AFSC 2016 Publications List

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BANAS, N. S., E. F. MØLLER, T. G. NIELSEN, and L. B. EISNER.
  2016. Copepod life strategy and population viability in response to prey timing and temperature: Testing a new model across latitude, time, and the size spectrum. Front. Mar. Sci. 3:225. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00225.

BARBEAUX, S. J., S. ROMAIN, E. LOGERWELL, and D. FRASER.
  2016. Aleutian Islands Cooperative Acoustic Survey Study, 2007. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-319, 35 p.  Online (.pdf, 1.2 MB).

BARTON, M.B., J. R. MORAN, J. J. VOLLENWEIDER, R A. HEINTZ, and K. M. BOSWELL. 2016. Latitudinal dependence of body condition, growth rate, and stable isotopes of juvenile capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the Bering and Chukchi seas. Polar Biol. Early online. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1007/s00300-016-2041-8.

BECKMEN, K. B., M. J. KEOGH, K. A. BUREK-HUNTINGTON, G. M. YLITALO, B. S. FADELY, and K. W. PITCHER.
  2016. Organochlorine contaminant concentrations in multiple tissues of free-ranging Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska. Sci. Tot. Environ. 542:441-452.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.119

BEKLEMISHEVA, V. R., P. L. PERELMAN, N. A. LEMSKAYA, A. I. KULEMZINA, A. A. PROSKURYAKOVA, V. N. BURKANOV, and A. S. GRAPHODATSKY.
  2016. The ancestral carnivore karyotype as substantiated by comparative chromosome painting of three pinnipeds, the walrus, the Steller sea lion and the Baikal seal (Pinnipedia, Carnivora). PLoS One 11(1):15.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147647

BEKLEMISHEVA, V., P. PERELMAN, N. LEMSKAYA, A. KULEMZINA, A. PROSKURYAKOVA, V. BURKANOV, and A. GRAPHODATSKY.
  2016. Refinement of the ancestral carnivore karyotype based on comparative chromosome painting of pinnipeds (Pinnipedia, Carnivora). Cytogenet. Genome Res. 148(2-3):105-105.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000446523

BELONOVICH, O. A., S. V. FOMIN, V. N. BURKANOV, R. D. ANDREWS, and R. W. DAVIS.
  2016. Foraging behavior of lactating northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) in the Commander Islands, Russia. Polar Biol. 39(2):357-363.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-015-1786-9

BORTOLOTTO, G. A., D. DANILEWICZ, A. ANDRIOLO, and A. N. ZERBINI.
  2016. Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) group sizes in line transect ship surveys: An evaluation of observer errors. Zoologia 33(1):e20150133.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689zool-20150133

BOSWELL, K. M., G. RIEUCAU, J. J. VOLLENWEIDER, J. R. MORAN, R. A. HEINTZ, J. K. BLACKBURN, and D. J. CSEPP.
  2016. Are spatial and temporal patterns in Lynn Canal overwintering Pacific herring related to top predator activity? Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 73:1307-1318.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0192

BROMS, K. M., M. B. HOOTEN, D. S. JOHNSON, R. ALTWEGG, and L. L. CONQUEST.
  2016. Dynamic occupancy models for explicit colonization processes. Ecology 97(1):194-204.  http://dx.doi.org/0.1890/15-0416.1

CAHALAN, J., C. FAUNCE, J. BONNEY, and R. SWANSON.
  2016. A field test of fisheries observer sampling methods for estimation of at-sea discards. Fish. Res. 174:219-233.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2015.10.004.

CARDENAS, S. A., and D. K. LEW.
  2016. Factors influencing willingness to donate to marine endangered species recovery in the Galapagos National Park, Ecuador. Front. Mar. Sci. 3:60.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00060.

CARLSON, S. B., C. SIMS, and S. BRUNNER.
  2016. Cook inlet beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, observations near anchorage between 2008 and 2011: Results from a citizen scientist project Mar. Fish. Rev. 77(2):115-129. http://dx.doi.org/10.7755/MFR.77.2.7.

