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Eastern Bering Sea Group References

Gear Research:

Kotwicki, S., De Robertis, A., Von Szalay, P.G., Towler, R. In Review. The effect of light intensity on the availability of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) to bottom trawl and echo-integration trawl surveys in the Eastern Bering Sea.

Kotwicki, S. and Weinberg, K.L. 2005. Estimating capture probability of a survey bottom trawl for Bering Sea skates (Bathyraja spp.) and other fish. Alaska Fish. Res. Bull. 11:135-145.

Kotwicki, S., Weinberg, K.L. and Somerton, D.A. 2006. The effect of autotrawl systems on the performance of a survey trawl. Fish. Bull., 104:35-45.

Lauth, R. R., Wakefield, W.W. and Smith, K. 2004. Estimating the density of thornyheads, Sebastolobus spp., using a towed video camera sled. Fish. Res. 70:39-48.

Lauth, R.R., Ianelli, J., and Wakefield, W.W. 2004. Estimating the size selectivity and catching efficiency of a survey bottom trawl for thornyheads, Sebastolobus spp. Using a towed camera sled. Fish. Res., 70:27-37.

LAUTH, R. R., S. E. SYRJALA, and S. W. McENTIRE. 1998. Effects of gear modifications on the performance and catching efficiency of the west coast upper continental slope groundfish trawl. Mar. Fish. Rev. 60(1):1-26. Online

Munro, P.T. and Somerton, D.A. 2002. Estimating net efficiency of a survey trawl for flatfishes. Fish. Res. 55:267-279.

Nichol, D.G. Honkalehto, T., and Thompson, G.G. 2007. Proximity of Pacific cod to the sea floor: Using archival tags to estimate fish availability to research bottom trawls. Fish. Res. 86:129-135.

Rose, C.S. and Walters, G.E. Trawl width variation during bottom-trawl surveys: Causes and consequences. Publ. R.I. Sea Grant Coll. Program, pp.34-41.

Somerton, D.A., 2004. Do Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) lack a herding response to the doors, bridles, and mud clouds of survey trawls? ICES J. Mar. Sci. 61, 1186-1189.

Somerton, D.A., Munro, P.T., and Weinberg, K.A. 2007. Whole-gear efficiency of a benthic survey trawl for flatfish. Fish. Bull. 105:278-291.

Somerton, D.A. and Weinberg, K.L. 2001. The affect of speed through the water on footrope contact of a survey trawl. Fish Res. 53:17-24.

Von Szalay, P.G., Somerton, D.A., and Kotwicki, S. 2007. Correlating trawl and acoustic data in the eastern Bering Sea: A first step toward improving biomass estimates of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) and Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)? Fish. Res. 86:77-83.

Von Szalay, P.G. and Somerton, D.A. 2005. The effect of net spread on the capture efficiency of a demersal survey trawl used in the eastern Bering Sea. Fish. Res. 74, 86-95.

Weinberg, K. L., and Kotwicki, S. In Review. Factors influencing net width and sea floor contact of a survey bottom trawl.

Weinberg, K. L. and Somerton, D.A. 2006. Variation in trawl geometry due to unequal warp length. Fish. Bull., U.S., 104:21-34.

Weinberg, K.L. 2003. Change in the performance of a Bering Sea survey trawl due to varied trawl speed. Alaska Fish Res. Bull. 10: 42-49.

Weinberg, K.L., Somerton, D.A., and Munro, P.T. 2002. The effect of trawl speed on the footrope capture efficiency of a survey trawl. Fish. Res. 58, 303-313.

Weinberg, K. L., Otto, R.S. and Somerton, D.A. 2004. Capture probability of a survey trawl for red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus). Fish. Bull. 102:740-749.

Weinberg, K.L. and Munro, P.T. 1999. The effect of artificial light on escapement beneath a survey trawl. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 56:266-274.

Zimmermann, M. Wilkins, M.E., Weinberg, K.L., Lauth, R.R., and Shaw, F.R. 2003. Influence of improved performance monitoring on the consistency of a bottom trawl survey. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 60:818-826.

Fish Systematics

Anderson, M.E., Stevenson, D.E., and Shinohara, G. In Prep. A Systematic review of the genus Bothrocara Bean, 1890 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae). Occ. Papers Cal. Acad. Sci.

