Reports

2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

Session and Workshop Summaries

PICES-2022:
W7: Anthropogenic stressors, mechanisms and potential impacts on Marine Birds, Mammals, and Sea Turtles

PICES-2019:
S13: Implications of prey consumption by marine birds, mammals, and fish in the North Pacific
W12: Potential food competition between top predators and fisheries in the North Pacific

PICES-2018:
W7: Diets, consumption, and abundance of marine birds and mammals in the North Pacific

PICES-2017:
S12: Seasonal and climatic influences on prey consumption by marine birds, mammals and predatory fishes

PICES-2016
S5: Understanding our changing oceans through species distributions and habitat models based on remotely sensed data
S6: What factors make or break trophic linkages?
W6: Consumption of North Pacific forage species by marine birds and mammals

Huang et al. Conservation Genomics Highlights the Urgency of Protecting Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Chinese Waters. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences, 2025, 2025-08-21. 2025-10-05. https://www.sciengine.com/SCLS/doi/10.1007/s11427-025-3065-y

Farchadi et al, 2025. Data Integration Improves Species Distribution Forecasts Under Novel Ocean Conditions. Ecography. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.07997

Lezama-Ochoa et al, 2025. Identifying climate refugia and bright spots for highly mobile species. Ocean Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00136-3

Santora et al, 2025. Species aggregation models resolve essential foraging habitat and impacts of ocean climate variability. Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70068

Allyn et al, 2025. Contrasting species distribution model predictability under novel temperature conditions. Diversity and Distributions. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70036

Scales et al, 2025. Climate mediates the predictability of threats to marine biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2025.02.010

Karp et al, 2025. Applications of species distribution modeling and future needs to support marine resource management. Ices Journal of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf024

Beltran et al, 2025. Elephant seals as ecosystem sentinels for the northeast Pacific Ocean twilight zone. Science, 387, 764–769. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp2244

Dong et al,2025. Distinct fecal microbiome communities and functional predictions in spotted seals: age-dependent and dietary transformations. Marine Mammal Science, 41: e70008. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70008

Chen et al, 2025. The largest known population of Eden's whale aggregates in the Beibu Gulf, southern China. Marine Mammal Science, 41: e13226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.13226

Orben, R.A. et al. 2025. Collaborating with marine birds to monitor the physical environment within coastal marine protected areas. In Frontiers in Ocean Observing: Marine Protected Areas, Western Boundary Currents, and the Deep Sea. Oceanography, Feb. 19, 2025, 38: 32–37, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2025e115

E.J. Portner et al., 2025. Resource partitioning among pelagic predators remains stable despite annual variability in diet composition. Journal of Animal Ecology, May, 2025, 94(5):1014-1030. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70032

Cao et al.,2024: Isopycnal submesoscale stirring crucially sustaining subsurface chlorophyll maximum in ocean cyclonic eddies. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL105793. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105793

Masunaga et. al., 2024: Shoaling internal tides excited by an interaction of background flows and tides over a shallow ridge. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, Vol. 129, Issue 9, e2023JC020409. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020409

Nisi et al, 2024. Ship collision risk threatens whales across the world’s oceans. Science, 386, 870–875. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp1950

Ding et al, 2024. Chromosome-level genome provides insights into environmental adaptability and innate immunity in the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). BMC Genomics, 25: 373. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10268-4

E.L. Hazen et al. Ecosystem Sentinels as Early Warning Indicators in the Anthropocene. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 49, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-111522-102317

Tomita et al. Incomplete isolation in the nonbreeding areas of two genetically separated but sympatric short-tailed albatross populations. Endangered Species Research (ESR), Vol. 53: 213–225, February 29, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01302 (Open Access)

Iida, E., Sato, N., Okado, J. et al. Foraging area, diving and prey chase behaviour of a wing-propelled diver under contrasted prey regimes. Mar Biol, 171, 101 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04411-8

Sakai, R., Okado, J., Kumagai, A. et al. Foraging areas and trip duration vary with the main prey captured, in a day-foraging/night-provisioning seabird. J Ornithol (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-024-02218-4

Dodson, S., Oestreich, W.K., Savoca, M.S. et al. Long-distance communication can enable collective migration in a dynamic seascape. Sci Rep 14, 14857 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65827-2 (Open Access)

Clark-Wolf et al. The capacity of sentinel species to detect changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem structure. J. Appl. Ecol Volume 61, Issue 7, Pages 1638-1648 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14669

Cimino et al. Tracked gulls help identify potential zones of interaction between whales and shipping traffic. Marine Ornithology 52: 61–72. (2024). http://marineornithology.org/PDF/52_1/52_1_61-72.pdf (Open Access)

Calambokidis et al. Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters – West Coast Region. Front. Mar. Sci. (2024) 11:1283231. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1283231 (Open Access)

Fahlbusch et al. Submesoscale coupling of krill and whales revealed by aggregative Lagrangian coherent structures. Proc. R. Soc. B (2024) The Royal Society Publishing, 291: 20232461. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2461 (Open Access)

Welch et al. Selection of planning unit size in dynamic management strategies to reduce human–wildlife conflict. Conservation Biology.2024;38:e14201. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14201 (Open Access)

Peck MA, Catalán IA, Garrido S, Rykaczewski RR and others (2024). Small pelagic fish: new frontiers in ecological research. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 741:1-6. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14648 (Open Access)

Lin et al. (2023). Novel insights into the spatial genetic patterns of the finless porpoise from East to Southeast Asia. Water Biology & Security, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watbs.2022.100094

Shimabukuro et al. Across the North Pacific, dietary-induced stress of breeding rhinoceros auklets increases with high summer Pacific Decadal Oscillation index. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 708:177-189 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14276

Kumagai et al. Black-tailed gulls alter their flight height and airspeed according to wind conditions during their coastal commuting trips. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 723:201-212 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14431

Okado & Watanuki Small interannual variability in the body mass of a seabird with high flight costs. Mar Biol 170:122 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04271-8

William J. Sydeman, Sarah Ann Thompson, Marisol García-Reyes, Caitlin Kroeger, Brian Hoover, Sonia D. Batten, Nora A. Rojek (2023). Effects of currents and temperature on ecosystem productivity in Unimak Pass, Alaska, a premier seabird and biodiversity hotspot. Progress in Oceanography, Vol. 216,103082, ISSN 0079-6611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103082
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