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NMML PUBLICATIONS - 2004

ALVAREZ-FLOREZ, C. M. and M. P. HEIDE-JØRGENSEN. 2004. A risk assessment of the stability of the harvest of beluga (Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)) in West Greenland. ICES Journal of Marine Science 61:274-286.

ANGLISS, R. P. and K. L. LODGE. 2004. Alaska marine mammal stock assessments, 2003. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-144) 230p.

BENGTSON, J. L. and M. F. CAMERON. 2004. Seasonal haulout patterns of crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga). Polar Biology 27(6):344-349.

BENGTSON, J. L., A. PHILLIPS, E. MATHEWS, and M. SIMPKINS. 2004. Comparing harbor seal survey methods in glacial fjords. AFSC Quarterly Report Oct.-Dec.: 1-7.

BUCKLAND, S. T., D. R. ANDERSON, K. P. BURNHAM, J. L. LAAKE, D. L. BORCHERS, and L. THOMAS. 2004. Advanced distance sampling. Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press. 416p.

CAMERON, M. F. and DONALD B. SINIFF. 2004. Age-specific survival, abundance, and immigration rates of a Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) population in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82(4): 601-615.

CARRETTA, J. V., K. A. FORNEY, M. M. MUTO, J. BARLOW, J. BAKER, and M. S. LOWRY. 2004. U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2003. La Jolla, CA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-358) 291p.

CIANNELLI, L., B. W. ROBSON, R. C. FRANCIS, K. AYDIN, and R. D. BRODEUR. 2004. Boundaries of open marine ecosystems: an application to the Pribilof Archipelago, southeast Bering Sea. Ecological Applications 14(3):942-953.

DAWSON, S., E. SLOOTEN, S. DUFRESNE, P. WADE, and D. CLEMENT. 2004. Small-boat surveys for coastal dolphins: line-transect surveys for Hector's dolphins (Cephalorhynchus hectori). Fishery Bulletin 102(3): 441-451.

DeMASTER, D. (Chair), ANGLISS, R., COCHRANE, J., MACE, P., MERRICK, R., MILLER, M., RUMSEY, S., TAYLOR, B., THOMPSON, G. & WAPLES, R. 2004. Recommendations to NOAA Fisheries: ESA Listing Criteria by the Quantitative Working Group 10 June 2004. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical

Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-67) 85p. DIEFENBACH, D. R., J. L. LAAKE, and GARY L. ALT. 2004. Spatio-temporal and demographic variation in the harvest of black bears: implications for population estimation. Journal of Wildlife Management 68(4):947-959.

ETNIER, M. A. 2004. The potential of zooarchaeological data to guide pinniped management decisions in the eastern North Pacific, pp. 88-102 In: R. Lee Lyman and Kenneth P. Cannon, editors, Zooarchaeology and conservation biology. Salt Lake City, University of Utah Press. 266p.

ETNIER, M. A. 2004. Reevaluating evidence of density-dependent growth in northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) based on measurements of archived skeletal specimens. Canadian Journal of Fisheries of Aquatic Sciences 61(9): 1616-1626.

FOWLER, C. W. and L. HOBBS. 2004. Is humanity sustainable? pp. 450-462 In: S. Marx, ed., Human dilemmas. Acton, MA, Copley. FOWLER, C. W. and R. J. M. CRAWFORD. 2004. Systemic management of fisheries in space and time: tradeoffs, complexity, ecosystems, sustainability. Biosphere Conservation 6(1): 25-42. FOWLER, C.W. and T. D. SMITH. 2004. Dynamics of Large Mammal Populations. Reprint of first edition with new preface, contributors update, and errata. Caldwell, NJ: Blackburn Press. HASTINGS, K. K., K. J. FROST, M. A. SIMPKINS, G. W. PENDLETON, U. G. SWAIN, and R. J. SMALL. 2004. Regional differences in diving behavior of harbor seals in the Gulf of Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82:1755-1773 HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, M. P. 2004. Aerial digital photographic surveys of narwhals, Monodon monoceros, in northwest Greenland. Marine Mammal Science 20(2): 246-261. HOBBS, L. and C. FOWLER. 2004. Complexity of factors involved in human population growth. Environmental Health Perspectives 112(13):A726-A727. HOBBS, R. C., D. J. RUGH, J. M. WAITE, J. M. BREIWICK, D. P. DeMASTER. 2004. Abundance of eastern North Pacific gray whales in the 1995/96 southbound migration. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 6(2):115-120.

HOBSON, K. A., E. H. SINCLAIR, A. E. YORK, J. R. THOMASON, and RICHARD E. MERRICK. 2004. Retrospective isotopic analyses of Steller sea lion tooth annuli and seabird feathers: a cross-taxa approach to investigating regime and dietary shifts in the Gulf of Alaska. Marine Mammal Science 20(3): 621-638. KEITH, D. A., M. A. MCCARTHY, H. REGAN, T. REGAN, C. BOWLES, CLAIRE DRILL, C. CRAIG, B. PELLOW, M. A. BURGMAN, L. L. MASTER, M.

RUCKELSHAUS, B. MACKENZIE, S. J. ANDELMAN, and P. R. WADE. 2004. Protocols for listing threatened species can forecast extinction. Ecology Letters 7(11): 1101-1108.

KRAHN, M. M., M. J. FORD, W. F. PERRIN, P. R. WADE, R. P. ANGLISS, M. B. HANSON, B. L. TAYLOR, G. M. YLITALO, M. E. DAHLHEIM, J. E. STEIN, R. S. WAPLES. 2004. 2004 status review of southern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) under the Endangered Species Act. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Seattle, WA. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-62) 73 p. KRAHN, M. M., D. P. HERMAN, G. M. YLITALO, C. A. SLOAN, D. G. BURROWS, R. C. HOBBS, B. A. MAHONEY, G. K. YANAGIDA, J. CALAMBOKIDIS, and S. E. MOORE. 2004. Stratification of lipids, fatty acids and organochlorine contaminants in blubber of white whales and killer whales. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 6(2):175-189. LAIDRE, K. L., M. P. HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, O. A. JØRGENSEN, and M. A. TREBLE. 2004. Deep-ocean predation by a high Arctic cetacean. ICES Journal of Marine Science 61(3): 430-440.

LAIDRE, K. L., M. P. HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, M. L. LOGDSON, R. C. HOBBS, P. HEAGERTY, R. DIETZ, O. A. JORGENSEN, and M. A. TREBLE. 2004. Seasonal narwhal habitat associations in the high Arctic. Marine Biology 145(4): 821-831.

LAIDRE, K. L., M. P. HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, M. L. LOGSDON, R. C. HOBBS, R. DIETZ, and G. R. Van BLARICOM. 2004. Fractal analysis of narwhal space use patterns. Zoology 107: 3-11.

MANISCALCO, J. M., K. WYNNE, K. W. PITCHER, M. B. HANSON, S. R. MELIN, and S. ATKINSON. 2004. The occurrence of California sea lions in Alaska. Aquatic Mammals 30(3): 427-433.

MELLINGER, D. K., K. M. STAFFORD, and C. G. FOX. 2004. Seasonal occurrence of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) sounds in the Gulf of Alaska, 1999-2001. Marine Mammal Science 20(1): 48-62. MELLINGER, D. K., K. M. STAFFORD, S. E. MOORE, L. MUNGER, and C. G. FOX. 2004. Detection of North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) calls in the Gulf of Alaska. Marine Mammal Science 20(4): 872-879.

MERRICK, R. (Chair), L. ALLEN, R. ANGLISS, G. ANTONELIS, T. EAGLE, S. EPPERLY, L. JONES, S. REILLY, B. SCHROEDER, and S. SWARTZ. 2004. A Requirements Plan for Improving the Understanding of the Status of U.S. Protected Marine Species: Report of the NOAA Fisheries National Task Force for Improving Marine Mammal and Turtle Stock Assessments. U.S. Department of Commerce, Seattle, WA. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-63) 112p.

MITANI, Y., Y. WATANABE, K. SATO, M. F. CAMERON, and Y. NAITO. 2004. 3D diving behavior of Weddell seals with respect to prey accessibility and abundance. Marine Ecology Progress Series 281: 275-281.

MIZROCH, S. A. and S. A. D. HARKNESS. 2003. A test of computer-assisted matching using the North Pacific humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, tail flukes photograph collection. Marine Fisheries Review 65(3):25-37.

MIZROCH, S. A., L. M. HERMAN, J. M. STRALEY, D. A. GLOCKNER-FERRARI, C. JURASZ, J. DARLING, S. CERCIO, C. M. GABRIELE, D. R. SALDEN, and D O. VON ZIEGESAR. 2004. Estimating the adult survival rate of central North Pacific humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Journal of Mammalogy 85(5): 963-972.

NIEUKIRK, S. L., K. M. STAFFORD, D. K. MELLINGER, and C. G. FOX. 2004. Low-frequency whale sounds recorded from the mid-Atlantic Ocean. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 115(4):1832-1843 NORMAN, S. A., C. E. BOWLBY, M. S. BRANCATO, J. CALAMBOKIDIS, D. DUFFIELD, P. J. GEARIN, T. A. GORNALL, M. E. GOSHO, B. HANSON, J. HODDER, S. J. JEFFRIES, B. LAGERQUIST, D. M. LAMBOURN, B. MATE, B. NORBERG, R. W. OSBORNE, J. A. RASH, S. RIEMER, and J. SCORDINO. 2004. Cetacean strandings in Oregon and Washington between 1930 and 2002. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 6(1): 87-99. NORMAN, S. A., R. C. HOBBS, J. FOSTER, J. P. SCHROEDER, and F. I. TOWNSEND. 2004. A review of animal and human health concerns during capture-release, handling and tagging of odontocetes. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 6(1): 53-62. ORR, A. J., A. S. BANKS, S. MELLMAN, H. R. HUBER, R. L. DeLONG, AND R.N F. BROWN. 2004. Examination of foraging habits of Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) to describe their use of the Umpqua River, Oregon, and their predation on salmonids. Fishery Bulletin 102(1):108-117. PFISTER, B. 2004. Computations of historic and current biomass estimates of marine mammals in the Bering Sea. Seattle, WA, U.S. Department of Commerce. (AFSC Processed Report 2004-05) 41p. PITMAN, R. L., W. A. WALKER, W. T. EVERETT, and J. P. GALLO-REYNOSO. 2004. Population status, foods and foraging of Laysan albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis nesting on Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Marine Ornithology 32(2):159-165. PURCELL, MAUREEN, GREG MACKEY, ERIC LaHOOD, HARRIET HUBER, and LINDA PARK. 2004. Molecular methods for the genetic identification of salmonid prey from Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) scat. Fishery Bulletin 102(1): 213-220.

RAUM-SURYAN, K. L., M. J. RHBERG, G. W. PENDLETON, K. W. PITCHER, and T. S. GELATT. 2004. Development of dispersal, movement patters, and haul-out use by pup and juvenile Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska. Marine Mammal Science 20(4):823-850. ROBSON, B. W., M. E. GOEBEL, J. D. BAKER, R. R. REAM, T. R. LOUGHLIN, R. C. FRANCIS, G. A. ANTONELIS, and D. P. COSTA. 2004. Separation of foraging habitat among breeding sites of a colonial marine predator, the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 82(1): 20-29. RUGH, D. J., B. A. MAHONEY, and B. K. SMITH. 2004 . Aerial surveys of beluga whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska, between June 2001 and June 2002. U. S. Department of Commerce, Seattle, WA. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-145) 26p. RUGH, D., K. SHELDEN, and A. SCHULMAN-JANIGER. 2004. Timing of the gray whale southbound migration. Upwellings 10(1):1,7-9. SHELDEN, K. E. W., D. J. RUGH, and A. SCHULMAN-JANIGER. 2004. Gray whales born north of Mexico: indicator of recovery or consequence of regime shift? Ecological Applications 14(6): 1789-1805.

SHELDEN, K. E. W. and D. P. DeMASTER. 2004. Guidelines for developing status-determining criteria. Endangered Species Update 21(4):119-127.

ŠIROVI , A., J. A. HILDEBRAND, S. M. WIGGINS, M. A. MCDONALD, S. E. MOORE, and D. THIELE. 2004. Seasonality of blue and fin whale calls and the influence of sea ice in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Deep-Sea Research II 51: 2327-2344.

STAFFORD, K. M., D. R. BOHNENSTIEHL, M. TOLSTOY, E. CHAPP, D. K. MELLINGER, and S. E. MOORE. 2004. Antarctic-type blue whale calls recorded at low latitudes in the Indian and eastern Pacific Oceans. Deep-Sea Research I 51: 1337-1346. STERLING, J. T. and R. R. REAM. 2004. At-sea behavior of juvenile male northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 82(10):1621-1637. TESTA, J. W.. 2004. Interaction of top-down and bottom-up life history trade-offs in moose (Alces alces). Ecology 85(5):1453-1459. TESTA, J. W.. 2004. Population dynamics and life history trade-offs of moose (Alces alces) in south-central Alaska. Ecology 85(5):1439-1452. THIELE, D,, E. T. C., S. E. MOORE, A. ŠIROVI , J. A. HILDEBRAND, and A. S. FRIEDLAENDER. 2004. Seasonal variability in whale encounters in the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Deep-Sea Research II 51: 2311-2325.

TOLLIT, D. J., S. G. HEASLIP, T. K. ZEPPELIN, R. JOY, K. A. CALL, and A. W. TRITES .2004. A method to improve size estimates of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) consumed by pinnipeds: digestion correction factors applied to the bones and otoliths recovered in scats. Fishery Bulletin 102(3): 498-508. WIGGINS, S. M., M. A. MCDONALD, L. A. MUNGER, S. E. MOORE, and J.N A. HILDEBRAND. 2004. Waveguide propagation allows range estimates for North Pacific right whales in the Bering Sea. Canadian Acoustics 32(2): 146-154. ZEPPELIN, T. K., D. J. TOLLIT, K. A. CALL, T. J. ORCHARD, and C. J. GUDMUNDSON. 2004. Sizes of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) consumed by the western stock of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska from 1998 to 2000. Fishery Bulletin 102(3): 509-521. ZERBINI, A. N., A. ANDRIOLO, J. M. DA ROCHA, P. C. SIMÕES-LOPES, S. SICILIANO, J. LUIZ PIZZORNO, J. M. WAITE, D. P. DeMASTER, and G. R. VanBLARICOM. 2004. Winter distribution and abundance of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) off northeastern Brazil. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 6(1): 101-107.

NMML PUBLICATIONS 2005 ANGLISS, R. P. and R. B. OUTLAW. 2005. Alaska marine mammal stock assessments, 2005. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-161) 250p. Available online at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ak2005.pdf

BAKER, A. R., T. R. LOUGHLIN, V. BURKANOV, C. W. MATSON, R. G. TRUJILLO, D. G. CALKINS, J. K. WICKLIFFE, and J. W. BICKHAM. 2005. Variation of mitochondrial control region sequences of Steller sea lions: the three-stock hypothesis. Journal of Mammalogy 86(6): 1075-1084.

BENGTSON, JOHN L., LISA M. HIRUKI-RARING, MICHAEL A. SIMPKINS, and PETER L. BOVENG. 2005. Ringed and bearded seals densities in the eastern Chukchi Sea, 1999-2000. Polar Biology 28: 833-845.

BOWEN, LIZABETH, BRIAN M. ALDRIDGE, ROBERT DeLONG, SHARON MELIN, ELIZABETH L. BUCKLES, FRANCES GULLAND, LINDA J. LOWENSTINE, JEFFREY L. STOTT, and MICHAEL L. JOHNSON. 2005. An immunogenetic basis for the high prevalence of urogenital cancer in a free-ranging population of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Immunogenetics 56(11): 846-848.

BRANDON, ELISIF A. A., DONALD G. CALKINS, THOMAS R. LOUGHLIN, and

RANDALL W. DAVIS. 2005. Neonatal growth of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups in Alaska. Fishery Bulletin 103(2): 246-257.

BROWN, ROBIN F., BRYAN E. WRIGHT, SUSAN D. RIEMER, and JEFFREY LAAKE. 2005. Trends in abundance and current status of harbor seals in Oregon: 1977-2003. Marine Mammal Science 21(4): 657-670.

BUREK, KATHY A., KIMBERLEE BECKMEN, TOM GELATT, WOODY FRASER, ALEXA J. BRACHT, KARA A. SMOLAREK, and CARLOS H. ROMERO. 2005. Poxvirus infection of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41(4): 745-752.

BURKANOV, V. N. and T. R. LOUGHLIN. 2005*. Distribution and abundance of Steller sea lions, Eumetopias jubatus, on the Asian coast, 1720's-2005. Marine Fisheries Review 67(2): 1-62. Available online at: http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr672/mfr6721.pdf (*Published/distributed March 2007)

CALL, KATHERINE A. and THOMAS R. LOUGHLIN. 2005. An ecological classification of Alaskan Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) rookeries: a tool for conservation/management. Fisheries Oceanography 14(Supplement 1): 212-222.

CARRETTA, JAMES V., KARIN A. FORNEY, MARCIA M. MUTO, JAY BARLOW, JASON BAKER, BRAD HANSON, and MARK S. LOWRY. 2005. U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2004. La Jolla, CA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-375) Available online at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/po2004.pdf

CLAPHAM, PHIL. 2005. Publish or perish. BioScience 55(5): 390-391.

EBERHARDT, L. L., J. L. SEASE, AND D. P. DeMASTER. 2005. Projecting the trend of Steller sea lion populations in western Alaska. Marine Mammal Science 21(4): 728-738.

ETNIER, M.A. and C.W. FOWLER. 2005. Comparison of Size Selectivity Between Marine Mammals and Commercial Fisheries With Recommendations for Restructuring Management Policies. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-159) Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-159.pdf

FADELY, BRIAN S., BRUCE W. ROBSON, JEREMY T. STERLING, ANGIE GREIG, and KATHERINE A. CALL. 2005. Immature Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) dive activity in relation to habitat features of the eastern Aleutian Islands. Fisheries Oceanography 14 (Supplement 1): 243-258.

FEWSTER, RACHEL M., JEFFREY L. LAAKE, and STEPHEN T. BUCKLAND. 2005. Line transect sampling in small and large regions. Biometrics: 856-861.

FOWLER, CHARLES W. 2005. Sustainability, health, and the human population.

EcoHealth 2(1): 58-69.

FRITZ, L.W. and C. STINCHCOMB. 2005. Aerial, ship, and land-based surveys of Steller sea lions (Eumtopias jubatus) in the western stock in Alaska, June and July 2003 and 2004. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-153) 56p. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-153.pdf

FRITZ, LOWELL W. and ERIC S. BROWN. 2005. Survey- and fishery-derived estimates of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) biomass: implications for strategies to reduce interactions between groundfish fisheries and Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Fishery Bulletin 103(3): 501-515. Available online at: http://fishbull.noaa.gov/fcontent.htm

FRITZ, LOWELL W. and SARAH HINCKLEY. 2005. A critical review of the regime shift - "junk food" - nutritional stress hypothesis for the decline of the western stock of Steller sea lion. Marine Mammal Science 21(3): 476-518.

GALES, NICHOLAS J., TOSHIO KASUYA, PHILLIP J. CLAPHAM, and ROBERT L. BROWNELL, JR. 2005. Japan's whaling plan under scrutiny. Nature 435(7044): 883-884.

GULLAND, F.M.D., M. H. PÉREZ-CORTÉS, J. URBÁN R., L. ROJAS-BRACHO, G. YLITALO, J. WEIR, S.A. NORMAN, M.M. MUTO, D.J. RUGH, C. KREUDER and T. ROWLES. 2005. Eastern north Pacific gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) unusual mortality event, 1999-2000. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-150) 33p. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-150.pdf

HERMAN, D. P., D. G. BURROWS, P. R. WADE, J. W. DURBAN, C. O. MATKIN, R. G. LEDUC, L. G. BARRETT-LENNARD, and M. M. KRAHN. 2005. Feeding ecology of eastern North Pacific killer whales Orcinus orca from fatty acid, stable isotope, and organochlorine analyses of blubber biopsies. Marine Ecology Progress Series 302: 275-291.

HOBBS, R. C., K. L. LAIDRE, D. J. VOS, B. A. MAHONEY, and M. EAGLETON. 2005. Movements and area use of belugas, Delphinapterus leucas, in a subarctic Alaskan estuary. Arctic 58(4): 331-340.

JOHNSON, AMANDA, GLENN SALVADOR, JOHN KENNEY, JOOKE ROBBINS, SCOTT KRAUS, SCOTT LANDRY, and PHIL CLAPHAM. 2005. Fishing gear involved in entanglements of right and humpback whales. Marine Mammal Science 21(4): 635-645.

LAIDRE, K. L. and M. P. HEIDE-JØRGENSEN. 2005. Winter feeding intensity of narwhals (Monodon monoceros). Marine Mammal Science 21(1): 45-57.

LANDER, MICHELLE E., MARTIN HAULENA, FRANCES M. D. GULLAND, and

JAMES T. HARVEY. 2005. Implantation of subcutaneous radio transmitters in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) . Marine Mammal Science 21(1): 154-161.

LYONS, E. T. and R. L. DeLONG. 2005. Photomicrographic images of some features of Uncinaria spp. (Nematoda: Ancylostomatidae) from otariid pinnipeds. Parasitology Research 95(5): 346-352.

LYONS, E. T., R. L. DeLONG, T. R. SPRAKER, S. R. MELIN, J. L. LAAKE, and S. C. TOLLIVER. 2005. Seasonal prevalence and intensity of hookworms (Uncinaria spp.) in California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pups born in 2002 on San Miguel Island, California. Parasitology Research 96(2): 127-132.

MALDINI, DANIELA, LORI MAZZUCA, and SHANNON ATKINSON .2005. Odontocete stranding patterns in the main Hawaiian Islands (1937-2002): How do they compare with live animal surveys? Pacific Science 59(1): 55-67.

MATE, BRUCE, PETER DULEY, BARBARA LAGERQUIST, FREDERICK WENZEL, ALISON STIMPERT, and PHIL CLAPHAM. 2005. Observations of a female North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) in simultaneous copulation with two males: supporting evidence for sperm competition. Aquatic Mammals 31(2): 157-160.

MCDERMOTT, SUSANNE F., L. W. FRITZ, and V. HAIST. 2005. Estimating movement and abundance of Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) with tag-release-recapture data. Fisheries Oceanography 14(Supplement 1): 113-130.

MELIN, SHARON. 2005. Pinniped populations update (25 years of biological monitoring special section). Alolkoy 17(2): [p.2 - unpaginated special section]. Available online at: http://channelislands.nos.noaa.gov/edu/pdf/25.pdf

MELIN, SHARON R., ROBERT L. DeLONG, and ANTHONY J. ORR. 2005. The status of the northern fur seal population at San Miguel Island, California, 2002-2003,pp. 44-52 In: J.W. Testa, editor, Fur seal investigations, 2002-2003. Seattle, WA, U.S. Department of Commerce. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-151.pdf

MOORE, S.E. 2005. Long-term environmental change and marine mammals, pp. 137-147 In: J.E. Reynolds III, W.F. Perrin, R.R. Reeves, S. Montgomery, and T.J. Ragen, editors, Marine mammal research: Conservation beyond crisis. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press.

MOORE, SUE. 2005. Marine mammals in the Bering/Chukchi Sea. Arctic Research of the United States 19(Spring/Summer): 50-52.

MORI, YOSHIHISA, YUUKI WATANABE, YOKO MITANI, KATSUFUMI SATO, MICHAEL F. CAMERON, and YASUHIKO NAITO. 2005. A comparison of prey richness estimates for Weddell seals using diving profiles and image data. Marine Ecology Progress Series 295: 257-263.

