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Selected Publications

In Press

• Linking predators to seasonality of upwelling:  Using food web indicators and path analysis to infer trophic connections. Thompson, SA, WJ Sydeman, JA Santora, BA Black, RM Suryan, J Calambokidis, WT Peterson, and SJ Bograd. Progress in Oceanography.
• New approach for using remotely-sensed chlorophyll a to identify seabird “hotspots”. Suryan, RM, JA Santora, and WJ Sydeman. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
• Phenology of pelagic seabird abundance relative to marine climate change in the Alaska Gyre. Thompson, SA, WJ Sydeman, JA Santora, KH Morgan, W Crawford, and MT Burrows. Marine Ecology Progress Series.
• Population dynamics of Salpa thompsoni near the Antarctic Peninsula: Growth rates and interannual variations in reproductive activity (1993-2009). Loeb, VJ and JA Santora. Progress in Oceanography.

2012

• Climate change impacts on marine ecosystems
  Doney, SC, M Ruckleshaus, JE Duffy, JP Barry, F Chan, CA English, HM Galindo, JM Grebmeier, AB Hollowed, N Knowlton, J Polovina, NN Rabalais, WJ Sydeman, and LD Talley. Annual Review of Marine Science 4:1-27.

2011

• Advection and starvation cause krill (Euphausia pacifica) decreases in 2005 Northern California coastal populations: Implications from a model study
  Dorman, JG, TM Powell, WJ Sydeman, and SJ Bograd. Geophysical Research Letters 38:L04605.
• Does positioning of the North Pacific Current affect downstream ecosystem productivity?
  Sydeman, WJ, SA Thompson, JA Santora, JC Field, WT Peterson, R Tanasichuk, H Freeland, SJ Bograd, and RR Rykaczewski. Geophysical Research Letters 38:L12606. Manuscript featured in Nature "Research Highlights" (July 6, 2011).
• Functional responses and scaling in predator-prey interactions of marine fishes
  Hunsicker, ME, L Ciannelli, KM Bailey, J Buckel, JW White, J Link, TE Essington, S Gaichas, TW Anderson, RD Brodeur, K Chan, K Chen, G Englund, K Frank, V Freitas, MA Hixon, T Hurst, DW Johnson, JF Kitchell, D Reese, GA Rose, H Sjodin, WJ Sydeman, HW van der Veer, K Vollset, and S Zador. Ecology Letters 14:1288-1299.
• Geospatial variability of krill and top predators within an Antarctic submarine canyon system
  Santora, JA and CS Reiss. Marine Biology 158:2527-2540.
• Global seabird response to forage fish depletion — One-third for the birds
  Cury, PM, IL Boyd, S Bonhommeau, T Anker-Nilssen, RJM Crawford, RW Furness, JA Mills, EJ Murphy, H Osterblom, M Paleczny, JF Piatt, J Roux, L Shannon, and WJ Sydeman. Science 334:1703-1706.
• Mesoscale structure and oceanographic determinants of krill hotspots in the California Current: Implications for trophic transfer and conservation
  Santora, JA, WJ Sydeman, ID Schroeder, BK Wells, and JC Field. Progress in Oceanography 91:397-409.
• Quantitative approaches in climate change ecology
  Brown, CJ, D Schoeman, WJ Sydeman, K Brander, L Buckley, M Burrows, CM Duarte, P Moore, J Pandolfi, E Poloczanska, W Venables, and AJ Richardson. Global Change Biology 17:3697-3713.
• Reproductive success of planktivorous seabirds in the North Pacific is related to ocean climate on decadal scales
  Bond, AL, IL Jones, WJ Sydeman, HL Major, S Minobe, JC Williams, and GV Byrd. Marine Ecology Progress Series 424:205-218.
• Spatial organization of krill and seabirds in the central California Current
  Santora, JA, WJ Sydeman, and S Ralston. ICES Journal of Marine Science 68:1391-1402.
• State of the California Current 2010-2011: Regionally variable responses to a strong (but fleeting?) La Nina
  Bjorkstedt, EP, R Goericke, S McClatchie, E Weber, W Watson, N Lo, B Peterson, B Emmett, R Brodeur, J Peterson, M Litz, J Gomez-Valdez, G Gaxiola-Castro, B Lavaniegos, F Chavez, CA, Collins, J Field, K Sakuma, P Warzybok, R Bradley, J Jahncke, S Bograd, F Schwing, GS Campbell, J Hildebrand, W Sydeman, SA Thompson, J Largier, C Halle, SY Kim, and J Abell. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Report 52:36-68.
• The pace of shifting climate in marine and terrestrial ecosystems
  Burrows, MT, DS Schoeman, LB Buckley, P Moore, ES Poloczanska, KM Brander, C Brown, JF Bruno, CM Duarte, BS Halpern, J Holding, CV Kappel, W Kiessling, MI O’Connor, JM Pandolfi, C Parmesan, FB Schwing, WJ Sydeman, and AJ Richardson. Science 334:652-655.
• Winter and summer upwelling modes and their biological importance in the California Current
  Black, BA, ID Schroeder, WJ Sydeman, SJ Bograd, BK Wells, and FB Schwing. Global Change Biology 17:2536-2545.

