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50 citations most recently added to the Pubs Database:

  • Harris, J., Calambokidis, J., Perez, A., and Mahoney, P. J. 2025. Recent trends in the abundance of seasonal gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in the Pacific Northwest, 1996-2023. AFSC Processed Rep. 2025-06, 19 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.  Online.  (added 5-29-25).
     
  • Murphy, J., Cooper, D., Dimond, J., Garcia, S., Lee, E., Decker, S., Labunski, E., Wright, C., Ferguson, J., Kimmel, D., Gray, B., Yasumiishi, E., Howard, K., and Suryan, R. 2025. Northern Bering Sea Ecosystem and Surface Trawl Survey Cruise Report, 2022. AFSC Processed Rep. 2025-05, 124 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.  Online.  (added 5-29-25).
     
  • Thalmann, H. L., Laurel, B., Hicks, M. B. R., Slesinger, E., and Miller, J. A. 2025. Pacific cod metabolism and swimming performance are similar across temperatures following prolonged thermal acclimation. Conservation Physiology, 13(1).   Online.  (added 5-21-25).
     
  • Rovellini, A., Punt, A. E., Dorn, M. W., Kaplan, I. C., Bryan, M. D., Adams, G., Aydin, K., Baker, M. R., Barnes, C. L., Ferriss, B. E., Fulton, E. A., Haltuch, M. A., Hermann, A. J., Holsman, K. K., McGilliard, C. R., McHuron, E. A., Morzaria-Luna, H. N., and Surma, S. 2025. Evaluating ecosystem caps on fishery yield in the context of climate stress and predation. Ecological Applications, 35(3), e70036.   Online.  (added 5-21-25).
     
  • Dietrich, K. S., Kuletz, K. J., and Moon, M. A. 2025. Marine bird bycatch in Alaska salmon gillnet fisheries. Fisheries Management and Ecology, Early Online, e12809.  Online.  (added 5-21-25).
     
  • Copeman, L. A., Mundorff, S. M., Ottmar, M. L., Stowell, M. A., and Spencer, M. L. 2025. Temperature affects growth rates while dietary lipid influences condition metrics in juvenile Tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 588, 152105.   Online.  (added 5-20-25).
     
  • Reich, A. G., McPhee, M. V., Waters, C. D., May, S. A., and Adkison, M. D. 2025. Phenotypic divergence between hatchery pink and coho salmon and their wild counterparts. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 82, 1-12.   Online.  (added 5-14-25).
     
  • Markowitz, E. H., Rand, K. M., Bryan, D., Dawson, E., Dowlin, A., Levy, C., McDermott, S., Nielsen, J., Prohaska, B., and Rohan, S. 2025. Pacific cod satellite tagging results from the Bering Sea summer 2019 deployments. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-497, 51 p.  Online.  (added 5-9-25).
     
  • McKelvey, D., McCarthy, A., and Jones, D. 2025. Results of the acoustic-trawl survey of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the Gulf of Alaska, February and March 2023 (DY2023-03 and DY2023-04). AFSC Processed Rep. 2025-04, 92 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.  Online.  (added 5-9-25).
     
  • Wright, D. L., Crance, J., Braen, E., Woodrich, D., and Berchok, C. 2025. Acoustic detections of North Pacific right whale Eubalaena japonica along the eastern Aleutian Chain and northern Gulf of Alaska, 2009-2023. Endangered Species Research, 56, 277-289. https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v56/p277-289/   Online.  (added 5-9-25).
     
  • Cameron, M., Brady, G., Hou, B., Koslovsky, S., McClintock, B., Meranda, M. Reichmuth, C., Richmond, E., and Ziel, H. 2025. Final report for the NOAA ORTA Bridging Program Project: an Extension of 2020-05 monitoring body condition of seals in Alaska using small UAS. AFSC Processed Rep. 2025-03, 46 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.   Online.  (added 5-9-25).
     
  • Wilson, L. I., Adkison, M. D., Brenner, R. E., Yasumiishi, E. M., and McPhee, M. V. 2025. Spatial variation in age-specific growth of female Chinook salmon. Environmental Biology of Fishes 108, 875–895. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-025-01697-5  Online.  (added 5-7-25).
     
