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  • Williams, K., and Kotwicki, S. 2024. Midwater trawl comparison study for acoustic surveys of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in Alaska. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-484, 40 p.  Online.  (added 4-22-24).
     
  • McGowan, D., Jones, D., Levine, M., and McCarthy, A. 2024. Results of the acoustic-trawl surveyof walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the Shelikof Strait, March 2022 (DY2022-04). AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-04, 66 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.  Online.  (added 4-22-24).
     
  • Loher, T., Daly, B., Goodman, S. E., Litzow, M. A., Nault, A., Ryznar, E. R., and Zacher, L. S. 2024. 2023 early spring collaborative pot sampling (CPS1) for Bristol Bay District red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus). U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-483, 66 p. View Online.  Online.  (added 4-19-24).
     
  • Matta, M. E., Tribuzio, C. A., Davidson, L. N. K., Fuller, K. R., Dunne, G. C., & Andrews, A. H. (2024). A review of the Pacific sleeper shark Somniosus pacificus: biology and fishery interactions. Polar Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-024-03247-8   Online.  (added 4-16-24).
     
  • Thompson, A. R., Swalethorp, R., Alksne, M., Santora, J. A., Hazen, E. L., Leising, A., Satterthwaite, E., Sydeman, W. J., Anderson, C. R., Auth, T. D., Baumann-Pickering, S., Baumgardner, T., Bjorkstedt, E. P., Bograd, S. J., Bowlin, N. M., Burke, B. J., Daly, E. A., Dewar, H., Field, J. C., Fisher, J. L., Garfield, N., Gidding, A., Goericke, R., Golightly, R., Gómez-Ocampo, E., Gomez-Valdes, J., Hildebrand, J. A., Jacobson, K. C., Jacox, M. G., Jahncke, J., Johns, M., Jones, J. M., Lavaniegos, B., Mantua, N., McChesney, G. J., Medina, M. E., Melin, S. R., Miranda, L. E., Morgan, C. A., Nickels, C. F., Orben, R. A., Porquez, J. M., Preti, A., Robertson, R. R., Rudnick, D. L., Sakuma, K. M., Schacter, C. R., Schroeder, I. D., Scopel, L., Snodgrass, O. E., Thompson, S. A., Warzybok, P., Whitaker, K., Watson, W., Weber, E. D., & Wells, B. (2024). State of the California Current Ecosystem report in 2022: a tale of two La Niñas. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1294011   Online.  (added 4-15-24).
     
  • McInnes, J. D., Trites, A. W., Mathieson, C. R., Dahlheim, M. E., Moore, J. E., Olson, P. A, & Lester, K. M. (2024). Evidence for an oceanic population of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in offshore waters of California and Oregon. Aquatic Mammals, 50(2), 93-106. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.50.2.2024.93   Online.  (added 4-10-24).
     
  • Kennedy, A. S., Carroll, E. L., Zerbini, A. N., Baker, C. S., Bassoi, M., Beretta, N. A., Buss, D. L., Calderan, S., Cheeseman, T., Collins, M. A., Costa-Urrutia, P., Ensor, P., Groch, K., Leaper, R., Olson, P., Passadore, C., Riet-Sapriza, F. G., Vermeulen, E., Vilches, F., Wood, A. G., & Jackson, J. A. (2024). Photo-identification and satellite telemetry connect southern right whales from South Georgia Island (Islas Georgias del Sur) with multiple feeding and calving grounds in the southwest Atlantic. Marine Mammal Science, 40(2), e13089. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13089   Online.  (added 4-10-24).
     
