Ecosystems and Oceanography Publications
2011. Application of the SEAPODYM model to swordfish in the Pacific Ocean Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Working Paper, WP-11-011, 23 p
2003. Improved body condition of weaned Hawaiian monk seal pups associated with El Nino events: potential benefits to an endangered species Marine Mammal Science 19(3): 590-598.
2007. Effect of variable oceanic productivity on the survival of an upper trophic predator, the Hawaiian monk seal Monachus schauinslandi Marine Ecology Progress Series 346: 277-283.
2011. Calculating acceptable biological catch for stocks that have reliable catch data only (Only Reliable Catch Stocks - ORCS) U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-SEFSC-616, 44 p [download] 
2003. Influence of a cyclonic eddy on microheterotroph biomass and carbon export in the lee of Hawaii Geophysical Research Letters 30(6): 1318
1997. A preliminary survey of the underwater accumulation of derelicts nets at French Frigate Shoals. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-97-13, 9 p. [download]
2006. Dynamics of debris densities and removal at Northwestern Hawaiian Islands coral reefs Atoll Research Bulletin 543: 461-470 [download]
1999. Surveys of submerged marine debris and impacts on endangered monk seals at two Hawaiian atolls. To be presented at the World Marine Mammal Conference 13th Biennial Conference, Maui, Hawaii, 28 November - 3 December 1999.
2003. Marine debris accumulation in the nearshore marine habitat of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi, 1999-2001 Marine Pollution Bulletin 46(11): 1385-1394
2005. A description of fish assemblages in the black coral beds off Lahaina, Maui, Hawai'i Pacific Science 59(3): 411-420
1999. Cephalopod paralarvae assemblages in Hawaiian Island waters Marine Ecology Progress Series 185: 203-212
2008. The Galapagos spiny lobster fishery In: Phillips B and Kittaka J (eds.). Spiny Lobsters: Fisheries and Culture, 2nd ed. Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, UK. DOI: 10.1002/9780470698808.ch12
1999. Status of nearshore sports and commercial fishing and impacts on biodiversity in the tropical insular Pacific. In: LG Eldredge, JE Maragos, PF Holthus, HF Takeuchi (eds.). Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in the Tropical Island Pacific Region, pp. 339-355
1998. August 1997 reevaluation of shallow reef fish populations at French Frigate Shoals and Midway Atoll. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-98-12, 27 p. [download]
1996. A reevaluation of shallow reef fish populations at French Frigate Shoals and Midway Atoll in September 1995. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-96-01, 20 p. [download]
1997. August-September 1996 reevaluation of shallow reef fish populations at French Frigate Shoals and Midway Atoll. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-97-05, 22 p. [download]
2002. Comprehensive evaluation of shallow reef fish populations at French Frigate Shoals and Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (1992/93, 1995-2000) U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-347, 54 p. + Appendices [download]
1996. Barotrauma-associated regurgitation of food: implications for diet studies of Hawaiian pink snapper, Pristipomoides filamentosus (family Lutjanidae) Fishery Bulletin 94: 250-256
1996. Interdecadal change in reef fish populations at French Frigate Shoals and Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Statistical power in retrospect Bulletin of Marine Science 58: 826-837
1993. Temporal changes in reef fish prey populations at French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Implications for juvenile monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) predators. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-93-06, 49 p. [download]
1994. Temporal comparisons of reef fish populations at Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-94-05, 56 p. [download]
1995. Interdecadal changes in reef fish abundance at two pristine Hawaiian atolls. The 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, June 1996, Panama.
