. 5(3):241-245.
HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, M. P., P. RICHARD, R. DIETZ, K. L. LAIDRE,
J. ORR, and H. C. SCHMIDT.
2003. An estimate of the fraction of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas)
in the Canadian high Arctic that winter in west Greenland. Polar Biol. 26(6):318-326.
HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, M. P., R. DIETZ, K. L. LAIDRE, P. RICHARD,
J. ORR, and H. C. SCHMIDT.
2003. The migratory behaviour of narwhals (Monodon monoceros).
Can. J. Zool. 81:1298-1305.
HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, M. P., K. L. LAIDRE, Ø. WIIG, M. V. JENSEN,
L. DUECK, L. D. MAIERS, H.C. SCHMIDT, and R. C. HOBBS.
2003. From Greenland to Canada in ten days: Tracks of bowhead whales,
Balaena mysticetus, across Baffin Bay. Arctic 56(1):21-31.
HOFF, G. R., and L. L. BRITT.
2003. The 2002 eastern Bering Sea upper continental slope survey of groundfish
and invertebrate resources, U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo.
NMFS-AFSC-141, 261 p. Online. (.pdf, 15.36MB).
HOLMES, E. E., and A. E. YORK.
2003. Using age structure to detect impacts on threatened populations:
a case study with Steller sea lions. Conserv. Biol. 17:1794-1806.
HURST, T. P., and D. O. CONOVER.
2003. Seasonal and interannual variation in the allometry of energy
allocation in juvenile striped bass. Ecology 84(12):3360-3369.
INSLEY, S. J., A. V. PHILLIPS, and I. CHARRIER.
2003. A review of social recognition in pinnipeds. Aquat. Mamm. 29(2):181-201.
JAGIELO, T., A. HOFFMANN, J. TAGART, and M. ZIMMERMANN.
2003. Demersal groundfish densities in trawlable and untrawlable habitats off Washington:
Implications for estimation of the trawl survey bias. Fish. Bull., U.S. 101:545-565.
Online. (.pdf, 1.13MB).
JEFFRIES, S., H. HUBER, J. CALAMBOKIDIS, and J. LAAKE.
2003. Trends and status of harbor seals in Washington
state: 1978-1999. J. Wildl. Manage. 67(1):207-218.
JOHNSON, S. W., M. L. MURPHY, and D. J. CSEPP.
2003. Distribution, habitat, and behavior of rockfishes, Sebastes
spp., in nearshore waters of southeastern Alaska: Observations from a remotely
operated vehicle. Environ. Biol. Fishes 66:259-270.
JOHNSON, S. W., M. L. MURPHY, D. J. CSEPP,
P. M. HARRIS, and J. D. THEDINGA.
2003. A survey of fish assemblages in eelgrass and kelp habitats of
southeastern Alaska. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-139, 39 p.
Online. (.pdf, 1.04MB).
JORDAN, R. C., D. V. HOWE, T. P. HURST, and F. JUANES.
2003. Feeding habits of age-0 striped bass, Morone saxatilis, in the mid-Hudson
River estuary: Temporal, spatial, and ontogenetic variation. Estuaries 26:1486-1493.
JURADO-MOLINA, J., and P. A. LIVINGSTON.
2003. Multispecies catch at age (MSCAGEAN): Incorporating predation
interactions and statistical assumptions for a predator-prey system in
the eastern Bering Sea (abstract), p. 12. In P. M. Mace (editor),
Proceedings of the seventh NMFS national stock assessment workshop: (Re)building
sustainable fisheries and marine ecosystems. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA
Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-62.
KASTELLE, C. R., K. E. W. SHELDEN, and D. K. KIMURA.
2003. Age determination of mysticete whales using
210Pb/226Ra disequilibria. Can. J. Zool. 81:21-32.
LAIDRE, K. L., M. P. HEIDE-JØRGENSEN,
R. DIETZ, R. C. HOBBS, and O. A. JØRGENSEN.
2003. Deep-diving by narwhals Monodon monoceros: Differences in
foraging behavior between wintering areas? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 261:269-281.