  • Cheeseman, T., Barlow, J., Acebes, J. M., Audley, K., Bejder, L., Birdsall, C., Bracamontes, O. S., Bradford, A. L., Byington, J., Calambokidis, J., Cartwright, R., Cedarleaf, J., Chavez, A. J. G., Currie, J., De Castro, R. C., De Weerdt, J., Doe, N., Doniol-Valcroze, T., Dracott, K., Filatova, O., Finn, R., Flynn, K. R., Ford, J., Frisch-Jordán, A., Gabriele, C., Goodwin, B., Hayslip, C., Hildering, J., Hill, M. C., Jacobsen, J. K., Jiménez-López, M. E., Jones, M., Kobayashi, N., Lammers, M., Lyman, E., Malleson, M., Mamaev, E., Loustalot, P. M., Masterman, A., Matkin, C. O., McMillan, C., Moore, J., Moran, J., Neilson, J. L., Newell, H., Okabe, H., Olio, M., Ortega-Ortiz, C. D., Pack, A. A., Palacios, D. M., Pearson, H., Quintana-Rizzo, E., Barragán, R. R., Ransome, N., Rosales-Nanduca, H., Sharpe, F., Shaw, T., Southerland, K., Stack, S., Staniland, I., Straley, J., Szabo, A., Teerlink, S., Titova, O., Urban-Ramirez, J., van Aswegen, M., Vinicius, M., von Ziegesar, O., Witteveen, B., Wray, J., Yano, K., Yegin, I., Zwiefelhofer, D., & Clapham, P. (2024). Bellwethers of change: population modelling of North Pacific humpback whales from 2002 through 2021 reveals shift from recovery to climate response. Royal Society Open Science, 11(2), 231462. https://doi.org/doi:10.1098/rsos.231462   Online.  (added 4-9-24).
     
  • Thorson, J. T. (2024). Trees for fishes: The neglected role for phylogenetic comparative methods in fisheries science. Fish and Fisheries, 25(1), 168-179. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12800   Online.  (added 3-26-24).
     
  • Abookire, A. A., Copeman, L. A., Litzow, M. A., & Laurel, B. J. (2024). Seasonal shift in energy allocation from somatic growth to lipid storage and the link between pre-winter condition and overwintering potential in juvenile Pacific cod. ICES Journal of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae023   Online.  (added 3-26-24).
     
  • Long, W. C., Daly, B. J., & Cummiskey, P. A. (2024). Optimizing release strategies for red king crab stock enhancement: Effects of release timing. Fisheries Research, 274, 106975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.106975   Online.  (added 3-25-24).
     
  • Almeida, L. Z., Laurel, B. J., Thalmann, H. L., & Miller, J. A. (2024). Warmer, earlier, faster: Cumulative effects of Gulf of Alaska heatwaves on the early life history of Pacific cod. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00050   Online.  (added 3-14-24).
     
  • Warlick, A. J., Johnson, D. S., Sweeney, K. L., Gelatt, T. S., & Converse, S. J. (2023). Examining the effect of environmental variability on the viability of endangered Steller sea lions using an integrated population model. Endangered Species Research, 52, 343-361. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01282   Online.  (added 3-5-24).
     
  • Farley Jr, E. V., Yasumiishi, E. M., Murphy, J. M., Strasburger, W., Sewall, F., Howard, K., Garcia, S., & Moss, J. H. (2024). Critical periods in the marine life history of juvenile western Alaska chum salmon in a changing climate. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 726, 149-160. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14491  Online.  (added 2-20-24).
     
  • Zacher, L. S., Richar, J. I., Fedewa, E. J., Ryznar, E. R., and Litzow, M. A. 2024. The 2023 eastern and northern Bering Sea continental shelf trawl surveys: Results for commercial crab species. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-482, 264 p. View Online.  Online.  (added 2-20-24).
     
  • Ziel, H. L., S. M. Koslovsky, and G. M. Brady. 2024. Monitoring body condition of seals in Alaska: Phase III - test data collection. AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-03, 17 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.  Online.  (added 2-20-24).
     
  • Christman, C. L., Walcott, S. M., London, J. M., Richmond, E. L., and Koslovsky, S. M. 2024. Aerial surveys of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii ) in Behm Canal, Alaska. AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-02, 26 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.  Online.  (added 2-20-24).
     
