Science Publications

Below is a list of publications (2006-present) critical for sanctuary management that were authored or co-authored by Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary staff (shown in bold font), supported (fully or in part) by Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary funding, or authored by sanctuary partners. You may also browse the Bibliography page of the SIMoN website for peer-reviewed and “gray” literature relevant to national marine sanctuaries of California.

Eger, A.M., J.D. Aguirre, M. Altamirano, N. Arafeh-Dalmau, N.L. Arroyo, A.M. Bauer-Civiello, R. Beas-Luna, T. Bekkby, S. Bennett, B. Bernal, C.O. Blain, J. Boada, S. Branigan, J. Bursic, B. Cevallos, C. Choi, S.D. Connell, C. Edward, H.S. Earp, N. Eddy, A. Matthius, L. Ennis, A. Falace, A.M. Ferreira, K. Filbee-Dexter, H. Forbes, P. Francis, J.N. Franco, K.G. Geisler, A. Giraldo-Ospina, A.V. Gonzalez, S. Hingorani, R. Hohman, L. Iveša, S. Kaleb, J.P. Keane, S.J.I. Koch, K. Krumhansl, L. Ladah, D.J. Lafont, C. Layton, D.M. Le, L.C. Lee, S.D. Ling, S.I. Lonhart, L. Malpica-Cruz, L. Mangialajo, A. McConnell, T.A. McHugh, F. Micheli, K.I. Miller, M. Monserrat, J. Montes-Herrera, B. Moreno, C.J. Neufeld, S. Orchard, B. Peabody, O. Peleg, A. Pessarrodona, J.B. Pocklington, S.E. Reeves, A.M. Ricart, F. Ross, F.R. Schanz, M. Schreider, M. Sedarat, S.M. Smith, S. Starko, E.M.A. Strain, L. Tamburello, B. Timmer, J.E. Toft, R.A. Uribe, S.W.K. van den Burg, J.A. Vásquez, R.J. Veenhof, T. Wernberg, G. Wood, J.A. Zepeda-Domínguez and A. Vergès (2024). The Kelp Forest Challenge: A collaborative global movement to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests. Journal of Applied Phycology 36:951-964. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-023-03103-y

Hatch, L., J. Barkowski, S. Baumann-Pickering, C.W. Bell, D. Best, J. Brown, A. DeAngelis, J. Joseph, E. Kim, D. Kitchen, A. Kok, A. Kügler, A. Kumar, M. Lammers, T. Margolina, M. McKenna, K. Merkens, L.P. Reeves, T.J. Rowell, M. Shoemaker, J.A Stanley, A. Stimpert, B, Southall, B. Stone, M. Tartt, S. Van Parijs, and E. Zang. (2024). SanctSound: Building data systems for sound decisions. In: A.N. Popper, J. Sisneros, A.D. Hawkins, and F. Thomsen (editors), The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life: Principles and Practical Considerations. Springer International Publishing. p. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10417-6_58-1

US National Office for Harmful Algal Blooms (2024). Harmful Algal Research and Response: A National Environmental Science Strategy (HARRNESS), 2024-2034. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 241pp.

Barry, J.P., S.Y. Litvin, A. DeVogelaere, D.W. Caress, C.F. Lovera, A.S. Kahn, E.J. Burton, C. King, J.B. Paduan, C.G. Wheat, F. Girard, S. Sudek, A.M. Hartwell, A.D. Sherman, P.R. McGill, A. Schnittger, J.R. Voight, and E.J. Martin (2023). Abyssal hydrothermal springs—Cryptic incubators for brooding octopus. Science Advances 9:eadg3247. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adg3247

Drachenberg, D. (2023). Effects of land-based anthropogenic noise on reproductive success in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 15pp. (PDF: 1.5MB)

Girard, F., S.Y. Litvin, A. Sherman, P. McGill, C. Lovera, A. DeVogelaere, E. Burton, and J. Barry (2023). Epibenthic faunal community dynamics and seasonal species turnover in a deep-sea coral ecosystem. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 196:104048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2023.104048

Goffredi S.K., B, Panossian, C. Brzechffa, N. Field, C. King, G. Moggioli, G.W. Rouse, J.M. Martín-Durán, and L.M. Henry (2023). A dynamic epibiont community associated with the bone-eating polychaete genus Osedax. mBio:e0314022. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03140-22

Jones, T., J.K. Parrish, J. Lindsey, C. Wright, H.K. Burgess, J. Dolliver, L. Divine, R. Kaler, D. Bradley, G. Sorenson, R. Torrenta, S. Backensto, H. Coletti, J.T. Harvey, H.M. Nevins, E. Donnelly-Greenan, D.L. Sherer, J. Roletto, and K. Lindquist (2023). Marine bird mass mortality events as an indicator of the impacts of ocean warming. Marine Ecology Progress Series :HEATav8. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14330

Kim, E.B., K.E. Frasier, M.F. McKenna, A.C.M. Kok, L.E. Peavey Reeves, W.K. Oestreich, G. Arrieta, S. Wiggins, and S. Baumann-Pickering (2023). SoundScape learning: An automatic method for separating fish chorus in marine soundscapes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 153:1710-1722. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0017432

McDermott, S., A. DeVogelaere, J. Barry, and A.S. Kahn (2023). Effects of a lost shipping container in the deep sea. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-23-05. https://doi.org/10.25923/57a1-q985

McInnes, J.D., C.R. Mathieson, P.J. West-Stap, S.L. Marcos, V.L. Wade, J.E. Moore, S.L. Mesnick, and L.M. Dill (2023). Identification catalog and field guide for transient (Bigg’s) killer whales of Monterey Bay and California waters. NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 134pp. https://doi.org/10.25923/0q3f-1812

Michishita, S., C. Gibble, C. Tubbs, R. Felton, J. Gjeltema, J. Lang, and M. Finkelstein (2023). Microplastic in northern anchovies (Engraulis mordax) and common murres (Uria aalge) from the Monterey Bay, California USA – Insights into prevalence, composition, and estrogenic activity. Environmental Pollution 316(2):120548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120548

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Research Activity Panel (2023). Response to Request from Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary AC on Iconic Kelp. Memo to Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council (PDF: 79KB)

National Marine Fisheries Service (2023). Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program 2022 Report to Congress. US Department of Commerce, NOAA, NMFS, Silver Spring, MD. 18pp. https://doi.org/10.25923/kwt6-t748

Russell, T.M., A.R. Szesciorka, T.W. Joyce, D.G. Ainley, and L.T. Ballance (2023). National Marine Sanctuaries capture enhanced abundance and diversity of the California Current Ecosystem avifauna. Journal of Marine Systems 240:103887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2023.103887

Tolimieri, N., A.O. Shelton, J.F. Samhouri, C.J. Harvey, B.E. Feist, G.D. Williams, K.S. Andrews, K.E. Frick, S. Lonhart, O. Liu, H.D. Berry, and J. Waddell (2023). Changes in kelp forest communities off Washington, USA, during and after the 2014-2016 marine heatwave and sea star wasting syndrome. Marine Ecology Progress Series 703:47-66. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14220

Turner, T.L., and S.I. Lonhart (2023). The sponges of the Carmel Pinnacles Marine Protected Area. Zootaxa 5318(2):151-194. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5318.2.1

ZoBell, V.M., M. Gassmann, L.B. Kindberg, S.M. Wiggins, J.A. Hildebrand, and K.E. Frasier (2023). Retrofit-induced changes in the radiated noise and monopole source levels of container ships. PLOS ONE 18(3):e0282677. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282677

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (2022). California's Marine Protected Area Network Decadal Management Review. 137pp.