2010

• The California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA), Module II: trends and variability in climate-ecosystem state
  Sydeman, WJ and SA Thompson.
• Climate Change Impacts: Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries
  Largier, JL, BS Cheng, and KD Higgason, editors. Report of a Joint Working Group of the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Advisory Councils.
• Collaborative Fisheries Research in Support of Ecosystem-Based Salmon Management in Northern California
  Thayer, JA, W Sydeman, and J Field. Final Report, California Sea Grant Project R/FISH-212PD.
• Comparative analysis of marine ecosystems: workshop on predator-prey interactions
  Bailey KM, L Ciannelli, M Hunsicker, A Rindorf, S Neuenfeldt, C Mollmann, F Guichard, and G Huse. Biology Letters 6:579-581.
• Macro-ecology of plankton-seabird associations in the North Pacific Ocean
  Sydeman, WJ, SA Thompson, JA Santora, MF Henry, KH Morgan, and SD Batten. Journal of Plankton Research 32:1697-1713.
• Population consequences of biomass loss due to commercial collection of the wild seaweed Postelsia palmaeformis
  Thompson, SA, H Knoll, CA Blanchette, and KJ Nielsen. Marine Ecology Progress Series 413:17–31.
• Predicting population consequences of ocean climate change for an ecosystem sentinel, the seabird Cassin’s auklet
  Wolf, SG, MA Snyder, WJ Sydeman, DF Doak, and DA Croll. Global Change Biology 16:1923-1935.
• Seabirds as indicators of the state of the marine environment and its conservation
  Kazama, K, M Ito, Y Niizuma, Y Sakurai, H Takada, WJ Sydeman, JP Croxall, and Y Watanuki. Japanese Journal of Ornithology 59:38-54.
• Spatial association between hotspots of baleen whales and demographic patterns of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba suggests size-dependent predation
  Santora, JA, CS Reiss, VJ Loeb, and RR Veit. Marine Ecology Progress Series 405:255-269.
• Spatial distribution patterns of southern bottlenose whales, Hyperoodon planifrons, near the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
  Santora, JA and ET Brown. Marine Mammal Science 26:960-968.
• Status and trends of the California Current region, 2003-2008
  Bograd, SJ, WJ Sydeman, J Barlow, A Booth, RD Brodeur, J Calambokidis, F Chavez, WR Crawford, E Di Lorenzo, R Druazo, R Emmett, J Field, G Gaxiola-Castro, W Gilly, R Goericke, J Hildebrand, JE Irvine, M Kahru, JA Koslow, B Lavaniegos, M Lowry, DL Mackas, M Manzano-Sarabia, SM McKinnell, BG Mitchell, L Munger, RI Perry, WT Peterson, S Ralston, J Schweiger, A Suntsov, R Tanasichuk, AC Thomas, and FA Whitney. Book chapter in: McKinnell, SM and Dagg, MJ (Eds.) Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, 2003-2008. PICES Press. pp. 106-141.
• Status and trends of the North Pacific oceanic region, 2003-2008
  Batten, S, X Chen, EN Flint, HJ Freeland, J Holmes, E Howell, T Ichii, M Kaeriyama, M Landry, C Lunsford, DL Mackas, B Mate, K Matsuda, SM McKinnell, L Miller, K Morgan, A Pena, JJ Polovina, M Robert, MP Seki, WJ Sydeman, SA Thompson, FA Whitney, P Woodworth, and A Yamaguchi. Book chapter in: McKinnell, SM and Dagg, MJ (Eds.) Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific Ocean, 2003-2008. PICES Press. pp. 56-105.
• Wintertime ocean conditions synchronize rockfish growth and seabird reproduction in the central California Current ecosystem
  Black, BA, ID Schroeder, WJ Sydeman, SJ Bograd, and PW Lawson. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67:1149-1158.

2009

• Macro-ecology of North Pacific Ecosystems: Plankton-Seabird Associations in Space and Time
  Sydeman, WJ, SA Thompson, JA Santora, and MF Henry. Final Report, North Pacific Research Board Project 801.
• Marine ecosystems, climate and phenology: impacts on top predators
  Sydeman, WJ. Marine Ecology Progress Series (Theme Section) 393:185-301.
• Phenology of coastal upwelling in the California Current
  Bograd, SJ, I Schroeder, N Sarkar, X Qiu, WJ Sydeman, and FB Schwing. Geophysical Research Letters 36:L01602.
• Seabirds and Climate in the California Current - A Sythesis of Change
  Sydeman, WJ, KL Mills, JA Santora, SA Thompson, DF Bertram, KH Morgan, JM Hipfner, BK Wells, and SG Wolf. CalCOFI Report 50:82-104.

