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The NWFSC Scientific Publications Database serves as an archival repository of NWFSC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, technical memorandums, reports, or other information authored or co-authored by NWFSC or funded partners. As a repository, the SPD retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.

In pressJournal ArticleConservation Biology

Berger, H.M., Siedlecki, S.A., Matassa, C.M., Alin, S.R., Kaplan, I.C., Hodgson, E.E., Pilcher, D.J., Norton, E.L. and Newton, J.A., 2021. Seasonality and life history complexity determine vulnerability of Dungeness crab to multiple climate stressors. AGU Advances2(4), p.e2021AV000456.

In pressJournal ArticleKeogh, M. J., B. Taras, K. B. Beckmen, K. A. Burek-Huntington, G. M. Ylitalo, B. S. Fadely, L. Rea, K. W. Pitcher. In press. Organochlorine contaminant concentrations in blubber of young Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) are influenced by region, age, sex, and lipid stores. Science of the Total Environment.
In pressJournal ArticleLeising, A., I. D. Schroeder, S. J. Bograd, E. P. Bjorkstedt, J. Field, K. Sakuma, J. Abell, R. R. Robertson, J. Tyburczy, W. T. Peterson, R. D. Brodeur, C. Barcelo, T. D. Auth, E. A. Daly, G. Campbell, J. Hildebrand, R. M. Suryan, A. J. Gladics, C. A. Horton, M. Kahru, M. Manzano-Sarabia, S. McClatchie, E. D. Weber, W. Watson, J. A. Santora, W. J. Sydeman, S. R. Melin, R. DeLong, J. L. Largier, S. Kim, F. P. Chavez, R. Golightly, S. R. Schneider, P. Warzybok, R. W. Bradley, J. Jahncke, J. L. Fisher, J. O. Peterson. In press. State of the California Current 2013-14: El Niño looming. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports , 54 : 51-87.
In pressJournal ArticleConservation BiologyLeong, K., S. Wongbusarakum, R. J. Ingram, A. Mawyer, M. R. Poe. In press. Improving Representation of Human Well-Being and Cultural Importance in the West Hawai¿i Integrated Ecosystem Assessment. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
In pressJournal ArticleConservation BiologyNaish, K. A., R. B. Phillips, M. S. Brieuc, L. Newton, A. Elz, L. K. Park. In press. Comparative genome mapping between Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and rainbow trout (O. mykiss) based on homologous microsatellite loci. Genes, Genomes, Genetics , 3 (12) : 2281-2288. doi:10.1534/g3.113.008003
In pressJournal ArticleConservation BiologyFaber-Hammond, J., R. B. Phillips, L. K. Park. In press. The Sockeye Salmon Neo-Y Chromosome is a Fusion between the Coho Y Chromosome and the Long Arm of Rainbow Trout Omy2. Cytogenetic and genome research , 136 (1) : 69-74.
In pressJournal ArticleConservation BiologyHess, J. E., R. D. Vetter, P. Moran. In press. A steep genetic cline in yellowtail rockfish, Sebastes flavidus, suggests regional isolation across the Cape Mendocino faunal break. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
In pressJournal ArticleConservation BiologyCharnley, S., R. McLain, M. R. Poe. In press. Natural Resource Access Rights and Wrongs: Nontimber Forest Products Gathering in Urban Environments. Society & Natural Resources.
In pressJournal ArticleConservation BiologyWilliamson, K. S., B. P. May. In press. Mitochondrial DNA haplotype diversity in apparent XY-female Fall- and Spring-Run Chinook Salmon in California's Central Valley. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
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Arkoosh, M. R., J. Dietrich, M. B. Rew, W. Olson, G. Young, and F. W. Goetz. 2018. Exploring the efficacy of vaccine techniques in juvenile sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria. Aquaculture Research, 49:205-216

In pressReportFish EcologyTorgersen, C. E., A. H. Fullerton, Z. Johnson, F. H. Mejia. In press. Stream temperature handbook: a primer on data and models. Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center. Seattle (https://cig.uw.edu/our-work/decision-support/stream-temperature-handbook/)
In pressJournal ArticleArkoosh, M. R., A. L. Van Gaest, S. A. Strickland, G. P. Hutchinson, A. B. Krupkin, M. Rew, J. P. Dietrich. In press. Dietary exposure to a binary mixture of polybrominated diphenyl ethers alters innate immunity and disease susceptibility in juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.
