Sarah Ann Thompson, M.Sc.
Sarah Ann began her marine science career in intertidal ecology, conducting large-scale biodiversity surveys and experimental research on the sea palm kelp, Postelsia palmaeformis. At the Farallon Institute, Sarah Ann participates in studies of climate variability and predator-prey relationships, including projects on forage fish and seabirds. She is also FI’s technician for processing acoustic krill data, and the data manager and analyst for the seabirds at sea monitoring project. A resident of the Seattle area, Sarah Ann holds an affiliate staff appointment at the University of Washington.
Involvement in FI projects:
Selected publications:
Sydeman et al. 2021. Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels. Science. [pdf]
Sydeman et al. 2020. Sixty-five years of northern anchovy population studies in the southern California Current: a review and suggestion for sensible management. ICES Journal of Marine Science. [pdf]
Crawford et al. 2019. Food habits of an endangered seabird indicate recent poor forage fish availability off western South Africa. ICES Journal of Marine Science. [pdf]
Thompson et al. 2019. Effects of ocean climate on the length and condition of forage fish in the Gulf of Alaska. Fisheries Oceanography. [pdf]
Sydeman et al. 2018. Forecasting herring biomass using environmental and population parameters. Fisheries Research. [pdf]
Piatt et al. 2018. Biogeography of pelagic food webs in the North Pacific. Fisheries Oceanography. [pdf]
Thompson et al. 2017. Trends in the Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) metapopulation in the California Current Ecosystem. CalCOFI Reports. [pdf]
Sydeman et al. 2017. Regionalizing indicators for marine ecosystems: Bering Sea--Aleutian Islands seabirds, climate, and competitors. Ecological Indicators. [pdf]
Sydeman et al. 2017. Best practices for assessing forage fish fisheries-seabird resource competition. Fisheries Research. [pdf]
Sydeman et al. 2015. Climate change and marine vertebrates. Science. [pdf]
Sydeman et al. 2014. Climate change and wind intensification in coastal upwelling ecosystems. Science. [pdf]
Poloczanska et al. 2013. Global imprint of climate change on marine life. Nature Climate Change. [pdf]
Thompson et al. 2012. Linking predators to seasonality of upwelling: Using food web indicators and path analysis to infer trophic connections. Progress in Oceanography. [pdf]
Thompson et al. 2012. Phenology of pelagic seabird abundance relative to marine climate change in the Alaska Gyre. Marine Ecology Progress Series. [pdf]
Thompson et al. 2010. Population consequences of biomass loss due to commercial collection of the wild seaweed Postelsia palmaeformis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. [pdf]