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50 citations most recently added to the Pubs Database:

  • Szuwalski, C., Alglave, B., Balstad, L. J., Olmos, M., Punt, A. E., Richar, J., Stockhausen, W., and Veron, M. 2026. Density dependence modulates climate change impacts on eastern Bering Sea snow crab. Journal of Applied Ecology, 63(3), e70316.   Online.  (added 3-12-26).
     
  • Ferriss, B. E., Hunsicker, M. E., Ward, E. J., Litzow, M. A., Rogers, L., Callahan, M., Cheng, W., Danielson, S. L., Drummond, B., Fergusson, E., Gabriele, C., Hebert, K., Hopcroft, R. R., Nielsen, J., Spalinger, K., Stockhausen, W. T., Strasburger, W. W., and Whelan, S. 2025. Identifying common trends and ecosystem states to inform Gulf of Alaska ecosystem-based fisheries management. PLoS One, 20(6), e0324154.   Online.  (added 3-12-26).
     
  • Ferriss, B. E., Connors, B. M., Crozier, L. G., Anderson, S. C., Boldt, J. L., Cheng, W., Edwards, A. M., Freshwater, C., Gertseva, V., Huff, D. D., Hunsicker, M. E., Jacox, M. G., King, J., Oken, K. L., Peña, M. A., Rogers, L. A., Rooper, C. N., Ross, T., Sastri, A.,…Ward, E. J. 2026. Leveraging transboundary science to support Northeast Pacific fisheries and protected species management. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 83(3).   Online.  (added 3-11-26).
     
  • Zerbini, A. N., S.Fernández, S.Fermepin, et al. 2026. Development of a short, integrated, consolidated satellite tag designed to anchor in the blubber of right whales (Eubalaena spp.). Marine Mammal Science 42(2): e70130.   Online.  (added 3-10-26).
     
  • Lurbur, M., Wilson, K. C., and Yochum, N. 2026. Towards automated bycatch monitoring: Optimizing and evaluating multi-object tracking of salmon in pollock trawls. Ecological Informatics, 94, 103674. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103674   Online.  (added 3-10-26).
     
  • Urmy, S. S., Ressler, P. H., and De Robertis, A. 2026. Estimating uncertainty from multiple sources in acoustic-trawl surveys. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 83, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2025-0279   Online.  (added 3-10-26).
     
  • Castellote, M., and Knoth, J. 2026. Beluga whale acoustic monitoring during pile driving at the Port of Alaska, 2021. AFSC Processed Rep. 2026-04, 19 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.   Online.  (added 3-9-26).
     
  • Sullivan, J. Y., and Omori, K. L. 2026. A Tier 4 toolkit for Alaska groundfish stocks: Methods, diagnostics, and examples. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-512, 47 p.   Online.  (added 3-9-26).
     
  • Shelden, K. E. W., Young, N. C., Mahoney, B. A, Parsons, K. M., Castellote, M., Brower, A. A., Angliss, R. P., Bengtson, J. L., and Friday, N. A. 2026. Evaluation of beluga whales in Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, as a demographically independent population. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-511, 51 p.  Online.  (added 3-9-26).
     
  • Kapur, M., Morell, A., and Siple, M. 2026. Eco-evolutionary drivers of survey bias and consequences for fisheries stock assessment. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 83(3).   Online.  (added 3-6-26).
     
  • Essington, T. E., Thorson, J. T., and Deutsch, C. 2026. Predicting oxygen thresholds of marine taxa to improve ecological forecasts. Ecography, 2026(3), e08374.   Online.  (added 3-4-26).
     
  • Agarwal, K., Rooper, C. N., and Williams, K. 2026. Seabed classification in the Gulf of Alaska from acoustic surveys using deep learning. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. e70037.   Online.  (added 3-2-26).
     
  • Agarwal, K., Rooper, C. N., and Williams, K. 2026. Seabed classification in the Gulf of Alaska from acoustic surveys using deep learning. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. e70037.   Online.  (added 3-2-26).
     
  • Conn, P. B., Shelden, K. E. W., Brower, A. A., Christman, C. L., and Goetz, K. T. 2026. Abundance and distribution of eastern Bering Sea belugas from 2024 aerial line-transect surveys U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-510, 35 p.   Online.  (added 2-23-26).
     
  • Siwicke, K., and Malecha, P. 2026. The 2025 longline survey of the Gulf of Alaska on the FV Alaskan Leader: Cruise Report AL-25-01. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-509, 32 p.  Online.  (added 2-23-26).
     
  • Vulstek, S. C., and Russell, J. R. 2026. Auke Creek Research Station Report: Data summary and historical trends from 1980 to 2024, June-August 2024. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-508, 48 p.  Online.  (added 2-23-26).
     
  • McCarthy, A., Honkalehto, T., and Lauffenburger, N. 2026. Results of the acoustic-trawl survey of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the eastern Bering Sea, June-August 2024 (DY2024-08). U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-507, 68 p.  Online.  (added 2-23-26).
     