DeAngelis, A.I., S.M. Van Parijs, J. Barkowski, S. Baumann-Pickering, K. Burger, G.E. Davis, J. Joseph, A.C.M. Kok, A. Kügler, M. Lammers, T. Margolina, N. Pegg, A. Rice, T.J. Rowell, J.P. Ryan, A. Stokoe, E. Zang, and L. Hatch (2022). Exploring marine mammal presence across seven US national marine sanctuaries. Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3:970401. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.970401

Girard, F., S.Y. Litvin, A. Sherman, P. McGill, A. Gannon, C. Lovera, A. DeVogelaere, E. Burton, D. Graves, A. Schnittger, and J. Barry (2022). Phenology in the deep sea: Seasonal and tidal feeding rhythms in a keystone octocoral. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289:20021033. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1033

Kunz, A., C. Manley, I. Brunjes, J. Wisniewski, and T. Lockmann (2022). Dynamics of seal bomb use in Channel Islands and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries. A Group Project submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Environmental Science and Management for the, University of California, Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, 80pp (PDF: 4.1MB)

Laidig, T., D. Watters, N. Prouty, M. Everett, L. Duncan, L. Clarke, C. Caldow, J.R. Bourque, J. McClain-Counts, and A.W.J. Demopoulos. (2022). A characterization of the deep-sea coral and sponge community along the California, Oregon, and Washington coasts using a remotely operated vehicle on the EXPRESS 2019 expedition. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-672. https://doi.org/10.25923/nx2y-2j39

LaScala-Gruenewald, D.E., N.H.N. Low, J.P. Barry, J.A. Brown, C. King, F.P. Chavez, and H.A. Ruhl (2022). Building on a human-centered, iterative, and agile co-design strategy to facilitate the availability of deep ocean data. ICES Journal of Marine Science fsac145. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac145

Malone, D.P., K. Davis, S.I. Lonhart, A. Parsons-Field, J.E. Caselle, and M.H. Carr (2022). Large-scale, multidecade monitoring data from kelp forest ecosystems in California and Oregon (USA). Ecology 103(5):e3630. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3630

Ryan, J.P. K.J. Benoit-Bird, W.K. Oestreich, P. Leary, K.B. Smith, C.M. Waluk, D.E. Cade, J.A. Fahlbusch, B.L. Southall, J.E. Joseph, T. Margolina, J. Calambokidis, A. DeVogelaere, and J.A. Goldbogen (2022). Oceanic giants dance to atmospheric rhythms: Ephemeral wind-driven resource tracking by blue whales. Ecology Letters 00:1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14116

Ward, M., T.A. McHugh, K. Elsmore, M. Esgro, J. Ray, M. Murphy-Cannella, I. Norton, and J. Freiwald (2022). Restoration of Northern California bull kelp forests: A partnership based approach. Reef Check, Marine del Rey, CA, April 2022.

Warrick, J.A., K. Vos, A.E. East, and S. Vitousek (2022). Fire (plus) flood (equals) beach: Coastal response to an exceptional river sediment discharge event. Scientific Reports 12 (3848). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07209-0

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (2022). California's Marine Protected Area Network Decadal Management Review. 137pp.

DeAngelis, A.I., S.M. Van Parijs, J. Barkowski, S. Baumann-Pickering, K. Burger, G.E. Davis, J. Joseph, A.C.M. Kok, A. Kügler, M. Lammers, T. Margolina, N. Pegg, A. Rice, T.J. Rowell, J.P. Ryan, A. Stokoe, E. Zang, and L. Hatch (2022). Exploring marine mammal presence across seven US national marine sanctuaries. Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3:970401.
https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.970401

Girard, F., S.Y. Litvin, A. Sherman, P. McGill, A. Gannon, C. Lovera, A. DeVogelaere, E. Burton, D. Graves, A. Schnittger, and J. Barry (2022). Phenology in the deep sea: Seasonal and tidal feeding rhythms in a keystone octocoral. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289:20021033.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1033

Kunz, A., C. Manley, I. Brunjes, J. Wisniewski, and T. Lockmann (2022). Dynamics of seal bomb use in Channel Islands and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries. A Group Project submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Environmental Science and Management for the, University of California, Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, 80pp (PDF: 4.1MB)

Laidig, T., D. Watters, N. Prouty, M. Everett, L. Duncan, L. Clarke, C. Caldow, J.R. Bourque, J. McClain-Counts, and A.W.J. Demopoulos. (2022). A characterization of the deep-sea coral and sponge community along the California, Oregon, and Washington coasts using a remotely operated vehicle on the EXPRESS 2019 expedition. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-672.
https://doi.org/10.25923/nx2y-2j39

LaScala-Gruenewald, D.E., N.H.N. Low, J.P. Barry, J.A. Brown, C. King, F.P. Chavez, and H.A. Ruhl (2022). Building on a human-centered, iterative, and agile co-design strategy to facilitate the availability of deep ocean data. ICES Journal of Marine Science fsac145.
https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac145

Malone, D.P., K. Davis, S.I. Lonhart, A. Parsons-Field, J.E. Caselle, and M.H. Carr (2022). Large-scale, multidecade monitoring data from kelp forest ecosystems in California and Oregon (USA). Ecology 103(5):e3630. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3630

Ryan, J.P. K.J. Benoit-Bird, W.K. Oestreich, P. Leary, K.B. Smith, C.M. Waluk, D.E. Cade, J.A. Fahlbusch, B.L. Southall, J.E. Joseph, T. Margolina, J. Calambokidis, A. DeVogelaere, and J.A. Goldbogen (2022). Oceanic giants dance to atmospheric rhythms: Ephemeral wind-driven resource tracking by blue whales. Ecology Letters 00:1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14116

Ward, M., T.A. McHugh, K. Elsmore, M. Esgro, J. Ray, M. Murphy-Cannella, I. Norton, and J. Freiwald (2022). Restoration of Northern California bull kelp forests: A partnership based approach. Reef Check, Marine del Rey, CA, April 2022.

Warrick, J.A., K. Vos, A.E. East, and S. Vitousek (2022). Fire (plus) flood (equals) beach: Coastal response to an exceptional river sediment discharge event. Scientific Reports 12 (3848). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07209-0

Bastille, K., S. Hardison, L. deWitt, J. Brown, J. Samhouri, S. Gaichas, S. Lucey, K. Kearney, B. Best, S. Cross, S. Large, and E. Spooner (2021). Improving the IEA approach using principles of open data science. Coastal Management 49(1):72-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2021.1846155

Benson, A., T. Murray, G. Canonico, E. Montes, F. Muller-Karger, M.T. Kavanaugh, J. Trinanes, and L.M. deWitt (2021). Data management and interactive visualizations for the evolving Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON). Oceanography 34(2):130-141. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.220

Cannizzo, Z.J., and V. Selz (2021). National marine sanctuary climate change science priorities: Workshop report. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Climate Program Office. 36pp. https://doi.org/10.25923/4ftj-3f44

Chavez, F.P., M. Min, K. Pitz, N. Truelove, J. Baker, D. LaScala-Grunewald, M. Blum, K. Walz, C. Nye, A. Djurhuus, R.J. Miller, K.D. Goodwin, F.E. Muller-Karger, H.A. Ruhl, and C.A. Scholin (2021). Observing Life in the Sea Using Environmental DNA. Oceanography 34(2):102–119. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.218

Duarte, C.M., L. Chapuis, S.P. Collin, D.P. Costa, R.P. Devassy, V.M. Eguiluz, C. Erbe, T.A.C. Gordon, B.S. Halpern, H.R. Harding, M.N. Havlik, M. Meekan, N.D. Merchant, J.L. Miksis-Olds, M. Parsons, M. Predragovic, A.N. Radford, C.A. Radford, S.D. Simpson, H. Slabbekoorn, E. Staaterman, I.C. Van Opzeeland, J. Winderen, X. Zhang, and F. Juanes (2021). The soundscape of the Anthropocene ocean. Science 371(6529):eaba4658. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba4658

Estes, M., C. Anderson, W. Appeltans, N. Bax, N. Bednaršek, G. Canonico, S. Djavidnia, E. Escobar, P. Fietzek, M. Gregoire, E. Hazen, M. Kavanaugh, F. Lejzerowicz, F. Lombard, P. Miloslavich, K.O. Möller, J. Monk, E. Montes, H. Moustahfid, M.M.C. Muelbert, F. Muller-Karger, L.E. Peavey Reeves, E.V. Satterthwaite, J.O. Schmidt, A.M.M. Sequeira, W. Turner, and L.V. Weatherdon (2021). Enhanced monitoring of life in the sea is a critical component of conservation management and sustainable economic growth. Marine Policy 132(2021):104699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104699

Freedman, R., J.A. Brown, C. Caldow, and J.E. Caselle (2021). Species-specific thermal classification schemes can improve climate related marine resource decisions. PLoS ONE 16(4):e0250792. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250792

Domoic acid and saxitoxin in seabirds in the United States between 2007 and 2018. Gibble, C.M., R.M. Kudela, S. Knowles, B. Bodenstein, and K.A. Lefebvre (2021). Harmful Algae 103:101981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2021.101981

Gleason M.G., J.E. Caselle, W.N. Heady, V.R. Saccomanno, J. Zimmerman, T.A. McHugh, and N. Eddy (2021). A structured approach for kelp restoration and management decisions in California. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 54pp.

Hamilton S.L., V.R. Saccomanno, W.N. Heady, A.L. Gehman, S.I. Lonhart, R. Beas-Luna, F.T. Francis, L. Lee, L. Rogers-Bennett, A.K. Salomon and S.A. Gravem (2021). Disease-driven mass mortality event leads to widespread extirpation and variable recovery potential of a marine predator across the eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288:20211195. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1195

Kashiwabara, L.M., S.R. Kahane-Rapport, C. King, M. DeVogelaere, J.A. Goldbogen, and M.S. Savoca (2021). Microplastics and microfibers in surface waters of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, California. Marine Pollution Bulletin 165:112148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112148

Kavanaugh, M.T., T. Bell, D. Catlett, M.A. Cimino, S.C. Doney, W. Klajbor, M. Messié, E. Montes, F.E. Muller-Karger, D. Otis, J.A. Santora, I.D. Schroeder, J. Triñanes, and D.A. Siegel (2021). Satellite remote sensing and the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network: Current science and future steps. Oceanography 34(2):62–79. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.215

King, C., J. Roletto, S. Tezak, G. Williams, J. Brown, G. Cochrane, E. Burton, K. Lindquist, A. Wood, and J. Holl (2021). Exploring Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Oceanography 34(1):34-35, supplement. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.supplement.01

Ruhl, H.A., J.A. Brown, A.R. Harper, E.L. Hazen, L. deWitt, P. Daniel, A. DeVogelaere, R.M. Kudela, J.P. Ryan, A.D. Fischer, F.E. Muller-Karger, and F.P. Chavez (2021). Integrating biodiversity and environmental observations in support of national marine sanctuary and large marine ecosystem assessments. Oceanography 34(2):142–155. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.221

Ryan J.P., J.E. Joseph, T. Margolina, L.T. Hatch, A. Azzara, A. Reyes, B.L. Southall, A. DeVogelaere, L.E. Peavey Reeves, Y. Zhang, D.E. Cline, B. Jones, P. McGill, S. Baumann-Pickering, and A.K. Stimpert (2021). Reduction of low-frequency vessel noise in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:656566. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.656566

Santora, J.A., I.D. Schroeder, S.J. Bograd, F.P. Chavez, M.A. Cimino, J. Fiechter, E.L. Hazen, M.T. Kavanaugh, M. Messié, R.R. Miller, K.M. Sakuma, W.J. Sydeman, B.K. Wells, and J.C. Field. 2021 (2021). Pelagic biodiversity, ecosystem function, and services: An integrated observing and modeling approach. Oceanography 34(2):16–37. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.212

Shester G.G., B. Enticknap, B. Mecum, A. Blacow-Draeger, T. Brock, and S. Murray (2021). A win-win for deep-sea corals and fishing: Increasing seafloor protections while restoring fishing opportunities off the United States West Coast. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:525619. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.525619

Spector, P., B.D. Best, J. Ranganathan, T. Murray, J.A. Brown, C. Caldow, G. Canonico, and A. DeVogelaere (2021). Webenizing condition reports: Communicating data-driven ecosystem indicators in a visually engaging and interactive online platform. National Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-21-11. https://doi.org/10.25923/8df2-6x26

Sydeman, W.J., D.S. Schoeman, S.A. Thompson, B.A. Hoover, M. García-Reyes, F. Daunt, P. Agnew, T. Anker-Nilssen, C. Barbraud, R. Barrett, P.H. Becker, E. Bell, P.D. Boersma, S. Bouwhuis, B. Cannell, R.J.M. Crawford, P. Dann, K. Delord, G. Elliott, K.E. Erikstad, E. Flint, R.W. Furness, M.P. Harris, S. Hatch, K. Hilwig, J.T. Hinke, J. Jahncke, J.A. Mills, T.K. Reiertsen, H. Renner, R.B. Sherley, C. Surman, G. Taylor, J.A. Thayer, P.N. Trathan, E. Velarde, K. Walker, S. Wanless, P. Warzybok, and Y. Watanuki (2021). Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels. Science 372(6545):980-953. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf1772

Williams, G.D., K.S. Andrews, J.A. Brown, J.M. Gove, E.L. Hazen, K.M. Leong, K.A. Montenero, J.H. Moss, J.M. Rosellon-Druker, I.D. Schroeder, E. Siddon, M. Szymkowiak, G.A. Whitehouse, S.G. Zador, and C.J. Harvey (2021). Place-based ecosystem management: Adapting integrated ecosystem assessment processes for developing scientifically and socially relevant indicator portfolios. Coastal Management 49(1):46-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2021.1846154

Bell, C. and P. Raimondi (2020). Black Abalone Translocation Manual. Report prepared for Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 76pp.

