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Accounting for Sampling Bias Reveals a Decline in Abundance of Endangered False Killer Whales in the Main Hawaiian Islands

Peer-reviewed journal article in Endangered Species Research about false killer whale population abundance estimates.
August 14, 2025 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Incorporating Telemetry Information Into Capture-Recapture Analyses Improves Precision and Accuracy of Abundance Estimates Given Spatiotemporally Biased Recapture Effort

We demonstrate a simple technique to incorporate two additional streams of data on the same population.
September 18, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Genomic Analysis of Population History for Hawaiian Monk Seals

Advances in genomic technology and affordability offer a novel opportunity to revisit questions about Hawaiian monk seal trends
March 14, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Otolith Morphometry and Fourier Transform Near-Infrared (FT-NIR) Spectroscopy As Tools To Discriminate Archived Otoliths of Newly Detected Cryptic Species, Etelis carbunculus and Etelis boweni

Identification of both E. carbunculus and E. boweni in archived catch from Guam has important implications for fisheries management
January 04, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Catch per Unit Effort Modelling for Stock Assessment: A Summary of Good Practices

We provide advice on catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) good practices in 16 areas, focusing on decision points.
January 01, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Genetic Connectivity of Roundjaw Bonefish Albula glossodonta (Elopomorpha, Albulidae) in the Central Pacific Ocean Resolved through ddRAD-Based Population Genomics

Significant Bonefishes population structure present between the South Pacific, intermediate Line Islands, and Hawai‘i.
November 29, 2023 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Near-Island Enhancement in Mesopelagic Micronekton Assemblages off Hawaiʻi

Here we show that the nearshore environment off the west coast of Hawaiʻi exhibits an increased biomass and abundance of mesopelagic micronekton.
September 22, 2023 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Juvenile Coral Abundance Across the U.S. Pacific Influenced by Depth, Heat Stress, Coral Cover, Suitable Substrate, and Human Density

Our results also suggest coral density is dependent on several factors, including and the number of humans in the system.
September 13, 2023 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

First Demographic Parameter Estimates for the Mediterranean Monk Seal Population at Madeira, Portugal

We provide the first comprehensive demographic assessment of the Endangered Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus population residing in the Madeira Archipelago to identify factors that may impede population growth.
August 17, 2023 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Identifying Social Clusters of Endangered Main Hawaiian Islands False Killer Whales

In this study, we used photo-identification data over a 23 year period to reassess the number and membership of social clusters for false killer whales.
August 05, 2023 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands