Ecosystems and Oceanography Publications

2003.  Improved body condition of weaned Hawaiian monk seal pups associated with El Nino events: potential benefits to an endangered species. Mar. Mamm. Sci.19(3): 590-598

2007.  Effect of variable oceanic productivity on the survival of an upper trophic predator, the Hawaiian monk seal Monachus schauinslandi. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 346: 277-283

2003.  Influence of a cyclonic eddy on microheterotroph biomass and carbon export in the lee of Hawaii. Geophy. Res. Lett. 30(6): 1318

1997.  A preliminary survey of the underwater accumulation of derelicts nets at French Frigate Shoals.. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-97-13, 9 p. [download]

2006.  Dynamics of debris densities and removal at Northwestern Hawaiian Islands coral reefs. Atoll Res. Bull. 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.

2005.  A description of fish assemblages in the black coral beds off Lahaina, Maui, Hawai'i. Pac. Sci. 59(3): 411-420

1999.  Cephalopod paralarvae assemblages in Hawaiian Island waters. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 185: 203-212

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

1996.  A reevaluation of shallow reef fish populations at French Frigate Shoals and Midway Atoll in September 1995.. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-96-01, 20 p. [download]

1997.  August-September 1996 reevaluation of shallow reef fish populations at French Frigate Shoals and Midway Atoll.. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-97-05, 22 p. [download]

1998.  August 1997 reevaluation of shallow reef fish populations at French Frigate Shoals and Midway Atoll.. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-98-12, 27 p. [download]

1996.  Barotrauma-associated regurgitation of food: implications for diet studies of Hawaiian pink snapper, Pristipomoides filamentosus (family Lutjanidae). Fish. Bull. 94: 250-256

1994.  Temporal comparisons of reef fish populations at Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. 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.

1993.  Temporal changes in reef fish prey populations at French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Implications for juvenile monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) predators.. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-93-06, 49 p. [download]

1996.  Interdecadal change in reef fish populations at French Frigate Shoals and Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Statistical power in retrospect. Bull. Mar. Sci. 58: 826-837

2007.  Oceanographic investigation of the American Samoa albacore (Thunnus alalunga) habitat and longline fishing grounds. Fish. Oceanogr. 16(6): 555-572

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. Mar. Poll. Bull. 42(12): 1301-1312

2007.  Updated estimates of mortality and injury of cetaceans in the Hawaii-based longline fishery, 1994-2005. U.S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NOAA-TM-NMFS-SEFSC-412, 30 p. [download]

2007.  Comparison of three seabird bycatch avoidance methods in Hawaii-based pelagic longline fisheries. Fish. Sci. 73: 208-210

2005.  Principles and approaches to abate seabird by-catch in longline fisheries. Fish Fish. 6(1): 35-49

2007.  Reducing sea turtle interactions in the Hawaii-based longline swordfish fishery. Biol. Conserv. 139(1-2): 19-28

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, 1992. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-93-04, 23 p. [download]

1993.  Status of lobster stocks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1993. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-93-17, 13 p. [download]

1992.  Status of lobster stocks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1991. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-92-02, 19 p. [download]

1990.  Iridoteuthis iris (Celphalopoda: Sepiolidae): New records from the central North Pacific and first description of the adults. Pac. Sci. 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.. Croxall JP (ed.). Seabirds: feeding ecology and role in marine ecosystems, Chapter 13, p. 305-326. Cambridge University Press, England

2006.  El Nino effects in the Palmyra Atoll region: oceanographic changes and bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) catch rate variability. Fish. Oceanogr. 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. Endang. Species Res. 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 Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-93-01, 18 p. [download]

1993.  Natural mortality rate estimation and fishery characterization for white ulua (Caranx ignobilis) in the Hawaiian Islands.. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-93-02, 18 p. [download]

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. Fish. Res. 23: 11-22

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 Res. Bull. 543: 365-390 [download]

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. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-4, 39 p. [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. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 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 Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. 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 managemen, p. 146-157. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 347 p.