CASTELLOTE, M., and C. LLORENS.
  2016. Review of the effects of offshore seismic surveys in cetaceans: Are mass strandings a possibility? p. 133-143. In A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins, editors. Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

CASTELLOTE, M., R. J. SMALL, M. O. LAMMERS, J. J. JENNIGES, J. MONDRAGON, and S. ATKINSON.
  2016. Dual instrument passive acoustic monitoring of belugas in Cook Inlet, Alaska. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 139(5):2697-2707.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4947427

CLAPHAM, P. J.
  2016. Managing leviathan: Conservation challenges for the great whales in a post-whaling world. Oceanography 29(3):214-225.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.70

CLAPHAM, P. J., and Y. V. IVASHCHENKO.
  2016. Stretching the truth: Length data highlight falsification of Japanese sperm whale catch statistics in the southern hemisphere. Royal Soc. Open Sci. 3(9).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160506

CONN, P. B., E. E. MORELAND, E. V. REGEHR, E. L. RICHMOND, M. F. CAMERON, and P. L. BOVENG.
  2016 Using simulation to evaluate wildlife survey designs: Polar bears and seals in the Chukchi Sea. Royal Soc. Open Sci. 3:150561.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150561.

CONNER, J., and R. R. LAUTH.
  2016. Results of the 2013 eastern Bering Sea continental shelf bottom trawl survey of groundfish and invertebrate resources. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-331, 153 p.  Online (.pdf, 7.4 MB).

COPEMAN, L. A., B. J. LAUREL, K. M. BOSWELL, A. L. SREMBA, K. KLINCK, R. A. HEINTZ, J. J. VOLLENWEIDER, T. E. HELSER, and M. L. SPENCER.
  2016. Ontogenetic and spatial variability in trophic biomarkers of juvenile saffron cod (Eleginus gracilis) from the Beaufort, Chukchi and Bering Seas. Polar Biol. 39:1109-1126.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-015-1792-y

CORNICK, L. A., L. T. QUAKENBUSH, S. A. NORMAN, C. PASI, P. MASLYK, K. A. BUREK, C. E. C. GOERTZ, and R. C. HOBBS.
  2016. Seasonal and developmental differences in blubber stores of beluga whales in Bristol Bay, Alaska using high-resolution ultrasound. J. Mammal. 97(4):1238-1248.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw074

CORTES-HINOJOSA, G., F. M. D. GULLAND, R. DELONG, T. GELATT, L. ARCHER, and J. F. X. WELLEHAN, Jr.
  2016. A novel gammaherpesvirus in northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) is closely related to the California sea lion (Zalophus Californianus) carcinoma-associated otarine herpesvirus-1. J. Wildlife Diseases 52(1):88-95.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7589/2015-03-060

DAHLHEIM, M., and M. CASTELLOTE.
  2016. Changes in the acoustic behavior of gray whales Eschrichtius robustus in response to noise. Endang. Spec. Res. 31:227-242. Early online. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr00759.

DALY B. J., C. E. ARMISTEAD, and R. J. FOY.
  2016. The 2016 eastern Bering Sea continental shelf bottom trawl survey: Results for commercial crab. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-327, 167 p.  Online (.pdf, 26 MB).

DEKELING, R., M. TASKER, M. AINSLIE, M. ANDERSSON, M. ANDRE, F. BORSANI, K. BRENSING, M. CASTELLOTE, J. DALEN, T. FOLEGOT, S. VAN DER GRAAF, R. LEAPER, A. LIEBSCHNER, J. PAJALA, S. ROBINSON, P. SIGRAY, G. SUTTON, F. THOMSEN, S. WERNER, D. WITTEKIND, and J. V. YOUNG.
  2016. The European marine strategy: Noise monitoring in European marine waters from 2014, p. 205-215. In A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins, editors. Effects of noise on aquatic life II. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Di TULLIO, J. C., T. B. R. GANDRA, A. N. ZERBINI, and E. R. SECCHI.
  2016. Diversity and distribution patterns of cetaceans in the subtropical southwestern Atlantic outer continental shelf and slope. PloS One 11(5).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155841

ECHAVE, K. B.
  2016. Feasibility of tagging sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria, with pop-off satellite tags in the northeast Pacific Ocean. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-320, 38 p.  Online (.pdf, 1.5 MB).