Benson, S.R., K.A. Forney, J.E. Moore, E.L. LaCasella, J.T. Harvey, and J.V. Carretta (2020). A long-term decline in the abundance of endangered leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at a foraging fround in the California Current Ecosystem. Global Ecology and Conservation 24:e01371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01371

Boch, C.A., A. DeVogelaere, E.J. Burton, C. King, C. Lovera, K. Buck, J. Lord, L. Kuhnz, M. Kaiser, C. Reid-Rose, and J.P. Barry (2020). Guide to translocating coral fragments for deep-sea restoration. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-20-10.

Djurhuus, A., C.J. Closek, R.P. Kelly, K.J. Pitz, R.P. Michisaki, H.A. Starks, K.R. Walz, E.A. Andruszkiewicz, E. Olesin, K. Hubbard, E. Montes, D. Otis, F.E. Muller-Karger, F.P. Chavez, A.B. Boehm, and M. Breitbart (2020). Environmental DNA reveals seasonal shifts and potential interactions in a marine community. Nature Communications 11:254. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14105-1

Doney, S.C., D.S. Busch, S.R. Cooley, and K.J. Kroeker (2020). The impacts of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems and reliant human communities. Annual Reviews 45(1):83-112. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-012320-083019

Forney, K.A., J.E. Moore, J. Barlow, J.V. Carretta, and S.R. Benson (2020). A multidecadal Bayesian trend analysis of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) populations off California relative to past fishery bycatch. Marine Mammal Science 2020:1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12764

Freedman, R.M., J. Brown, C. Caldow, and J. Caselle (2020). Marine protected areas do not prevent marine heatwave-induced fish community structure changes in a temperate transition zone. Scientific Reports 10:21081. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77885-3

Gibble, C. (2020). CDFW-OSPR Seabird Program Annual Report 2019. California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, Santa Cruz, CA. 57pp. (PDF: 3.8MB)

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Alvarado, N., C. Boyle, B. Brown, A. Cline, C. de Rond, S. Ferrin, C. Friedlander, C. Gonzalez, C. Herrmann, G. Leavitt, L. Lemon, A. Nally, E. Senyk, A. Wasserman, J. Lindholm, and A. DeVogelaere (2017). The spatio-temporal mosaic of scientific research: A case study from Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-17-08.

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Chavez, F.P., P.G. Brewer, and C.A. Scholin (2017). Celebrating 30 years of ocean science and technology at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Oceanography 30(4):18-25. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.420

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Ryan, J., D. Cline, C. Dawe, P. McGill, Y. Zhang, J. Joseph, T. Margolina, M. Caillat, M. Fischer, A. DeVogelaere, A. Stimpert, and B. Southall (2016). New passive acoustic monitoring in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. OCEANS 2016 MTS/IEEE Monterey; 19-23 Sept 2016; 8pp. https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2016.7761363

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Basta, D.J., L. LaFeir, S. Gittings, K. Broughton, T. Casserly, P. Chetirkin, J. Delgado, A. DeVogelaere, R. Green, E. Hickerson, J. Hoyt, M. Lawrence, T. Lillestolen, M. Pickett, T. Reyer, S. Rohmann, G. Schmahl, K. Thompson, D. Wiley, and D. Wilkes (2015).Technology use in NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary System. Marine Technology Society Journal 49:178-192. https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.49.2.21

King, C., and A. DeVogelaere (2015). Field test of the Puma™ AE (All Environment) Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS): September 14‐16, 2014. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 13pp. (PDF: 1MB)

Kuhnz, L.A., K. Buck, C. Lovera, P.J. Whaling, and J.P. Barry (2015). Potential impacts of the Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS) cable on the seabed and benthic faunal assemblages 2015. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Permit Report, 58pp.

Leeworthy, V.R., D. Schwarzmann, and D. Reyes Saade (2015). A Socioeconomic profile of recreation users of the California northern central coast region, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the northern portion of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 2011. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-15-11.

Lindholm, J., M. Gleason, D. Kline, L. Clary, S. Rienecke, A. Cramer, and M. Los Huertos (2015). Ecological effects of bottom trawling on the structural attributes of fish habitat in unconsolidated sediments along the Central California outer continental shelf. Fishery Bulletin 113(1):82-96. https://doi.org/10.7755/FB.113.1.8

Muller-Karger, F., F. Chavez, M. Kavanaugh, E. Montes, S. Gittings, M. Breitbart, D. Anderson, M. Tartt, K. Thompson, M. Howard, B. Kirkpatrick, S. Donahue, A. DeVogelaere, J. Brown, J. Field, S. Bograd, E. Hazen, A. Boehm, K. O'Keife, G. Graettinger, J. Lamkin, B. Muhling, E. (Libby) Johns, and M. Roffer (2015). National marine sanctuaries as sentinel sites for a demonstration Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON). MBON Progress Report Year 1: 2014 - 2015, 18pp. (PDF: 1.1MB)

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Pearse, J.S., W.T. Doyle, V.B. Pearse, M.M. Gowing, J. T. Pennington, E. Danner, and A. Wasser (2015). Long-term monitoring of surfgrass meadows in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Recovery followed by stability after the termination of a domestic sewage discharge. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-15-10.

Raimondi, R., and M. Carr (2015). Assessment of intertidal and subtidal impacts of the Alder Creek Landslide. Final Report Submitted to Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation, 58pp. + appendices.

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and Noble Consultants, Inc. (2015). Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan for the Santa Cruz Littoral Cell, Pillar Point to Moss Landing. Prepared for The California Coastal Sediment Management Workgroup, 306pp. (PDF: 6.7MB)

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Frey, O.T., and A.P. DeVogelaere (2014). The containerized shipping industry and the phenomenon of containers lost at sea. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-14-07.

Frey, O.T., and A.P. DeVogelaere (2014). A review of resource management strategies for protection of seamounts. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-14-08.