Colway, C. and Stevenson, D.E. In Press. A confirmed record of a green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) from the Bering Sea. Northwestern Naturalist.

Hoff, G.R. 2002. New records of the Aleutian skate, Bathyraja aleutica from northern California. Cal. Fish. Game 88:145-148.

Hoff, G.R. 2002. Record of the shoulderspot grenadier, Caelorinchus scalphopsis, from northern California, U.S.A. Cal. Fish. Game 88: p.45.

Hoff, G.R. 2002. New records of the slender Codling Halargyreus johnsonii Guenther, 1862 from the eastern Bering Sea, Alaska. Alaska Fish. Res. Bull. 9:65-67.

Hoff, G.R. 1999. Range extensions of 3 species of macrourids from the west coast of North America. Calif. Fish Game 85:113-117.

Spies, I. B., Gaichas, S., Stevenson, D.E. Orr, J.W., and Canino, M.F. 2006. DNA-based identification of Alaska skates (Amblyraja, Bathyraja, and Raja: Rajidae) using cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (coI) variation. J. Fish Biol. 69:283–292.

Stevenson, D.E., Orr, J.W., Hoff, G.R. and McEachran, J.D. 2007. Field Guide to Sharks, Skates and Ratfish of Alaska. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, 77 p.

Stevenson, D.E. 2006. Stlegicottus xenogrammus Bolin, 1936 (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae), a junior synonym of Rastrinus scutiger (Bean, 1890). Copeia 2006:792–796.

Stevenson, D.E. and Orr, J.W. 2006. A new species of Lycodes (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from the Aleutian Islands. Copeia 2006:77-82.

Stevenson, D.E. and Anderson, M.E. 2005. Bothrocara nyx: a new species of eelpout (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from the Bering Sea. Zootaxa 1094:53–64.

Stevenson, D.E. and Orr, J.W. 2005. New records of two deepwater skate species from the eastern Bering Sea. Northwestern Naturalist 86:71–81.

Stevenson, D.E. and Matarese, A.C. 2005. A revision of the North Pacific fish family Bathymasteridae (Perciformes: Zoarcoidei). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118:367–406.

Stevenson, D.E. and Orr, J.W. 2005. Recent contributions to the knowledge of the skates of Alaska. Alaska Fisheries Science Center Quarterly Report Feature Article, Jan-Feb-Mar 2005:1–7.

Stevenson, D.E. 2004. Identification of skates, sculpins, and smelts by observers in North Pacific groundfish fisheries (2002-2003). U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-142, 67 p.

Stevenson, D.E., Orr, J.W. Hoff, G.R., and McEachran, J. D. 2004. Bathyraja mariposa, a new species of skate (Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) from the Aleutian Islands. Copeia 2004:304-313.

Stevenson, D.E., Orr, J.W., Hoff, G.R., and McEachran, J.D. In Press. Emerging patterns of species richness, diversity, density, and distribution in the skates (Rajidae) of Alaska. Fish. Bull.

Stevenson, D. E. In Prep. Morphological variation in the blackfin eelpout (Lycodes diapterus).

Life History and Ecology

Britt, L.L., McFarland, W.N., and Miller, B.S. In Prep. Chromatic action spectrum and shortwavelength feeding in larval lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus).

Britt, L.L. In Prep. A new method for Opsin replacement in the cone cells of marine fishes?

Britt, L.L., McFarland, W.N. and Miller, B.S. 2002. Short wavelength vision in larval fishes: A feeding adaptation? In: T. Droscher, ed., Proceedings of the 2001 Puget Sound Research Conference. Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team. Olympia, Washington.

Britt, L.L., Loew, E.R., McFarland, W.N. 2001. Visual pigments in early life stages of Pacific Northwest fishes. J. Exp. Biol. 204:2581-2587.

Buckley, T.W. and Kotwicki, S. In Review. Inferring metapopulation structure and biological processes from geographic distributions of large year classes of walleye pollock in the Eastern Bering Sea.

Drazen, J.C., Buckley, T.W., and Hoff, G.R. 2001. The feeding habits of slope dwelling macrourid fishes in the eastern North Pacific. Deep-Sea Res. (I Oceanogr. Res. Pap.) 48:909-935.

