Selected Publications

In Press

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, SG Wolf. CalCOFI Report 50:82-104.

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.

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, 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.

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.