In pressJournal ArticleFish EcologySwieca, K., S. Sponaugle, C. Briseño-Avena, M. Schmid, R. D. Brodeur, R. Cowen. In press. Changing with the tides: fine-scale larval fish prey availability and predation pressure near a tidally-modulated river plume. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
In pressChapter or SectionSchultz, I. R., J. L. Bolton, R. Stimmelmayr, G. M. Ylitalo. In press. Chapter 37: Contaminants. In George, J., J. Thewissen. (Eds.) The Bowhead Whale. Balaena mysticetus: Biology and Human Interactions. Academic Press (Elsevier).
In pressJournal ArticleConservation BiologyWiedenmann, J., J. Wilen, P. S. Levin, M. Plummer, M. Mangel. In press. A framework for exploring the bioeconomic causes and consequences of ecosystem fishing patterns. Coastal Management.
In pressJournal ArticleArkoosh, M. R., A. L. Van Gaest, S. A. Strickland, G. P. Hutchinson, A. B. Krupkin, J. P. Dietrich. In press. Disruption of thyroid hormone concentrations in juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) exposed to polybrominated diphenyl ethers, BDE-47 and BDE-99. Chemosphere , 171 : 1-8. doi:DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.035
In pressJournal ArticleFish EcologyCrozier, L. G., B. J. Burke, B. Chasco, D. L. Widener, R. W. Zabel. In press. Climate change threatens Chinook salmon throughout their life cycle. Communications Biology.
In pressJournal ArticleFishery Resource Analysis and MonitoringLangseth, B. J., S. Glover. In press. Distinguishing species-specific targeting practices within the main Hawaiian islands Deep 7 bottomfish fishery. Fisheries Research.
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Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2017 Aug;142:157-163. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.03.044. Epub 2017 Apr 11

In pressReportFish EcologyKatz, S. L., H. Beecher, M. Brady, J. Cook, K. K. Gates, J. Padowski, G. R. Pess, M. D. Scheuerell, J. Yoder. In press. Technical Supplement to Department of Ecology for Determining Net Ecological Benefit. Washington Department of Ecology, Olympia, Washington
In pressJournal ArticleLema, S. C., M. I. Chow, E. J. Reiner, A. A. Westman, A. H. Dittman, D. May, K. M. Hardy. In press. Endocrine and metabolic impacts of warming aquatic habitats: differential responses between recently-isolated populations of a eurythermal desert pupfish. Conservation Physiology.
In pressJournal ArticleDai, X., B. D. Bill, N. G. Adams, U. Tillmann, C. A. Sloan, D. Lu, V. L. Trainer. In press. The effect of temperature and salinity on growth rate and azaspiracid concentration in two strains of Azadinium poporum (Dinophyceae) from Puget Sound, Washington State. Harmful Algae.
In pressJournal ArticleFish EcologyAngert, A. L., L. G. Crozier, L. J. Rissler, S. E. Gilman, J. J. Tewksbury, A. J. Chunco. In press. Do species traits predict recent shifts at expanding range edges? Ecology Letters , (14) 677-689.
In pressJournal ArticleFish EcologyChamberlin, J. W., J. Hall, T. Zackey, F. E. Leonetti, M. Rustay, C. A. Rice. In press. Spatial and Temporal Variability in Chinook Salmon Abundance Reflects Opportunity to Support Life History Diversity in an Estuarine Landscape. Estuaries and Coasts.
In pressJournal ArticleConservation BiologyMurdoch, A. R., C. J. Herring, C. H. Frady, K. E. See, C. E. Jordan. In press. Estimating observer error and steelhead redd abundance using a modified Gaussian area-under-the-curve framework. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
In pressJournal ArticleFishery Resource Analysis and MonitoringGao, J., J. T. Thorson, C. Szuwalski, H. Wang. In press. Historical dynamics of the demersal fish community in the East and South China Seas. PLoS ONE.