2009. Environmental effects on forage and longline fishery performance for albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the American Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone Fisheries Oceanography 18(6): 419-438 [download]
2007. Oceanographic investigation of the American Samoa albacore (Thunnus alalunga) habitat and longline fishing grounds Fisheries Oceanography 16(6): 555-572
2012. Climate change impacts on marine ecosystems Annual Review of Marine Science 4:4.1-4.27. (In Press)
2001. Derelict fishing gear in the coral reef ecosystem of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Diving surveys and debris removal in 1999 confirm threat to coral reef ecosystems Marine Pollution Bulletin 42(12): 1301-1312
2007. Updated estimates of mortality and injury of cetaceans in the Hawaii-based longline fishery, 1994-2005 U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-SEFSC-412, 30 p. [download]
2011. What's the catch? Patterns of cetacean bycatch and depredation in Hawaii-based pelagic longline fisheries Marine Ecology 32(3): 380-391. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00454.x
2009. Connectivity and integrated ecosystem studies In: Friedlander A, Keller K, Wedding L, Clarke A, Monaco M (eds.). A marine biogeographic assessment of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Chapter 9, pp. 291-330. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 84. Prepared by NCCOS's Biogeography Branch in cooperation with the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Silver Spring, MD, 363 p [download]
2005. Principles and approaches to abate seabird by-catch in longline fisheries Fish and Fisheries 6(1): 35-49
2007. Comparison of three seabird bycatch avoidance methods in Hawaii-based pelagic longline fisheries Fisheries Science 73: 208-210
2008. Reducing seabird bycatch in the Hawaii longline tuna fishery Endangered Species Research 5: 309-323 [download]
2007. Reducing sea turtle interactions in the Hawaii-based longline swordfish fishery Biological Conservation 139(1-2): 19-28
2008. Biology of coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands In: Riegl BM and Dodge RE (eds.). Coral reefs of the USA. Coral reefs of the world 1. New York: Springer. Ch. 14: pp. 573-594
1984. Model of a coral reef ecosystem. III. Resource limitation, community regulation, fisheries yield and resource management Coral Reefs 3: 23-27
1993. Biology and management of deepwater snappers of the Hawaiian Archipelago In: Boehlert GW (ed.). The fisheries of Hawaii and U.S.-associated Pacific Islands. Mar. Fish. Rev. 55(2): 20-27.
1993. Status of lobster stocks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1993 Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-93-17, 13 p. [download]
1992. Status of lobster stocks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1991 Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-92-02, 19 p. [download]
1993. Status of lobster stocks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1992 Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-93-04, 23 p. [download]
1990. Iridoteuthis iris (Celphalopoda: Sepiolidae): New records from the central North Pacific and first description of the adults Pacific Science 44: 171-179
1984. The diet of the brown booby (Sula dactylatra) and the masked booby (Sula leucogaster) on Rose Atoll, Samoa Ibis 126: 588-590
1980. The status of seabird research in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands In: Grigg RW and Pfund RT (eds.). Proceedings of the Symposium on Status of Resource Investigations in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, April 24-25, 1980, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. Sea Grant Misc. Rep. UNIHI-SEAGRANT-MR-80-04, p. 17-31
1987. Trophic relationships among tropical seabirds at the Hawaiian Islands. In: Croxall JP (ed.). Seabirds: feeding ecology and role in marine ecosystems, Chapter 13, p. 305-326. Cambridge University Press, England
2008. Mapping the void Hana Hou! 11(4): 34-39
2009. Satellite-based horizontal and vertical habitat estimation for loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) and bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) in the North Pacific Ocean Thesis (Ph.D.). Hokkaido University, Japan, 156 p
2011. On North Pacific circulation and associated marine debris concentration Marine Pollution Bulletin. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.01.034 (In Press)
2010. Oceanographic influences on the dive behavior of juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in the North Pacific Ocean Marine Biology 157(5): 1011-1026. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1381-0
2010. Spatiotemporal variability in bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) dive behavior in the central North Pacific Ocean Progress in Oceanography 86: 81-93. DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.04.013
2006. El Nino effects in the Palmyra Atoll region: oceanographic changes and bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) catch rate variability Fisheries Oceanography 15(6): 477-489
2008. TurtleWatch: a tool to aid in the bycatch reduction of loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta in the Hawaii-based pelagic longline fishery Endangered Species Research 2008 [download]
