Cited Resources
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Aiken, E., M. Esgro, A. Knight, J. Lindholm. 2014. Dirty bottoms: ROV observations of marine debris. Poster presentation at Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Seaside, CA.

ALBWG (Albacore Working Group). 2014. Stock assessment of albacore tuna in the North Pacific Ocean in 2014. Report of the fourteenth meeting of the international scientific committee for tuna and tuna-like species in the North Pacific Ocean, 2014, July 16-21, Taipei, Taiwan. 131pp.

Anderson, B.S., J.W. Hunt, B.M. Phillips, P.A. Nicely, V. de Vlaming, V. Connor, N. Richard, R.S. Tjeerdema. 2003. Integrated assessment of the impacts of agricultural drainwater in the Salinas River (California, USA). Environmental Pollution 124:523-532.

Anderson D.M., J.M. Burkholder, W.P. Cochlan, P.M. Gilbert, C.J. Gobler, C.A. Heil, R.M. Kudela. M.L. Parsons, J.E.J. Rensel, D.W. Townsend, V.L. Trainer, G.A. Vargo. 2008.  Harmful algal blooms and eutrophication: Examining linkages from selected coastal regions of the United States. Harmful Algae 8:39-53.

Andrew, R.K., B.M. Howe, J.A. Mercer. 2002. Ocean ambient sound: comparing the 1960s with the 1990s for a receiver off the California coast. Acoustics Research Letters Online 3:65-70.

Andrews, A.H., G.M. Cailliet, L.A. Kerr, K.H. Coale, C. Lundstrom, A.P. DeVogelaere. 2005. Investigations of age and growth for three deep-sea corals from the Davidson Seamount off central California. In: A. Freiwald and J.M. Roberts (eds.). Cold water corals and ecosystems. Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg. pp. 1021-1038.

Andrews, A.H., C.C. Lundstrom, G.M. Cailliet, A.P. De Vogelaere. 2007. Investigations of bamboo coral age and growth from Davidson Seamount. MBNMS Technical Report. 34pp.

Andrews, A.H., R.P. Stone, C.C. Lundstrom, 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.

Angermeier, P.L. and J.R. Karr. 1994. Biological integrity versus biological diversity as policy directives. BioScience 44:690-697.

Arthur, C., J. Baker, H. Bamford (eds). 2009. Proceedings of the international research workshop on the occurrence, effects and fate of microplastic marine debris. Sept 9-11, 2008. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS-OR&R-30.

Atwill, E.R. and J. Carabez.  2011. Ambient monitoring of bacterial indicators and enteric pathogens (Salmonella & E. coli O157:H7) along California’s central coastal watersheds. Report for the Central Coast Ambient Monitoring Program. 2011, Jan.. Retrieved from http://www.ccamp.us/ccamp_org/ccamp_library.html.

Auster, P.J. and R.W. Langton. 1999. The effects of fishing on fish habitat. American Fisheries Society Symposium 22:150-187.

Bargu, S., T. Goldstein, K. Roberts, C. Li, F. Gulland. 2012.  Pseudo-nitschzia blooms, domoic acid, and related Califiornia sea lion strandings in Monterey Bay, California.  Marine Mammal Science 28:237-253.

Bednarsek, N., R.A. Feely, J.C.P. Reum, B. Peterson, J. Menkel, S.R. Alin, B. Hales. 2014. Limacina helicina shell dissolution as an indicator of declining habitat suitability owing to ocean acidification in the California Current Ecosystem. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281:20140123.

Bell, C., M. George, M. Redfield, P. Raimondi. 2015. Assessment of the pattern of intertidal community composition as a function of distance from the Alder Creek landslide. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Currents Symposium. Seaside, CA.

Benson, S. 2002. Davidson seamount expedition: summary of surface observations May 18-23, 2002. MBNMS Technical Report. 2pp. Retrieved from http://montereybay.noaa.gov/research/techreports/trbenson2002.html.

Bograd, S.J., C.G. Castro, E. DiLorenzo, D.M. Palacios, H. Bailey et al. 2008. Oxygen declines and the shoaling of the hypoxic boundary in the California Current. Geophysical Research Letters35:L12607.

Booth, J., E. McPhee-Shaw, P. Chua, E. Kingsley, M. Denny, R. Phillips, S. Bograd, L. Zeidberg, W. Gilly. 2012. Natural intrusions of hypoxic, low pH water into nearshore marine environments on the California coast. Continental Shelf Research 45:108-115.