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Henkel, L.A., H. Nevins, M. Martin, S. Sugarman, J.T. Harvey, M.H. Ziccardi (2014). Chronic oiling of marine birds in California by natural petroleum seeps, shipwrecks, and other sources. Marine Pollution Bulletin 79:155-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.12.023

Hewson, I., J.B. Button, B.M. Gudenkauf, B. Miner, A.L. Newton, J.K. Gaydos, J. Wynne, C.L. Groves, G. Hendler, M. Murray, S. Fradkin, M. Breitbart, E. Fahsbender, K.D. Lafferty, A.M. Kilpatrick, C.M. Miner, P. Raimondi, L. Lahner, C.S. Friedman, S. Daniels, M. Haulena, J. Marliave, C.A. Burge, M.E. Eisenlord, and C.D. Harvell (2014). Densovirus associated with sea-star wasting disease and mass mortality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111:17278-17283. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1416625111

Hughes, B.B., M.D. Levey, J.A. Brown, M.C. Fountain, A.B. Carlisle, S.Y. Litvin, C.M. Greene, W.N. Heady and M.G. Gleason (2014). Nursery Functions of U.S. West Coast Estuaries: The State of Knowledge for Juveniles of Focal Invertebrate and Fish Species. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 168pp.

Knight, A., J. Lindholm, A. DeVogelaere, and F. Watson (2014). An approach to the collection, processing, and analysis of towed camera video imagery for marine resource management. Marine Technology Society Journal 48:86-95. https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.48.4.1

Leeworthy, V.R., D. Jerome, and K. Schueler (2014). Economic impact of the commercial fisheries on local county economies from catch in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 2010, 2011 and 2012. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-14-03.

Lundsten, L., H.M. Reiswig, and W.C. Austin (2014). Four new species of Cladorhizidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from the Northeast Pacific. Zootaxa 3786:101-123. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3786.2.1

Mah, C.L., and D.W. Foltz (2014). New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with comments on feeding biology. Zootaxa 3795:327-372. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7

Mercado, L., J. Haskins, and R. Preisler (2014). A Report Card of Water Quality for the Elkhorn Slough Estuary in 2013. Elkhorn Slough Technical Report Series 2014:1.

Muller-Karger, F.E., M.T. Kavanaugh, E. Montes, W.M. Balch, M. Breitbart, F.P. Chavez, S.C. Doney, E.M. Johns, R.M. Letelier, M.W. Lomas, H.M. Sosik, and A.E. White (2014). A framework for a Marine Biodiversity Observing Network within changing continental shelf seascapes. Oceanography 27(2):18-23. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.56

Nevins, H.M., E.L. Donnelly-Greenan, and J.T. Harvey (2014). Impacts of marine debris measured by Beach COMBERS: Plastic ingestion and entanglement in marine birds and mammals. Report prepared for Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (PDF: 924KB)

Scorse, J. and J. Kildow (2014). The Potential Economic Impacts of the Proposed Central Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Unpublished report prepared for the Sierra Club of California, 29pp.

Stokstad, E. (2014). Death of the stars. Science 344:464-467. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.344.6183.464

Taylor, J.R., A.P. DeVogelaere, E.J. Burton, O. Frey, L. Lundsten, L.A. Kuhnz, P.J. Whaling, C. Lovera, K.R. Buck, and J.P. Barry (2014). Deep-sea faunal communities associated with a lost intermodal shipping container in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA. Marine Pollution Bulletin 83:92-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.014

Brown, J.A., E.J. Burton, and S. De Beukelaer (2013). The natural resources of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: A focus on federal waters. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-13-05.

Burton, E.J. (2013). Cultural history of Davidson Seamount: A characterization of mapping, research, and fishing. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 21pp. (PDF: 869KB)

California Seafloor Mapping Program (2013). Central Coast Marine Protected Areas. Report, 34pp.

Gittings, S.R., M. Tartt, and K. Broughton (2013). National Marine Sanctuary System Condition Report 2013. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 33pp.

King, C. (2013). Summary of SCUBA diving operations conducted from R/V Fulmar – 2012. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 4pp. (PDF: 291KB)

Leeworthy, V.R., T. Culliton, and T. Reyer (2013). Study area profile 1990 to 2010, socioeconomic research and monitoring Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 42pp.

Leeworthy, V.R., D. Jerome, and K. Schueler (2013). Technical Appendix: Economic impact of the commercial fisheries on local county economies from catch in California National Marine Sanctuaries 2010, 2011 and 2012. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-13-07.

Lindholm, J., M. Gleason, D. Kline, L. Clary, S. Rienecke, M. Bell, and B. Kitaguchi (2013). Central Coast Trawl Impact and Recovery Study: 2009-2012 Final Report. Report to the California Ocean Protection Council, 49pp.

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (2013). Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Davidson Seamount Management Zone Management Plan. Living Document, June 2013, version 6.0. (PDF: 1.8MB)

Newton, K.M., and A. DeVogelaere (2013). Marine mammal and seabird abundance and distribution around the Davidson Seamount, July 2010. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 28pp. (PDF: 1.8MB)

Stewart, J.S., J.C. Field, U. Markaida, and W.F. Gilly (2013). Behavioral ecology of jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) in relation to oxygen minimum zones. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 95:197-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.06.005

Storlazzi C.D., T.A. Fregoso, J.D. Figurski, J. Freiwald, S.I. Lonhart, and D.P. Finlayson (2013). burial and exhumation of temperate bedrock reefs as elucidated by repetitive high-resolution sea floor sonar surveys: Spatial patterns and impacts to species' richness and diversity. Continental Shelf Research 55:40-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.01.013

Adams, J., C. MacLeod, R.M. Suryan, K.D Hyrenbach, and J.T. Harvey (2012). Summer-time use of West Coast US National Marine Sanctuaries by migrating sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus). Biological Conservation 156:105-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.032

Adelaars, J., M. Bassett, N. Donlou, C. Marks, B. Pardieck, and J. Lindholm (2012). Examining the Conservation Level of Marine Management Areas within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: How Protected is the Sanctuary?
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Broughton, K. (2012). Office of National Marine Sanctuaries science review of artificial reefs. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-12-05.

Brown, J.A., S. De Beukelaer, R. Dunsmore, S. Lonhart, L. Wooninck, A. DeVogelaere, J. Hunt, and P. Michel (2012). Unique and rare features in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Summary of the 2011 workshop to inform the Ecosystem-based Management Initiative. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 67pp. (PDF: 786KB)

Burrows, J.A., J.T. Harvey, K.M. Newton, D.A. Croll, and S.R. Benson (2012). Marine mammal response to interannual variability in Monterey Bay, California. Marine Ecology Progress Series 461:257-271. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09712

Davis, J.A., J.R.M. Ross, S.N. Bezalel, J.A. Hunt, A.R. Melwani, R.M. Allen, G. Ichikawa, A. Bonnema, W.A. Heim, D. Crane, S. Swenson, C. Lamerdin, M. Stephenson, and K. Schiff (2012). Contaminants in fish from the California Coast, 2009-2010: Summary report on a two-year screening survey. A Report of the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP). California State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento, CA. 77pp.