2008. Temporal patterns in the acoustic signals of beaked whales at Cross Seamount Biology Letters 4(2): 208-211
2006. Colonization of the Hawaiian Archipelago via Johnston Atoll: a characterization of oceanographic transport corridors for pelagic larvae using computer simulation Coral Reefs 25(3): 407-417
1993. Effects of increasing the minimum size limit or imposing fishing closures on three species of Hawaiian deepwater snappers. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-93-01, 18 p. [download]
2008. Spatial connectivity of Pacific insular species: Insights from modeling and tagging Thesis (Ph.D.). Dept. of Environmental Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney. 220 p [download]
1993. Natural mortality rate estimation and fishery characterization for white ulua (Caranx ignobilis) in the Hawaiian Islands. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-93-02, 18 p. [download]
2011. Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) movement off the coast of Taiwan: characterization of a hotspot in the East China Sea and investigation of mesoscale eddies ICES Journal of Marine Science. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq185
1995. Evaluation of shark, dolphin, and monk seal interactions with Northwestern Hawaiian Island bottomfishing activity: a comparison of two time periods and an estimate of economic impacts Fisheries Research 23: 11-22
2005. Evaluation of time-area closures to reduce incidental sea turtle take in the Hawaii-based longline fishery: generalized additive model (GAM) development and retrospective examination U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-4, 39 p. [download]
2006. Simulated seasonal and interannual variability in larval transport and oceanography in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands using satellite remotely sensed data and computer modelling Atoll Research Bulletin 543: 365-390 [download]
2008. Pelagic habitat characterization of loggerhead sea turtles, Caretta caretta, in the North Pacific Ocean (1997-2006): Insights from satellite tag tracking and remotely sensed data Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 356(1-2): 96-114
1993. Time series of environmental variables, abundance, and catch data (1986-1988) for nehu (Encrasicholina purpurea) at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-93-19, 34 p. [download]
2000. Satellite remote sensing: an important tool in fisheries oceanography In: Harrison PJ and Parson TR (eds.) Fisheries oceanography: An integrative approach to fisheries ecology and management, p. 146-157. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 347 p.
2010. Towards operational management of pelagic ecosystems ICES CM 2010; A:04 [download]
1998. Mesoscale chlorophyll variations in the North Pacific as revealed by shipboard and satellite measurements. For presentation at the Ocean Optics XIV Meeting, 10-13 November 1998, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
2001. Interannual mesoscale physical and biological variability in the North Pacific Central Gyre Progress in Oceanography 49: 227-244
2010. Report of the 2nd National Ecosystem Modeling Workshop (NEMoW II) U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-F/SPO-102, 78 p [download]
2004. Effects of video camera attachment on the foraging behavior of immature Hawaiian monk seals Marine Mammal Science 20(2): 345-352
2000. Estimation of sea turtle take and mortality in the Hawaiian longline fisheries. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-00-06, 29 p. [download]
2001. Estimation of albatross take in the Hawaiian longline fisheries. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-01-03, 26 p [download]
2000. Recommended overfishing definitions and control rules for the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council's bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fishery Management Plan. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-00-03, 8 p. [download]
2006. Status of the Hawaiian Bottomfish Stocks, 2004 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-06-01, 45 p. [download]
1992. An assessment of the exploitable biomass of Heterocarpus laevigatus in the main Hawaiian Islands. Pt. 2: Observations from a submersible Fishery Bulletin 90: 476-482
1996. Habitat and life history of juvenile Hawaiian pink snapper, Pristipomoides filamentosus Pacific Science 50: 371-381
2004. New records of the fish genus Grammatonotus (Teleostei: Perciformes: Percoidei: Callanthiidae) from the central Pacific, including a spectacular species in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Pacific Science 58(3): 403-417 [download]
2002. Synopsis of biological data on the blue shark, Prionace glauca Linnaeus Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Agency No. 6, 18-55
2004. Foraging landscape of the Hawaiian monk seal Thesis (Ph.D.). University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. 146 p [download]
2006. Precious corals and subphotic fish assemblages Atoll Research Bulletin 543: 425-438 [download]
1989. Identification of habitat of juvenile snappers in Hawaii Fishery Bulletin 87: 1001-1005
1999. Use of technical diving to survey forage habitat of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal. To be presented at the Technical Diving Forum, American Association of Underwater Scientists, Monterey, California, November 3, 1999.