Brown, J.A. 2006. Using the chemical composition of otoliths to evaluate the nursery role of estuaries for English sole Pleuronectes vetulus populations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 306:269-281.

Burton, E.J. and L. Lundsten. 2008. Davidson seamount taxonomic guide. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-08-08. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Silver Spring, MD. 145pp.

Caffrey, J. 2002. Biogeochemical cycling. In: J. Caffrey, M. Brown, W.B. Tyler, M. Silberstein (eds.). Changes in a California Estuary: a profile of Elkhorn Slough. Elkhorn Slough Foundation, Moss Landing, CA. pp. 215-136.

Caffrey, J., M. Brown, W.B. Tyler, M. Silberstein. 2002. Changes in a California estuary: a profile of Elkhorn Slough. Moss Landing, CA: Elkhorn Slough Foundation, Moss Landing, CA. 280pp.

California Coastal Commission. 2005. Coastal Armoring and Bluff Erosion GIS (CD-ROM). (2005) San Francisco, CA: California Coastal Commission. Available: California Coastal Commission/Aug. 2005 (2007, June 11).

Carretta, J.V., E. Oleson, D.W. Weller, A.R. Lang, K.A. Forney, J. Baker, B. Hanson, K. Martien, M.M. Muto, A.J. Orr, H. Huber, M.S. Lowry, J. Barlow, D. Lynch, L. Carswell, R.L. Brownell Jr., D.K. Mattila. 2013. U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2013. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-SWFSC-532. 414pp.

CCAMP (Central Coast Ambient Monitoring Program). 2015. Data Navigator. Retrieved 2015, Apr. 30 fromhttp://www.ccamp.info/ca/view_data.php?org_id=rb3.

CCLEAN (Central Coast Long-Term Environmental Assessment Network). 2014. Central coast long-term environmental assessment network: 2012-2013 Annual report. Submitted to the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, CCLEAN, Santa Cruz, CA. 39pp. Retrieved from http://www.cclean.org/knowledge-base/.

CCLEAN (Central Coast Long-term Environmental Assessment Network). 2015. Central coast long-term environmental assessment network: 2013-2014 Annual report. Submitted to the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, CCLEAN, Santa Cruz, CA. 82pp. Retrieved from http://www.cclean.org/knowledge-base/.

CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). 2009. FoodNet 2006 surveillance report. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

CDFW (California Department of Fish and Wildlife). 2014. 2014 Triennial report on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s marine invasive species program. Submitted to the California State Legislature. Prepared by California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Marine Invasive species Program. Retrieved from https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=91995&inline=true.

CDWR (State of California Department of Water Resources). 2015. California’s most significant droughts: Comparing historical and recent conditions. 136pp. Retrieved from http://water.ca.gov/waterconditions/docs/California_Signficant_Droughts_2015_small.pdf.  

Clague, D., L. Lundsten, J. Hein, J. Paduan, A. Davis. 2010. Mountain in the sea spotlight 6: Davidson Seamount. Oceanography 23(1):126-127.

Cope, J. and M. Haltuch. 2014. Groundfish. In: Harvey, C.J., N. Garfield, E.L. Hazen, G.D. Williams (eds.). The California Current integrated ecosystem assessment: phase III report.

Retrieved from http://www.noaa.gov/iea/Assets/iea/california/Report/pdf/7.Groundfish_2013.pdf.

CSMP (California Seafloor Mapping Program). 2012. Central coast marine protected areas booklet. Retrieved from http://seafloor.otterlabs.org/publications/CSMP_ Brochure/CSMP_Central_Coast_MPA_F_reduced.pdf.

Davis, A.S., D.A. Clague, W.A. Bohrson, G.B. Dalrymple, H.G. Greene. 2002. Seamounts at the continental margin of California: a different kind of oceanic intraplate volcanism. Geological Society of America Bulletin 114:316-333.

Davis, A.S., D.A. Clague, J.B. Paduan. 2007. Diverse origins of xenoliths from seamounts at the continental margin, offshore central California. Journal of Petrology 48:829-852.

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, 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. 87pp. Retrieved from http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/swamp/docs/coast_study/bog2012may/coast2012report.pdf

Davis, A., C. Muller, R. Kvitek, C. D. Storlazzi, E. Phillips. 2013. Distribution and abundance of rippled scour depressions along the California coast. Continental Shelf Research 69:88-100.

De Beukelaer, S. and K. Grimmer. 2014. Retrieving lost fishing gear from deepwater habitat. Poster presentation at Sanctuary Currents Symposium. Seaside, CA. Retrieved from  http://montereybay.noaa.gov/resourcepro/resmanissues/pdf/140411lfg_symp-poster.pdf.