PITCHER, KENNETH W., MICHAEL J. REHBERG, GREY W. PENDLETON, KIMBERLY L. RAUM-SURYAN, THOMAS S. GELATT, UNA G. SWAIN, and MICHAEL F. SIGLER. 2005. Ontogeny of dive performance in pup and juvenile Steller sea lions in Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83(9): 1214-1231.

PITMAN, ROBERT L., WILLIAM A. WALKER, WILLIAM T. EVERETT, and JUAN PABLO GALLO-REYNOSO. 2004. Population status, foods and foraging of Laysan albatrosses Phoebastria immutabiliis nesting on Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Marine Ornithology 32(2): 159-165 . NOT ON 2004 XCH…

REAM, ROLF R., JEREMY T. STERLING, and THOMAS R. LOUGHLIN. 2005. Oceanographic features related to northern fur seal migratory movements. Deep Sea Research II 52(5-6): 823-843.

RUGH, DAVID J., RODERICK C. HOBBS, JAMES A. LERCZAK, and JEFFREY M. BREIWICK. 2005. Estimates of abundance of the eastern North Pacific stock of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) 1997-2002. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 7(1): 1-12.

RUGH, DAVID J., KIM E.W. SHELDEN, CHRISTY L. SIMS, BARBARA A. MAHONEY, BRAD K. SMITH, LAURA K. LITZKY, and RODERICK C. HOBBS. 2005. Aerial surveys of belugas in Cook Inlet, Alaska, June 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-149) 71p. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-149.pdf

SHELDEN, KIM E. W., SUE E. MOORE, JANICE M. WAITE, PAUL R. WADE, and DAVID J. RUGH. 2005. Historic and current habitat use by North Pacific right whales Eubalaena japonica in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. Mammal Review 35(2): 129-155.

SIMPKINS, M. A., K. L. LAIDRE, and P. J. HEAGERTY. 2005. Multivariate regression of satellite-linked dive recorder data: simultaneous analysis of all bins. Marine Mammal Science 21(2): 243-259.

SINCLAIR, ELIZABETH H., SUE E. MOORE, NANCY A. FRIDAY, TONYA K. ZEPPELIN, and JANICE M. WAITE. 2005. Do patterns of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) diet, population trend and cetacean occurrence reflect oceanographic domains from the Alaska Peninsula to the central Aleutian Islands? Fisheries Oceanography 14(Supplement 1): 223-242.

SMALL, ROBERT J., LLOYD F. LOWRY, JAY M. VER HOEF, KATHRYN J. FROST, ROBERT A. DeLONG, and MICHAEL J. REHBERG. 2005. Differential movements by harbor seal pups in contrasting Alaska environments. Marine Mammal Science 21(4): 671-694.

STAFFORD, KATHLEEN M. and SUE E. MOORE. 2005. Atypical calling by a blue whale in the Gulf of Alaska (L). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 117(5):

2724-2727.

STAFFORD, KATHLEEN M., SUE E. MOORE, and CHRISTOPHER G. FOX. 2005. Diel variation in blue whale calls recorded in the eastern tropical Pacific. Animal Behaviour 69(4): 951-958.

TAYLOR, MITCHELL K., JEFF LAAKE, PHILIP D. MCLOUGHLIN, ERIK W. BORN, H. DEAN CLUFF, STEVEN H. FERGUSON, AQQALU ROSING-ASVID, RAY SCHWEINSBURG, and FRANÇOIS MESSIER. 2005. Demography and viability of a hunted population of polar bears. Arctic 58(2): 203-214.

TESTA, J.W., editor. 2005. Fur seal investigations, 2002-2003. Seattle, WA, U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-151) 72p. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-151.pdf

TESTA, J.WARD. 2005. Introduction, pp. 1-7 In: J.W. Testa, editor, Fur seal investigations, 2002-2003. Seattle, WA, U.S. Department of Commerce. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-151.pdf

TOWELL, RODNEY G. and ROLF R. REAM. 2005. Mass, length, and sex ratios of northern fur seal pups on the Pribilof Islands, 2002, pp. 28-43 In: J.W. Testa, editor, Fur seal investigations, 2002-2003. Seattle, WA, U.S. Department of Commerce. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-151.pdf

TRUMBLE, STEPHEN J. and MICHAEL A. CASTELLINI. 2005. Diet mixing in an aquatic carnivore, the harbour seal. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83(6): 851-859.

VOS, DANIEL J. and KIM E. W. SHELDEN. 2005. Unusual mortality in the depleted Cook Inlet beluga population. Northwestern Naturalist 86(2): 59-65. 0

YORK, ANNE E., RODNEY G. TOWELL, ROLF R. REAM, and CHARLES W. FOWLER. 2005. Population assessment of northern fur seals on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 2002-2003, pp. 8-27 In: J.W. Testa, editor, Fur seal investigations, 2002-2003. Seattle, WA, U.S. Department of Commerce. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-151.pdf

NMML PUBLICATIONS 2006 ACEVEDO-WHITEHOUSE, KARINA, TERRY R. SPRAKER, EUGENE LYONS, SHARON R. MELIN, FRANCES GULLAND, ROBERT L. DELONG, and WILLIAM AMOS. 2006. Contrasting effects of heterozygosity on survival and hookworm resistance in California sea lion pups. Molecular Ecology 15(7): 1973-1982.

BALANCE, LISA T., ROBERT L. PITMAN, ROGER P. HEWITT, DONALD B. SINIFF, WAYNE Z. TRIVELPIECE, PHILLIP J. CLAPHAM, and ROBERT L.

BROWNELL, JR. 2006. The removal of large whales from the Southern Ocean: evidence for long-term ecosystem effects?, pp. 215-230 In: James A. Estes, Douglas P. DeMaster, Daniel F. Doak, Terrie M. Williams and Robert L. Brownell, Jr., editors, Whales, whaling, and ocean

BORCHERS, D. L., J. L. LAAKE, C. SOUTHWELL, and C. G. M. PAXTON. 2006. Accommodating umodeled heterogeneity in double-observer distance sampling surveys. Biometrics 62(2): 372-378.

BOWEN, L., B. ALDRIDGE, K. BECKMEN, T. GELATT, L. REA, K. BUREK, K. PITCHER, and J. L. STOTT. 2006. Differential expression of immune response genes in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus ): an indicator of ecosystem health? Ecohealth 3(2): 109-113.

BOWEN, L., B. M. ALDRIDGE, R. DELONG, S. MELIN, C. GODINEZ, A. ZAVALA, F. GULLAND, L. LOWENSTINE, J. L. STOTT, and M. L. JOHNSON. 2006. MHC gene configuration variation in geographically disparate populations of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Molecular Ecology 15(2): 529-533.

BRADFORD, A. L., P. R. WADE, D. W. WELLER, A. M. BURDIN, Y. V. IVASHCHENKO, G. A. TSIDULKO, G. R. VANBLARICOM, and R. L. BROWNELL. 2006. Survival estimates of western gray whales Eschrichtius robustus incorporating individual heterogeneity and temporary emigration. Marine Ecology Progress Series 315: 293-307.

BRANDON, J. R. and P. R. WADE. 2006. A stock assessment of the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas stock of bowhead whales using Bayesian model averaging. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 8(3):225-239.

BROWNE, PATIENCE, ALAN J. CONLEY, TERRY SPRAKER, ROLF R. REAM, and BILL L. LASLEY. 2006. Sex steroid concentrations and localization of steroidogenic enzyme expression in free-ranging female northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 147:175-183.

CARRETTA, J.V., K. A. FORNEY, M. M. MUTO, J. BARLOW, J. BAKER, B. HANSON, and M. S. LOWRY. 2006. U.S. Pacific Marine Mammal Stock Assessments: 2005. La Jolla, CA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-388) Available online at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/po2005.pdf

CLAPHAM, PHILLIP J. and JASON S. LINK. 2006. Whales, whaling, and ecosystems in the North Atlantic Ocean, pp. 314-323 In: James A. Estes, Douglas P. DeMaster, Daniel F. Doak, Terrie M. Williams and Robert L. Brownell, Jr., editors, Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press.

COX, T. M., T. J. RAGEN, A. J. READ, E. VOS, R. W. BAIRD, K. BALCOMB, J. BARLOW, J. CALDWELL, T. CRANFORD, L. CRUM, A. D'AMICO, G. D'SPAIN, A. FERNANDEZ, J. FINNERAN, R. GENTRY, W. GERTH, F. GULLAND, H.

HILDEBRAND, D. HOUSER, T. HULLAR, P. D. JEPSON, D. KETTEN, C. D. MACLEOD, P. MILLER, S. MOORE, D. C. MOUNTAIN, D. PALKA, P. PONGANIS, S. ROMMEL, T. ROWLES, B. TAYLOR, P. TYACK, D. WARTZOK, R. GISINER, J. MEAD, and L. BENNER. 2006. Understanding the impacts of anthropogenic sound on beaked whales. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 7(3): 177-187

CROLL, D. A., D. A. DEMER, R. P. HEWITT, J. K. JANSEN, M. E. GOEBEL, and B. R. TERSHY. 2006. Effects of variability in prey abundance on reproduction and foraging in chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica). Journal of Zoology 269(4): 506-513.

DAVIS, RANDALL W., ELISIF A. A. BRANDON, DONALD G. CALKINS, and THOMAS R. LOUGHLIN. 2006. Female attendance and neonatal pup growth in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), pp. 13-29 In: A.W. Trites, S.K. Atkinson, D.P. DeMaster, L.W. Fritz, T.S. Gelatt, L.D. Rea and K.M. Wynne, editors, Sea Lions of the World: Proceedings of the Symposium Sea Lions of the World: Conservation and Research in the 21st Century, September 30-October 3, 2004, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Fairbanks, AK , Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

DeMASTER, DOUGLAS P., ANDREW W. TRITES, PHILLIP CLAPHAM, SALLY MIZROCH, PAUL WADE, ROBERT J. SMALL, and JAY VER HOEF. 2006. The sequential megafaunal collapse hypothesis: testing with existing data. Progress in Oceanography 68(2-4): 329-342.

DURBAN, J. W. and K. M. PARSONS .2006. Laser-metrics of free-ranging killer whales. Marine Mammal Science 22(3):735-743.

FADELY, BRIAN, LOWELL FRITZ, ROLF REAM, ROD TOWELL, JEREMY STERLING, CHARLES STINCHCOMB, WAYNE PERRYMAN, and TOM GELATT. 2006. Contrasting western Steller sea lion and northern fur seal population trends in Alaska. AFSC Quarterly Report January-February-March: 1-8. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Quarterly/jfm2006/jfmfeaturelead.htm

FORNEY, KARIN A. and PAUL R. WADE. 2006. Worldwide distribution and abundance of killer whales, pp. 145-163 In: James A. Estes, Douglas P. DeMaster, Daniel F. Doak, Terrie M. Williams and Robert L. Brownell, Jr., editors, Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press.

FRITZ, LOWELL. 2005. Monitoring Steller sea lion numbers. Alaska Seas & Coast 1: 2. Available online at: http://seagrant.uaf.edu/bookstore/seasandcoasts/issues/ak-seas-and-coasts-0505.pdf

FROST, KATHRYN J., MICHAEL A. SIMPKINS, ROBERT J. SMALL, and LLOYD F. LOWRY. 2006. Development of diving by harbor seal pups in two regions of Alaska: use of the water column. Marine Mammal Science 22(3): 617-643.

GREBMEIER, JACQUELINE M., JAMES E. OVERLAND, SUE E. MOORE, ED V. FARLEY, EDDY C. CARMACK, LEE W. COOPER, KAREN E. FREY, JOHN H. HELLE, FIONA A. MCLAUGHLIN, and S. LYN MCNUTT. 2006. A major ecosystem

shift in the northern Bering Sea. Science 311(5766): 1461-1464.