DeVogelaere, A., and O. Frey (2012). Site damage assessment: Sunken F/V Stikine. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 12pp. (PDF: 645KB)

ESA PWA (2012). Evaluation of erosion mitigation alternatives for southern Monterey Bay prepared for Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation and the Southern Monterey Bay Coastal Erosion Working Group, 30 May 2012, ESA PWA REF.#1972.00. 216pp.

Frey, O., G. Shester, and A. DeVogelaere (2012). Final Report: A profile of the hook and line fishery for California Halibut in Monterey Bay, California. Learning from fishermen through collaborative research. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 46pp. (PDF: 4.5MB)

Lindholm, J., M. Gleason, D. Kline, J. Adelaars, L. Clary, H. Kelley, S. Rienecke, M. Bell, and B. Kitaguchi (2012). Central Coast Trawl Impact and Recovery Study: 2009-2011 Summary Report. A Report to the California Ocean Protection Council, 39pp.

Lonhart, S.I. (2012). Growth and distribution of the invasive bryozoan Watersipora in Monterey Harbor, California. In: D.L. Steller and L.K. Lobel (editors), Diving for Science 2012. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 31st Scientific Symposium. American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Dauphin Island, Alabama. p. 89-98.

Lundsten, L., S.B. Johnson, G.M. Cailliet, A.P. DeVogelaere, and D.A. Clague (2012). Morphological, molecular, and in situ behavioral observations of the rare deep-sea anglerfish Chaunacops coloratus (Garman, 1899), Order Lophiiformes, in the eastern North Pacific. Deep-Sea Research I 68:46-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2012.05.012

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (2012). Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Davidson Seamount Management Zone threats assessment. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report 2012-1, 39pp. (PDF: 2MB)

Rerig, P. (2012). Out to Sea: Catch This! Edible Monterey Bay, 2(1):23-28.

Abeles, A., K. Grimmer, and H. Papendick (2011). Preparing for the Future: Climate Change and the Monterey Bay Shoreline. Summary Report for Participants, 58pp.

Brown, J.A., P. Michel, S. De Beukelaer, A. DeVogelaere, R. Dunsmore, S. Lonhart, and L. Wooninck (2011). Facilitating research in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Summary of the 2010 workshop to inform the Ecosystem-based Management Initiative. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-11-06.

Choy, S.J. (2011). Innovative historical ecology trend analysis and interpretation for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. A Report to the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, 18pp. (PDF: 1.1MB)

Gunvalson M.M. (2011). Reducing disturbances to marine mammals by kayakers in the Monterey Bay. M.S. Thesis, San Jose State University, 77pp. https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.7zzx-bmmm

Harvey, J., and J. Adams (2011). Tracking sooty shearwaters to identify critical at-sea habitats in the California Current. California Sea Grant Project Profile R/ENV-204.

Institute for Applied Marine Ecology and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (2011). Characterizing the deep: Surveys in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 2007-2010. Technical Report, 14pp.

Jeffries, S. (2011). Assessing the invasiveness of the non-native kelp Undaria pinnatifida in Monterey Harbor and implications for its management. A Capstone Project at California State University, Monterey Bay, 27pp.

King, C. (2011). Summary of SCUBA diving operations conducted from R/V Fulmar fiscal year 2011. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 5pp. (PDF: 238KB)

Knight, A. (2011). The distribution of demersal fishes over heterogeneous seafloor habitats: An application of landscape ecology to video imagery collected in a Central California state marine conservation area. M.S. Thesis, California State University Monterey Bay, 63pp.

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Lott, D., E. Bowlby, D. Howard, K. Higgason, K. Grimmer, L. Francis, L. Krop, R. Feely, and L. Jewett (2011). National Marine Sanctuaries of the West Coast Ocean Acidification Action Plan. Technical Report, 17pp.

MacKnight, R., E. Burton, and A. DeVogelaere (2011). Observations of seabirds, marine mammals, sea turtle, and surface-active fishes in the vicinity of the Davidson Seamount. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 12pp. (PDF: 144KB)

Maier, K.L., A. Fildani, C.K. Paull, S.A. Graham, T.R. McHargue, D.W. Caress, and M. McGann (2011). The elusive character of discontinuous deep-water channels: new insights from Lucia Chica channel system, offshore California. Geology 39(4):327-330. https://doi.org/10.1130/G31589.1

Miller, C.W. (2011). Monthly distribution of shipping vessels within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, January-December 2010. Naval Postgraduate School Report prepared for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 43pp.

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (2011). M/V Med Taipei Settlement Outcome: Lost Shipping Container Research. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 4pp. (PDF: 563KB)

Nevins, H.M., S.R. Benson, E.M. Phillips, J. de Marignac, A.P. DeVogelaere, J.A. Ames and J.T. Harvey (2011). Coastal Ocean Mammal and Bird Education and Research Surveys (BeachCOMBERS), 1997-2007: Ten years of monitoring beached marine birds and mammals in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-11-02.

Nevins, H.M., C. Young, C. Gibble, and J.T. Harvey (2011). Chronic oil and seabirds. Final report to California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response. Unpublished report. 28pp.

Nur, N., J. Jahncke, M.P. Herzog, J. Howar, K.D. Hyrenbach, J.E. Zamon, D.G. Ainley, J.A. Wiens, K. Morgan, L.T. Ballance, and D. Stralberg (2011). Where the wild things are: Predicting hotspots of seabird aggregations in the California Current System. Ecological Applications 21:2241-2257. https://doi.org/10.1890/10-1460.1

Rerig, P. (2011). Out to Sea: A New Take on the Fishmonger. Edible Monterey Bay, 1(1):21-23.

Stierhoff, K.L., P.J. Etnoyer, D.W. Murfin, and J.L. Butler (2011). A survey of deep-water coral and sponge habitats along the West Coast of the US using a remotely operated vehicle. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 138.

Brown, J.A., R. Pavia, C. King, and A. DeVogelaere (2010). The application of observing system data in California Current ecosystem assessments. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-10-01.

Castillo, P.R., D.A. Clague, A.S. Davis, and P.F. Lonsdale (2010). Petrogenesis of Davidson Seamount lavas and its implications for fossil spreading center and intraplate magmatism in the eastern Pacific. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 11, Q02005. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GC002992

Davis, A.S., D.A. Clague, J.B. Paduan, B.L. Cousens, and J. Huard (2010). Origin of volcanic seamounts at the continental margin of California related to changes in plate margins. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 11, Q05006. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GC003064

Herrera, S., A. Baco, and J.A. Sanchez (2010). Molecular systematics of the bubblegum coral genera (Paragorgiidae, Octocorallia) and description of a new deep-sea species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55:123-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.007

Kelly, M. (2010). Distribution of the Blackeye Goby, Rhinogobiops nicholsi, around temperate reefs along the central coast of California. A Capstone Project at California State University, Monterey Bay. 28pp.