In pressJournal ArticleFish EcologyThallman, H. L., E. A. Daly, R. D. Brodeur. In press. Two anomalously warm years in the northern California Current: impacts on early marine steelhead diet composition, morphology, and potential survival. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
In pressJournal ArticleConservation BiologyFraik, A. K., J. R. McMillan, M. Liermann, T. R. Bennett, M. L. McHenry, G. J. McKinney, G. A. Winans, A. H. Wells, J. L. Kelley, G. R. Pess, K. M. Nichols. In press. The impacts of dam construction and removal on the genetics of recovering steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) populations across the Elwha River watershed. Gene.
In pressJournal ArticleEbel, J. D., D. A. Larsen, K. R. Conley, M. A. Middleton. In press. A fish out-of-basin: Increased stress physiology and reduced performance of Salmon River hatchery Chinook Salmon. North American Journal of Fisheries Management.
In pressJournal ArticleConservation BiologyBrainard, R. E., C. Birkeland, C. M. Eakin, P. McElhany, M. Patterson, G. A. Piniak, M. Dunlap, M. Weijerman. In press. Incorporating Climate and Ocean Change into Extinction Risk Assessments for 82 Coral Species. Conservation Biology.
2026Book or book chapterMolecular Genetics , , , ,Karen Martien, ,Kim Parsons 2026. The role of kinship in shaping cetacean societies.
2025Journal ArticleWatershed ProgramWater Temperature, Prey Concentration and Salmonid Density Influence Daily Growth of Wild Juvenile Salmonids in Tributaries of the Upper Salmon River, Idaho (USA) (https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14380)
2025Journal ArticleEstuarine and Ocean Ecology ProgramDerville S, Fisher JL, Kaplan RL, Bernard KS, Phillips EM, Torres LG. A predictive krill distribution model for Euphausia pacifica and Thysanoessa spinifera using scaled acoustic backscatter in the Northern California Current. Progress in Oceanography. 2025 Feb 1;231:103388. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2024.103388)
2025Letter to scientific journalForensicsFrankham, G.J., Ogden, R., Baker, B.W., Ewart, K.M., Johnson, R.N., Kuiper, I. et al. (2025) Standards in wildlife forensic science, with a focus on non-human DNA analysis. Animal Genetics, 56, e70005. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/age.70005 (https://doi.org/10.1111/age.70005)
2025Journal ArticleFishery Resource Analysis and Monitoring DivisionHolland, D.S., S. Kasperski, J.K. Abbott. Contract and Sustain: The Impacts of Limited Entry and Catch Shares on West Coast and Alaska Fishing Fleets and Ports Over Four Decades 2025. In Press Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2024-0271 (https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2024-0271)
2025Journal ArticleConservation Biology DivisionLiu, 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. Glob Change Biol, 31: e70021. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70021 (https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70021)
2025Journal ArticleFisheries Research SurveyHead, M.A., Billings, A.A., Tuttle, V.J. et al. Decade-scale spatio-temporal variability in maturity of Pacific hake, Merluccius productus, along the US West Coast. Environ Biol Fish (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-025-01671-1 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-025-01671-1)
2025Journal ArticleEcosystem Analysis ProgramCrozier, Lisa G., and Jared E. Siegel. 2025. ¿ From Threats to Solutions: A Literature Review of Climate Adaptation in Anadromous Salmon and Trout.¿ Ecosphere 16(1): e70054. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70054 (10.1002/ecs2.70054)
2025Journal ArticleFisheries Engineering and Acoustic TechnologiesKaplan, R.L., Bernard, K.S., Derville, S., Fisher, J.L., Phillips, E.M., Daly, E.A., Warren, J.D., Torres, L.G. 2025. Krill swarm biomass, energetic density, and species composition drive humpback whale distribution in the Northern California Current. ICES Journal of Marine Science 82:1, fsaf005, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf005 (https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf005)
2025Journal ArticleMarine Microbes and Toxins ProgramCharapata, P.; Bowers, E.K.; Hardison, D.R.; Kibler, S.; Anderson, D.M.; Fachon, E.; Lefebvre, K.A. Paralytic Shellfish Toxin Concentrations Measured in Alaskan Arctic Clams Using ELISA and HPLC Methods. Toxins 2025, 17, 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins17020060 (https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins17020060)