EICH, A. M., K. R. MABRY, S .K. WRIGHT, and S. M. FITZGERALD. 2016. Seabird bycatch and mitigation efforts in Alaska fisheries Summary Report: 2007 through 2015. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/AKR-12, 47 p.http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-F/AKR-12.

ELLISON, W. T., R. RACCA, C. W. CLARK, B. STREEVER, A. S. FRANKEL, E. FLEISHMAN, R. ANGLISS, J. BERGER, D. KETTEN, M. GUERRA, M. LEU, M. MCKENNA, T. SFORMO, B. SOUTHALL, R. SUYDAM, and L. THOMAS.
  2016. Modeling the aggregated exposure and responses of bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus to multiple sources of anthropogenic underwater sound. Endang. Spec. Res. 30:95-108:  http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/esr00727

FARROW, K., A. BRINSON, K. WALLMO, and D. K. LEW.
  2016. Environmental attitudes in the aftermath of the Gulf Oil Spill. Ocean Coastal Manage. 119:128-134.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.10.001

FARRUGIA, T. J., K. J. GOLDMAN, C. TRIBUZIO, and A. C. SEITZ.
  2016. First use of satellite tags to examine movement and habitat use of big skates Beringraja binoculata in the Gulf of Alaska. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 556:209-221.  http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.3354/meps11842

FAUNCE, C. H.
  2016. Alternative sampling designs for the 2017 annual deployment plan of the North Pacific Observer Program, 33 p. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-338, 33 p. Online. (.pdf, 860 KB).

FAUNCE, C., J. GASPER, J. CAHALAN, S. LOWE, S. BARBEAUX, and R. WEBSTER.
  2016. Deployment performance review of the 2015 North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-322, 54 p.  Online. (.pdf, 1.8 MB).

FLEISHMAN, E., B. STREEVER, R. ANGLISS, C. W. CLARK, W. T. ELLISON, A. FRANKEL, J. GEDAMKE, M. LEU, M. MCKENNA, R. RACCA, S. SIMMONS, and R. SUYDAM.
  2016. Current status of development of methods to assess effects of cumulative or aggregated underwater sounds on marine mammals, p. 303-311. In A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins (editors). Effects of noise on aquatic life II. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

FOOTE, A. D., N. VIJAY, M. C. AVILA-ARCOS, R. W. BAIRD, J. W. DURBAN, M. FUMAGALLI, R. A. GIBBS, M. B. HANSON, T. S. KORNELIUSSEN, M. D. MARTIN, K. M. ROBERTSON, V. C. SOUSA, F. G. VIEIRA, T. VINAR, P. WADE, K. C. WORLEY, L. EXCOFFIER, P. A. MORIN, M. T. P. GILBERT, and J. B. W. WOLF.
  2016. Genome-culture coevolution promotes rapid divergence of killer whale ecotypes. Nat. Commun. 7.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11693

FRITZ, L., K. SWEENEY, R. TOWELL, and T. GELATT.
  2016. Aerial and ship-based surveys of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) conducted in Alaska in June-July 2013 through 2015, and an update on the status and trend of the western distinct population segment in Alaska. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-321, 72 p.  Online (.pdf, 1.8 MB).

FUJIWARA, A., T. HIRAWAKE, K. SUZUKI, L. EISNER, I. IMAI, S. NISHINO, T. KIKUCHI, and S. I. SAITOH.
  2016. Influence of timing of sea ice retreat on phytoplankton size during marginal ice zone bloom period on the Chukchi and Bering shelves. Biogeosciences 13:115-131. 10.5194/bg-13-115-2016.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-115-2016.