GUDMUNDSON, CAROLYN J., TONYA K. ZEPPELIN, and ROLF R. REAM. 2006. Application of two methods for determining diet of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). Fishery Bulletin 104(3): 445-455. REPRINT FILE, NMML PERIODICALS COLLECTION - SH11 .A13; Available online at: http://fishbull.noaa.gov/1043/gudmundson.pdf

HOFFMAN, J. I., C. W. WATSON, W. AMOS, T. R. LOUGHLIN, and J. W. BICKHAM. 2006. Deep genetic subdivision within a continuously distributed and highly vagile marine mammal, the Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus). Molecular Ecology 15(10): 2821-2832.

HOSHINO, HIROSHI, SHOUICHI FUJITA, YOKO GOTO, TAKEOMI ISONO, ISHINAZAKA TSUYOSHI, VLADIMIR N. BURKANOV, and YASUNORI SAKURAI. 2006. Organochlorines in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) from the western North Pacific, pp. 1-11 In: A.W. Trites, S.K. Atkinson, D.P. DeMaster, L.W. Fritz, T.S. Gelatt, L.D. Rea and K.M. Wynne, editors, Sea Lions of the World: Proceedings of the Symposium Sea Lions of the World: Conservation and Research in the 21st Century, September 30-October 3, 2004, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Fairbanks, AK, Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

JANSEN, JOHN K., JOHN L. BENGTSON, PETER L. BOVENG, SHAWN P. DAHLE, and JAY VER HOEF. 2006. Disturbance of harbor seals by cruise ships in Disenchantment Bay, Alaska: an investigation at three spatial and temporal scales. Seattle, WA, U.S. Department of Commerce. (AFSC Processed Report 2006-02) 75p.

JOY, R., D. J. TOLLIT, J. L. LAAKE, and A. W. TRITES. 2006. Using simulations to evaluate reconstructions of sea lion diet from scat, pp. 205-221 In: A.W. Trites, S.K. Atkinson, D.P. DeMaster, L.W. Fritz, T.S. Gelatt, L.D. Rea and K.M. Wynne, editors, Sea Lions of the World: Proceedings of the Symposium Sea Lions of the World: Conservation and Research in the 21st Century, September 30-October 3, 2004, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Fairbanks, AK, Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

KOSKI, W. R., D. J. RUGH, A. E. PUNT, and D J. ZEH. 2006. An approach to minimise bias in estimation of the length-frequency distribution of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) from arial photogrammetric data. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 8(1): 45-54.

MIZROCH, SALLY M. and DALE W. RICE. 2006. Have North Pacific killer whales switched prey species in response to depletion of the great whale populations? Marine Ecology Progress Series 310: 235-246.

MOORE, SUE E. and KRISTIN L. LAIDRE. 2006. Trends in sea ice cover within habitats used by bowhead whales in the western Arctic. Ecological Applications 16(3): 932-944.

MOORE, SUE E., KATHLEEN M. STAFFORD, DAVID K. MELLINGER, and JOHN A. HILDEBRAND. 2006. Listening for large whales in the offshore waters of Alaska. BioScience 56(1): 49-55.

MORIN, P. A., R. . LEDUC, K. M. ROBERTSON, N. M. HEDRICK, W. F. PERRIN, M. ETNIER, P. WADE, and B. L. TAYLOR. 2006. Genetic analysis of killer whale (Orcinus orca) historical bone and tooth samples to identify western US ecotypes. Marine Mammal Science 22(4): 897-909.

O'CORRY-CROWE, G., B. L. TAYLOR, T. GELATT, T. R. LOUGHLIN, J. BICKHAM, M. BASTERRETCHE, K. W. PITCHER, and D. P. DeMASTER. 2006. Demographic independence along ecosystem boundaries in Steller sea lions revealed by mtDNA analysis: implications for management of an endangered species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(12): 1796-1809.

PENDLETON, GREY W., KENNETH W. PITCHER, LOWELL W. FRITZ, ANNE E YORK, KIMBERLY L. RAUM-SURYAN, THOMAS R. LOUGHLIN, DONALD G. CALKINS, KELLY K. HASTINGS, and THOMAS S. GELATT. 2006. Survival of Steller sea lions in Alaska: a comparison of increasing and decreasing populations. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84(8):1163-1172.

PEREZ, M.A. 2006. Analysis of marine mammal bycatch data from the trawl, longline, and pot groundfish fisheries of Alaska, 1998-2004, defined by geographic area, gear type, and catch target groundfish species. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-167) 194p. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-167.pdf

PUNT, A. E., N. A. FRIDAY, and TIM D. SMITH. 2006. Reconciling data on the trends and abundance of North Atlantic humpback whales within a population modelling framework.

REEVES, RANDALL R., JOEL BERGER, and PHILLIP J. CLAPHAM. 2006. Killer whales as predators of large baleen whales and sperm whales, pp. 174-187 In: James A. Estes, Douglas P. DeMaster, Daniel F. Doak, Terrie M. Williams and Robert L. Brownell, Jr., editors, Whales, whaling, and ocean ecosystems. Berkeley, CA, University of California Press.

ROBBINS, J., J. M. ALLEN, P. J. CLAPHAM, and D.K. MATTILA. 2006. Stock identity of a humpback whale taken in a southeastern Caribbean hunt. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 8(1): 29-31.

SCOTT, TERESA L., KYMBERLY M. YANO, JASON BAKER, MARTHA H. RICKEY, MICHELLE EAMES, and CHARLES W. FOWLER. 2006. The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus): a bibliography. Seattle, WA, U.S. Department of Commerce. (AFSC Processed Report 2006-05) 246p. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/ProcRpt/PR%202006-05.pdf

SHELDEN, K.E.W. and P. J. CLAPHAM. 2006. Habitat requirements and extinction

risks of eastern North Pacific right whales. Seattle, WA, U.S. Department of Commerce. (AFSC Processed Report 2006-06) 52p. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/ProcRpt/PR%202006-06.pdf

STEVICK, P. T., J. ALLEN, P. J. CLAPHAM, S. K. DATONA, F. LARSEN, J. LIEN, D. K. MATTILA, P. J. PALSBØLL, R. SEARS, J. SIGURJÓNSSON, T. D. SMITH, G. VIKINGSSON, N. ØIEN, and P. S. HAMMOND. 2006. Population spatial structuring on the feeding grounds in North Atlantic humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Journal of Zoology 270(2):244-255.

SWARTZ, STEVEN L., BARBARA L. TAYLOR, and DAVID J. RUGH. 2006. Gray whale Eschrichtius robustus population and stock identity. Mammal Review 36(1): 66-84.

TAYLOR, MITCHELL K., JEFF LAAKE, PHILIP D. MCLOUGHLIN, H. DEAN CLUFF, and FRANÇOIS MESSIER. 2006. Demographic parameters and harvest-explicit population viability analysis for polar bears in M'Clintock Channel, Nunavut, Canada. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(6):1667-1673.

TOWELL, ROD G., ROLF R. REAM and ANNE E.YORK. 2006. Decline in northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) pup production on the Pribilof Islands. Marine Mammal Science 22(2): 486-491.

TRITES, A. W., S. K. ATKINSON, D. P. DeMASTER, L. W. FRITZ, T. S. GELATT, L. D. REA, and K. M. WYNN. 2006. Sea Lions of the World: Proceedings of the Symposium Sea Lions of the World: Conservation and Research in the 21st Century, September 30-October 3, 2004, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Fairbanks, AK, Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks. (22nd Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium, Alaska Sea Grant Report AK-SG-06-01) 653p.

TRUMBLE, STEPHEN J., MICHAEL A. CASTELLINI, TAMARA L. MAU, and JUDITH M. CASTELLINI. 2006. Dietary and seasonal influences on blood chemistry and hematology in captive harbor seals. Marine Mammal Science 22(1): 104-123.

WADE, PAUL, MADS PETER HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, KIM SHELDEN, JAY BARLOW, JAMES CARRETTA, JOHN DURBAN, RICK LeDUC, LISA MUNGER, SHANNON RANKIN, ALLAN SAUTER, and CHARLES STINCHCOMB. 2006. Acoustic detection and satellite-tracking leads to discovery of rare concentration of endangered North Pacific right whales. Biology Letters 2(3):417-419.

WAITE, JASON N. and VLADIMIR N. BURKANOV. 2006. Steller sea lion feeding habits in the Russian far east, 2000-2003, pp. 223-234 In: A.W. Trites, S.K. Atkinson, D.P. DeMaster, L.W. Fritz, T.S. Gelatt, L.D. Rea and K.M. Wynne, editors, Sea Lions of the World: Proceedings of the Symposium Sea Lions of the World: Conservation and Research in the 21st Century, September 30-October 3, 2004, Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Fairbanks, AK , Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

ZARNKE, RANDALL L., JAY M. VER HOEF, and ROBERT A. DELONG. 2006. Geographic pattern of serum antibody prevalence for Brucella spp. in caribou, grizzly

bears, and wolves from Alaska, 1975-1998. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42(3): 570-577.

ZEPPELIN, T. K. and R. R. REAM. 2006. Foraging habitats based on the diet of female northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Journal of Zoology

ZERBINI, ALEXANDRE N., ARTUR ANDRIOLO, MADS PETER HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, JOSÉ LUIS PIZZORNO, YGOR G. MAIA, GLENN R. VanBLARICOM, DOUGLAS P. DeMASTER, PAULO CÉSAR SIMÕES-LOPES, SÉRGIO MOREIRA, and CLÁUDIA BETHLEM. 2006. Satellite-monitored movements of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae in the southwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series 313:295-304.

ZERBINI, A. N., J. M. WAITE, J. L. LAAKE, and P. R. WADE. 2006. Abundance, trends and distribution of baleen whales off western Alaska and the central Aleutian Islands. Deep-Sea Research Part I - Oceanographic Research Papers 53(11): 1772-1790.

NMML PUBLICATIONS 2007

ADAMS, G. P., J. W. TESTA, C. E. C. GOERTZ, R. R. REAM, and J. T. STERLING. 2007. Ultrasonographic characterization of reproductive anatomy and early embryonic detection in the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) in the field. Marine Mammal Science 23(2): 445-452.

ANGLISS, R. P. and R. B. OUTLAW. 2007. Alaska Marine Mammal Stock Assessments, 2006. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-168) 244p. Available online at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ak2006.pdf

BECK, C. A., L. D. REA, S. J. IVERSON, J. M. KENNISH, K. W. PITCHER, and B. S. FADELY. 2007. Blubber fatty acid profiles reveal regional, seasonal, age-class and sex differences in the diet of young Steller sea lions in Alaska. Marine Ecology Progress Series 338: 269-280.

BENGTSON, J. L., A. V. PHILLIPS, E. A. MATHEWS, and M. A. SIMPKINS. 2007. Comparison of survey methods for estimating abundance of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in glacial fjords. Fishery Bulletin 105: 348-355. Available online at: http://fishbull.noaa.gov/1053/bengtson.pdf

BRANDON, J. R., J. M. BREIWICK, A. E. PUNT, and P. R. WADE. 2007. Constructing a coherent joint prior while respecting biological realism: application to marine mammal stock assessments. ICES Journal of Marine Science 64(6): 1085-1100.

BUCKLES, ELIZABETH L., LINDA J. LOWENSTINE, ROBERT L. DELONG, SHARON R. MELIN, REGINA K. VITTORE, HONG-NEI WONG, GATELY L. ROSS, JUDITH A. ST. LEGER, DENISE J. GREIG, REBECCA S. DUERR, FRANCES M. D. GULLAND, and JEFFERY L. STOTT. 2007. Age-prevalence of otarine herpesvirus-1, a tumor-associated virus, and possibility of its sexual transmission in

California sea lions. Veterinary Microbiology 120(1-2): 1-8.

