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Protected Species Research Publications - Ecology and Climate Change
These publications focus on the relationship between organisms and their environment and examine how these relationships respond to changing environmental conditions/climate.
Armstrong et al. 2016. Adaptive capacity at the northern front: sockeye salmon behaviorally thermoregulate during novel exposure to warm temperatures. Conservation Physiology
Becker et al. 2016. Moving towards dynamic ocean management: how well do modeled ocean products predict species distributions? Remote Sensing
Bouwes et al. 2016. Ecosystem experiment reveals benefits of beaver assisted restoration to a population of ESA listed steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Scientific Reports
Brown et al. 2016. Coupled downscaled climate models and ecophysiological metrics forecast habitat compression for an endangered estuarine fish. PLos One
Burke et al. 2016. Estimating behavior in a black box: how coastal oceanographic dynamics influence yearling Chinook salmon marine growth and migration behaviors. Environmental Biology of Fishes
Busch and McElhany 2016. Estimates of the direct effect of seawater pH on the survival rate of species groups in the California Current ecosystem. PLoS One
Conner et al. 2016. Evaluating impacts using a BACI design, ratios, and a Bayesian approach with a focus on restoration. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Dale et al. 2016. Interannual variability in the feeding and condition of subyearling Chinook salmon off Oregon and Washington. Fisheries Oceanography
Demetras et al. 2016. Development of underwater recorders to quantify predation of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in a river environment. Fishery Bulletin
Hare et al. 2015. A vulnerability assessment of fish and invertebrates to climate forcing on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf. PLos One
Hayes et al. 2016. Observations of steelhead in the California Current lead to a marine-based hypothesis for the half-pounder life history, with climate change implications for anadromy. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Bulletin
Jeffries et al. 2016. Effects of high temperatures on threatened estuarine fishes during periods of extreme drought.Journal of Experimental Biology
Jorgensen et al. 2016. Assessing spatial covariance among time series of abundance. Ecology and Evolution
Komoroske et al. 2016. Sublethal salinity stress contributes to habitat limitation in an endangered estuarine fish. Evolutionary Applications
Leitwein et al. 2016. Ancestry and adaptive evolution of anadromous, resident, and adfluvial rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the San Francisco Bay Area: application of adaptive genomic variation to conservation in a highly impacted landscape. Evolutionary Applications
Martin et al. 2016. An ecosystem services perspective for the oceanic eastern tropical Pacific: commercial fisheries, carbon storage, recreational fishing, and biodiversity. Frontiers in Marine Science
Miller et al. 2016. Detecting sedimentation impacts to coral reefs resulting from dredging the Port of Miami, Florida USA. PeerJ
Miller et al. 2016. Reef-scale trends in Florida Acropora spp. abundance and the effects of population enhancement. PeerJ
Morley et al. 2016. Seasonal variation exceeds effects of salmon carcass additions on benthic food webs in the Elwha River. Ecosphere
Moser et al. 2016. Biology and life history of green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris): state of the science. Journal of Applied Ichthyology
Ohlberger et al. 2016. Population coherence and environmental impacts across spatial scales: a case study of Chinook salmon. Ecosphere
Okuyama et al. 2016. Fine-scale monitoring of routine deep dives by gravid leatherback turtles during the internesting interval indicate a capital breeding strategy. Frontiers in Marine Science
Patel et al. 2016. Climate impacts on sea turtle breeding phenology in Greece and associated foraging habitats in the wider Mediterranean Region. PLoS One
Roberts et al. 2016. Habitat-based cetacean density models for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Scientific Reports
Ruzicka et al. 2016. Evidence that summer jellyfish blooms impact Pacific Northwest salmon production. Ecosphere
Sabal et al. 2016. Contrasting patterns in growth and survival of Central Valley fall run Chinook salmon related to hatchery and ocean conditions. Environmental Biology of Fishes