2007. Density and habitat of three deep-sea corals in the lower Hawaiian chain. In: RY George and SD Cairns (eds.). Conservation and adaptive management of seamount and deep-sea coral ecosytems. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami. [download]
2007. State of deep coral ecosystems in the U.S. Pacific Islands Region: Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific Territories In: Lumsden SE, Hourigan TF, Bruckner AW, Dorr G (eds.) 2007. The state of deep coral ecosystems of the United States: 2007, p. 155-194 (Ch.4). NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP - 3. 365 p. [download]
2006. Movements of monk seals relative to ecological depth zones in the lower Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Atoll Research Bulletin 543: 115-130 [download]
2002. Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) foraging in deep-water coral beds Marine Mammal Science 18(1): 244-258
2004. Habitat and reef-fish assemblages of banks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine Biology 144: 1065-1073
1999. Use of deepwater coral beds by monk seals at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. To be presented at the World Marine Mammal Conference 13th Biennial Conference, Maui, Hawaii, 28 November - 3 December 1999.
1997. Foraging habitat of the adult Hawaiian monk seal at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. World Marine Mammal Conference, Monaco, January 20-24, 1998
2000. Identifying diurnal foraging habitat of endangered Hawaiian monk seals using a seal-mounted video camera Marine Mammal Science 16(2):392-412
1997. Nursery habitat in relation to production of juvenile pink snapper, Pristipomoides filamentosus, in the Hawaiian Archipelago Fishery Bulletin 95: 137-148
1997. Patterns of insular shark dynamics based on fishery bycatch and lifeguard surveillance at Oahu, Hawaii 1983-1992 Bulletin of Marine Science 61(3):763-777
2011. Estimating the carrying capacity of French Frigate Shoals for the endangered Hawaiian monk seal using Ecopath and Ecosim Marine Mammal Science. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00509.x (In Press) [download]
1992. Evaluation of ghost fishing in the Hawaiian lobster fishery Fishery Bulletin 90: 720-725
2008. Changing perspectives in Hawaiian monk seal research using animal-borne imaging Marine Technology Society Journal 41(4): 30-34 [download]
2008. Foraging interaction between monk seals and large predatory fish in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Endangered Species Research 4(3): 299-308 [download]
2005. Foraging of juvenile monk seals at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii Marine Mammal Science 21(1): 93-107
1999. Some preliminary findings on the nutritional status of the Hawaiian spiny lobster (Panulirus marginatus) Pacific Science 53: 361-366
1992. Subsurface fish handling to limit decompression effects on deepwater species Marine Fisheries Review 54(3): 29-32
1994. Habitat thresholds and bottlenecks in production in the spiny lobster (Panulirus marginatus) in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Bulletin of Marine Science 54(1): 151-163
2002. Field comparison of open-circuit scuba to closed-circuit rebreathers for deep mixed-gas diving operations Marine Technology Society Journal 36(2): 13-22
2009. Growth validation of gold coral Gerardia sp. in the Hawaiian Archipelago Marine Ecology Progress Series 397: 163-172
2010. Using productivity and susceptibility indices to assess the vulnerability of United States fish stocks to overfishing Fishery Bulletin 108(3): 305-322 [download]
2009. Use of productivity and susceptibility indices to determine stock vulnerability, with example applications to six U.S. fisheries U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-F/SPO-101, 90 p [download]
2006. The Kuroshio Extension Bifurcation Region: A pelagic hotspot for juvenile loggerhead sea turtles Deep-Sea Research Part II 53(3-4): 326-339
2000. The lobster fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. In: Phillips BF and Kittaka J (eds.). Spiny lobsters: Fisheries and culture, p. 98-104. Oxford: Fish. News Books, 2nd ed., 679 p.