GARDNER, J. R., J. W. ORR, D. E. STEVENSON, I. SPIES, and D. A. SOMERTON.
  2016. Reproductive parasitism between distant phyla: Molecular identification of snailfish (Liparidae) egg masses in the gill cavities of king crabs (Lithodidae). Copeia 104:645-657. http://dx.doi.org/10.1643/CI-15-374.

GARVIN, M. R., W. D. TEMPLIN, A. J. GHARRETT, N. DECOVICH, C. M. KONDZELA, J. R. GUYON, and M. V. MCPHEE.
  2016. Potentially adaptive mitochondrial haplotypes as a tool to identify divergent nuclear loci. Methods Ecol. Evol. Early Online. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12698.

GODDARD, P., R. WILBORN, C. ROOPER, K. WILLIAMS, R. TOWLER, M. SIGLER, and P. MALECHA.
  2016. Results of the 2014 underwater camera survey of the eastern Bering Slope and Outer Shelf. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-313, 304 p.  Online (.pdf, 63.7 MB).

GROVES, P. A., B. ALCORN, M. M. WIEST, and J. M. MASELKO. 
  2016. Testing unmanned aircraft systems for salmon spawning surveys. Facets I: 187-204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/facets-2016-001.

GUTHRIE, C. M. III, HV. T. NGUYEN, and J. R. GUYON.
  2016. Genetic stock composition analysis of the Chinook salmon bycatch samples from the 2014 Gulf of Alaska trawl fisheries. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA TM-AFSC-311, 31 p.  Online (.pdf, 900 KB).

GUTHRIE, C. M. III, HV. T. NGUYEN, and J. R. GUYON.
  2016. Genetic stock composition analysis of the Chinook salmon bycatch from the 2014 Bering Sea walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) trawl fishery. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA-TM-AFSC-310, 25 p.  Online (.pdf, 880 KB).

HANDEGARD, N., K. BOSWELL, A. De ROBERTIS, G. MACAULAY, G. RIEUCAU, and L. SIVLE.
  2016. Investigating the effect of tones and frequency sweeps on the collective behavior of penned herring (Clupea harengus), p. 391-398. In A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins (editors), The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II. Springer, New York.

HARRISON, J., M. FERGUSON, J. GEDAMKE, L. HATCH, B. SOUTHALL, and S. VAN PARIJS.
  2016. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's cetacean and sound mapping effort: Continuing forward with an integrated ocean noise strategy, p. 409-416. In A. N. Popper and A. Hawkins (editors). Effects of noise on aquatic life II.Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

HELKER, V. T., M. M. MUTO, and L. A. JEMISON.
  2016. Human-caused injury and mortality of NMFS-managed Alaska marine mammal stocks, 2010-2014. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC- 315, 89 p.  Online (.pdf, 1 MB).

HIMES-CORNELL, A., and S. KASPERSKI.
  2016. Using socioeconomic and fisheries involvement indices to understand Alaska fishing community well-being. Coastal Manage. 44:36-70.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2016.1116671.

HIMES-CORNELL, A., C. MAGUIRE, S. KASPERSKI, K. HOELTING, and R. POLLNAC.
  2016. Understanding vulnerability in Alaska fishing communities: a validation methodology for rapid assessment of indices related to well-being. Ocean Coastal Manage. 124:53-65.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.02.004.

HOBBS, R. C., C. L. SIMS, K. E. W. SHELDEN, L. VATE BRATTSTROM, and D. J. RUGH.
  2016. Annual calf indices for beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, in Cook Inlet, Alaska, 2006-12. Mar. Fish. Rev. 77(2):40-58.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7755/MFR.77.2.3

HOBBS, R. C., P. R. WADE, and K. E. W. SHELDEN.
  2016. Viability of a small, geographically-isolated population of beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas: Effects of hunting, predation, and mortality events in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Mar. Fish. Rev. 77(2):59-88.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7755/MFR.77.2.4

HOFF, G. R.
  2016. Results of the 2016 eastern Bering Sea upper continental slope survey of groundfish and invertebrate resources. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-339, 272 p. Online (.pdf, 23 MB).