Sather et al. 2016. Shallow tidal freshwater habitats of the Columbia River: spatial and temporal variability of fish communities and density, size, and genetic stock composition of juvenile Chinook Salmon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Urban et al. 2016. Improving the forecast for biodiversity under climate change. Science
Vargas-Angel et al. 2015. Baseline assessment of net calcium carbonate accretion rates on U.S. Pacific Reefs. PLoS One
Wall et al. 2016. Design and monitoring of woody structures and their benefits to juvenile steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) using a net rate of energy intake model. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Wells et al. 2016. Marine ecosystem perspectives on Chinook salmon recruitment: A synthesis of empirical and modeling studies from the California upwelling system. Marine Ecology Progress Series
Yan Jiao and Browder. 2015. Modeling spatially-varying ecological relationships using geographically weighted Generalized Linear Model: a simulation study based on longline seabird bycatch. Fisheries Research
Yasumiishi et al. 2016. Trends and factors influencing the length, compensatory growth, and size-selective mortality of juvenile Bristol Bay, Alaska, sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) at sea. Marine and Coastal Fisheries
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Abrahms et al. 2017. Climate mediates the success of migration strategies in a marine predator. Ecology Letters
Becker et al. 2017. Habitat-based density models for three cetacean species off Southern California illustrate pronounced seasonal differences. Frontiers in Marine Science
Boyd et al. 2017. Estimation of population size and trends for highly mobile species with dynamic spatial distributions.Diversity and Distributions
Braun et al. 2017. An R package for improved geolocation of archival-tagged fishes using a hidden Markov method. Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Cordoleani et al. 2017. Movement and survival of wild Chinook salmon smolts from Butte Creek during their out-migration to the ocean: comparison of a dry versus wet year. Transactions of the American Fishery Society
Daly et al. 2017. Anomalous ocean conditions in 2015: impacts on spring Chinook salmon and their prey field. Marine Ecology Progress Series
Fullerton et al. 2017. Stream network shape influences the strength of growth and phenological responses to climate change in juvenile salmon. Ecosphere
Goertler et al. 2017. Seasonal floodplain-tidal slough complex supports size variation for juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Ecology of Freshwater Fish
Grieve et al. 2017. Projecting the effects of climate change on Calanus finmarchicus distribution within the U.S. Northeast Continental Shelf. Scientific Reports
Hornsby et al. 2017. Using salinity to identify common bottlenose dolphin habitat in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, USA. Endangered Species Research
Hovel et al. 2017.Within-lake heterogeneity mediates community response to warming trends. Ecology
Huntington et al. 2017. Facilitation in Caribbean coral reefs: high densities of staghorn coral foster greater coral condition and reef fish composition. Oecologia
Joyce et al. 2017. Physiological, morphological, and ecological tradeoffs influence vertical habitat use of deep-diving toothed-whales in the Bahamas. PLoS One
MacAvoy et al. 2017. Sources of stable isotope variation among stranded Western Atlantic dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in North Carolina. Marine Mammal Science
McHugh et al. 2017. Linking models across scales to assess the viability and restoration potential of a threatened population of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Middle Fork John Day River, Oregon, USA. Ecological Modelling
Scales et al. 2017. Should I stay or should I go? Modelling year-round habitat suitability and drivers of residency for fin whales in the California Current. Diversity and Distributions
Siegelman-Charbit et al. 2017. Physical forcing on fish abundance in the southern California Current System. Fisheries Oceanography
Van Oppen et al. 2017. Shifting paradigms in restoration of the world’s coral reefs. Global Change Biology
Vizza et al. 2017. Evaluating the consequences of salmon nutrients for riparian organisms: linking condition metrics to stable isotopes. Ecology and Evolution