Online. (.pdf, 798KB).
LAIDRE, K. L., R. J. JAMESON, S. J. JEFFRIES,
R. J. HOBBS, C. E. BOWLBY, and G. R. VanBLARICOM.
2003. Estimates of carrying capacity for sea otters in Washington state.
Wildl. Soc. Bull. 30(4):1172-1181.
LOGERWELL, E. A., N. MANTUA, P. W. LAWSON, R. C. FRANCIS,
and V. N. AGOSTINI.
2003. Tracking environmental processes in the coastal zone for
understanding and predicting Oregon coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
marine survival. Fish. Oceanogr. 12:554-568.
LOUGHLIN, T. R., J. T. STERLING, R. L. MERRICK,
J. L. SEASE, and A. E. YORK.
2003. Diving behavior of immature Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus).
Fish. Bull., U.S. 101:566-582.
Online. (.pdf, 2.17MB).
LOW, L-L.
2003. Future of Alaska’s fisheries resources, p. 83-103. In P. J.
Bechtel (editor), Advances in Seafood Byproducts: 2002 Conference
Proceedings. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, Report No. 03-01,
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK.
LYONS, E. T., R. L. DELONG, T. R. SPRAKER, S. R. MELIN,
and S. C. TOLLIVER.
2003. Observations in 2001 on hookworms (Uncinaria spp.)
in otariid pinnipeds. Parasitol. Res. 89:503-505.
MASELKO, J. M., A. C. WERTHEIMER, and J. F. THEDINGA.
2003. Selection and application of a mark-and-recapture technique for estimating
pink salmon escapements. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-137, 44 p.
Online. (.pdf, 840KB).
MASUDA, M., and R. P. STONE.
2003. Biological and spatial characteristics of the weathervane scallop
Patinopecten caurinus at Chiniak Gully in the central Gulf of Alaska.
Alaska Fish. Res. Bull. 10:104-118.
Online. (.pdf, 1.45 MB).
MATARESE, A. C., D. M. BLOOD, S. J. PICQUELLE, and J. L. BENSON.
2003. Atlas of abundance and distribution patterns of ichthyoplankton
from the Northeast Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea ecosystems based on
research conducted by the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (1972-1996).
U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Professional Paper, NMFS 1, 281 p.
Online. (.pdf, 39.86MB).
MELLISH, J. E., and T. R. LOUGHLIN.
2003. Lipoprotein lipase in lactating and neonatal northern fur
seals: exploring physiological management of energetic conflicts.
Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 134(1):147-156.
MITANI, Y., K. SATO, S. ITO, M. F. CAMERON, D. B. SINIFF, and Y. NAITO.
2003. A method for reconstructing three-dimensional dive profiles of marine mammals using
geomagnetic intensity data: Results from two lactating Weddell seals. Polar Biol. 26(6):311-317.
MIZROCH, S. A.
2003. Digital photography improves efficiency of individual dolphin
identification: a reply to Markowitz, et al. Mar. Mammal Sci. 19(3):612-614.
MIZROCH, S. A., and S. A. D. HARKNESS.
2003. A test of computer-assisted matching using the North Pacific humpback whale,
Megaptera novaeangliae, tail flukes photograph collection. Mar. Fish. Rev. 65(3):25-37.
Online. (.pdf, 488KB).
MOLES, A.
2003. Effect of parasitism by Philonema agubernaculum
(Nematoda: Philometridae) on the ability of Dolly Varden to capture prey
in fresh and salt water. Alaska Fish. Res. Bull. 10:119-123.
Online. (.pdf, 387 KB).
MOLES, A., and N. HALE.
2003. Use of physiological responses in Mytilus trossulus as
integrative bioindicators of sewage pollution. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 46:954-958.
MOORE, S. E., J. M. GREBMEIER, and J. R. DAVIES.