ISAAK, D. J., M. K. YOUNG, C. H. LUCE, S. W. HOSTETLER, S. J. WENGER, E. E. PETERSON, J. M. Ver HOEF, M. C. GROCE, D. L. HORAN, and D. E. NAGEL.
  2016. Slow climate velocities of mountain streams portend their role as refugia for cold-water biodiversity. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S. 113(16):4374-4379.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1522429113

JACKSON, J. A., E. L. CARROLL, T. D. SMITH, A. N. ZERBINI, N. J. PATENAUDE, and C. S. BAKER.
  2016. An integrated approach to historical population assessment of the great whales: Case of the New Zealand southern right whale. Royal Soc. Open Sci. 3:150669.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150669

JOHNSON, D. S., J. L. LAAKE, S. R. MELIN, and R. L. DELONG.
  2016. Multivariate state hidden Markov models for mark-recapture data. 31:233-244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/15-STS542.

KAISER, M. J., HILBORN, R., JENNINGS, S., AMAROSO, R., ANDERSEN, M., BALLIET, K., BARRATT, E., BERGSTAD, O. A., BISHOP, S., BOSTROM, J. L., BOYD, C., BRUCE, E. A., BURDEN, M., CAREY, C., CLERMONT, J., COLLIE, J. S., DELAHUNTY, A., DIXON, J., EAYRS, S., EDWARDS, N., FUJITA, R., GAUVIN, J., GLEASON, M., HARRIS, B., HE, P., HIDDINK, J. G., HUGHES, K. M., INOSTROZA, M., KENNY, A., KRITZER, J., KUNTZSCH, V., LASTA, M., LOPEZ, I., LOVERIDGE, C., LYNCH, D., MASTERS, J., MAZOR, T., McCONNAUGHEY, R. A., MOENNE, M., FRANCIS, NIMICK, A. M., OLSEN, A., PARKER, D., PARMA, A., PENNEY, C., PIERCE, D., PITCHER, R., POL, M., RICHARDSON, E., RIJNSDORP, A. D., RILATT, S., RODMELL, D. P., ROSE, C., SETHI, S. A., SHORT, K., SUURONEN, P., TAYLOR, E., WALLACE, S., WEBB, L., WICKHAM, E., WILDING, S. R., WILSON, A., WINGER, P. and SUTHERLAND, W. J.
  2016. Prioritization of knowledge-needs to achieve best practices for bottom trawling in relation to seabed habitats. Fish Fish. 17: 637–663. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faf.12134.

KASPERSKI, S.
  2016. Optimal multispecies harvesting in the presence of a nuisance species. Mar. Policy 64:55-63.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.11.009

KASTELLE, C. R., T. E. HELSER, S. G. WISCHNIOWSKI, T. LOHER, B. J. GOETZ, and L. A. KAUTZI.
  2016. Incorporation of bomb-produced ¹⁴C into fish otoliths: a novel approach for evaluating age validation and bias with an application to yellowfin sole and northern rockfish. Ecol. Modell. 320:79-91.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.09.013

KELLY, M., C. SIM-SMITH, R. STONE, T. SAMAAI, H. REISWIG, and W. AUSTIN.
  2016. New taxa and arrangements within the family Latrunculiidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). Zootaxa 4121(1):001-048. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4121.1.1