2005. Climate variation, regime shifts, and implications for sustainable fisheries Bulletin of Marine Science 76(2): 233-244
1991. Status of lobster stocks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1990. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-91-04, 16 p. [download]
2009. Increases in the relative abundance of mid-trophic level fishes concurrent with declines in apex predators in the subtropical North Pacific, 1996-2006 Fishery Bulletin 107(4): 523-531 [download]
2004. Forage and migration habitat of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in the central North Pacific Ocean Fisheries Oceanography 13(1): 36-51.
2008. Ecosystem dynamics at a productivity gradient: A study of the lower trophic dynamics around the northern atolls in the Hawaiian Archipelago Progress in Oceanography 77(2-3): 217-224
2011. Projected expansion of the subtropical biome and contraction of the termperate and equatorial upwelling biomes in the North Pacific under global warming ICES Journal of Marine Science DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq198
2008. Vertical movement and habitat of opah (Lampris guttatus) in the central North Pacific recorded with pop-up archival tags Marine Biology 153(3): 257-267
2001. The transition zone chlorophyll font, a dynamic global feature defining migration and forage habitat for marine resources Progress in Oceanography 49: 469-483
2005. Ecosystem indicators derived from satellite remotely sensed oceanographic data for the North Pacific ICES Journal of Marine Science 62(3): 319-327
2008. Ocean's least productive waters are expanding Geophysical Research Letters 35(3): n.p.
2003. Dive-depth distribution of loggerhead (Caretta carretta) and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in the central North Pacific: Might deep longline sets catch fewer turtles? Fishery Bulletin 101(1): 189-193 [download]
2000. Turtles on the edge: Movement of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) along oceanic fronts in the central North Pacific, 1997-1998 Fisheries Oceanography 9(1): 71-82
2000. Sensors detect biological change in mid-latitude North Pacific Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 81(44): 519
2011. Genetic analyses and simulations of larval dispersal reveal distinct populations and directional connectivity across the range of the Hawaiian grouper (Epinephelus quernus) Journal of Marine Biology Volume 2011, Article ID 765353, 11 p. DOI: 10.1155/2011/765353 [download]
2009. Evidence for cranial endothermy in the opah (Lampris guttatus) Journal of Experimental Biology 212(4): 461-470
1990. Genetic variation in highly exploited spiny lobster, Panulirus marginatus, populations from the Hawaiian Archipelago Fishery Bulletin 83: 713-718 [download]
2001. Distribution patterns of pelagic cephalopods through the Subarctic and Subtropical Frontal Zones in the central North Pacific Thesis (M.S.c.). Dept. of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. 102 p
2003. Physical characterization and biological responses at large mesoscale oceanographic phenomena in the Subtropical North Pacific Thesis (Ph.D.). Graduate School of Fisheries and Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University
2002. Hawaii cyclonic eddies and blue marlin catches: The case study of the 1995 Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament Journal of Oceanography 58: 739-745
2001. Food webs: ocean gyre ecosystems In: JH Steele, KK Turekian and SA Thorpe (eds.) Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, vol. 4, pp. 1959-1965
2001. Biological enhancement at cyclonic eddies tracked with GOES thermal imagery in Hawaiian waters Geophysical Research Letters 28(8): 1583-1586
2002. An oceanographic characterization of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) longline fishing grounds in the springtime subtropical North Pacific Fisheries Oceanography 11(5): 251-266
1990. Some effects of a seasonal fishing closure on opakapaka, pristipomoides filamentosus. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report H-90-16, 9 p. [download]
2003. Impact of a cyclonic eddy on phytoplankton community structure and photosynthetic competency in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean Deep-Sea Research Part I 50: 829-847
2003. Physical forcing and the dynamics of the pelagic ecosystem in the eastern tropical Pacific: simulations with ENSO-scale and global-warming climate drivers Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60: 1161-1175. DOIL 10.1139/F03-100
2006. Movements of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) tagged at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia Marine Biology 148(5): 1157-1166
2007. Accuracy and precision of archival tag data: a multiple-tagging study conducted on a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the Indian Ocean Fisheries Oceanography 16(6): 547-554
2011. Eddies as offshore foraging grounds for melon-headed whales Marine Mammal Science. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00509.x (In Press)
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