2003. Gray whale distribution relative to forage habitat in the northern Bering
Sea: Current conditions and retrospective summary. Can. J. Zool. 81:734-742.
ORR, A. J., J. L. LAAKE, M. I. DHRUV, A. S. BANKS,
R. L. DELONG, and H. R. HUBER.
2003. Comparison of processing pinniped scat samples using a
washing machine and nested sieves. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 31:253-257.
PEREZ, M. A.
2003. Compilation of marine mammal incidental take data from the domestic
and joint venture groundfish fisheries in the U.S. EEZ of the North Pacific,
1989-2001. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-138, 145 p.
Online. (.pdf, 4.94MB).
PETERSON, C. H., S. D. RICE, J. W. SHORT, D. ESLER,
J. L. BODKIN, B. E. BALLACHEY, and D. B. IRONS.
2003. Long-term ecosystem response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Science 302:2082-2086.
PHILLIPS, A. V.
2003. Behavioral cues used in reunions between mother and pup South American
fur seals (Arctocephalus australis). J. Mammal. 84(2):524-535.
RICE, S. D., M. G. CARLS, R. A. HEINTZ, and
J. W. SHORT.
2003. Comment on "Hydrocarbon composition and toxicity of sediments
following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound,
Alaska, USA". Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 11:2539-2540.
ROOPER, C. N., D. R. GUNDERSON, and D. A. ARMSTRONG.
2003. Patterns in use of estuarine habitat by juvenile English sole (Pleuronectes
vetulus) in four eastern North Pacific estuaries. Estuaries 26(4B):1142-1154.
RUGH, D., D. DeMASTER, A. ROONEY, J. BREIWICK,
K. SHELDEN, and S. MOORE.
2003. A review of bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) stock
identity. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 5:267-279.
RUGGERONE, G. T., M. ZIMMERMANN, K. W. MYERS, J. L. NELSEN, and D. E. ROGERS.
2003. Competition between Asian pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and
Alaskan sockeye salmon (O. nerka) in the North Pacific Ocean. Fish. Oceanogr. 12:2109-219.
SATO, K., Y. MITANI, M. F. CAMERON, D. B. SINIFF, and Y. NAITO.
2003. Factors affecting stroking patterns and body angle in diving Weddell seals under
natural conditions. J. Exp. Biol. 206:1461-1470.
SCHABETSBERGER, R., M. SZTATECSNY, G. DROZDOWSKI, R. D. BRODEUR, G. L.
SWARTZMAN, M. T. WILSON, A. G. WINTER, and J. M. NAPP.
2003. Size-dependent, spatial, and temporal variability of juvenile
walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) feeding at a structural
front in the southeast Bering Sea. P.S.Z.N.: Mar. Ecol. 24(2):141-164.
SCHUMACHER, J. D., N. A. BOND, R. D. BRODEUR, P. A. LIVINGSTON, J. M. NAPP, and P. J. STABENO.
2003. Climate change in the southeastern Bering Sea and some consequences for biota, p. 17-40.
In G. Hempel and K. Sherman (editors), Large Marine Ecosystems of
the World - Trends in Exploitation, Protection and Research. Elsevier,
Amsterdam.
SEASE, J. L., and A. E. YORK.
2003. Seasonal distribution of Steller's sea lions at rookeries
and haul-out sites in Alaska. Mar. Mammal Sci. 19(4):745 763.
SHELDEN, K. E. W., D. J. RUGH, D. P. DeMASTER, and L. R. GERBER.
2003. Evaluation of bowhead whale status: reply to Taylor. Conserv. Biol. 17(3):918-920.
SHELDEN, K. E. W., D. J. RUGH, B. A. MAHONEY, and M. E. DAHLHEIM.
2003. Killer whale predation on belugas in Cook Inlet: Implications for
a depleted population. Mar. Mammal Sci. 19(3):529-544.
Online. (.pdf, 300KB).
SHORT, J. W., and R. A. HEINTZ.