BURKANOV, V. N. and T. R. LOUGHLIN. 2005*. Distribution and abundance of Steller sea lions, Eumetopias jubatus, on the Asian coast, 1720's-2005. Marine Fisheries Review 67(2): 1-62. Available online at: http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr672/mfr6721.pdf (*Published/distributed March 2007)

CALL, K.A., B.S. FADELY, A. GREIG, and M.J. REHBERG. 2007. At-sea and on-shore cycles of juvenile Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) derived from satellite dive recorders: a comparison between declining and increasing populations. Deep Sea Research II 54(3-4):298-310. Available online to NOAA West at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VGC-4N4S62N-1/2/0e7c9e05878eb3d2ab0e80795e5deab8

CAMERON, M. F., D. B. SINIFF, K. M. PROFFITT, and R. A. GARROTT. 2007. Site fidelity of Weddell seals: The effects of sex and age. Antarctic Science 19(2): 149-155

CLAPHAM, P. and K. VAN WAERBEEK . 2007. Bushmeat and bycatch: the sum of the parts. Molecular Ecology 16( 13): 2607-2609.

DOMNING, DARYL P., JAMES THOMASON, and DEBRA G. CORBETT. 2007. Steller's sea cow in the Aleutian Islands. Marine Mammal Science 23(4): 976-983.

FIELD, JOHN C., KEN BALTZ, A. JASON PHILLIPS, and WILLIAM A. WALKER. 2007. Range expansion and trophic interactions of the jumbo squid, Dosidicus gigas, in the California Current. CalCOFI Report 48: 131-143. Available online at: http://www.calcofi.org/newhome/publications/CalCOFI_Reports/v48/131-146_Field.pdf

GELATT, T. 2007. BOOK REVIEW: Top Predators in Marine Ecosystems: Their Role in Monitoring and Management. 2006. I. L. Boyd, S. Wanless and C. J. Camphuysen, eds. ISBN 13 9978-0-521-84773-5. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge... 392p. Marine Mammal Science 23(2): 474-476.

GOETZ, K. T., D. J. RUGH, A. J. READ, and R.C. HOBBS. 2007. Habitat use in a marine ecosystem: beluga whales Delphinapterus leucas in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Marine Ecology Progress Series 330: 247-256. Available online to NOAA West at: http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2007/330/m330p247.pdf

HARCOURT, R. G., J. J. KINGSTON, M. F. CAMERON, J. R. WAAS, and M. A. HINDELL. 2007. Paternity analysis shows experience, not age, enhances mating success in an aquatically mating pinniped, the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61(4): 643-652.

HOELZEL, A. R., J. HEY, M. E. DAHLHEIM, C. NICHOLSON, V. BURKANOV, and N. BLACK . 2007. Evolution of population structure in a highly social top predator, the killer whale. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24(6): 1407-1415.

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CARRETTA, J. V., K. A. FORNEY, M. S. LOWRY, J. BARLOW, J. BAKER, D. JOHNSTON, B. HANSON, M. M. MUTO, D. LYNCH, and L. CARSWELL. 2009. U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2008. La Jolla, CA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-434) 323 p. URL:http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/po2008.pdf

CLAPHAM, P. and Y. IVASHCHENKO. 2009. A whale of a deception. Marine Fisheries Review 71(1): 44-52. URL:http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr711/mfr7114.pdf

CLAPHAM, P., Y. MIKHALEV, W. FRANKLIN, D. PATON, C. S. BAKER, Y. IVASHCHENKO, and R. L. BROWNELL Jr. 2009. Catches of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, by the Soviet Union and other nations in the Southern Ocean, 1947-1973. Marine Fisheries Review 71(1): 39-43. URL:http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr711/mfr7113.pdf

CONN, P. B., G. C. WHITE, and J. L. LAAKE. 2009. Simulation performance of Bayesian estimators of abundance employing age-at-harvest and mark-recovery data, pp. 965-986 In: D.L. Thomson, E.G. Cooch and M.J. Conroy, editors, Modeling demographic processes in Marked Populations. New York, Springer.

CRESSIE, N., C. A. CALDER, J. S. CLARK, J. M. Ver HOEF, and C. K. WIKLE. 2009. Accounting for uncertainty in ecological analysis: the strengths and limitations of hierarchical statistical modeling. Ecological Applications 19(3): 553-570.

DAHLHEIM, M. E., P. A. WHITE, and J. M. WAITE. 2009. Cetaceans of southeast

Alaska: distribution and seasonal occurrence. Journal of Biogeography 36(3): 410-426.

DeLONG, R.L., A.J. ORR, R.S.JENKINSON, and E.T. LYONS. 2009. Treatment of northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) pups with ivermectin reduces hookworm-induced mortality. Marine Mammal Science 25(4): 944-948.

FEWSTER, R. M., S. T. BUCKLAND, K. P. BURNHAM, D. L. BORCHERS, P. E. JUPP, J. L. LAAKE, and L. THOMAS. 2009. Estimating the encounter rate variance in distance sampling. Biometrics 65(1): 225-236.

FOWLER, C.W. 2009. Systemic managment: sustainable human interactions with ecosystems and the biosphere. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 295 p.

FOWLER, C.W. and M. A. ETNIER. 2009. Sustainability, pp. 1131-1134 In: W.F. Perrin, J.G.M. Thewissen and B. Wursig, editors, Encyclopedia of marine mammals. 2nd ed. San Diego, CA, Academic Press.

FOWLER, C.W. and L. HOBBS. 2009. Are we asking the right questions in science and management? Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-202) 59p. URL:http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-202.pdf

FOWLER, C.W., T. E. JEWELL, and M. V. LEE. 2009. Harvesting young-of-the-year from large mammal populations: an application of systemic management. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-192) 65 p. URL:http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-192.pdf

GOLDSTEIN, T., T.S. ZABKA, R.L. DeLONG, E.A. WHEELER, G. YLITALO, S. BARGU, M. SILVER, T. LEIGHFIELD, F. VAN DOLAH, G. LANGLOIS, I. SIDOR, J.L. DUNN, and F.M.D. GULLAND. 2009. The role of domoic acid in abortion and premature parturition of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) on San Miguel Island, California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 45(1): 91-108.

HASTINGS, K. K., T. S. GELATT, and J. C. KING. 2009. Postbranding survival of Steller sea lion pups at Lowrie Island in Southeast Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 73(7): 1040-1051.

HERMAN, D.P., G.M. YLITALO, J. ROBBINS , J.M. STRALEY, C.M. GABRIELE, P.J. CLAPHAM, R. BOYER, K.L. TILBURY, R.W. PEARCE, and M.M. KRAHN. 2009. Age determination of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae rough blubber fatty acid compositions of biopsy samples. Marine Ecology Progress Series 392: 277-293.

HOFFMAN, J. I., K. K. DASMAHAPATRA, W. AMOS, C. D. PHILLIPS, T. S. GELATT, and J. W. BICKHAM. 2009. Contrasting patterns of genetic diversity at three different genetic markers in a marine mammal metapopulation. Molecular Ecology 18:2961-2978.

JEFFERSON, T. A., D. FERTL, J. BOLANOS-JIMENEZ, and A. N. ZERBINI. 2009. Distribution of common dolphins (Delphinus Spp.) in the western Atlantic Ocean: a critical re-examination. Marine Biology 156(6): 1109-1124.

KARIYA, T., M. IGARASHI, K. WADA, V. N. BURKANOV, S. KOYAMA, H. HOSHINO, and T. OSHIDA. 2009. Lack of sequence variation of Y chromosome-linked loci in Steller's sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) from Iony Island and the Kuril Islands. Mammal Study 34(1): 33-36.

KUHN, C. E., D.L E. CROCKER, Y. TREMBLAY, and D. P. COSTA. 2009. Time to eat: measurements of feeding behaviour in a large marine predator, the northern elephant seal Mirounga angustirostris. Journal of Animal Ecology 78(3): 513-523.

KUHN, C.E., D.S. JOHNSON, R.R. REAM, and T.S. GELATT. 2009. Advances in the tracking of marine species: using GPS locations to evaluate satellite track data and a continuous-time movement model. Marine Ecology Progress Series 393: 97-109.

LAAKE, J., A. PUNT, R. HOBBS, M. FERGUSON, D. RUGH, and J. BREIWICK. 2009. Re-analysis of gray whale southbound migration surveys 1967-2006. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-203) 55p. URL: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-203.pdf

LANDER, M. E., T. R. LOUGHLIN, M. G. LOGSDON, G. R. VanBLARICOM, B. S. FADELY, and L. W. FRITZ. 2009. Regional differences in the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of oceanographic habitat used by Steller sea lions. Ecological Applications 19(6): 1645-1659.

LEA, M. A., D. JOHNSON, R. REAM, J. STERLING, S. MELIN, and T. GELATT. 2009. Extreme weather events influence dispersal of naive northern fur seals. Biology Letters 5(2): 252-257.

MITCHELL, K. T., J. LAAKE, P.D. McLOUGHLIN, H. D. CLUFF, and F. MESSIER. 2009. Demography and population viability of polar bears in the Gulf of Boothia, Nunavut. Marine Mammal Science 25(4):778-796.

MIZROCH, S. A., D. W. RICE, D. ZWIEFELHOFER, J. WAITE, and W. L. PERRYMAN .2009. Distribution and movements of fin whales in the North Pacific Ocean. Mammal Review 39(3): 193-227.

MOCKLIN, J.A. 2009. Evidence of bowhead whale feeding behavior from aerial photography. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (AFSC Processed Report 2009-06) 118p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. URL:http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/ProcRpt/PR2009-06.pdf SH11 .A36 no.2009-06 NORBERG, S. E., V. N. BURKANOV, and R. D. ANDREWS. 2009. Serum chemistry values of free-ranging, lactating northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). Journal of

Wildlife Diseases 45(3): 843-848.

NOREN, D. P., L. D. REA, and T. R. LOUGHLIN. 2009. A model to predict fasting capacities and utilization of body energy stores in weaned Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) during periods of reduced prey availability. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87(10): 852-864.

ORR, A.J., S.D. NEWSON, and R.L. DeLONG. 2009. Variation in stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values from multiple tissues of California sea lions (Zalophus californianaus), pp. 121-129 In: C.C. Damiani and D.K. Garcelon, editors, Proceedings of the Seventh California Islands Symposium, Oxnard, California, February 5 - 8, 2008. Arcata, CA, Institute for Wildlife Studies.

PARSONS, K. M., K. C. BALCOMB III, J. K. B. FORD, and J. W. DURBAN. 2009. The social dynamics of southern resident killer whales and conservation implications for this endangered population. Animal Behaviour 77(4): 963-971.

PERMYAKOV, P. A. and V. N. BURKANOV. 2009. Interactions between killer whales (Orcinus orca) and Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in the vicinity of Brat Chirpoev Island, Kuril Islands. Russian Journal of Marine Biology 35(3): 255-258.

PHILLIPS, C. D., J. W. BICKHAM, J. C. PATTON, and T. S. GELATT. 2009. Systematics of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus): subspecies recognition based on concordance of genetics and morphometrics. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 283:1-15. URL:http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/publications/opapers/ops/OP283.pdf

PHILLIPS, C. D., R. G. TRUJILLO, T. S. GELATT, M. J. SMOLEN, C. W. MATSON, R. L. HONEYCUTT, J. C. PATTON, and J. W. BICKHAM. 2009. Assessing substitution patterns, rates, and homoplasy at HVRI of Steller sea lions, Eumetopias jubatus. Molecular Ecology 18(16): 3379-3393.

PINTO de SÁ ALVES, L. C., A. ANDRIOLO, A. N. ZERBINI, J. L. ALTMAYER PIZZORNO, and P. J. CLAPHAM. 2009. Record of feeding by humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in tropical waters off Brazil. Marine Mammal Science 25(2): 416-419.

REA, L. D., M. BERMAN-KOWALEWSKI, D. A. S. ROSEN, and A. W. TRITES. 2009. Seasonal differences in biochemical adaptation to fasting in juvenile and subadult steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 82(3): 236-247.

RICK, T. C., R. L. DeLONG, J. M. ERLANDSON, T. J. BRAJE, T. L. JONES, D. J. KENNETT, T. A. WAKE, and P. L. WALKER. 2009. A trans-Holocene archaeological record of Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) on the California coast. Marine Mammal Science 25(2): 487-502.

RUGH, D. and J. MOCKLIN. 2009. Aerial surveys to study bowhead whale feeding ecology. AFSC Quarterly Report October November December: 18-19.