  • Rogers, L. A., Monnahan, C. C., Williams, K., Jones, D. T., & Dorn, M. W. (2024). Climate-driven changes in the timing of spawning and the availability of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) to assessment surveys in the Gulf of Alaska. ICES Journal of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae005   Online.  (added 2-15-24).
     
  • Stone, R.P., Cairns, S.D., Opresko, D.M., Williams, G.C., & Masuda, M.M. (2023). A guide to the corals of Alaska. NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 23, 413 p. https://doi.org/10.7755/PP.23  Online.  (added 2-15-24).
     
  • Farley Jr, E. V., Yasumiishi, E. M., Murphy, J. M., Strasburger, W., Sewall, F., Howard, K., Garcia, S., & Moss, J. H. (2024). Critical periods in the marine life history of juvenile western Alaska chum salmon in a changing climate. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 726, 149-160. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14491   Online.  (added 2-15-24).
     
  • Murphy, J.M., E.A. Fergusson, J.E. Lerner, T.W. Miller, E.V. Farley, and B.P.V. Hunt. 2023. Comparison of distell fatmeter measurements and laboratory-based estimates of pre-dorsal muscle lipid in chum and sockeye salmon during the 2022 International Year of the Salmon Expedition. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Technical Report 22:34-37. https://doi.org/10.23849/JJGF6393  Online.  (added 2-15-24).
     
  • Murphy, J. M., E. A. Fergusson, T. W. Miller, E. V. Farley Jr., and R. M. Suryan. (2023). Lipid accumulation rates in chum and sockeye salmon during the 2022 International Year of the Salmon survey aboard the F/V Northwest Explorer. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Technical Report 22:30-34. https://doi.org/10.23849/JJGF6393  Online.  (added 2-14-24).
     
  • Rovellini, A., Punt, A. E., Bryan, M. D., Kaplan, I. C., Dorn, M. W., Aydin, K., Fulton, E. A., Alglave, B., Baker, M. R., Carroll, G., Ferriss, B. E., Haltuch, M. A., Hayes, A. L., Hermann, A. J., Hernvann, P.-Y., Holsman, K. K., Liu, O. R., McHuron, E., Morzaria-Luna, H. N., Moss, J., Surma, S., & Weise, M. T. (2024). Linking climate stressors to ecological processes in ecosystem models, with a case study from the Gulf of Alaska. ICES Journal of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae002   Online.  (added 1-24-24).
     
  • Matta, M. E., and Helser, T. E. (editors). 2024. Proceedings of the Fourth Research Workshop on the Rapid Estimation of Fish Age Using Fourier Transform Near Infrared Spectroscopy. AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-01, 524 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.   Online.  (added 1-23-24).
     
  • Wade, P. R., Sims, C., Baker, C. S., Goetz, K., McGuire, T., Michel, R., Moisan, M., and Parsons, K. 2024. Remote-biopsy surveys of Cook Inlet beluga whales: Field Report for 2017-2019. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-481, 82 p.   Online.  (added 1-18-24).
     
  • Siwicke, K., and Malecha, P. 2024. The 2023 longline survey of the Gulf of Alaska and eastern Bering Sea on the FV Alaskan Leader: Cruise Report AL-23-01. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-480, 39 p.  Online.  (added 1-18-24).
     
  • Li, L., Hollowed, A. B., Cokelet, E. D., Keller, A. A., Barbeaux, S. J., McClure, M. M., & Palsson, W. A. (2024). The relative influence of temperature and ontogeny on groundfish distribution varies across life stages. Fish and Fisheries, 25(1), 82-96. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12792   Online.  (added 1-8-24).
     
  • Shotwell, S. K., Blackhart, K., Cunningham, C., Fedewa, E., Hanselman, D., Aydin, K., Doyle, M., Fissel, B., Lynch, P., Ormseth, O., Spencer, P., & Zador, S. (2023). Introducing the Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Profile, a proving ground for next generation stock assessments. Coastal Management, 1-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2023.2291858   Online.  (added 1-8-24).
     