  • Kurtay, G., Staneva, V., Nielsen, J. M., Gann, J. C., Mordy, C. W., and Tabisola, H. 2026. From collection to analysis: Developing data pipelines for imaging FlowCytobot to support ecological monitoring in the waters of Alaska. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-506, 36 p.  Online.  (added 2-23-26).
     
  • Dowlin, A. N., Siple, M. C., and von Szalay, P. G. 2026. Data Report: 2024 Aleutian Islands bottom trawl survey. AFSC Processed Rep. 2026-03, 190 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.  Online.  (added 2-23-26).
     
  • Riggle, B. C., Siple, M. C., von Szalay, P. G., and Raring, N. W. 2026. Data Report: 2021 Gulf of Alaska bottom trawl survey. AFSC Processed Rep. 2026-02, 174 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.  Online.  (added 2-23-26).
     
  • Goetz, K. T., Brower, A. A., Christman, C. L., Zerbini, A. N., Citta, J. J., and Angliss, R. P. 2026. Bowhead and beluga distribution and abundance aerial survey field report, 2025. AFSC Processed Rep. 2026-01, 30 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.  Online.  (added 2-23-26).
     
  • Goldstein, E. D., Matta, M. E., Rohan, S. K., and Siple, M. C. 2026. Ocean warming differentially impacts demographics of marine fish with contrasting life histories in two large marine ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 778, 1-24.   Online.  (added 2-10-26).
     
  • McGowan, D. W., Ormseth, O., Thorson, J. T., Ferriss, B. E., Rogers, L. A., Siple, M. C., Vollenweider, J. J., Zaleski, M., and Zeppelin, T. K. 2026. Research inventory and recommendations regarding marine forage species in Alaska. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-505, 58 p.  Online.  (added 2-2-26).
     
  • Cadrin, S. X., and Goethel, D. R. 2026. Divergent and convergent histories of fishery stock assessment methods in the ICES community and beyond. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 83(1).  Online.  (added 1-27-26).
     
  • Lindsay, J. M., Conn, P. B., Boveng, P. L., Crawford, J. A., Quakenbush, L. T., Von Duyke, A. L., and Laidre, K. L. 2026. Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) haul-out behavior and emergence timing in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas. Ecology and Evolution, 16(1), e72948.   Online.  (added 1-26-26).
     
  • Trukhanova, I. S., Altukhov, A. V., and Burkanov, V. N. 2026. Spotted seal (Phoca largha) abundance and size composition at summer haulouts in the southwestern Bering Sea. Aquatic Mammals 59(1): 54-69.  Online.  (added 1-22-26).
     
  • Lin, Z., Ito, S.-i., Baudron, A., Stawitz, C., Tomiyama, T., Fujiwara, K., Spencer, P. D., and Morrongiello, J. 2026. A state-space approach reveals that competition drives variation in fish body weight, with influences from environmental conditions and fishing pressure. Progress in Oceanography, 240, 103582.   Online.  (added 1-22-26).
     
  • Reum, J. C. P., Thorson, J. T., and Fedewa, E. J. 2026. Joint spatiotemporal models for the estimation of prey consumption and predator–prey overlap: Dynamics of Pacific cod predation on snow and Tanner crab in the eastern Bering Sea. Fisheries Oceanography, Early Online.  Online.  (added 1-20-26).
     
  • Schaal, S. M., Larson, W., Vollenweider, J., Miller, K., Klenz, T., Maselko, J., Neff, D., Tobin, C., McDermott, S., and Spies, I. 2026. Genetic data reveal nonlocal juvenile recruitment and variable seasonal movement of a highly mobile marine fish across Alaska. Evolutionary Applications, 19(1), e70174.   Online.  (added 1-20-26).
     
  • Gredzens, C., Kingham, A., and Jannot, J. E. 2026. Evaluating and advancing the use of shore-based observers for scientific sampling and catch verification in high-volume fisheries. Fisheries Management and Ecology, Early Online.  Online.  (added 1-20-26).
     
  • Rogers, L. A., Axler, K. E., and Bigman, J. S. 2026. Widespread phenological shifts with temperature in Alaska's marine fishes. Global Change Biology, 32(1), e70708.   Online.  (added 1-20-26).
     
  • Seung, C. K. 2026. MEY and MSY in a general equilibrium. Environmental and Resource Economics, 89(1), 7.   Online.  (added 1-13-26).
     
  • Grüss, A., Allyn, A. J., Thorson, J. T., Mills, K. E., Yasumiishi, E., Pinkerton, M. H., Parsons, D. M., and Sibanda, N. 2025. Probabilistic forecasts of fish abundances With spatio-temporal models to support fisheries management. Fish and Fisheries, 26(6), 1180-1197.   Online.  (added 1-7-26).
     
  • Lindmark, M., Anderson, S. C., and Thorson, J. T. 2026. Estimating scale-dependent covariate responses using two-dimensional diffusion derived from the stochastic partial differential equation method. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 17(1), 207-218.   Online.  (added 1-7-26).
     