URL:http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Quarterly/ond2009/ond09.htm

SCHMIDT, J. H., M. S. LINDBERG, D. S. JOHNSON, B. CONANT, and J. KING. 2009. Evidence of Alaskan trumpeter swan population growth using Bayesian hierarchical models. Journal of Wildlife Management 73(5): 720-727.

SCHMIDT, J. H., M. S. LINDBERG, D. S. JOHNSON, and J. A. SCHMUTZ. 2009. Environmental and human influences on trumpeter swan habitat occupancy in Alaska. Condor 111(2): 266-275.

TAYLOR, M.K., J. LAAKE, P.D. McLOUGHLIN, H.D. CLUFF, and F. MESSIER. 2009. Demography and population viability of polar bears in the Gulf of Boothia, Nunavut . Marine Mammal Science 25(4): 778-796.

TOLLIT, D. J., A. D. SCHULZE, A. W. TRITES, P. F. OLESIUK, S. J. CROCKFORD, T. S. GELATT, R. R. REAM, and K. M. MILLER. 2009. Development and application of DNA techniques for validating and improving pinniped diet estimates. Ecological Applications 19(4): 889-905.

VASSILAKOS, D., A.NATOLI, M. DAHLHEIM, and A. R. HOELZEL. 2009. Balancing and directional selection at Exon-2 of the MHC DQB1 Locus among populations of odontocete cetaceans. Molecular Biology and Evolution 26(3): 681-689.

WEST, K.L., W.A. WALKER, R.W. BAIRD, W. WHITE, G. LEVINE, E. BROWN , and D. SCHOFIELD. 2009. Diet of pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Marine Mammal Science 25(4): 931-943.

WADE, P. R., J. M. Ver HOEF, and D. P. DeMASTER .2009. Mammal-eating killer whales and their prey-trend data for pinnipeds and sea otters in the north Pacific Ocean do not support the sequential megafaunal collapse hypothesis. Marine Mammal Science 25(3): 737-747.

YANO, K. M., J. Y. TINGG, and C. W. FOWLER. 2009. Northern fur seal rookery photo archive: aerial and ground-level photos, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 1895-2006. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (AFSC Processed Report 2009-03) 62 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. URL:http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/ProcRpt/PR2009-03.pdf

YOCHEM, P. K., B. S. STEWART, T. S. GELATT and D. B. SINIFF. 2009. Health assessment of Weddell seals Leptonychotes wedellii, in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, pp. 123-138 In: K. R. Kerry and M. J. Riddle, editors, Health of Antarctic wildlife: a challenge for science and policy. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

NMML PUBLICATIONS 2010

B. M. ALLEN and R. P. ANGLISS. 2010. Alaska Marine Mammal Stock Assessments, 2009. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-206) 276p. URL: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ak2009.pdf

ARTUKHIN, Yu.B., V. N. BURKANOV, and V.S. NIKULIN. 2010. Accidental by-Catch of Marine Birds and Mamals in the Salmon Gill Net Fishery in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Moscow: Skoros'Tsveta. URL: http://www.knigakamchatka.ru/pdf/artukhin-birds-mammals.pdf

BERGFELT, D. R., B. G. STEINETZ, J. L. DUNN, S. ATKINSON, J. W. TESTA, and G. P. ADAMS. 2010. Validation of a homologous canine relaxin radioimmunoassay and application with pregnant and non-pregnant northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 165:19-24.

BOWMAN, J., J. C. RAY, A. J. MAGOUN, D. S. JOHNSON, and F. N. DAWSON. 2010. Roads, logging, and the large-mammal community of an eastern Canadian boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88(5): 454-467.

BUCKLAND, S. T., J. L. LAAKE, and D. L. BORCHERS. 2010. Double-observer line transect methods: levels of independence. Biometrics 66:169-177.

CAMERON, M.F., J.L. BENGTSON, P.L. BOVENG, J.K. JANSEN, B.P. KELLY, S.P. DAHLE, E.A. LOGERWELL, J.E. OVERLAND, C.L. SABINE, G.T. WARING, and J.M. WILDER. 2010. Status Review of the Bearded Seal (Erignathus Barbatus). Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFCC-211) 246p. URL: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-211.pdf

CARROLL, C., D. S. JOHNSON, J. R. DUNK, and W. J. ZIELINSKI. 2010. Hierarchical Bayesian Spatial Models for Multispecies Conservation Planning and Monitoring. Conservation Biology 24(6): 1538-1548.

DAHLHEIM, M.E. and P.A. WHITE. 2010. Ecological aspects of transient killer whales Orcinus orca as predators in southeastern Alaska. Wildlife Biology 16: 308-322.

DICKERSON, B. R., R. R. REAM, S. N. VIGNIERI, and P. BENTZEN. 2010. Population structure as revealed by MtDNA and microsatellites in northern fur seals, Callorhinus ursinus, throughout their range. PLoS One 5(5): 1-9. URL: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0010671

DURBAN, J., D. ELLIFRIT, M. DAHLHEIM, J. WAITE, C. MATKIN, L. BARRETT-LENNARD, G. ELLIS, R. PITMAN, R. LEDUC, and P. WADE. 2010. Photographic mark-recapture analysis of clustered mammal-eating killer whales around the Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska. Marine Biology 157(7): 1591-1604.

EBERHARDT, L. L. and J. M. BREIWICK. 2010. Trend of the Yellowstone grizzly bear population. International Journal of Ecology 2010: 1-5. URL: http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ijeco/2010/924197.pdf

ELFES, C.T., G.R. Van BLARICOM, D. BOYD, J. CALAMBOKIDIS, P.J. CLAPHAM, R.W. PEARCE, J. ROBBINS, J.C. SALINAS, J.M. STRALEY, P.R. WADE, and M.M. KRAHN. 2010. Geographic variation of contaminant levels in

humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) feeding areas of the North Pacific and North Atlantic. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29(4): 824-834.

ETNIER, M.A. and C.W. FOWLER. 2010. Size selectivity in marine mammal diets as a guide to evolutionarily enlightened fisheries management. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30:588-603.

GARDNER, C. L., J. P. LAWLER, J. M. Ver HOEF, A. J. MAGOUN, and K. A. KELLIE. 2010. Coarse-scale distribution surveys and occurrence probability modeling for wolverine in interior Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 74(8): 1894-1903.

GARRETA, V., P. MONESTIEZ, and J. M. Ver HOEF. 2010. Spatial modelling and prediction on river networks: up model, down model or hybrid? Environmetrics 21(5): 439-456.

GARRIGUE, C., A. N. ZERBINI, Y. GEYER, M. P. HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, W. HANAOKA, P. CLAPHAM. 2010. Movements of satellite-monitored humpback whales from New Caledonia. Journal of Mammalogy 91:109-115.

GELATT, T. S., C. S. DAVIS, I. STIRLING, D. B. SINIFF, C. STROBECK, and I. DELISLE. 2010. History and fate of a small isolated population of Weddell seals at White Island, Antarctica. Conservation Genetics 11(3): 721-735.

HAUSER, N., A. N. ZERBINI, Y. GEYER, M.-P. HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, and P. CLAPHAM. 2010. Movements of satellite-monitored humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, from the Cook Islands. Marine Mammal Science 26(3):679-685.

HOBBS, R. C. and J. M. WAITE. 2010. Abundance of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in three Alaskan regions, corrected for observer errors due to perception bias and species misidentification, and corrected for animals submerged from view. Fishery Bulletin 108(3): 251-267. URL: http://fishbull.noaa.gov/1083/hobbs.pdf

HUBER, H. R., S. J. JEFFRIES, D. M. LAMBOURN, and B. R. DICKERSON. 2010. Population substructure of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) in Washington State using mtDNA. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88(3): 280-288.

HUNT, G.L.Jr., B.M. ALLEN, R.P. ANGLISS, T. BAKER, N. BOND, G. BUCK, G.V. BYRD, K.O. COYLE, A. DEVOL, D.M. EGGERS, L. EISNER, R. FEELY, S. FITZGERALD, L.W. FRITZ, E.V. GRITSAY, C. LADD, W. LEWIS, J. MATHIS, C.W. MORDY, F. MUETER, J. NAPP, E. SHERR, D. SHULL, P. STABENO, M.A. STEPANENKO, S. STROM, and T.E. WHITLEDGE. 2010. Status and trends of the Bering Sea region, 2003-2008, pp. 196-267 In: S.M. McKinnell and M.J. Dagg, editors, Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean 2003-2008. Vancouver, BC, Canada, North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES). (PICES Special Publication 4) URL: http://www.pices.int/publications/special_publications/NPESR/2010/PICES_PUB4_Chp5_Bering%20Sea.pdf

ISONO, T., V. N. BURKANOV, N. UEDA, K. HATTORI, and O. YAMAMURA. 2010. Resightings of branded Steller sea lions at wintering haul-out sites in Hokkaido, Japan 2003-2006. Marine Mammal Science 26(3):698-706.

IVASHCHENKO, Y. and P. CLAPHAM. 2010. Bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus in the Okhotsk Sea. Mammal Review 40(1): 65-89.

JANSEN, J. K., P. L. BOVENG, S. P. DAHLE, and J. L. BENGTSON. 2010. Reaction of harbor seals to cruise ships. Journal of Wildlife Management 74(6): 1186-1194.

JOHNSON, D. S., J. L. LAAKE, and J. M. Ver HOEF. 2010. A model-based approach for making ecological inference from Distance sampling data. Biometrics 66: 310-318.

JORGENSON, J. C., J. M. Ver HOEF, and M. T. JORGENSON. 2010. Long-term recovery patterns of Arctic tundra after winter seismic exploration. Ecological Applications 20:205-221.

KELLY, B., A. WHITELEY, and D. TALLMON .2010. The Arctic melting pot. Nature 468(7326): 891.

KELLY, B. P., O. H. BADAJOS, M. KUNNASRANTA, J. R. MORAN, M. MARTINEZ-BAKKER, D. WARTZOK, and P. BOVENG. 2010. Seasonal home ranges and fidelity to breeding sites among ringed seals. Polar Biology 33(8): 1095-1109.

KELLY, B.P., J.L. BENGTSON, P.L.BOVENG, M.F. CAMERON, S.P. DAHLE. J.K. JANSEN, E.A. LOGERWELL, J.E. OVERLAND, C.L. SABINE, G.T. WARINE, and J.M. WILDER. 2010. Status Review of the Ringed Seal (Phoca hspida). Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-212) 250p. URL: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-212.pdf

KUHN, C.E., Y. TREMBLAY, R.R. REAM, and T.S. GELATT. 2010. Coupling GPS tracking with dive behavior to examine the relationship between foraging strategy and fine-scale movements of northern fur seals. Endangered Species Research 12: 125-139. URL: http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2010/12/n012p125.pdf

LANDER, M. E., T. R. LOUGHLIN, M. G. LOGSDON, G. R. VanBLARICOM, and B. S. FADELY. 2010. Foraging effort of juvenile Steller sea lions Eumetopias jubatus with respect to heterogeneity of sea surface temperature. Endangered Species Research 10: 145-158. URL: http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2010/10/n010p145.pdf

LEA, M. A., D. JOHNSON, S. MELIN, R. REAM, and T. GELATT. 2010. Diving ontogeny and lunar responses in a highly migratory mammal, the northern fur seal Callorhinus ursinus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 419: 233-247.

MOCKLIN, J. A., D. J. RUGH, W. R. KOSKI, and N. LAWRENCE-SLAVAS. 2010. Comparison of land-based vs. floating calibration targets used in aerial photogrammetric

measurements of whale lengths. Marine Mammal Science 26(4): 969-976.

MONTGOMERY, R. A., G. J. ROLOFF, J. M. Ver HOEF, and J. J. MILLSPAUGH. 2010. Can we accurately characterize wildlife resource use when telemetry data are imprecise? Journal of Wildlife Management 74(8): 1917-1925.