King, C. (2010). Summary of SCUBA diving operations conducted from R/V Fulmar fiscal year 2010. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 5pp. (PDF: 370KB)

King, C. (2010). 2010 Report on Davidson Seamount marine mammal and seabird surveys. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 21pp. (PDF: 1.1MB)

Lindholm, J. and R. Pavia (editors) (2010). Examples of ecosystem-based management in national marine sanctuaries: Moving from theory to practice. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-10-02.

Mah, C., M. Nizinski, and L. Lundsten (2010). Phylogenetic revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): systematics of deep sea corallivores, including one new genus and three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160:266-301. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00638.x

McClain, C., L. Lundsten, J.P. Barry, and A.P. DeVogelaere (2010). Assemblage structure, but not diversity or density, change with depth on a northeast Pacific seamount. Marine Ecology 31 (Suppl. 1):1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00367.x

Nevins, H., C. Young, E. Donnelly, R. Duerr, and R. Leighton (2010). 2010 winter wreck of Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) in Central California. Technical Report, 4pp.

Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (2010). Monitoring MPAs by SCUBA in waters off Central California. Booklet, 14pp.

Whitaker, K. (2010). Cetacean survey report off Central California aboard the NOAA Ship McArthur II. Naval Postgraduate School, Technical Report, 22pp.

Wrubel, K. (2010). A multi-scale analysis of habitat-mediated megafaunal invertebrate distribution at two locations in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. A Capstone Project at California State University, Monterey Bay, 44pp.

Andrews, A.H., R.P. Stone, C.C. Lundstrom, and A.P. DeVogelaere (2009). Growth rate and age determination of bamboo corals from the northeastern Pacific ocean using refined 210Pb dating. Marine Ecology Progress Series 397:173-185. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08193

Clague, D.A., J.B. Paduan, R.A. Duncan, J.J. Huard, A.S. Davis, P.R. Castillo, P. Lonsdale, and A. DeVogelaere (2009). Five million years of compositionally diverse, episodic volcanism: construction of Davidson Seamount atop an abandoned spreading center. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 10, Q12009. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GC002665

de Marignac, J., J. Hyland, J. Lindholm, A. DeVogelaere, W.L. Balthis, and D. Kline (2009). A comparison of seafloor habitats and associated benthic fauna in areas open and closed to bottom trawling along the Central California continental shelf. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-09-02.

Donlou, N. (2009). Site fidelity and movements of Blue Rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) in Carmel Bay: Implications for the efficacy of marine protected areas. A Capstone Project at California State University, Monterey Bay, 28pp.

Halle, C., J. Larger, and D. Lott (2009). National marine sanctuary West Coast observations sanctuary network study. ONMS, West Coast Region Technical Report (PDF: 1MB)

Hess, J. (2009). Patterns in the movement of Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus) across its range: Channel Islands and Carmel Bay, California. A Capstone Project at California State University, Monterey Bay, 29pp.

Huggins, J.G. (2009). Identification, counts, and behavior of demersal fishes along the central coast of California using a towed camera sled. A Capstone Project at California State University, Monterey Bay, 21pp.

Jessup, D.A., M.A. Miller, J.P. Ryan, H.M. Nevins, H.A. Kerkering, A. Mekebri, D.B. Crane, T.A. Johnson, and R.M. Kudela (2009). Mass stranding of marine birds caused by a surfactant producing red tide. PLoS ONE 4(2):e4550. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004550

Lindholm, J. (2009). Deepwater Characterization and Baseline Monitoring in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. A report to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 23pp.

Lonhart, S.I. (2009). Natural and climate change mediated invasions. In: G. Rilov and J.A. Crooks (editors), Biological Invasions in Marine Ecosystems. Ecological Studies 204, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. p. 57-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79236-9_3

Lonhart, S.I., and R. Bunzel (2009). Monterey Bay Undaria removal project. Final Report to NOAA Community-Based Restoration Program, 51 pp. (PDF: 1.1MB)

Lundsten, L., J.P. Barry, G.M. Cailliet, D.A. Clague, A.P. DeVogelaere, and J.B. Geller (2009). Benthic invertebrate communities on three seamounts off southern and Central California, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 374:23-32. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07745

Lundsten, L., C.R. McClain, J.P. Barry, G.M. Cailliet, D.A. Clague, and A.P. DeVogelaere (2009). Ichthyofauna on three seamounts off southern and Central California, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 389:223-232. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08181

McClain, C.R., L. Lundsten, M. Ream, J. Barry, and A. DeVogelaere (2009). Endemicity, biogeography, composition, and community structure on a northeast Pacific seamount. PLoS ONE 4(1):e4141. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004141

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (2009). Natural Wonders of Davidson Seamount. DVD Version 2.0.

Moore, E., S. Lyday, J. Roletto, K. Litle, J.K. Parrish, H. Nevins, J. Harvey, J. Mortenson, D. Greig, M. Piazza, A. Hermance, D. Lee, D. Adams, S. Allen, and S. Kell (2009). Entanglements of marine mammals and seabirds in Central California and the northwest coast of the United States 2001-2005. Marine Pollution Bulletin 58:1045-1051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.02.006

Newton, K.M., D.A. Croll, H.M. Nevins, S.R. Benson, J.T. Harvey, and B.R. Tershy (2009). At-sea mortality of seabirds based on beachcast and offshore surveys. Marine Ecology Progress Series 392:295-305. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08152

Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (2009). Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Condition Report. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, MD. 128 pp.

Smith, S.R. (2009). Flow cytometric analysis of phytoplankton viability in Elkhorn Slough, California. M.S. Thesis, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and San Jose State University, 69pp.

VanBlaricom, G., M. Neuman, J. Butler, A. DeVogelaere, R. Gustafson, C. Mobley, D. Richards, S. Rumsey, and B. Taylor (2009). Status Review Report for Black Abalone (Haliotis cracherodii Leach, 1814). Unpublished document produced for the Black Abalone Status Review Team, Office of Protected Resources, Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, Long Beach, CA, USA. 135 pp.

Burton, E.J., and L. Lundsten (2008). Davidson Seamount Taxonomic Guide. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-08-08.

California Sea Grant (2008). California's central coast marine protected areas: baseline data collection summary report. California Sea Grant College Program, Publication No. T-068.

Cecchettini, A.J. (2008). A site characterization of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area using a towed camera sled. A Capstone Project at California State University, Monterey Bay, 25pp.

Graiff, K.W. (2008). The abundance and distribution of megafaunal marine invertebrates in relation to fishing intensity off Central California. M.S. Thesis, Washington State University, 60pp.

Hinkle, J. (2008). The role of seafloor topography in the performance of a towed camera sled. A Capstone Project at California State University, Monterey Bay, 24pp.