De Beukelaer, S., C. Miller, T.J. Moore, S. Kathey, K. Grimmer. 2014. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary vessel traffic analysis 2009-2012. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Technical Report. 44pp.  Retrieved from http://montereybay.noaa.gov/resourcepro/reports/140127mbnms-. ais_report.pdf

de Marignac, J., J. Hyland, J. Lindholm, A. DeVogelaere, W.L. Balthis, 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.  U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Silver Spring, MD. 44pp. Retrieved from http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/science/conservation/benthic_trawling.html.

Debier, C., P.P. Pomeroy, C. Dupont, C. Joiris, V. Comblin, E. Le Boulenge, Y. Larondelle, J.P. Thome. 2003. Dynamics of PCB transfer from mother to pup during lactation in UK grey seals (Halichoerus grypsus): differences in PCB profile between compartments of transfer and changes during the lactation period. Marine Ecology Progress Series247:249-256.

Debier, C., C. Chalon, B.J. LeBoeuf, T. de Tillesse, Y. Larondelle, J.P. Thome. 2006. Mobilization of PCBs from blubber to blood in northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustriostris) during the post-weaning fast. Aquatic Toxicology 80:149-157.

DeVogelaere, A.P., E.J. Burton, T. Trejo, C.E. King, D.A. Clague, M.N. Tamburri, G.M. Cailliet, R.E. Kochevar, W.J. Douros. 2005. Deep-sea corals and resource protection at the Davidson Seamount, California, U.S.A. In: A. Freiwald and J.M. Roberts (eds.), Cold water corals and ecosystems. Springer-Verlag andBerlin Heidelberg. pp. 1189-1198.

DeVogelaere, A.P., E.J. Burton, C. King. 2014. Marine debris on Davidson Seamount: 4,000 to 11,500 feet deep. Poster Presentation, Sanctuary Currents Symposium, Seaside, California, 24 April 2014. Retrieved from http://montereybay.noaa.gov/research/currsymp2014/posterpdfs/pdevo2014.pdf.

DOC (Department of Commerce). 2006. "Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery" Action: Final Rule, in Federal Register Vol. 71, No. 91 (11 May 2006), pp. 27,408-27,426 (codified at 50 C.F.R. pt. 660).

DOC (Department of Commerce). 2008. "Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Regulations; Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Regulations; and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Regulations" Action: Final Rule, in Federal Register Vol. 73, No. 225 (20 November 2008), pp. 70,488-70,540 (codified at 15 C.F.R. pt. 922).

Doney, S.C., M. Ruckelshaus, J.E. Duffy, J.P. Barry, F. Chan, C.A. English, H.M. Galindo, J.M. Grebmeier, A.B. Hollowed, N. Knowlton, J. Polovina, N.N. Rabalais, W.J. Sydeman, L.D. Talley. 2012. Climate change impacts on marine ecosystems. Annual Reviews of Marine Science 4:11-37.

Donnelly-Greenane, E.L., J.T. Harvey, H.M. Nevins, M.H. Hester, W.A. Walker. 2014. Prey and plastic ingestion of Pacific northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis rogersii) from Monterey Bay, California. Marine Pollution Bulletin 85:214-224.

Elliott, M. L. and J. Jahncke. 2014. Ocean climate indicators status report – 2013. Unpublished Report. Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma, California. Point Blue contribution number 1982. Retrieved from http://accessoceans.org/uploads/Ocean%20Climate%20Indicators%20Status%20Report%202013.pdf.

Engel J. and R. Kvitek 1998. Effects of otter trawling on a benthic community in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Conservation Biology 12:1204-1214.

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. Retrieved from http://montereybay.noaa.gov/new/2012/erosion.pdf.

ESNERR (Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Estuarine Reserves Division, California Department of Fish and Game. 2009 Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve final management plan 2007-2011. 339pp.

Estes, J.A. and J.F. Palmisano. 1974. Sea otters: their role in structuring nearshore communities. Science 185:1058-1060.

Field, J. 2008. Jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) invasions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. CalCOFI Reports 49:79-81.

Field, J.C.  2014. Status of bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis, in the Conception, Monterey and Eureka INPFC areas as evaluated for 2013. Submitted Jan. 17, 2014 to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council. Retrieved from http://www.pcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/Bocaccio_2013_Assessment_Update..pdf.  