  • Boveng, P. L., Chernook, V. I., Moreland, E. E., Conn, P. B., Trukhanova, I. S., Cameron, M. F., Christman, C. L., Crawford, J., Glazov, D. M., Harwood, L., Hou, B. X., Koslovsky, S. M., Lindsay, J. M., Litovka, D. I., London, J. M., McClintock, B. T., Platonov, N., Quakenbush, L., Richmond, E. L., Vasilyev, A., Von Duyke, A. L., and Willoughby, A. 2025. Abundance and distribution of ringed and bearded seals in the Chukchi Sea: a reference for future trends. Arctic Science. Early Online. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2024-0068   Online.  (added 4-9-25).
     
  • Hart, L. K. G., Cunningham, C. J., Yasumiishi, E. M., Mueter, F. J., Thorson, J. T., Pirtle, J. L., and Dimond, J. A. 2025. Species distribution models estimate time-varying juvenile salmon distributions in the north- and southeastern Bering Sea. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Early Online.  Online.  (added 4-9-25).
     
  • Domke, L. K., Cates, R. J., Raymond, W. W., and Eckert, G. L. 2025. Juvenile chum salmon and pink salmon use of submerged vegetative habitats and the influence of an apex predator. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 17(2).   Online.  (added 4-9-25).
     
  • Thorson, J. T., Anderson, S. C., Goddard, P., and Rooper, C. N. 2025. tinyVAST: R Package with an expressive interface to specify lagged and simultaneous effects in multivariate spatio-temporal models. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(4), e70035.   Online.  (added 4-9-25).
     
  • Spies, I., Spencer, P. D., and Punt, A. E. 2025. Migration matters in conservation and management: Exploring the 10% rule for demographic independence via simulation. Ecological Applications, 35(1), e70002.   Online.  (added 4-9-25).
     
  • Liu, O. R., Kaplan, I. C., Hernvann, P.-Y., Fulton, E. A., Haltuch, M. A., Harvey, C. J., Marshall, K. N., Muhling, B., Norman, K., Pozo Buil, M., Rovellini, A., and Samhouri, J. F. 2025. Climate change influences via species distribution shifts and century-scale warming in an end-to-end California Current Ecosystem model. Global Change Biology, 31(1), e70021.   Online.  (added 3-31-25).
     
  • Harvey, C. J., Clay, P. M., Selden, R., Moore, S. K., Andrews, K. S., deReynier, Y. L., Beaudreau, A. H., Liu, O. R., Norman, K. C., Samhouri, J. F., Bellquist, L., Burden, M., Colburn, L. L., Haltuch, M. A., Harley, A., Kaplan, I. C., Kasperski, S., Klajbor, W., Lewis-Smith, C., Tolimieri, N., Watson, J. L., and Wise, S. 2025. Embracing social-ecological system complexity to promote climate-ready fisheries. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries.  Online.  (added 3-19-25).
     
  • Vikebø, F. B., Nepstad, R., Matuszak, M., Rikardsen, E. S. U., Laurel, B. J., Meier, S., Eriksen, E., Röhrs, J., Christensen, K. H., Smieszek-Rice, M., Hoel, A. H., and Huserbråten, M. 2025. Polar cod early life stage exposure to potential oil spills in the Arctic. Aquatic Toxicology, 281, 107293.   Online.  (added 3-11-25).
     
  • Weir, C. R., Fernandez, S., Jackson, J. A., Miller, A., Sucunza, F., Slesser, H. W., and Zerbini, A. N. 2024. Movements and behaviour of southern right whales satellite-tracked in and beyond a subantarctic archipelago wintering ground. Endangered Species Research, 55, 229-245.   Online.  (added 3-11-25).
     
  • Weems, J. D., Long, W. C., Divine, L. M., and Eckert, G. L. 2025. Blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus) and red king crab (P. camtschaticus) juvenile settlement to nearshore nursery habitats of Saint Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 82, 1-21.   Online.  (added 3-11-25).
     
  • Prohaska, B. K., Marshall, H., Grubbs, R. D., Lear, K., Frazier, B. S., Morris, J. J., Andres, A., Hueter, R. E., Keller, B. A., & Whitney, N. M. 2025. Stress physiology of scalloped and great hammerhead sharks from a bottom longline fishery. Conservation Physiology, 13(1).  Online.  (added 3-10-25).
     
  • Farrugia Drakard, V., Hollarsmith, J. A., and Stekoll, M. S. 2025. Hyposaline conditions impact the early life-stages of commercially important high-latitude kelp species. Journal of Phycology. Early Online.  Online.  (added 3-10-25).
     
  • Farrugia Drakard, V., Hollarsmith, J. A., & Stekoll, M. S. 2024. Effects of temperature on early life-stages of Alaria marginata, a commercially important high-latitude kelp species. Journal of Applied Phycology. Early Online.  Online.  (added 3-10-25).
     