MORIN, P. A., F. I. ARCHER, A. D. FOOTE, J. VILSTRUP, E. E. ALLEN, P. WADE, J. DURBAN, K. PARSONS, R. PITMAN, L. LI, P. BOUFFARD, S. C. ABEL NIELSEN, M. RASMUSSEN, E. WILLERSLEV, M. T. P. GILBERT, and T. HARKINS. 2010. Complete mitochondrial genome phylogeographic analysis of killer whales (Orcinus orca) indicates multiple species. Genome Research 20(7):908-916.

OLESON, E.M., C.H. BOGGS, K.A. FORNEY, M.B. HANSON, D.R. KOBAYASHI, B.L. TAYLOR, P.R. WADE, and G.M. YLITALO. 2010. Status review of Hawaiian insular false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) under the Endangered Species Act. Honolulu, HI: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-PIFSC-22) 140p. plus appendices. URL: http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/tech/NOAA_Tech_Memo_PIFSC_22.pdf

OREMLAND, M.S., B.M. ALLEN, P.J. CLAPHAM, M.J. MOORE, C. POTTER, and J.G. MEAD. 2010. Mandibular fractures in short-finned pilot whales, Globicephala macrorhynchus. Marine Mammal Science 26(1): 1-16.

PASTENE, L. A., J. ACEVEDO, M. GOTO, A. N. ZERBINI, P. ACUNA, and A. AGUAYO-LOBO. 2010. Population structure and possible migratory links of common minke whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, in the Southern Hemisphere. Conservation Genetics 11(4): 1553-1558.

PETERSON, E. E. and J. M. Ver HOEF. 2010. A mixed-model moving-average approach to geostatistical modeling in stream networks. Ecology 91(3): 644-651.

PILOT, M., M. E. DAHLHEIM, and A. R. HOELZEL. 2010. Social cohesion among kin, gene flow without dispersal and the evolution of population genetic structure in the killer whale (Orcinus orca). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23:20-31.

PINSKY, M. L., S. D. NEWSOME, B. R. DICKERSON, Y. FANG, M. Van TUINEN, D. J. KENNETT, R. R. REAM, and E. A. HADLY. 2010 . Dispersal provided resilience to range collapse in a marine mammal: Insights from the past to inform conservation biology. Molecular Ecology 19(12): 2418-2429 .

PUNT, A.E. and P. R. WADE. 2010. Population Status of the Eastern North Pacific Stock of Gray Whales in 2009. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-207) 43p. URL: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-207.pdf

RICHARD, P. R., J. L. LAAKE, R. C. HOBBS, M. P. HEIDE-JØRGENSEN, N. C. ASSELIN, and H. CLEATOR. 2010. Baffin Bay narwhal population distribution and numbers: aerial surveys in the Canadian high Arctic, 2002-04. Arctic 63(1): 85-99.

RONE, B.K., A.B. DOUGLAS, A. N. ZERBINI, L. MORSE, A. MARTINEZ, P. J. CLAPHAM, and J. CALAMBOKIDIS. 2010. Results From the April 2009 Gulf of Alaska Line Transect Survey (GOALS) in the Navy Training Exercise Area. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce . (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-209) 39p. URL: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-209.pdf

RUGH, D. J., K. E. W. SHELDEN, and R. C. HOBBS. 2010. Range contraction in a beluga whale population. Endangered Species Research 12(1): 69-75. URL: http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2010/12/n012p069.pdf

SCHMIDT, J. H., J. A. WALKER, M. S. LINDBERG, D. S. JOHNSON, and S. E. STEPHENS. 2010. A general Bayesian hierarchical model for estimating survival of nests and young. Auk 127(2): 379-386.

SCHWEDER, T., D. SADYKOVA, D. RUGH, and W. KOSKI. 2010. Population estimates from aerial photographic surveys of naturally and variably marked bowhead whales. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 15:1-19.

SHELDEN, K. E. W. and D. J. RUGH .2010. Forty years of winter: cetaceans observed during the southbound migration of gray whales, Eschrichtius robustus, near Granite Canyon, central California. Marine Fisheries Review 72(4): 1-19. URL: http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr724/mfr7241.pdf

SHPAK, O. V., R. D. ANDREWS, D. M. GLAZOV, D. I. LITOVKA, R. C. HOBBS, and L. M. MUKHAMETOV. 2010. Seasonal migrations of Sea of Okhotsk beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) of the Sakhalin-Amur summer aggregation. Russian Journal of Marine Biology 36(1): 56-62.

SPRAKER, T. R. and M. E. LANDER. 2010. Causes of mortality in northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus), St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 1986-2006. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46(2): 450-473.

TESTA, J. W., G. P. ADAMS, D. R. BERGFELT, D. S. JOHNSON, R. R. REAM, and T. S. GELATT. 2010. Replicating necropsy data without lethal collections: using ultrasonography to understand the decline in northern fur seals. Journal of Applied Ecology 47(6): 1199-1206.

THOMAS, L., S.T. BUCKLAND, E. A. REXSTAD, J. L. LAAKE, S. STRINDBERG, S. L. HEDLEY, J. R. B. BISHOP, T. A. MARQUES, and K. P. BURNHAM. 2010. Distance software: design and analysis of Distance sampling surveys for estimating population size. Journal of Applied Ecology 47:5-14.

Ver HOEF, J. M. and E. E. PETERSON. 2010. A moving average approach for spatial statistical models of stream networks. Journal of the American Statistical Association 105(489): 6-18. URL: http://pubs.amstat.org/doi/pdf/10.1198/jasa.2009.ap08248

Ver HOEF, J. M. and E. E. PETERSON. 2010. Statistical dependence in stream networks -- rejoinder. Journal of the American Statistical Association 105(489): 22-24.

URL: http://pubs.amstat.org/doi/pdf/10.1198/jasa.2009.ap08615

Ver HOEF, J. M., J. M. LONDON, and P. L. BOVENG. 2010. Fast computing of some generalized linear mixed pseudo-models with temporal autocorrelation. Computational Statistics 25:39-55.

ZEPPELIN, T. K. and A. J. ORR. 2010. Stable isotope and scat analyses indicate diet and habitat partitioning in northern fur seals Callorhinus ursinus across the eastern Pacific. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 409: 241-253. URL: http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2010/409/m409p241.pdf

ZERBINI, A. N., P. J. CLAPHAM, and P. R. WADE. 2010. Assessing plausible rates of population growth in humpback whales from life-history data. Marine Biology 157(6): 1225-1236.

NMML PUBLICATION 2011

ALLEN, B.M. and R.P. ANGLISS. 2011. Alaska Marine Mammal Stock Assessments, 2010. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-223) 292p. Available online at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/ak2010.pdf

BARLOW, J., J. CALAMBOKIDIS, E.A. FALCONE, D.S. BAKER, A.M. BURDIN, P.J. CLAPHAM, J.K.B. FORD, C.M. GABRIELE, R. LeDUC, D.K. MATTILA, T.J. QUINN II, L. ROJAS-BRACHO, J.M. STRALEY, BL.L. TAYLOR, J. URBAN R., P. WADE, D. WELLER, B.H. WITTEVEEN, and M. YAMAGUCHI. 2011. Humback whale abundance in the North Pacific estimated by photographic capture-recaptrue with bias correction from simulation studies. Marine Mammal Science 27(4): 793-818.

BARRETT-LENNARD, L.G., C.O. MATKIN, J.W. DURBAN, E.L. SAULITIS, and D. ELLIFRIT. 2011. Predation on gray whales and prolonged feeding on submerged carcasses by transient killer whales at Unimak Island, Alaska. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 421: 229-241.

BELGRANO, A. and C.W. FOWLER. 2011. Introduction, pp. 1-5 In: A. Belgrano and C.W. Fowler, editors, Ecosystem-Based Management for Marine Fisheries: an Evolving Perspective. Cambridge, Cambridge University.

BELGRANO, A. and C.W. FOWLER. 2011. On the path to holistic management: ecosystem-based management in marine systems, pp. 337-356 In: A. Belgrano and C.W. Fowler, editors, Ecosystem-Based Management for Marine Fisheries: an Evolving Perspective. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

BELGRANO, A. and C.W. FOWLER, editors. 2011. Ecosystem-Based Management for Marine Fisheries: an Evolving Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 384p.

BENGTSON, J.L., J.L. LAAKE, P.L. BOVENG, M.F. CAMERON, M. B.

HANSON, and B.S. STEWART. 2011. Distribution, density, and abundance of pack-ice seals in the Amundsen and Ross Seas, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research II 58(9-10): 1261-1276.

BURKANOV, V., E. GURARIE, A. ALTUKHOV, E. MAMAEV, P. PERMYAKOV, A. TRUKHIN, J. WAITE, and T. GELATT. 2011. Environmental and biological factors influencing maternal attendance patterns of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Russia. Journal of Mammalogy 92(2): 352-366.

CLARKE, J.T., C.L. CHRISTMAN, M.C. FERGUSON, and S.L. GRASSIA. 2011. Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in the Beaufort Sea, Fall 2006-2008: Final Report. Seattle, WA: [U.S. Department of Commerce] NOAA, NMFS, AFSC, National Marine Mammal Laboratory; Funded by U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement [Minerals Management Service] , Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region. (OCS Study BOEMRE 2010-033) 230p.

CLARKE, J.T., C.L. CHRISTMAN, S.L. GRASSIA, A.A. BROWER, and M.C. FERGUSON. 2011. Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in the Beaufort Sea, Fall 2009: Final Report. Seattle, WA: [U.S. Department of Commerce] NOAA, NMFS, AFSC, National Marine Mammal Laboratory; Funded by U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement [Minerals Management Service] , Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region. (OCS Study BOEMRE 2010-040) 92p.

CLARKE, J. T., C. L. CRISTMAN, A. A. BROWER, M. C. FERGUSON, and S. L. GRASSIA, editors. 2011. Aerial surveys of endangered whales in the Beaufort Sea, Fall 2010. [U.S. Department of Commerce] NOAA, NMFS, AFSC, National Marine Mammal Laboratory; Funded by U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement [BOEMRE] , Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region, Seattle, WA. (OCS Study BOEMRE 2011-035) 120p. CLARKE, J.T., M.C. FERGUSON, C.L. CHRISTMAN, S.L. GRASSIA, A.A. BROWER, and L.J. MORSE. 2011. Chukchi Offshore Monitoring in Drilling Area (COMIDA) Distribution and Relative Abundance of Marine Mammals: Aerial Survey. Seattle, WA; and, Anchorage, AK: [U.S. Department of Commerce], NOAA, NMFS, AFSC, NMML; and, U.S. Department of Energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement. (OCS Study BOEMRE 2011-06) 286p.

CONN, P.C., A.M. GORGONE, A.R. JUGOVICH, B. BYRD, and L.J. HANSEN. 2011. Accounting for transients when estimating abundance of bottlenose dolphins in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida. Journal of Wildlife Management 75(3): 569-579. FORD, M. J., M. B. HANSON, J. A. HEMPELMANN, K. L. AYRES, C. K. EMMONS, G. S. SCHORR, R. W. BAIRD, K. C. BALCOMB, S. K. WASSER, K. M. PARSONS, and K. BALCOMB-BARTOK. 2011. Inferred paternity and male reproductive success in a killer whale (Orcinus orca) population. Journal of Heredity 102(5):537-553.

FOOTE, A.D., P.A. MORIN, J.W. DURBAN, E. WILLERSLEV, L. ORLANDO, and M.T.P. GILBERT. 2011. Out of the Pacific and back again: insights into the matrilineal history of Pacific killer whale ecotypes. PLoS One 6(9):e24980.