2008

• Annual Prey Consumption of the Common Murre, a Dominant Seabird in the California Current
  Sydeman, WJ and N Nur. California Sea Grant R/F-195.
• Developing the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment, Module I: select time-series of ecosystem state
  Sydeman, WJ and ML Elliott.
• Developing Wave Energy in Coastal California: Potential Socio-economic and Environmental Effects
  Nelson PA, D Behrens, J Castle, G Crawford, RN Gaddam, SC Hackett, J Largier, DP Lohse, KL Mills, PT Raimondi, M Robart, WJ Sydeman, SA Thompson, and S Woo. California Energy Commission, PIER Energy-Related Environmental Research Program and California Ocean Protection Council CEC-500-2008-083.
• Ecosystem responses to short-term climate variability in the Gulf of the Farallones, California
  Jahncke, J, BL Saenz, CL Abraham, C Rintoul, RW Bradley, and WJ Sydeman. Progress in Oceanography 77:182-193.
• Responses of piscivorous seabirds at the Pribilof Islands to ocean climate
  Byrd, GV, WJ Sydeman, HM Renner, and S Minobe. Deep-Sea Research II 55:1856-1867.
• Untangling the relationships among climate, prey and top predators in an ocean ecosystem
  Wells, BK, JC Field, JA Thayer, CB Grimes, SJ Bograd, WJ Sydeman, FB Schwing, and R Hewitt. Marine Ecology Progress Series 364:15-29.

2007

• Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) – seabird covariation off central California and possible forecasting applications
  Roth, JE, KL Mills, and WJ Sydeman. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64:1080-1090.
• Diets of top predators indicate pelagic juvenile rockfish (Sebastes spp.) abundance in the California Current System
  Mills, KL, T Laidig, S Ralston, and WJ Sydeman. Fisheries Oceanography 16:273-283.
• Making Use of Ocean Observing Systems: Applications to Marine Protected Areas and Water Quality
  Making Use of Ocean Observing: Water Quality and MPAs Workshop.
• Migratory routes of short-tailed albatrosses: Use of exclusive economic zones of North Pacific Rim countries and spatial overlap with commercial fisheries in Alaska
  Suryan, RM, KS Dietrich, EF Melvin, GR Balogh, F Satod, and K Ozaki. Biological Conservation 137:450-460.
• Population Dynamics of an Unexploited Rockfish (Sebastes jordani) in the California Current
  Field, JC, EJ Dick, M Key, M Lowry, Y Lucero, A MacCall, D Pearson, S Ralston, W Sydeman, and J Thayer. Biology, Assessment, and Management of North Pacific Rockfishes Alaska Sea Grant College Program AK-SG-07-01.
• Seabirds as indicators of marine ecosystems
  Sydeman, WJ, JF Piatt, and HI Browman. Marine Ecology Progress Series (Theme Section) 352:199-309.

2006

• Characterising meso-marine ecosystems of the North Pacific
  Batten, SD, KD Hyrenbach, WJ Sydeman, KH Morgan, MF Henry, PPY Yen, and DW Welch. Deep-Sea Research II 53:270-290.
• Foraging destinations and marine habitat use of short-tailed albatrosses: A multi-scale approach using first-passage time analysis
  Suryan, RM, F Sato, GR Balogh, KD Hyrenbachd, PR Sievert, and K Ozaki. Deep-Sea Research II 53:370-386.
• Planktivorous auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus responses to ocean climate, 2005: Unusual atmospheric blocking?
  Sydeman, WJ, RW Bradley, P Warzybok, CL Abraham, J Jahncke, KD Hyrenbach, V Kousky, JM Hipfner, and MD Ohman. Geophysical Research Letters 33:L22S09.
• Site-specific effects on productivity of an upper trophic-level marine predator: Bottom-up, top-down, and mismatch effects on reproduction in a colonial seabird
  Suryan, RM, DB Irons, ED Brown, PGR Jodice, and DD Roby. Progress in Oceanography 68:303-328.

1997–2004

• Changes in oceanic zooplankton populations in the north-east Pacific associated with the possible climatic regime shift of 1998/1999
  Batten SD and DW Welch. Deep-Sea Research II 51:863-873.
• Empirical evidence for North Pacific regime shifts in 1977 and 1989
  Hare, SR and NJ Mantua. Progress in Oceanography 43:103-145.
• A Pacific Interdecadal Climate Oscillation with Impacts on Salmon Production
  Mantua, NJ, SR Hare, Y Zhang, JM Wallace, and RC Francis. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 78:1069-1079.
• Rockfish response to low-frequency ocean climate change as revealed by the diet of a marine bird over multiple time scales
  Miller, AK and WJ Sydeman. Marine Ecology Progress Series 281:207-216.

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