  • Patterson, R. G., Cronin, M. F., Swart, S., Beja, J., Edholm, J. M., McKenna, J., Palter, J. B., Parker, A., Addey, C. I., Boone, W., Bhuyan, P., Buck, J. J. H., Burger, E. F., Burris, J., Camus, L., de Young, B., du Plessis, M., Flanigan, M., Foltz, G. R., . . . Zhang, D. 2025. Uncrewed surface vehicles in the Global Ocean Observing System: a new frontier for observing and monitoring at the air-sea interface. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12.   Online.  (added 3-7-25).
     
  • Sullaway, G. H., Cunningham, C., Kimmel, D. G., Nielsen, J. M., Pilcher, D., Pinchuk, A. I., and Stabeno, P. J. 2025. Impacts of climate change on Bering Sea copepod phenology and reproductive strategy. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 755, 45-61.   Online.  (added 3-6-25).
     
  • Sweeney, K. L., Birkemeier, B., Luxa, K., and Gelatt, T. 2025. Results of the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) surveys in Alaska, June–July 2024. 2025. AFSC Processed Rep. 2025-02, 47 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.  Online.  (added 3-3-25).
     
  • Punt, A. E., Dalton, M. G., Adams, G. D., Barbeaux, S. J., Cheng, W., Hermann, A. J., Holsman, K. K., Hulson, P.-J. F., Hurst, T. P., & Rovellini, A. 2024. Capturing uncertainty when modelling environmental drivers of fish populations, with an illustrative application to Pacific cod in the eastern Bering Sea. Fisheries Research, 272, 106951.  Online.  (added 2-24-25).
     
  • Stienessen, S. C., McCarthy, A., Honkalehto, T., Lauffenburger, N., and Urmy, S. 2025. Results of the acoustic-trawl survey of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) on the U.S. Bering Sea Shelf in June - August 2022 (DY2207). 2025. AFSC Processed Rep. 2025-01, 68 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.  Online.  (added 2-24-25).
     
  • Kearney, K. A., Stabeno, P. J., Hermann, A. J., and Mordy, C. W. 2025. An updated regional model skill assessment for seasonal and interannual variability of bottom temperature across the eastern Bering Sea shelf. Frontiers in Marine Science. 12:1483945.  Online.  (added 2-19-25).
     
  • Goodman, M. C., Reum, J. C. P., Barnes, C. L., Punt, A. E., Ianelli, J. N., McHuron, E. A., De Leo, G. A., and Holsman, K. K. Climate covariate choice and uncertainty in projecting species range shifts: a case study in the eastern Bering Sea. Fish and Fisheries, Early Online.   Online.  (added 2-19-25).
     
  • Liu, O. R., Kaplan, I. C., Hernvann, P.-Y., Fulton, E. A., Haltuch, M. A., Harvey, C. J., Marshall, K. N., Muhling, B., Norman, K., Pozo Buil, M., Rovellini, A., and Samhouri, J. F. 2025. Climate change influences via species distribution shifts and century-scale warming in an end-to-end California Current Ecosystem model. Global Change Biology, 31(1), e70021.   Online.  (added 2-12-25).
     
  • Beck, J. N., Baetscher, D. S., Tobin, C., Edwards, S. V., Sin, S. Y. W., Fitzgerald, S., Tuttle, V. J., Peschon, J., and Larson, W. A. 2025. Quantifying impacts of seabird bycatch using genetic assignment: A case study of black-footed albatross in U.S. fisheries. Biological Conservation, 303, 110965. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.110965   Online.  (added 2-12-25).
     
  • Zimmermann, M., Oyafuso, Z., Laman, N., and Prescott, M. 2025. Creating and testing a new bathymetry surface for use in restratifying the Gulf of Alaska bottom trawl survey. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-496, 21 p.  Online.  (added 2-5-25).
     
  • Jenkins, C. J., McConnaughey, R. A., and Intelmann, S. S. 2025. Documentation for multi-parameter characterization of seafloor substrates in the U.S. EEZ off Alaska. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-495, 64 p.   Online.  (added 2-5-25).
     
  • TenBrink, T. T., and Gburski, C. M. 2025. Age, growth, and mortality of silvergray rockfish (Sebastes brevispinis) from the Gulf of Alaska. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-494, 39 p.  Online.  (added 2-5-25).
     
  • Ferrer, T., Boveng, P., Hauser, D. D. W., Withrow, D., Burkanov, V., Quinn, T. P., and O'Corry-Crowe, G. 2024. Genetic and evolutionary divergence of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in Iliamna Lake, Alaska. Biology Letters 20(10).  Online.  (added 1-29-25).
     
