Selected Journal Publications
2008
Kline, T. C. Jr., J. L. Boldt, E. V. Farley Jr., L. J. Haldorson, and J. H. Helle. 2008. Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) marine survival rates reflect early marine carbon source dependency. Progress in Oceanography. 77: 194-202.
Okkonen, S., and C. Belanger. 2008. A child’s view of circulation in Prince William Sound, Alaska? Oceanography. 21: 62-65.
Thorne, R. E, and G. L. Thomas. 2008. Herring and the "Exxon Valdez" oil spill: an investigation into historical data conflicts. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 44-50.
Liu, H., P. Q. Olsson, and K. Volz. 2008. SAR observation and modeling of gap winds in the Prince William Sound of Alaska. Sensors 8: 4894-4914 DOI: 10.3390/s8084894.
Okkonen, S.R., and C. Bélanger. 2008. Annual period temperature and salinity signals of surface waters in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Geophysical Research Letters. 35. L14604. DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034456.
Taylor, A. R., and M. A. Bishop. 2008. Stopover site fidelity of a Western Sandpiper on the copper River Delta, Alaska. Waterbirds. 31:2 294-297.
Travis, J. 2008. Science by the masses. Science. 319:5871. 1750-1752
2007
Hansen, H., M. Ben-David, and D. B. McDonald. 2007. Effects of genotyping protocols on success and errors in identifying individual river otters (Lontra Canadensis) from their faeces. Molecular Ecology Notes. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01992.x
Kline, T. K., C. A. Woody, M. A. Bishop, S. P. Powers, and E. E. Knudsen. 2007. Assessment of marine-derived nutrients in the Copper River Delta, Alaska using natural abundance of the stable isotopes of nitrogen, sulfur, and carbon, p. 51-72. In C. A. Woody [ed.], Sockey salmon evolution, ecology and management. American Fisheries Society.
Mooers, C. N. K., X. Wu, and I. Bang. 2007. Performance of a nowcast/forcast system for Prince William Sound, Alaska. Continental Shelf Research doi:10.1016/j.csr.2007.09.008.
2006
Bishop, M. A., N. Warnock, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2006. Spring migration patterns in Western Sandpipers Calidris mauri, p. 545-550. In G. C. Boere, C. A. Galbraith, D. Scott, D. A. Stroud and L. G. Underhill [eds.], Waterbirds Around the World. The Stationery Office. Edinburgh, U.K.
Liu, H., P. Q. Olsson, K. P. Volz, and H. Yi. 2006. A climatology of mesoscale model simulated low-level wind jets over Cook Inlet and Shelikof Strait, Alaska. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 70: 551-556.
Powers, S. P. M. A. Bishop, J. Grabowski, and C. H. Peterson. 2006. Distribution of the invasive bivalve Mya arenaria L. on intertidal flats of southcentral Alaska. Journal of Sea Research 55: 207-216.
2005
Bang, I., S.L. Vaughan, and C.N.K. Mooers, 2005: Initial Steps Toward Validation of a Seasonal Cycle Simulation for Prince William Sound Circulation (Flow and Mass) Fields. Cont. Shelf Res., 25: 901-934.
Churnside, J. H., and R. E. Thorne. 2005. Comparison of airborne lidar measurements with 420 kHz echo sounder measurements of zooplankton. Applied Optics 44: 5504-5511.
2004
Churnside, J.H., and J.J.Wilson. 2004. Airborne lidar imaging of salmon, Appl. Opt., 43: 1416-1424.
Johnson, O.W., C.D. Adler, M.A. Bishop, J.E. Doster, P.M. Johnson, R.J. Kienholz, and S.E. Savage, 2004. Radio-tagged Pacific Golden Plovers: Further insight concerning the Hawaii-Alaska migratory link, Wilson Bull., 116: 158-162.
Warnock, N., J.Y. Takekawa, and M.A. Bishop, 2004. Migration and stopover strategies of individual Dunlin along the Pacific coast of North America, Can. J. Zool., 82: 1687-1697.