  • Sweeney, K. L., Birkemeier, B., Luxa, K., and Gelatt, T. 2023. Results of the Steller sea lion surveys in Alaska, June–July 2023. AFSC Processed Rep. 2023-08, 36 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.  Online.  (added 1-2-24).
     
  • von Szalay, P. G., Raring, N. W., Siple, M. C., Dowlin, A. N, Riggle, B. C., and Laman, E. A. 2023. Data Report: 2022 Aleutian Islands bottom trawl survey. AFSC Processed Rep. 2023-07, 230 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.   Online.  (added 1-2-24).
     
  • Murphy, J., Dimond, J., Cooper, D., Garcia, S., Lee, E., Clark, J., Pinchuk, A., Reedy, M., Miller, T., Howard, K., Ferguson, J., Strasburger, W., Labunski, E., and Farley, E. Jr. 2023. Northern Bering Sea ecosystem and surface trawl cruise report, 2021. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-479, 136 p.  Online.  (added 1-2-24).
     
  • Schmidt, K., Graeve, M., Hoppe, C. J. M., Torres-Valdes, S., Welteke, N., Whitmore, L. M., Anhaus, P., Atkinson, A., Belt, S. T., Brenneis, T., Campbell, R. G., Castellani, G., Copeman, L. A., Flores, H., Fong, A. A., Hildebrandt, N., Kohlbach, D., Nielsen, J. M., Parrish, C. C., Rad-Menéndez, C., Rokitta, S. D., Tippenhauer, S., & Zhuang, Y. (2024). Essential omega-3 fatty acids are depleted in sea ice and pelagic algae of the Central Arctic Ocean. Global Change Biology, 30(1), e17090. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17090   Online.  (added 12-22-23).
     
  • Eurich, J. G., Friedman, W. R., Kleisner, K. M., Zhao, L. Z., Free, C. M., Fletcher, M., Mason, J. G., Tokunaga, K., Aguion, A., Dell'Apa, A., Dickey-Collas, M., Fujita, R., Golden, C. D., Hollowed, A. B., Ishimura, G., Karr, K. A., Kasperski, S., Kisara, Y., Lau, J. D., Mangubhai, S., Osman, L., Pecl, G. T., Schmidt, J. O., Allison, E. H., Sullivan, P. J., Cinner, J. E., Griffis, R. B., McClanahan, T. R., Stedman, R. C., & Mills, K. E. (2024). Diverse pathways for climate resilience in marine fishery systems. Fish and Fisheries, 25(1), 38-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12790   Online.  (added 12-22-23).
     
  • Gibson, G. A., Stockhausen, W. T., Shotwell, K., Deary, A. L., Pirtle, J. L., Coyle, K. O., & Hermann, A. J. (2023). Can seamounts in the Gulf of Alaska be a spawning ground for sablefish settling in coastal nursery grounds? Fisheries Research, 261, 106625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106625   Online.  (added 12-21-23).
     
  • Harris, J., Pirtle, J. L., Laman, E. A., Siple, M. C., & Thorson, J. T. (2023). An ensemble approach to species distribution modelling reconciles systematic differences in estimates of habitat utilization and range area. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14559   Online.  (added 12-21-23).
     
  • Mullowney, D. R. J., Baker, K. D., Szuwalski, C. S., Boudreau, S. A., Cyr, F., & Kaiser, B. A. (2023). Sub-Arctic no more: Short- and long-term global-scale prospects for snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) under global warming. PLOS Climate, 2(10), e0000294. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000294  Online.  (added 12-6-23).
     
  • Szuwalski, C. S., Hollowed, A. B., Holsman, K. K., Ianelli, J. N., Legault, C. M., Melnychuk, M. C., Ovando, D., & Punt, A. E. (2023). Unintended consequences of climate-adaptive fisheries management targets. Fish and Fisheries, 24(3), 439-453. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12737   Online.  (added 12-6-23).
     