  • Shero, M. R., Costa, D. P., Burns, J. M., and Goetz, K. T. 2024. Breath-hold capacities and circadian dive rhythmicity shape optimal foraging strategies in a polar marine mammal, the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii). Communications Biology 7, 1394.   Online.  (added 1-29-25).
     
  • Kruse, G. H., Daly, B. J., Fedewa, E. J., Stram, D. L., & Szuwalski, C. S. 2025. Ecosystem-based fisheries management of crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Fisheries Research, 281, 107236.   Online.  (added 1-29-25).
     
  • Jeroue, L., Faunce, C., Kingham, A., and Smith, J. 2025. Estimates of disclosure and victimization rates for fishery observers in the maritime workplace. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11.   Online.  (added 1-29-25).
     
  • Kennedy, A. S., Robbins, J., Andrews-Goff, V., Clapham, P.,Double, M., Gales, N., Gulland, F. M. D., Holland, M., and Zerbini, A. N. 2024. Remote assessment of ‘Type C’ implantable satellite tag extrusion using light sensors, p. 25-44. In Cetacean Tagging Advances and Insights. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management Special Issue 5. https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v5i1.1050   Online.  (added 1-29-25).
     
  • Frances G., Robbins, J., Zerbini, A., Andrews-Goff, V., Berube, M., Clapham, P., Double, M., Gales, N., Kennedy, A., Landry, S., Mattila, D., Sandilands, D., Tackaberry, J., Uhart, M., and Vanstreels, R. 2024. Effects of satellite-linked telemetry tags on humpback whales in the Gulf of Maine: Photographic assessment of tag sites, p. 1-33. In Cetacean Tagging Advances and Insights. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management Special Issue 5.   Online.  (added 1-29-25).
     
  • Blanchard, J. L., Novaglio, C., Maury, O., Harrison, C. S., Petrik, C. M., Fierro-Arcos, D., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Bryndum-Buchholz, A., Eddy, T. D., Heneghan, R., Roberts, K., Schewe, J., Bianchi, D., Guiet, J., Daniel van Denderen, P., Palacios-Abrantes, J., Liu, X., Stock, C. A., Rousseau, Y., . . . Tittensor, D. P. 2024. Detecting, attributing, and projecting global marine ecosystem and fisheries change: FishMIP 2.0. Earth's Future, 12(12), e2023EF004402.   Online.  (added 1-29-25).
     
  • St. John, C. A., Timm, L. E., Gruenthal, K. M., and Larson, W. A. 2025. Whole genome sequencing reveals substantial genetic structure and evidence of local adaptation in Alaskan red king crab. Evolutionary Applications, 18(1), e70049.   Online.  (added 1-15-25).
     
  • Kimber, B. M., Braen, E. K., Wright, D. L., Harlacher, J. M., Crance, J. L., & Berchok, C. L. 2025. Less ice, more predators: passive acoustic monitoring shows variation in killer whale (Orcinus orca) presence in the U.S. Arctic with declining sea ice. Polar Biology, 48(1), 21.   Online.  (added 1-15-25).
     
  • Waples, R. S., Masuda, M. M., LaCava, M. E. F., and Finger, A. J. 2025. A method to maximise precision of the temporal method for estimating N in genetic monitoring programs. Molecular Ecology Resources. e14057.   Online.  (added 1-13-25).
     
  • TenBrink, T. T., Sullivan, J. Y., & Gburski, C. M. (2025). Exploring the use of otolith shape analysis to identify the stock spatial structure of dusky rockfish (Sebastes variabilis). Fisheries Research, 281, 107189.   Online.  (added 1-6-25).
     
  • Gardner, J. L., Long, W. C., and Swiney, K. M. 2025. Reproductive potential of red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) across warm and cold stanzas in Bristol Bay in southwestern Alaska. Fishery Bulletin, U. S. 123(1): 1-12.  Online.  (added 1-6-25).
     
  • Jakobsson, M., Mohammad, R., Karlsson, M., Salas-Romero, S., Vacek, F., Heinze, F., Bringensparr, C., Castro, C. F., Johnson, P., Kinney, J., Cardigos, S., Bogonko, M., Accettella, D., Amblas, D., An, L., Bohan, A., Brandt, A., Bünz, S., Canals, M., . . . Mayer, L. 2024. The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 5.0. Scientific Data, 11(1), 1420.   Online.  (added 1-6-25).
     
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