Field, J.C., K. Baltz, A.J. Phillips, W.A. Walker. 2007. Range expansion and trophic interactions of the jumbo squid, Dosidicus gigas, in the California Current. CalCOFI Reports 48:131-146.

Field, J.C., C. Elliger, K. Baltz, G.E. Gillespie, W.F. Gilly, R.I. Ruiz-Cooley, D. Pearse, J.S. Stewart, W. Matsubu, W.A. Walker. 2013. Foraging ecology and movement patterns of jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the California Current System. Deep-sea Research Part II 95:37-51.

Forney, K.A. 2002. Data report for aerial surveys conducted within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, July 2000. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA. 57pp.

Frolov, S., R.M. Kudela, J.G. Bellingham. 2013. Monitoring of harmful algal blooms in the era of diminishing resources: A case study of the U.S. West Coast. Harmful Algae 21-22:1-12.

Gee, A.K., K. Wasson, S.L. Shaw, J. Haskins. 2010. Signatures of restoration and management changes in the water quality of a central California estuary. Estuaries and Coasts 33:1004-124.

Gibble, C.M. and R.M. Kudela. 2014. Detection of persistent microcystin toxins at the land-sea interface in Monterey Bay, California. Harmful Algae 39:146-153.

Gilly, W.F., J.M. Beman, S.Y. Litvin, B.H. Robison. 2013. Oceanographic and biological effects of shoaling of the oxygen minimum zone. Annual Review of Marine Science 5:393-420.

Glibert, P.M., D. Fullerton, J.M., Burkholder, J.C., Cornwell, T.M. Kana. 2011. Ecological stoichiometery, biogeochemical cycling, invasive species, and aquatic food webs, San Francisco Estuary and comparative systems. Reviews in Fisheries Science 19:358-417.

Hall, A.J., F.M.D. Gulland, G.M. Ylitalo, D.J. Greig, L. Lowenstine. 2008. Changes in blubber contaminant concentrations in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) associated with weight loss and gain during rehabilitation. Environmental Science & Technology 42:4181-4187.

Hallenbeck, T.R., R.G. Kvitek, J. Lindholm. 2012. Rippled scour depressions add ecologically significant heterogeneity to soft-bottom habitats on the continental shelf. Marine Ecology Progress Series 468:119-133.

Hapke, C.J., D. Reid, B.M. Richmond, P. Ruggiero, J. List. 2006. National assessment of shoreline change, part 3: historical shoreline change and associated land loss along sandy shorelines of the California coast. U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2006-1219. U.S. Geological Survey. Santa Cruz, CA. 79pp.

Hartwell, S.I. 2008. Distribution of DDT and other persistent organic contaminants in canyons and on the continental shelf off the central California coast. Marine Environmental Research 65:199-217.

Harvey, C.J., N. Garfield, E.L. Hazen, G.D. Williams (eds.). 2014. The California current integrated ecosystem assessment: Phase III Report. Retrieved from http://www.noaa.gov/iea/Assets/iea/california/Report/pdf/A.CCIEA%20Phase%20III%20Introduction_2013.pdf.

Hazen, E.L., I.D. Schroeder, J. Peterson, B. Peterson, W.J. Sydeman, S.A. Thompson, B.K. Wells, S.K. Bograd, N. Garfield. 2014. Oceanographic and climatic drivers and pressures. In: Harvey, C.J., N. Garfield, E.L. Hazen, G.D. Williams (eds.). The California current integrated ecosystem assessment: Phase III report. Retrieved from http://www.noaa.gov/iea/Assets/iea/california/Report/pdf/2.Ocean_and_Climate_Drivers_2013.pdf.

Heiman, K.W. 2006. Hard substrates as a limiting resource structuring invaded communities within a central California estuary. Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University. 137pp.

Heiman, K.W., N. Vidargas, F. Micheli. 2008. Non-native habitat as home for non-native species: comparison of communities associated with invasive tubeworm and native oyster reefs. Aquatic Biology 2:47-56.

Henkel, L., J. Dolliver, J. Roletto, J. Beck, B. Bodenstein, V. Bowes, D. Bradley, R. Bradley, J. Burco, C. Cumberworth, M. Flannery, J. Jahncke, S. Knowles, J. Lankton, K. Lindquist, J.K. Parrish, W. Ritchie, L. Wilson. 2015. Investigation of Cassin's auklet mortality in the eastern Pacific during the 2014 post-breeding season. Poster presentation at Pacific Seabird Group meeting. San Jose, CA. Retrieved from http://montereybay.noaa.gov/research/techreports/henkel_etal_2015_caau_poster.pdf.