FRANKLIN, T., W. FRANKLIN, L. BROOKS, P. HARRISON, P. BAVERSTOCK, and P. CLAPHAM. 2011. Seasonal changes in pod characteristics of eastern Australian humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Hervey Bay 1992-2005. Marine Mammal Science 27(3):E134-E152. FOWLER, C.W. and L. HOBBS. 2011. Science and management: matching the questions, pp. 279-306 In: A. Belgrano and C.W. Fowler, editors, Ecosystem-Based Management for Marine Fisheries: an Evolving Perspective. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

FOWLER, C.W. and S.M. MCLUSKEY. 2011. Sustainability, ecosytems and fishery management, pp. 207-236 In: (Ed. by A. Belgrano & C.W. Fowler),Ecosystem-Based Management for Marine Fisheries: an Evolving Perspective. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

GURARIE, E. and O. OVASKAINEN. 2011. Characteristic spatial and temporal scales unify models of animal movement. American Naturalist 178(1):113-123. GURARIE, E., J. SUUTARINEN, I. KOJOLA, and O. OVASKAINEN. 2011. Summer movements, predation and habitat use of wolves in human modified boreal forests. Oecologia 165(4): 891-903.

HANKS, E. M., M. B. HOOTEN, D. S. JOHNSON, and J. T. STERLING. 2011. Velocity-based movement modeling for individual and population level inference. PLoS One 6(8). HASTINGS, K.K., L.A. JEMISON, T.S. GELATT, J.L. LAAKE, G.W. PENDLETON, J.C. KING, A.W. TRITES, and K.W. PITCHER. 2011. Cohort effects and spatial variation in age-specific survival of Steller sea lions from southeastern Alaska. Ecosphere 2:1-21.

HOLMES, A.L., S.S. WISE, C.E.C. GOERTZ, J.L. DUNN, F.M.D. GULLAND, T. GELATT, K.B. BECKMENT, K. BUREK, S. ATKINSON, M. BOZZA, R. TAYLOR, T.ZHENG, Y. ZHANG, A.-M. ABOUEISSA, and J.P. WISE. 2011. Corrigendum to “Metal tissue levels in Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups” [Marine Pollution Bulletin 56 (2008) 1416-1421]. Marine Pollution Bulletin 62:881-882. HORTON, T. W., R. N. HOLDAWAY, A. N. ZERBINI, N. D. HAUSER, C. GARRIGUE, A. ANDRIOLO, and P. J. CLAPHAM. 2011. Straight as an arrow: Humpback whales swim constant course tracks during long-distance migration. Biology Letters 7(5):674-679.

HUBER, H.R., J.C. JORGENSEN, V.L. BUTLER, G. BAKER, and R. STEVENS. 2011. Can salmonids (Oncorhynchus spp.) be identified to species using vertebral morphometrics? Journal of Archaeological Science 38(1): 136-146.

IVASHCHENKO, Y. V., P. J. CLAPHAM, and R. L. BROWNELL, Jr. 2011. Soviet illegal whaling: The devil and the details. Marine Fisheries Review 73(3):1-19. Available online at: http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr733/mfr7331.pdf JOHNSON, D.S. and J.A. HOETING. 2011. Bayesian multimodel inference for geostatistical regression models. PLoS One 6(11):e25677.

JOHNSON, D.S. and J.A. HOETING. 2011. Properties of graphical regression models for multidimensional categorical data. Statistics & Probability Letters 81(10):1471-1475.

JOHNSON, D. S., J. M. LONDON, and C. E. KUHN. 2011. Bayesian inference for animal space use and other movement metrics. Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics 16(3):357-370. KUHN, C.E. 2011. The influence of subsurface thermal structure on the diving behavior of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) during the breeding season. Marine Biology 158(3): 649-663.

KURLE, C.M., E.H. SINCLAIR, A.E. EDWARDS, and C.J. GUDMUNDSON. 2011. Temporal and spatial variation in the δ15N and δ13C values of fish and squid from Alaskan waters. Marine Biology 158:2389-2404.

LAAKE, J. L., B. A. COLLIER, M. L. MORRISON, and R. N. WILKINS. 2011. Point-basedmark-recapture distance sampling. Journal of Agricultural Biological and Environmental Statistics 16(3):389-408. LANDER, M.E., D.S. JOHNSON, J.T. STERLING, T.S. GELATT, and B.S. FADELY. 2011. Diving Behaviors and Movements of Juvenile Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias Jubatus) Captured in the Central Aleutian Islands, April 2005. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-218) 41p. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-RM/NOAA-TM-AFSC-218.pdf

LANDER, M.E., M.L. LOGSDON, T.R. LOUGHLIN, and G.R. Van BLARICOM. 2011. Spatial patterns and scaling behaviors of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) distributions and their environment. Journal of Theoretical Biology 274(1): 74-83.

LYONS, E. T., R. L. DELONG, S. A. NADLER, J. L. LAAKE, A. J. ORR, B. L. DELONG, and C. PAGAN. 2011. Investigations of peritoneal and intestinal infections of adult hookworms (Uncinaria spp.) in northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) and California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pups on San Miguel Island, California

(2003). Parasitology Research 109(3):581-589. LYONS, E. T., T. R. SPRAKER, R. L. DE LONG, M. IONITA, S. R. MELIN, S. A. NADLER, and S. C. TOLLIVER. 2011. Review of research on hookworms (Uncinaria lucasi stiles, 1901) in northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus Linnaeus, 1758). Parasitology Research 109(2):257-265. MELLINGER, D.K., S.L. NIEUKIRK, K. KLINCK, H. KLINCK, R.P. DZIAK, P.J. CLAPHAM, and B. BRANDSDOTTIR. 2011. Confirmation of right whales near a nineteenth-century whaling ground east of southern Greenland. Biology Letters 7(3): 411-413.

MESNICK, S.L., B.L. TAYLOR, F.I. ARCHER, K.K. MARTIEN, S. ESCORZA TREVINO, B.L. HANCOCK-HANSER, S.C. MORENO MEDINA, V.L. PEASE, K.M. ROBERTSON, J.M. STRALEY, R.W. BAIRD, J. CALAMBOKIDIS, G.S. SCHORR, P. WADE, V. BURKANOV, C.R. LUNSFORD, L. RENDELL, and P.A. MORIN. 2011. Sperm whale population structure in the eastern and central North Pacific inferred by the use of single-nucleotide polymorphisms, microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Ecology Resources 11(Suppl. 1): 278-298. Available online (open access) at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2010.02973.x/pdf

MIZROCH, S.A., M.F. TILLMAN, S. JURASZ, J.M. STRALEY, O. VON ZIEGESAR, L.M. HERMAN, A.A. PACK, S. BAKER, J. DARLING, D. GLOCKNER-FERRARI, M. FERRARI, D. R. SALDEN, and P.J. CLAPHAM. 2011. Long-term survival of humpback whales radio-tagged in Alaska from 1976 through 1978. Marine Mammal Science 27(1): 217-229.

MONTGOMERY, R.A., G.J. ROLOFF, AND J.M. VER HOEF. 2011. Implications of ignoring telemetry error on inference in wildlife resource use models. Journal of Wildlife Mangement 75(3): 702-708.

MOORE, J. E. and R. MERRICK, editors, with contributions from: R. ANGLISS, J. BARLOW, S. BETTRIDGE, J. CARRETTA, T. EAGLE, C. FAHY, P. ROSEL, M. SIMPKINS, B. TAYLOR, and P. WADE. 2011. Guidelines for assessing marine mammal stocks: Report of the GAMMS III Workshop, February 15-18, 2011, La Jolla, California. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmopheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Silver Spring, MD. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-47) 95p. Available online at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/sars/gamms3_nmfsopr47.pdf NORBERG, S.E., V.N. BURKANOV, P. TUOMI, and R.D. ANDREWS. 2011. Hematology of free-ranging, lactating northern fur seals, Callorhinus ursinus. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 47(1): 217-221.

ORR, A.J., G. R. VanBLARICOM, R.L. DeLONG, V.H. CRUZ-ESCALONA, and S.D. NEWSOME. 2011. Intraspecific comparison of diet of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) assessed using fecal and stable isotope analyses. Canadian

Journal of Zoology 89(2): 109-122.

PERRIN, W.F., J.L. THIELEKING, W.A. WALKER, F.I. ARCHER and K.M. ROBERTSON. 2011. Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) in California waters: cranial differentiation of coastal and offshore ecotypes. Marine Mammal Science 27(4):769-792.

PHILLIPS, C.D., T.S. GELATT, J.C. PATTON and J.W. BICKHAM. 2011. Phylogeography of Steller sea lions: relationships among climate change, effective population size, and genetic diversity. Journal of Mammalogy 92:1091-1104.

REHN, N., O.A. FILATOVA, J.W. DURBAN, and A.D. FOOTE. 2011. Cross-cultural and cross-ecotype production of a killer whale ‘excitement’ call suggests universality. Naturwissenschaften 98(1):1-6. Available online at: http://swfsc.noaa.gov/uploadedFiles/2010_Rehn%20et%20al_Naturwissenscharften_KW%20Laughter.pdf

SHELDEN, K. 2011. The endangered beluga whales of Cook Inlet, Alaska. AFSC Quarterly Report January-February-March: 2-7. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Quarterly/jfm2011/JFM11_feature.pdf

SCHEININ, A.P., D. KEREM, C.D. MACLEOD, M. GAZO, C.A. CHICOTE, and M. CASTELLOTE. 2011. Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in the Mediterranean Sea: anomalous event or early sign of climate-driven distribution change? Marine Biodiversity Records 4(e28): 1-5.

SCHMIDT, J. H., M. S. LINDBERG, D. S. JOHNSON, and D. L. VERBYLA. 2011. Season length influences breeding range dynamics of trumpeter swans Cygnus buccinator. Wildlife Biology 17(4):364-372. SINCLAIR, E. H., A. E. YORK, and G. A. ANTONELIS. 2011. Otolith size and location in digestive tracts of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus): implications for dietary interpretations. Marine Mammal Science 27(2): 421-430.

SOLDEVILLA, M.S., S.M. WIGGINS, J.A. HILDEBRAND, E.M. OLESON, and M.C. FERGUSON. 2011. Risso’s and Pacific white-sided dolphin habitat modeling from passive acoustic monitoring. Marine Ecology Progress Series 423: 247-260.

STREEVER, B., R. SUYDAM, J.F. PAYNE, R. SHUCHMAN, R.P. ANGLISS, G. BALOUGH, J. BROWN, J. GRUNBLATT, S. GUER, D.L. KANE, J.J. KELLEY, G. KOFINAS, D.R. LASSUY, W. LOYA, P. MARTIN, S.E. MOORE, W.S. PEGAU, C. REA, D.J. REED, T. SFORMO, M. STURM, J.J. TAYLOR, T. VIAVANT, D. WILLIAMS, and D. YOKEL. 2011. Environmental change and potential impacts: applied research priorities for Alaska’s North Slope. Arctic 64(3):390-397.

TESTA, J.W., ed. 2011. Fur Seal Investigations, 2008-2009. Seattle, WA: U.S. Department of Commerce. (NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-226) 80p. Available online at: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/AFSC-TM/NOAA-TM-

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Ver HOEF, J.M. 2011. Practical considerations for experimental designs of spatially autocorrelated data using computer intensive methods. Statistical Methodology 9: 172-194.

WADE, P.R., A. DE ROBERTIS, K.R. HOUGH, R. BOOTH, A. KENNEDY, R.G. LEDUC, L. MUNGER, J. NAPP, K.E.W. SHELDEN, S. RANKIN, O. VASQUEZ, and C. WILSON. 2011. Rare detections of North Pacific right whales in the Gulf of Alaska, with observations of their potential prey. Endangered Species Research 13: 99-109. Available online (open access) at: http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr_oa/n013p099.pdf

WADE, P.R., A. KENNEDY, R. LEDUC, J.BARLOW, J. CARRETTA, K. SHELDEN, W. PERRYMAN, R. PITMAN, K. ROBERTSON, B. RONE, J.C. SALINAS, A. ZERBINI, R.L. BROWNELL, Jr., and P.J. CLAPHAM. 2011. The world's smallest whale population? Biology Letters 7: 83-85.

WILLIAMS, R., S.L. HEDLEY, T.A. BRANCH, M.V. BRAVINGTON, A.N. ZERBINI, and K.P. FINDLAY. 2011. Chilean blue whales as a case study to illustrate methods to estimate abundance and evaluate conservation status of rare species. Conservation Biology 25(3): 526-535.

NMML PUBLICATIONS 2012

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