Ward et al. 2017. Evaluating signals of oil spill impacts, climate, and species interactions in Pacific herring and Pacific salmon populations in Prince William Sound and Copper River, Alaska. PLoS One
Weijerman et al. 2017. A comparative application of trophic ecosystem models to evaluate drivers of endangered Hawaiian monk seal populations. Marine Ecology Progress Series
Wells et al. 2017. Environmental conditions and prey-switching by a seabird predator impact juvenile salmon survival. Journal of Marine Systems
Williams et al. 2017. Thermal stress exposure, bleaching response, and mortality in the threatened coral Acropora palmata. Marine Pollution Bulletin
Amaya et al. 2018. Large-scale sea turtle mortality events in El Salvador attributed to paralytic shellfish toxin-producing algae blooms.Frontiers in Marine Science
Becker et al. 2018. Predicting cetacean abundance and distribution in a changing climate. Diversity and Distributions
Caretta, JV. 2018. A machine-learning approach to assign species to 'unidentified' entangled whales. Endangered Species Research
Chittaro et al. 2018. Variability in the performance of juvenile Chinook salmon is explained primarily by when and where they resided in estuarine habitats. Ecology of Fresh Water Fish
Fleming et al. 2018. The utility of combining stable isotope and hormone analyses for marine megafauna research. Frontiers in Marine Science
Friedman et al. 2018. Environmental and geographic relationships among salmon forage assemblages along the continental shelf of the California Current. Marine Ecology Progress Series
Gorospe et al. 2018. Local biomass baselines and the recovery potential for Hawaiian coral reef fish communities.Frontiers in Marine Science
Halley et al. 2018. How survival curves affect populations' vulnerability to climate change. PLoS One
Harborne et al. 2018. Modelling and mapping regional‐scale patterns of fishing impact and fish stocks to support coral‐reef management in Micronesia.Diversity and Distributions
Jensen et al. 2018. Environmental warming and feminisation of one of the largest sea turtle populations in the world. Current Biology
Jones et al. 2018. Massive mortality of a planktivorous seabird in response to a marine heatwave. Geophysical Research Letters
Keogan et al. 2018. Global phenological insensitivity to shifting ocean temperatures among seabirds. Nature Climate Change
Michel. 2018. Decoupling outmigration from marine survival indicates outsized influence of streamflow on cohort success for California’s Chinook salmon populations.Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Olsen et al. 2018. Ocean futures under ocean acidification, marine protection, and changing fishing pressures explored using a worldwide suite of ecosystem models. Frontiers in Marine Science
Phillips et al. 2018. Selective occupancy of a persistent yet variable coastal river plume by two seabird species. Marine Ecology Progress Series
Robinson et al. 2018. Environmental conditions and herbivore biomass determine coral reef benthic community composition: implications for quantitative baselines.Coral Reefs
Henderson et al. 2019. Estimating spatial–temporal differences in Chinook salmon outmigration survival with habitat- and predation-related covariates. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Hetherington et al. 2019. Re-examining trophic dead ends: stable isotope values link gelatinous zooplankton to leatherback turtles in the California Current. Marine Ecology Progress Series
McHenry et al. 2019. Projecting marine species range shifts from only temperature can mask climate vulnerability. Global Change Biology
Mollica et al. 2019. Skeletal records of bleaching reveal different thermal thresholds of Pacific coral reef assemblages. Coral Reefs
Ryan et al. 2019. Humpback whale song occurrence reflects ecosystem variability in feeding and migratory habitat of the northeast Pacific. PLoS One
Van Cise et al. 2019. Oceanographic barriers, divergence, and admixture: phylogeography and taxonomy of two putative subspecies of short-finned pilot whale.Molecular Ecology
Venegas et al. 2019.The rarity of depth refugia from coral bleaching heat stress in the western and central Pacific Islands. Scientific Reports
Woodworth-Jefcoats et al. 2019. Relative impacts of simultaneous stressors on a pelagic marine ecosystem. Frontiers in Marine Science
North Atlantic right whale Catalog #3560 ‘Snow Cone’ sighted December 2, 2021 entangled and with a new calf. Photo credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission taken under NOAA permit 20556.