KERSHENBAUM, A., D. T. BLUMSTEIN, M. A. ROCH, C. AKCAY, G. BACKUS, M. A. BEE, K. BOHN, Y. CAO, G. CARTER, C. CASAR, M. COEN, S. L. DERUITER, L. DOYLE, S. EDELMAN, R. FERRER-I-CANCHO, T. M. FREEBERG, E. C. GARLAND, M. GUSTISON, H. E. HARLEY, C. HUETZ, M. HUGHES, J. H. BRUNO, A. ILANY, D. Z. JIN, M. JOHNSON, C. H. JU, J. KARNOWSKI, B. LOHR, M. B. MANSER, B. MCCOWAN, E. MERCADO, P. M. NARINS, A. PIEL, M. RICE, R. SALMI, K. SASAHARA, L. SAYIGH, Y. SHIU, C. TAYLOR, E. E. VALLEJO, S. WALLER, and V. ZAMORA-GUTIERREZ.
  2016. Acoustic sequences in non-human animals: a tutorial review and prospectus. Biol. Rev. 91(1):13-52.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12160

KING, R., B. T. McCLINTOCK, D. KIDNEY, and D. BORCHERS.
  2016. Capture-recapture abundance estimation using a semi-complete data likelihood approach. Ann. Appl. Stat. 10(1):264-285.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/15-AOAS890

KONDZELA, C. M., J. A. WHITTLE, D. YATES, S. C. VULSTEK, H. T. NGUYEN, and J. R. GUYON.
  2016. Genetic stock composition analysis of chum salmon from the prohibited species catch of the 2014 Bering Sea walleye pollock trawl fishery and Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-314, 49 p.  Online (.pdf, 2 MB).

LAAKE, J. L., S. R. MELIN, A. J. ORR, D. J. GREIG, K. C. PRAGER, R. L. DeLONG, and J. D. HARRIS.
  2016. California sea lion sex- and age-specific morphometry. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-312, 21 p.  Online (.pdf, 631 KB).

LAUREL, B. J., M. SPENCER, P. ISERI, and L. A. COPEMAN. 2016. Temperature-dependent growth and behavior of juvenile Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) and co-occurring North Pacific gadids. Polar Biol. 39:1127-1135.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-015-1761-5.

LEFEBVRE, K. A., L. QUAKENBUSH, E. FRAME, K. B. HUNTINGTON, G. SHEFFIELD, R. STIMMELMAYR, A. BRYAN, P. KENDRICK, H. ZIEL, T. GOLDSTEIN, J. A. SNYDER, T. GELATT, F. GULLAND, B. DICKERSON, and V. GILL.
  2016. Prevalence of algal toxins in Alaskan marine mammals foraging in a changing Arctic and subarctic environment. Harmful Algae 55:13-24.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2016.01.007

LEHNERT, H., and R. P. STONE.
  2016. A comprehensive inventory of the Gulf of Alaska sponge fauna with the description of two new species and geographic range extensions. Zootaxa 4144:365-382.  http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4144.3.5.

LEW, D. K., D. PUTNAM, and D. M. LARSON.
  2016. Attitudes and preferences toward Pacific halibut management alternatives in the saltwater sport fishing charter sector in Alaska: Results from a survey of charter halibut permit holders. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-326, 58 p.  Online (.pdf, 1.8 MB).

LONG, W. C.
  2016. A new quantitative model of multiple transitions between discrete stages, applied to the development of crustacean larvae. Fish. Bull., U.S. 114:58–66.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7755/FB.114.1.5

LONG, W. C., and S. B. Van SANT.
  2016. Embryo development in golden king crab (Lithodes aequispinus). Fish. Bull., U.S. 114:67–76.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7755/FB.114.1.6

LUNDIN, J. I., R. L. DILLS, G. M. YLITALO, M. B. HANSON, C. K. EMMONS, G. S. SCHORR, J. AHMAD, J. A. HEMPELMANN, K. M. PARSONS, and S. K. WASSER.
  2016. Persistent organic pollutant determination in killer whale scat samples: Optimization of a gas chromatography/mass spectrometry method and application to field samples. Arch. Environ. Contamin. Toxicol. 70(1):9-19.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00244-015-0218-8

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