Hewson, I., J. Button, B. Gudenkauf, B. Miner, A. Newton, J. Gaydos, J. Wynne, C. Groves, G, Hendler, M. Murray, S. Fradkin, M. Breitbart, E. Fahsbender, K. Lafferty, A, Kilpatrick, C. Miner, P. Raimondi, L. Lahner, C. Friedman, S. Daniels, M. Haulena, J. Marliave, C. Burge, M. Eisenloard, C. Harvell. 2014. Densovirus associated with sea-star wasting disease and mass mortality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(48):17278-17283.

Hourigan T.F., S.E. Lumsden, G. Dorr, A.W. Bruckner, S. Brooke, R.P. Stone. 2007. State of deep coral ecosystems of the United States: Introduction and national overview. In: S.E. Lumsden, T.F. Hourigan, A.W. Bruckner, G. Dorr (eds.), The state of deep coral ecosystems of the United States. NOAA Technical Memorandum CDCP-3. Silver Spring, MD. pp. 1-64.

HTB (Heal the Bay). 2014. Health the bay annual beach report card 2014. Retrieved from http://www.healthebay.org/sites/default/files/pdf/BRC_2014_WEB_.pdf.

Hughes, B., J. Haskins, K. Wasson. 2010. Assessment of the effects of nutrient loading in estuarine wetlands of the Elkhorn Slough watershed: A regional eutrophication report card. Elkhorn Slough Technical Report Series 2010:1.

Hughes, B.B., R. Eby, E. Van Dyke, M.T. Tinker, C.I. Marks, K.S. Johnson, K. Wasson. 2013. Recovery of a top predator mediates negative eutrophic effects on seagrass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110:15313-15318.

Hughes, B.B., M.D. Levey, J.A. Brown, M.C. Fountain, A.B. Carlisle, S.Y. Litvin, C.M. Greene, W.N. Heady, 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.

Hughes, B.B., M.D. Levey, M.C. Fountain, A.B. Carlisle, F.P. Chavez, M.G. Gleason. 2015. Climate mediates hypoxic stress on fish diversity and nursery function at the land-sea interface. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Published online before print June 8, 2015. doi:10.1073/pnas.1505815112.

Hunt, J.W., B.S. Anderson, B.M. Phillips, R.S. Tjeerdema, H.M. Puckett, V. De Vlaming. 1999. Patterns of aquatic toxicity in an agriculturally dominated coastal watershed in California.  Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 75:75-91.

IfAME (Institute for Applied Marine Ecology) and MBNMS (Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary). 2011. Characterizing the deep: surveys in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 2007-2010. 14pp.

Ilyina, T., R.E. Zeebe, P.G. Brewer. 2010. Future ocean increasingly transparent to low-frequency sound owing to carbon dioxide emissions. Nature Geoscience 3:18-22.

ISC (International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean). 2014. North Pacific Swordfish stock assessment in 2014: Report on the billfish working group. 2014, July 16-22. Taipei, China. 85pp. Retrieved from http://isc.ac.affrc.go.jp/reports/stock_assessments.html.

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

Jessup, D.A., C.K. Johnson, J. Estes, D. Carlson-Bremer, W.M. Jarman, S. Reese, E. Dodd, M.T. Tinker, M.H. Ziccardi. 2010. Persistent organic pollutants in the blood of free-ranging sea otters (Enhydra Lutris spp.) in Alaska and California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46(4):1214-1233.

King, C. 2010. 2010 Report on Davidson Seamount marine mammal and seabird surveys. MBNMS Technical Report. 21pp. Retrieved from http://montereybay.noaa.gov/research/techreports/trking2010b.html.

Kogan, I., C.K. Paull, L.A. Kuhnz, E.J. Burton, S. Von Thun, H.G. Greene, J.P. Barry. 2006. ATOC/Pioneer Seamount cable after 8 years on the seafloor: observations, environmental impact. Continental Shelf Research 26:771-787.

Koslow, J., R. Goericke, A. Lara-Lopez, W. Watson. 2011. Impact of declining intermediate-water oxygen on deepwater fishes in the California Current. Marine Ecology Progress Series 436:207-218.

Kroeker, K.J., R.L. Kordas, R. Crim, I.E. Hendriks, L. Ramajo, G.S. Singh, C.M. Duarte, J.P. Gattuso. 2013. Impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms: Quantifying sensitivities and interaction with warming. Global Change Biology 19: 1884-1896. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12179.