Gosnell, L. C., L. L. Britt, and R. M. MacIntosh. In Prep. Realized fecundity and incubation period confirmation of Pacific sandfish (Trichodon trichodon).

Hoff, G.R. 2006. Biodiversity as an index of regime shift in the eastern Bering Sea. Fish .Bull. 104:226-237.

Hoff, G.R. and Stevens, B. 2005. Faunal assemblage structure on the Patton Seamount (Gulf of Alaska, U.S.A.) Alaska Fish. Res. Bull. 11:27-36.

Hoff, G.R. 2000. Biology and ecology of threaded sculpin, Gymnocanthus pistilliger, in the eastern Bering Sea. Fish. Bull. 98:711-722.

Hoff, G.R., Buckley, T.W., Drazen, J.C., and Duncan, K.M. 2000. Biology and ecology of Nezumia liolepis and N. stegidolepis from the west coast of North America. J. Fish Biol. 57:662-680.

Lauth, R.R., McEntire, S. and Zenger, H. 2007. Geographic distribution, depth range, and description of Atka mackerel Pleurogrammus monopterygius nesting habitat in Alaska. Alaska Fish. Res. Bull. 12(2):165-186. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/afrb/vol12_n2/lautv12n2.pdf

Lauth, R.R., Blood, D.M.. 2007. Description of embryonic development of Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius). Fish. Bull. 105(4):560-570. http://fishbull.noaa.gov/1054/lauth2.pdf

Lauth, R.R., Guthride, J., Nichol, D.G., McEntire, S.W. and Hillgruber, N. 2007. Timing and duration of mating and brooding periods of Atka mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) in the North Pacific Ocean. Fish. Bull. 105(4):560-570. http://fishbull.noaa.gov/1054/lauth.pdf

Kotwicki, S., Buckley, T.W., Honkalehto, T., and Walters, G. 2005. Variation in the distribution of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) with temperature and implications for seasonal migration. Fish. Bull.103:574-587.

Nichol, D.G. and Somerton, D.A. In Prep. Use of tidal stream transport by Northern rock sole (Lepidopsetta polyxystra) in the eastern Bering Sea.

Nichol, D.G., and Chilton, E.A. 2006. Recuperation and behavior of Pacific cod after barotrauma suffered during tagging processes. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 63:83-94.

Nichol, D.G., and Somerton, D.A. 2002. Diurnal vertical migration of Atka mackerel, Pleurogrammus monopterygius, as shown by archival tags. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 239:193-207.

Nichol, D.G., and Acuna, E.I. 2001. Annual and batch fecundities of yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, in the eastern Bering Sea. Fish. Bull. 99:108-122.

Nichol, D.G. 1998. Annual and between-sex variability of yellowfin sole, Pleuronectes asper, spring-summer distributions in the eastern Bering Sea. Fish. Bull. 96:547-561.

Nichol, D.G. 1997. Effects of geography and bathymetry on growth and maturity of yellowfin sole, Pleuronectes asper, in the eastern Bering Sea. Fish. Bull. 95:494-503.

Nichol, D.G. 1995. Spawning and maturation of female yellowfin sole in the eastern Bering Sea. In Proceedings of the international flatfish symposium, October 1994, Anchorage, Alaska, p. 35-50. Univ. Alaska, Alaska Sea Grant Rep. 95-04.

Walters, G.E. and Wilderbuer, T.K. 2000. Decreasing length at age in a rapidly expanding population of northern rock sole in the eastern Bering Sea and its effect on management advice. J. Sea Res. 44:17-26.

Wilderbuer, T.K., Walters, G.E., Bakkala, R.G. 1992. Yellowfin sole, Pleuronectes asper, of the eastern Bering Sea: Biological characteristics, history of exploitation, and management. Mar. Fish. Rev. 54:1-18.

Zhang, C.I., Wilderbuer, T.K. and Walters, G.E. 1998. Biological characteristics and fishery assessment of Alaska plaice, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, in the eastern Bering Sea. Mar. Fish. Rev. 60:16-27.

Zimmermann, M. and Goddard, P. 1996. Biology and distrubution of arrowtooth, Atheresthes stomias, and Kamchatka, A. evermanni flounders in Alaskan waters. Fish. Bull. 94:358-370.


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