2003
Clarke E.D., Spear, L.B., McCracken, M.L., Borchers, D.C., Marques, F.F.C., Buckland, S.T., and Ainley, D.G. 2003. Application of generalized additive models to estimate size of seabird populations and temporal trend from survey data collected at sea. J. Appl. Ecol., 40: 278-292
Mooers, C.N.K. and I. Bang. 2003. The influence of several factors controlling the interactions between Prince William Sound, Alaska, and the Northern Gulf of Alaska, J. Phys. Oc. 33: 19-36.
Thomas, G.L., and R.E. Thorne, 2003. Acoustical-optical assessment of Pacific herring and their predator assemblage in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Aquat. Living Resour., 16: 247-253.
2002
Ben-David, M., G.M. Blundell, and J.E. Blake. 2002. Post-release survival of river otters: effects of exposure to crude oil and captivity. Journal of Wildlife Management 66: 1208-1223.
Powers, S.P., M.A. Bishop, J.H. Grabowski, C.H. Peterson. 2002. Intertidal benthic resources of the Copper River Delta, Alaska, U.S.A. Journal Sea Research 47: 13-23.
Thomas, G.L, J. Kirsch and R.E. Thorne. 2002. Ex situ target strength measurements of Pacific herring and Pacific sand lance, North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22:1136-1145.
2001
Ben-David, M, L.K. Duffy and R.T. Bowyer. 2001. Biomarker responses in river otters experimentally exposed to oil contamination. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37: 489-508.
Bishop, MA. and S.P. Green. 2001. Predation on Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) spwan by birds in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Fisheries Oceanography 10 (Supply.1): 149-158.
Churnside, J.H., J.J. Wilson and V.V. Tatarskii. 2001. Airborne lidar for fisheries applications, Opt. Eng. 40, 406-414.
Cooney, R.T., J.R. Allen, MA. Bishop, D.L. Eslinger, T. Kline, B.L. Norcross, C.P. McRoy, J. Milton, J. Olsen, V. Patrick, A.J. Paul, D. Salmon, D. Scheel, G.L.
Thomas, S.L. Vaughan, T.M. Willette, 2001. Ecosystem controls of juvenile pink salmon (Onchorynchus gorbuscha) and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) populations in prince William Sound, Alaska. Fisheries Oceanography, 10 (Suppl. 1), 1-13.
Gay III, S.M. and S.L. Vaughan, 2001: Seasonal Hydrography and Tidal Currents of Bays and Fjords in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Fisheries Oceanography, 10 (Suppl. 1), 159-193.
Mooers, C.N.K., I. Bang, and S.L. Vaughan, 2001: Experience with the Prince William Sound Nowcast/Forecast System. In: Proceedings of the Fourth American Meteorological Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, Nov. 6-9, 2001, St. Petersburg, FL, pp J9 - J12.
Thomas, G.L. and R.E. Thorne. 2001. Night-time predation by Steller sea lions. Nature 411:1013. June 28, 2001.
Vaughan, S.L., C.N.K. Mooers, and S.M. Gay III, 2001: Physical Variability in Prince William Sound during the SEA Study (1994-1998) Fisheries Oceanography, 10 (Suppl. 1), 58-80.
Wang, J., Jin, M., Patrick, E.V., Allen, J.R., Eslinger, D.L., Mooers, C.N.K., and Cooney, R.T., 2001. Numerical simulations of the seasonal circulation patterns and thermohaline structures of Prince William Sound, Alaska. Fisheries Oceanography, 10 (Suppl. 1), 132-148.
Willette, T.M., R.T. Cooney, V. Patrick, D.M. Mason, G.L. Thomas and D. Scheel. 2001. Ecological processes influencing mortality of juvenile pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Fisheries Oceanography, Vol. 10, Suppl. 1, p. 14-41.
2000
Kirsch, J., G.L. Thomas, and R. T. Cooney, 2000. Acoustic estimates of zooplankton distributions in Prince William Sound, spring 1996. Fisheries Res. 47: 245-260.
Thomas, G.L. and W. Cox. 2000. A nowcast-forecast information system for Prince William Sound. Proceedings of the 23rd Arctic and Marine Oilspill Program (AMOP) Technical Seminar, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Vol. 1: 247-255.
Thomas, G.L. and J. Kirsch. 2000. Nekton and plankton acoustics: an overview. Fisheries Res. 47: 107-113.