Kudela, R.M. and F.P. Chavez. 2004. The impact of coastal runoff on ocean color during an El Niño year in central California. Deep-sea Research II 5:1173-1185.

Kudela, R.M., J.Q. Lane, W.P. Cochlan. 2008a. The potential role of anthropogenically derived nitrogen in the growth of harmful algae in California, USA. Harmful Algae 8:103-110.

Kudela, R.M., J.P. Ryan, M.D. Blakely, L.Q. Lane, T.D. Peterson.  2008b. Linking the physiology and ecology of Cochlodinium to better understand harmful algal bloom events: A comparative approach.  Harmful Algae 7:278-292.

Kudela, R.M., S. Seeyave, W.P. Cochlan.  2010. The role of nutrients in regulation and promotion of harmful algal blooms in upwelling systems. Progress in Oceanography 85:122-135.

Kudela, R.M. 2011. Characterization and deployment of solid phase adsorption toxin tracking (SPATT) resin for monitoring of microcystins in fresh and saltwater. Harmful Algae 11:117-125.

Kuhnz, L.A., J.P. Barry, K. Buck, C. Lovera, P.J. Whaling. 2011. Potential impacts of the Monterey accelerated research system (MARS) cable on the seabed and benthic faunal assemblages. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. 32pp.

Kvitek R.G., A.K. Fukayama, B.S. Anderson, B.K. Grimm. 1988. Sea otter foraging on deep-burrowing bivalves in a California coastal lagoon. Marine Biology 98:157-167.

Kvitek, R.G., J.D. Goldberg, G.J. Smith, G.J. Doucette, M.W. Silver. 2008.  Domoic acid contamination within eight representative species from the benthic food web of Monterey Bay, California, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 367:35-47.

Langois, G. and P. Smith. 2001.  Phytoplankton. In: Karl, H.A., Chin, J.L., Ueber, E., Stauffer, P.H., HendleyIII, J.W. (eds.). Beyond the golden gate – Oceanography, geology, biology and environmental issues in the Gulf of the Farallones. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1198. pp. 123-132.

Leeworthy, V.R., D. Jerome, 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. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Silver Spring, MD. 46pp. Retrieved from http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/science/conservation/pdfs/mbnms_fishing_report.pdf.

Leeworthy, V. and D. Schwarzmann.  2015. Economic impact of the recreational fisheries on local county economies in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 2010, 2011 and 2012.  Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-2015-05.  U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Silver Spring, MD. 26pp.  Retrieved from http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/science/socioeconomic/montereybay/pdfs/mbnms-rec-report.pdf.

Levin, P.S., E.E. Holmes, K.R. Piner, C.J. Harvey. 2006. Shifts in a Pacific Ocean fish assemblage: The potential influence of exploitation. Conservation Biology 20:1181-1190.

Lewitus, A.J., R.A. Horner, D.A. Caron, E. Garcia-Mendoza, B.M. Hickey, M. Hunter, D.D. Huppert, R.M. Kudela, G.W. Langlois, J.L. Largier, E.J. Lessard, R. RaLonde, J.E. Rensel, P.G. Strutton, V.L. Trainer, J.F. Tweddle. 2012. Harmful algal blooms along the North American west coast region: History, trends, causes, and impacts. Harmful Algae 19:133-159.

Lindholm, J., P.J. Auster, P.C. Valentine. 2004. Role of a large marine protected area for conserving landscape attributes of sand habitats on Georges Bank (NW Atlantic). Marine Ecology Progress Series 269:61-68.

Lindholm, J., M. Kelly, D. Kline, J. de Marignac. 2008. Patterns in the local distribution of the sea whip, Halipteris willemoesi, in an area impacted by mobile fishing gear. Marine Technology Society Journal 42:64-68.

Lindholm, J., M. Gleason, D. Kline, L. Clary, S. Rienecke, A. Cramer, 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 113:82-96.

Luckenbach Trustee Council. 2006. SS Jacob Luckenbach and associated mystery oil spills final damage assessment and restoration plan/environmental assessment. Prepared by California Department of Fish and Game, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service.

Lundsten, L., J.P. Barry, G.M. Cailliet, D.A. Clague, A.P. DeVogelaere, J.B. Geller. 2009a. Benthic invertebrate communities on three seamounts off southern and central California, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 374:23-32.

Lundsten, L., C.R. McClain, J.P. Barry, G.M. Cailliet, D.A. Clague, A.P. DeVogelaere. 2009b. Ichthyofauna on three seamounts off southern and central California, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 389:223-232.