2003. Normal alkanes and the unresolved complex mixture as diagnostic
indicators of hydrocarbon source contributions to marine sediments of
the northern Gulf of Alaska, p. 155-168. In Proceedings of the
Twenty-sixth Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program (AMOP) Technical
Seminar, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ont.
SHORT, J. W., S. D. RICE, R. A. HEINTZ,
M. G. CARLS, and A. MOLES.
2003. Long-term effects of crude oil on developing fish: Lessons from the
Exxon Valdez oil spill. Energy Sources 25:509-517.
SIMPKINS, M. A., L. M. HIRUKI-RARING, G. SHEFFIELD,
J. M. GREBMEIER, and J. L. BENGTSON.
2003. Habitat selection by ice-associated pinnipeds near St. Lawrence
Island, Alaska in March 2001. Polar Biol. 26:577-586.
SIMPKINS, M. A., D. E. WITHROW, J. C. CESARONE,
and P. L. BOVENG.
2003. Stability in the proportion of harbor seals hauled out under
locally ideal conditions. Mar. Mammal Sci. 19(4):791 805.
STAFFORD, K. M.
2003. Two types of blue whale calls recorded in the Gulf of Alaska.
Mar. Mammal Sci. 19(4):682 693.
STERN, H. L., and M. P. HEIDE-JØRGENSEN.
2003. Trends and variability of sea ice in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait,
1953-2001. Polar Res. 22(1):11-18.
STEVENS, B. G.
2003. Settlement, substratum preference, and survival of red king crab
Paralithodes camtschaticus (Tilesius, 1815) glaucothoe on natural substrata
in the laboratory. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 283:63-78.
STEVENS, B. G.
2003. Timing of aggregation and larval release by Tanner crabs, Chionoecetes
bairdi, in relation to tidal current patterns. Fish. Res. 65:201-216.
STEVICK, P. T., J. ALLEN, P. J. CLAPHAM, N. FRIDAY, S. K. KATONA,
F. LARSEN, J. LIEN, D. K. MATTILA, P. J. PALSBØL, J. SIGURJÓNSSON, T. D.
SMITH, N. ØIEN, and P. S. HAMMOND.
2003. North Atlantic humpback whale abundance and rate of increase four
decades after protection from whaling. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 258:263-273.
Online. (.pdf, 765KB).
STONE, R. P., and M. M. MASUDA.
2003. Characteristics of benthic sediments from areas open and
closed to bottom trawling in the Gulf of Alaska, U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA
Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-140, 40 p. + Appendices (111 p.).
Online. (.pdf, 3.58MB).
STONE, R. P., M. MASUDA, and J. E. CLARK.
2003. Growth of male Tanner crabs Chionoecetes bairdi
in a Southeast Alaska estuary.
Alaska Fish. Res. Bull. 10:137-148.
Online. (.pdf, 1.78 MB).
STONER, A. W.
2003. What constitutes essential nursery habitat for a marine species?
A case study of habitat form and function for queen conch. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 257:275-289.
Online. (.pdf, 1.2MB).
STONER, A. W.
2003. Hunger and light level alter response to bait by Pacific halibut: laboratory
analysis of detection, location and attack. J. Fish Biol. 62:1176-1193.
STONER, A. W., and M. L. OTTMAR.
2003. Relationships between size-specific sediment preferences and burial capabilities
in juveniles of two Alaska flatfishes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 282:85-101.
STONER, A. W., and R. H. TITGEN.
2003. Biological structures and bottom type influence habitat choices
made by Alaska flatfishes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 292:43-59.
SWINEY, K. M., T. C. SHIRLEY, S. J. TAGGART, and C. E. O'CLAIR.
2003. Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, do not extrude eggs annually
in southeastern Alaska: an in situ study. Journal of Crustacean
Biology 23(2):280-288.
THOMPSON, G. G.
2003. Decision-theoretic estimation of the optimal catch using a stock
assessment model structured with respect to age, season, and area
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