Lonhart, S., and E. Burton (2008). Damage assessment and site characterization of the rocky shore following the grounding and recovery of the F/V Lou Denny Wayne. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report, 19pp. (PDF: 1.7MB)

McChesney, G.J., L.E. Eigner, P.J. Kappes, T.B. Poitras, D.N. Lontoh, S.J. Rhoades, N.J. Metheny, R.T. Golightly, P.J. Capitolo, H.R. Carter, S.W. Kress, and M.W. Parker (2008). Restoration of Common Murre Colonies in Central California: Annual Report 2007. Unpublished report, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (2008). Davidson Seamount Action Plan. In: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Final Management Plan, prepared as part of the Joint Management Plan Review (JMPR), Volume III of IV, pages 133-147. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Marine Sanctuary Program, Monterey, California.

Nevins, H.M., E.M. Phillips, C. Gibble, and J.T. Harvey (2008). Central Coast Marine Bird Health Study: Year 3 (2005-2007). Report to California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response. [unpublished report] 41pp.

Oliver, J., S. Kim, P. Slattery, J. Oakden, K. Hammerstrom, and E. Barnes (2008). Sandy bottom communities at the end of a cold (1971-1975) and warm (1997-1998) regime in the California Current: Impacts of high and low plankton production. Nature Precedings 2008. https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2008.2103.1

Philip Williams & Associates, Ltd., E. Thornton, J. Dugan, and Halcrow Group (2008). Coastal regional sediment management plan for southern Monterey Bay. Prepared for Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments and the Coastal Sediment Management Workgroup, 3 November 2008, PWA REF. 1902.00, 218pp. (PDF: 24.1MB)

Raimondi, P. and M. Carr (2008). Annual report of activities of the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Annual Report of Permitted Activities within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (PDF: 578KB)

Ritter, A.F., K. Wasson, S.I. Lonhart, Rikke K. Preisler, A. Woolfolk, K.A. Griffith, S. Connors, K.W. Heiman (2008). Ecological signatures of anthropogenically altered tidal exchange in estuarine ecosystems. Estuaries and Coasts 31:554-571. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-008-9044-9

Rodriguez, G. (2008). Growth rates and disturbance response of the invasive kelp, Undaria pinnatifida in Monterey Harbor, CA. A Capstone Project at California State University, Monterey Bay, 23pp.

Selbie, H. (2008). Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Historical Ecology. Phase I: Historical Sources Survey Report. (PDF: 896KB).

Starr, R., M. Yoklavich, et al. (2008). Monitoring MPAs in deep water off Central California: 2007 IMPACT submersible baseline survey. California Sea Grant College Program, Publication No. T-067.

Taylor, P.H. (editor) (2008). Making use of ocean observing systems: applications to marine protected areas and water quality. California Workshop Report. 44pp.

Anderson, T.J. and M.M. Yoklavich (2007). Multiscale habitat associations of deepwater demersal fishes off Central California. Fishery Bulletin 105(2):168-179.

Andrews, A.H., C.C. Lundstrom, G.M. Cailliet, and A.P. DeVogelaere (2007). Investigations of bamboo coral age and growth from Davidson Seamount. A Technical Report to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. 34pp. (PDF: 576KB)

Benson, S.R., K.A. Forney, J.T. Harvey, J.V. Carretta, P.H. Dutton (2007). Abundance, distribution, and habitat of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) off California, 1990-2003. Fishery Bulletin 105(3):337-347.

British Broadcasting Corporation (2007). Planet Earth: The Complete Series. DVD.

Brown, J.A. and L. Wooninck (2007). MPA Perspective: Developing Design Guidance for Offshore MPAs. MPA News 9(2):4.

Cairns, S.D. (2007). Calcaxonian octocorals (Cnidaria; Anthozoa) from eastern Pacific seamounts. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 58(25):511-541.

Carlisle, A., A. King, G.M. Cailliet, and J.S. Brennan (2007). Long-term trends in catch composition from elasmobranch derbies in Elkhorn Slough, California. Marine Fisheries Review 69(1-4):25-45.

Carmichael, S., A. DeVogelaere, K. Coale, E. McPhee-Shaw, and M. Los Huertos (2007). Comparison of nutrient concentration, enteric bacteria, and phytoplankton biodiversity between Carmel Bay and Monterey Bay. Final Report, NOAA Hollings 2006 Summer Internship Program, 11pp.

Davis, A.S., D.A. Clague, and J.B. Paduan (2007). Diverse origins of xenoliths from seamounts at the continental margin, offshore Central California. Journal of Petrology 48(5):829-852. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egm003

Douros, W.J., and A.P. DeVogelaere (2007). Marine Sanctuaries and Parks. In: M.W. Denny and S.D. Gaines (editors), Encyclopedia of Tidepools and Rocky Shores, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. p. 348-352.

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Forney, K.A. (2007). Preliminary Estimates of Cetacean Abundance Along the U.S. West Coast and Within Four National Marine Sanctuaries During 2005. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS SWFSC no. 406, 27pp.

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Lee, W.L., D.W. Elvin, and H.M. Reiswig (2007). The sponges of California: A guide and key to the marine sponges of California. Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation, Monterey, CA. 265p. Electronic Edition (2020) available here: Thacker and Bangalore 2020.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (2007). Old-growth Forests of the Deep Sea. 2006 Annual Report, p. 22-25.

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (2007). A Rare Visit to Sunken Treasure. 2006 Annual Report, p.13-15.

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Pennington, J.T., R. Michisaki, D. Johnston, and F.P. Chavez (2007). Ocean observing in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: CalCOFI and the MBARI time series. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, A Report to the Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network (SIMoN), Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, March 2007, 24pp.

Puffin invasion 2007: Summary of Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) mortality event based on gross examination. Phillips, E., H. Nevins, and D. Jessup (2007). Beach COMBERS Technical Report, 2pp. (PDF: 47KB)

Storlazzi, C.D., J.A. Reid, and N.E. Golden (2007). Wave-driven spatial and temporal variability in sea-floor sediment mobility in the Monterey Bay, Cordell Bank, and Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5233, 76pp.

Bhatia, M. (Fall 2006). Clues to survival: What the Pacific's gentle giants can tell us. San Jose State University, Washington Square, Fall 2006, p 8-9.

Brown, J.A. (2006). Classification of juvenile flatfishes to estuarine and coastal habitats based on the elemental composition of otoliths. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 66:594-611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2005.11.005

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Estelle, V.B. (2006). Impacts of an introduced marine invertebrate on wintering shorebirds. Ph.D. Dissertation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 126pp.

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Hapke, S.J. and K.R. Green (2006). Coastal landslide material loss rates associated with severe climatic events. Geology 34(12):1077-1080. https://doi.org/10.1130/G22900A.1

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McChesney, G.J., L.E. Eigner, T.B. Poitras, P.J. Kappes, D. Le Fer, L.T. Nason, Phillip J. Capitolo, Heather Beeler, C.E. Fitzpatrick, R.T. Golightly, K.S. Bixler, H.R. Carter, S.W. Kress, and M.W. Parker (2006). Restoration of Common Murre colonies in Central California: Annual report 2005. Unpublished report, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Research Planning, Inc. (2006). Sensitivity of Coastal Environments to Spilled Oil: Central California. Atlas, 41 maps.