Maloney E., R. Fairey, A. Lyman, K. Reynolds, M. Sigala. 2006. Introduced aquatic species in California open coastal waters. Final Report. California Department of Fish and Game. Office of Spill Prevention and Response. Sacramento, CA. 93pp.

Marsh, J. and M. Stiles. 2011. Swordfish Xiphias gladius. All Regions: Handline, harpoon, and gillnet. Seafood Watch Seafood Report, Monterey Bay Aquarium. 83pp.

Maxwell, S.M., E.L. Hazen, S.J. Bograd, B.S. Halpern, G.A. Breed, B. Nickel, N.M. Teutschel, L.B. Crowder, S. Benson, P.H. Dutton, H. Bailey, M.A. Kappes, C.E. Kuhn, M.J. Weise, B. Mate, S.A. Shaffer, J.L. Hassrick, R.W. Henry, L. Irvine, B.I. McDonald, P.W. Robinson, B.A. Block, D.P. Costa. 2013. Cumulative human impacts on marine predators. Nature Communications 4:2688.

MBNMS (Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary). 2012. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: Davidson Seamount management zone threats assessment. MBNMS Technical Report 2012-1. 39pp. Retrieved from http://montereybay.noaa.gov/research/techreports/trmbnms2012.html.

McClain, C.R., L. Lundsten, M. Ream, J. Barry, A.P. DeVogelaere. 2009. Endemicity, biogeography, composition, and community structure on a Northeast Pacific seamount. PLoS ONE 4(1):e4141.

McClain, C.R., L. Lundsten, J. Barry, A.P. DeVogelaere. 2010. Assemblage structure, but not diversity or density, change with depth on a northeast Pacific Seamount. Marine Ecology 31(Suppl. 1):14-25.

McDonald, M.A., J.A. Hildebrand, S.M. Wiggins, D. Ross. 2008. A 50 Year comparison of ambient ocean noise near San Clemente Island: A bathymetrically complex coastal region off Southern California. Journal of the Acoustic Society of America 124:1985-1992.

Miller, M., E. Dodd, M. Ziccardi, D. Jessup, D. Crane, C. Dominik, R. Spies, D. Hardin. 2007. Persistent organic pollutant concentrations in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis): Patterns with respect to environmental risk factors and major causes of mortality. Report to the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. San Luis Obispo, CA.

Miller, M.A., R.M. Kudela, A. Mekebri, D. Crane, S.C. Oates et al.  2010. Evidence for a novel marine harmful algal bloom: Cyanotoxin (Mycrocystin) transfer from land to sea otters. PLoS ONE 5(9):e12576. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012576

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. Retrieved from http://montereybay.noaa.gov/research/techreports/trmiller2011.html.  

MLML (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories). 2006. Ecological effects of the Moss Landing powerplant thermal discharge. A report submitted to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network (SIMoN) and Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation. Retrieved from http://sanctuarysimon.org/regional_docs/monitoring_projects/SIMoN_Thermal_Outfall_Report.pdf.

Nevins, H.M., E.L. Donnelly-Greenan, 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, San Jose State Foundation Grant #23-1509-5151. 15pp. Retrieved from http://montereybay.noaa.gov/research/techreports/nevins_etal_2014.pdf.

Newton, K.M. and A.P. DeVogelaere 2013. Marine mammal and seabird abundance and distribution around the Davidson Seamount, July 2010. MBNMS Technical Report. 28pp.

Nezlin, N.P., M.A. Sutula, R.P. Stumpf, A. Sengupta. 2012. Phytoplankton blooms detected by SeaWiFS along the central and southern California coast. Journal of Geophysical research Vol. 117, C07004. doi:10.1029/2011JC007773.

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service). 2013a. Groundfish essential fish habitat synthesis: A report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center . Seattle, WA. 107pp. Retrieved from http://www.pcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/Groundfish_EFH_Synthesis_Report_to_PFMC_FINAL.pdf.

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service). 2013b. Appendix to groundfish essential fish habitat synthesis: A report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center . Seattle, WA. 378pp.  Retrieved from http://www.pcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/Appendix_to_Groundfish_EFH_Synthesis_Report_to_PFMC_FINAL.pdf.

NMSP (National Marine Sanctuary Program). 2004. A monitoring framework for the national marine sanctuary system. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Marine Sanctuary Program. Silver Spring, MD. 22pp.

NMFS-CCIEA (National Marine Fisheries Service-California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment). 2014. California current integrated ecosystem assessment (CCIEA) state of the California current report, 2014. Presented to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, Mar. 2015. 19pp.