2025Journal ArticleNorthwest Fisheries Science Center Julann A Spromberg, Scott A Hecht, Cathy A Laetz, Tony Hawkes, David H Baldwin, Evaluation process for matching population models to regulatory decisions regarding threatened or endangered species by considering model risk, Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Volume 21, Issue 2, March 2025, Pages 384¿395, https://doi.org/10.1093/inteam/vjae028 (https://doi.org/10.1093/inteam/vjae028)
2025Journal ArticleEnvironmental Physiology ProgramAndersen, L.K., Thompson, N.F., Abernathy, J.W. et al. Advancing genetic improvement in the omics era: status and priorities for United States aquaculture. BMC Genomics 26, 155 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11247-z (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11247-z)
2025Stock AssessmentPopulation EcologyJohnson, K.F., A.M. Edwards, A.M. Berger, C.J. Grandin, and C.R. Wetzel. 2025. Status of the Pacific Hake (whiting) stock in U.S. and Canadian waters in 2025. Prepared by the Joint Technical Committee of the U.S. and Canada Pacific Hake/Whiting Agreement, National Marine Fisheries Service and Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 286 p. (https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/s3/2025-02/Status-Pacific-Hake-whiting-US-and-Canadian-waters-2025.pdf)
2025Contract ReportEcosystem Analysis ProgramJesse Lamb,Benjamin Sandford,Steven Smith,Ross Gleason,Amber Barenberg,Aimee Fullerton 2025. Monitoring the Migrations of Wild Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon Juveniles: Survival and Timing, 2024.
2025Journal ArticleNorthwest Fisheries Science CenterMollie Middleton,Chris Tatara,Barry Berejikian,Don Larsen,Chris Pasley,Penny Swanson,Jon Dickey 2025. Age at release affects developmental physiology and sex-specific phenotypic diversity of hatchery steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). , 20 : e0315016. (10.1371/journal.pone.0315016)
2025Processed ReportEcosystem Science ProgramMoore, S. K., N. G. Adams, L. Danyluk, C. Mikulski, G. Doucette, J. Mickett, N. Michel-Hart, B. Roman, B. Ussler, J. M. Birch, I. Engstrom, D. Palladino, and D. Gossiaux. 2025. Standard Operating Procedures for Environmental Sample Processor Deployments. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Processed Report NMFS-NWFSC-PR-2025-01. (https://doi.org/10.25923/svhf-yp57)
2025Journal ArticleConservation Biology DivisionFeist, B.E., Griffin, R., Samhouri, J.F., Riekkola, L., Shelton, A.O., Chen, Y.A., Somers, K., Andrews, K., Liu, O.R. & Ise, J. (2025) Mapping the value of commercial fishing and potential costs of offshore wind energy on the U.S: West Coast: Towards an assessment of resource use tradeoffs. PLOS One, 20, e0315319. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/citation?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0315319 (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/citation?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0315319)
2024Journal ArticleOcean EcologyHitchman, S.M.; Mather, M.E.; Smith, J.M. 2024. Empirical Assessments of the Type and Strength of Stream Fish Habitat Associations Can Advance Understanding of Functional Diversity and Promote Effective Conservation. Diversity 2024,16, 722. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16120722 (https://doi.org/10.3390/d16120722)
2024Journal ArticleAquaculture and Marine Fish and Shellfish Biology ProgramColt, J., R.B. Johnson. Characterization of solid wastes from sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) in intensive culture. Aquacultural Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaeng.2024.102440/ (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaeng.2024.102440/)
2024Journal ArticleNearshore Marine EcologyGOOD, T.P., SHELTON, A.O., WELLS, A.H., RAMÓN-LACA, A., GALLEGO, R., HODUM, P.J. & PEARSON, S.F. 2024. Assessment of Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata diet using DNA metabarcoding.. Marine Ornithology 52: 235 - 245 http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.52.2.1587 (http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.52.2.1587)