  • Hulson, P.-J. F., & Williams, B. C. (2024). Inclusion of ageing error and growth variability using a bootstrap estimation of age composition and conditional age-at-length input sample size for fisheries stock assessment models. Fisheries Research, 270, 106894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106894   Online.  (added 12-6-23).
     
  • Crawford, S. G., Coker, R. H., O’Hara, T. M., Breed, G. A., Gelatt, T., Fadely, B., Burkanov, V., Rivera, P. M., & Rea, L. D. (2023). Fasting durations of Steller sea lion pups vary among subpopulations—evidence from two plasma metabolites. Conservation Physiology, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coad084   Online.  (added 12-6-23).
     
  • Hollarsmith, J. A., Cornett, J. C., Evenson, E., & Tugaw, A. (2023). A century of canopy kelp persistence and recovery in the Gulf of Alaska. Annals of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad149   Online.  (added 12-6-23).
     
  • Higham, M., Ver Hoef, J. M., Bryce, F., and Dumelle, M. (2023). sptotal: An R package for predicting totals and weighted sums from spatial data. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(85), 5363. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05363   Online.  (added 12-5-23).
     
  • Brewer, A. M., Castellote, M., Van Cise, A. M., Gage, T., & Berdahl, A. M. (2023). Communication in Cook Inlet beluga whales: Describing the vocal repertoire and masking of calls by commercial ship noise. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154(5), 3487-3505. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0022516   Online.  (added 12-5-23).
     
  • Barrowclift, E., Gravel, S. M., Pardo, S. A., Bigman, J. S., Berggren, P., & Dulvy, N. K. (2023). Tropical rays are intrinsically more sensitive to overfishing than the temperate skates. Biological Conservation, 281, 110003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110003   Online.  (added 12-4-23).
     
  • TenBrink, T. T., Gburski, C. K., & Hutchinson, C. E. (2023). Growth, distribution, and mortality of light dusky rockfish and harlequin rockfish in the Aleutian Islands. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 15(5), e10268. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10268  Online.  (added 12-4-23).
     
  • Santos-Fernández, E., Ver Hoef, J., McGree, J., Isaak, D., Mengersen, K., & Peterson, E. (2023). SSNbayes: An R package for Bayesian spatio-temporal modelling on stream networks. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.36295.42401   Online.  (added 12-1-23).
     
  • Kralicek, K., Ver Hoef, J. M., Barrett, T. M., & Temesgen, H. (2023). Spatial Bayesian models project shifts in suitable habitat for Pacific Northwest tree species under climate change. Ecosphere, 14(3), e4449. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4449   Online.  (added 12-1-23).
     
  • Ver Hoef, J. M., Dumelle, M., Higham, M., Peterson, E. E., & Isaak, D. J. (2023). Indexing and partitioning the spatial linear model for large data sets. PLOS ONE, 18(11), e0291906. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291906   Online.  (added 12-1-23).
     
  • Sucunza, F.., Danielewicz, D., Ott, P., Neves, A., A. Martins, & A. Zerbini. (2023). Distribution, population size and IUCN Red Listing of an isolated population of the threatened franciscana. Endangered Species Research 52, 17-26. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01262   Online.  (added 12-1-23).
     
  • Mesnick, S., Reeves, R., Wade, P., Brakes, P., & Hersh, T. (2023). Cetacean sociality, reproduction, and conservation. In B. Wursig & D. N. Orbach (Eds), Sex in cetaceans: Morphology, behavior, and the evolution of sexual strategies (pp. 571-602). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35651-3_24   Online.  (added 11-29-23).
     
  • Charlton, C., Christiansen, F., Ward, R., Mackay, A.., Andrews-Goff, V., Zerbini, A., Childerhouse, S., Guggenheimer, S., O'Shanessy, B., & Brownell, R. L., Jr. (2023). Evaluating short- to medium-term effects of implantable satellite tags on southern right whales Eubalaena australis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 155, 125-140. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03730   Online.  (added 11-29-23).
     
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