  • Nielsen, J. M., Lomas, M. W., Eisner, L. B., Pelland, N. A., Hospital, S. B., Lange, P. K., Mordy, C. W., Gann, J. C., Stabeno, P. J., Tabisola, H. M., & Sullivan, M. E. 2026. Transient shifts in Bering Sea shelf phytoplankton size structure in response to wind-induced mixing. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 11(1), e70084.   Online.  (added 1-7-26).
     
  • Chinn, S. M., Mahoney, P. J., Jaime, E., and Melin, S. R. 2025. Abundance and distribution of northern elephant seals in California. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-504, 24 p.   Online.  (added 1-5-26).
     
  • Kearney, K. A., Cheng, W., and Hermann, A. J. 2025. A biogeochemical model intercomparison for the eastern Bering Sea shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(12), e2025JC022634. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC022634   Online.  (added 1-5-26).
     
  • DeFilippo, L. B., Larson, W. A., Barry, P. D., Cunningham, C. J., Langan, J. A., Garcia, S., Howard, K. G., Ianelli, J. N., and Stram, D. L. 2025. Drivers and dynamics of salmon bycatch in the eastern Bering Sea pollock fishery. Fish and Fisheries, 26(6), 1107-1121.   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Ledger, K. J., Everett, M., Nichols, K. M., Larson, W. A., and Baetscher, D. S. 2025. Development and validation of an eDNA primer set for rockfishes in the Alaska Current provides a new tool for fisheries management. Environmental DNA, 7(4), e70176. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70176   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Singh, W., Trochta, J. T., Murphy, H. M., McGowan, D. W., Adamack, A. T., Arimitsu, M. L., Barðarson, B., Björnsson, H., Bogstad, B., Boudreau, M., Chambers, C., Gjøsæter, H., Jansen, T., Jónsson, S. Þ., Kvamsdal, S., Lewis, R. S., Mikkelsen, N., Pedersen, T., Olafsdottir, A. H.,…Subbey, S. 2025. Small fish, big implications: considerations for an ecosystem approach to capelin fisheries management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 35(4), 1899-1934.   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Ferguson, M. C., Conn, P. B., and Thorson, J. T. 2025. Spatially explicit models of density improve estimates of Eastern Bering Sea beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) abundance and distribution from line-transect surveys. PeerJ 13:e20077   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Peñaherrera-Palma, C., McClintock, B. T., Dudgeon, C. L., Frusher, S., Hearn, A. R., Hobday, A. J., Espinoza, E., and Semmens, J. 2025. Short-term fluctuations in hammerhead shark numbers at an aggregation site based on visual census and telemetry data. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 108(11), 1873-1890.   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Chamberlin, D. W., Siders, Z. A., Potts, J. C., Rogers, W. D., Taylor, M. A., & Patterson, W. F. 2025. Bayesian estimation of von Bertalanffy growth parameters for gray triggerfish, Balistes capriscus, incorporating multiple readers and ageing structures. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 82, 1-12.   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Lemagie, E., Farley, E., Langan, J. A., amd Stabeno, P. J. 2025. Mapping suitable thermal migration corridors for western Alaska chum salmon in the North Pacific. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 222, 104531.   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Kwan, G. T., Walsh, K. A., Thompson, A. R., Ben‐Aderet, N. J., Fennie, H. W., Semmens, B. X., & Swalethorp, R. 2025. Trophic level influences larval shortbelly rockfish development. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 16(6). https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10319   Online.  (added 12-16-25).
     
  • Stevenson, D. E., Kotwicki, S., Norcross, B., and Majewski, A. 2025. Implications of gear selection for monitoring benthic fish communities in the Beaufort Sea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 224, 105561.   Online.  (added 12-15-25).
     
  • Punt, A. E., Dalton, M. G., Long, W. C., Cheng, W., Hermann, A. J., and Holsman, K. K. 2025. Identifying and reducing climate uncertainty in fisheries management reference points. Fisheries Research, 291, 107523.   Online.  (added 12-15-25).
     
  • Stone, S. E., Wise, S., Harte, M., Holsman, K., and Ciannelli, L. 2025. Socioeconomic risk of coastal Alaskan fishing communities to climate-driven changes in Pacific cod distributions. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(7).   Online.  (added 12-15-25).
     
  • Navarro, D., Latch, E. K., Tallon, A. K., Ott-Conn, C. N., DeYoung, R. W., Walsh, D. P., Euclide, P. T., R G, C., Larson, W. A., Seetharam, A. S., Severin, A. J., Reecy, J. M., Hu, Z. L., Cantrell, J. R., Carstensen, M., Caudell, J. N., Killmaster, C. H., Lockwood, M. L., McKinley, W. T., Norton, A. S., … Blanchong, J. A. 2026. Development of high-throughput genomic resources to inform white-tailed deer population and disease management. Molecular Ecology Resources, 26(1), e70085.   Online.  (added 12-15-25).
     
  • Long, W. C. 2026. Ocean acidification reduces juvenile snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio, survival but does not affect growth or morphometrics. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 594, 152153.   Online.  (added 12-15-25).
     
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