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. Prog. Oceanogr. 49: 227-244

2004.  Effects of video camera attachment on the foraging behavior of immature Hawaiian monk seals. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 20(2): 345-352

2001.  Estimation of albatross take in the Hawaiian longline fisheries.. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-01-03, 26 p [download]

2000.  Estimation of sea turtle take and mortality in the Hawaiian longline fisheries.. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-00-06, 29 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 Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-00-03, 8 p. [download]

2006.  Status of the Hawaiian Bottomfish Stocks, 2004. Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Cent., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396. Pacific Islands Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-06-01, 45 p. [download]

1996.  Habitat and life history of juvenile Hawaiian pink snapper, Pristipomoides filamentosus. Pac. Sci. 50: 371-381

1992.  An assessment of the exploitable biomass of Heterocarpus laevigatus in the main Hawaiian Islands. Pt. 2: Observations from a submersible. Fish. Bull. 90: 476-482

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. Pac. Sci. 58(3): 403-417 [download]

2002.  Synopsis of biological data on the blue shark, Prionace glauca Linnaeus. Bull. Fish. Res. Agen. No. 6, 18-55

2006.  Precious corals and subphotic fish assemblages. Atoll Res. Bull. 543: 425-438 [download]

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]

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.

2004.  Foraging landscape of the Hawaiian monk seal. Thesis (Ph.D.). University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii. 146 p [download]

1989.  Identification of habitat of juvenile snappers in Hawaii. Fish. Bull. 87: 1001-1005

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. 159-194 (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 Res. Bull. 543: 115-130 [download]

2002.  Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) foraging in deep-water coral beds. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 18(1): 244-258

2004.  Habitat and reef-fish assemblages of banks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Mar. Bio. 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. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 16(2):392-412

1997.  Nursery habitat in relation to production of juvenile pink snapper, Pristipomoides filamentosus, in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Fish. Bull. 95: 137-148

1997.  Patterns of insular shark dynamics based on fishery bycatch and lifeguard surveillance at Oahu, Hawaii 1983-1992. Bull. Mar. Sci. 61(3):763-777

1992.  Evaluation of ghost fishing in the Hawaiian lobster fishery. Fish. Bull. 90: 720-725

2008.  Changing perspectives in Hawaiian monk seal research using animal-borne imaging. Mar. Technol. Soc. J. 41(4): 30-34 [download]

2008.  Foraging interaction between monk seals and large predatory fish in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Endang. Species Res. 4(3): 299-308 [download]

2005.  Foraging of juvenile monk seals at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii. Mar. Mamm. Sci. 21(1): 93-107

1999.  Some preliminary findings on the nutritional status of the Hawaiian spiny lobster (Panulirus marginatus). Pac. Sci. 53: 361-366

1992.  Subsurface fish handling to limit decompression effects on deepwater species. Mar. Fish. Rev. 54(3): 29-32

1994.  Habitat thresholds and bottlenecks in production in the spiny lobster (Panulirus marginatus) in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Bull. Mar. Sci. 54(1): 151-163

2002.  Field comparison of open-circuit scuba to closed-circuit rebreathers for deep mixed-gas diving operations. Mar. Technol. Soc. J. 36(2): 13-22

2006.  The Kuroshio Extension Bifurcation Region: A pelagic hotspot for juvenile loggerhead sea turtles. Deep-Sea Research II

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. Bull. Mar. Sci. 76(2): 233-244

1991.  Status of lobster stocks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1990.. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. H-91-04, 16 p. [download]

2004.  Forage and migration habitat of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in the central North Pacific Ocean. Fish. Oceanogr. 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. Prog. Oceanogr. 77(2-3): 217-224

2008.  Vertical movement and habitat of opah (Lampris guttatus) in the central North Pacific recorded with pop-up archival tags. Mar. Biol. 153(3): 257-267

2001.  The transition zone chlorophyll font, a dynamic global feature defining migration and forage habitat for marine resources. Prog. Oceanogr. 49: 469-483

2005.  Ecosystem indicators derived from satellite remotely sensed oceanographic data for the North Pacific. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 62(3): 319-327

2008.  Ocean's least productive waters are expanding. Geophys. Res. Lett. 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?. Fish. Bull. 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. Fish. Oceanogr. 9(1): 71-82

2000.  Sensors detect biological change in mid-latitude North Pacific. EOS 81(44): 519

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. J. Oceanogr. 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. Geophy. Res. Lett. 28(8): 1583-1586

2002.  An oceanographic characterization of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) longline fishing grounds in the springtime subtropical North Pacific. Fish. Oceanogr. 11(5): 251-266

1990.  Some effects of a seasonal fishing closure on opakapaka, pristipomoides filamentosus.. Southwest Fish. Sci. Cent. Admin. Rep. 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

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. Fish. Oceanogr. 16(6): 547-554