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). 2004. Alternatives analysis of proposed management actions for Davidson Seamount and Cordell Bank. Prepared as a supplemental report to the PFMC. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Marine Sanctuary Program. Retrieved Oct. 27, 2014 from http://www.sanctuaries.noaa.gov/jointplan/documents/304analysisHI.pdf

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). 2008. Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries final environmental impact statement. Prepared as part of the joint management plan review (JMPR). Volume IV, September 2008, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Marine Sanctuary Program 591 pp. Retrieved from http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/jointplan.

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). 2010. Guidelines for desalination plants in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service. Silver Spring, MD. 16pp. Retrieved from http://montereybay.noaa.gov/resourcepro/resmanissues/pdf/050610desal.pdf.

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). 2013a. Risk assessment for potentially polluting wrecks in U.S. Waters. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Silver Spring, MD. 127pp. + appendices. Retrieved from http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/protect/ppw/.

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). 2013b. Screening level risk assessment package: Fernstream. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Silver Spring, MD. 39pp. Retrieved from http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/protect/ppw/pdfs/fernstream.pdf.

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). 2013c. Screening level risk assessment package: Jacob Luckenbach. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Silver Spring, MD. 42pp. Retrieved from vhttp://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/protect/ppw/pdfs/jacob_luckenbach.pdf.

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). 2013d. Screening level risk assessment package: Puerto Rican. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Silver Spring, MD. 40pp. Retrieved from http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/protect/ppw/pdfs/puerto_rican.pdf.

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). 2014. Sonar data site characterization M/V Fernstream. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD. 39pp. Retrieved from http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/protect/ppw/pdfs/fernstream2014.pdf.

NOAA-MDP (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Marine Debris Program). 2014. Report on the occurrence and health effects of anthropogenic debris ingested by marine organisms. Silver Spring, MD 19pp.  Retrieved from http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/publications-files/mdp_ingestion.pdf.

NRC (National Research Council). 2002. Effects of trawling and dredging on seafloor habitat. National Academy Press. Washington, D.C. 136pp.

NRC (National Research Council). 2003. Ocean noise and marine mammals. National Academy Press. Washington, D.C. 192 pp.

NRC (National Research Council). 2005. Marine mammal populations and ocean noise: Determining when ocean noise causes biologically significant effects. National Academy Press. Washington, D.C. 126 pp.

NRC (National Research Council). 2008. Tackling marine debris in the 21st Century. National Academy Press. Washington, D.C. 218 pp.

O’Connor, K., R. Clark, S. Stoner-Duncan. 2013. Moro Cojo Slough Management and Enhancement Plan. Retrieved from https://ccwg.mlml.calstate.edu/sites/default/files/documents/MoroCojoReport2013.pdf.  

O’Shea, T.J. 1999. Environmental contaminants and marine mammals. In: J.E. Reynolds III and S.A. Rommel (eds.).  Biology of marine mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, D.C. pp. 485-563.

OEHHA (Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment). 2012. Toxicological summary and suggested action levels to reduce potential adverse health effects of six cyanotoxins. California Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.. Sacramento, CA. Retrieved form http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/peer_review/docs/calif_cyanotoxins/cyanotoxins053112.pdf.  

Oliver, J., D. Carney, J. Oakden, P. Slattery, S. Kim. 1998. Marine disposal of landslide debris along highway one: Environmental risk assessment and monitoring protocol. Prepared for CalTrans Environmental Planning by Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. Moss Landing, CA. Retrieved from https://ccwg.mlml.calstate.edu/sites/default/files/documents/marinediscposaloflandslidedebrisalonghwy1enviroriskassessment.pdf.

Oliver, J., K. Hammerstrom, I. Aiello, J.A. Oakden, P. Slattery, S. Kim. 2009. Benthic invertebrate communities in the peripheral wetlands of Elkhorn Slough ranging from very restricted to well flushed by tides. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Integrated Monitoring Network (SIMoN) and Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation.

Oliver, J., K. Hammerstrom, E. McPhee-Shaw, P. Slattery, J. Oakden, A. Kim S.I. Hartwell. 2011. High species density patterns in macrofaunal invertebrate communities in the marine benthos. Marine Ecology 32:278-288.

ONMS (Office of National Marine Sanctuaries ). 2009. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary condition report 2009. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Silver Spring, MD. 128 pp. Retrieved from http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/science/condition/mbnms.

OST and CDFW (California Ocean Science Trust and California Department of Fish and Wildlife). 2013. State of the California central coast: Results from baseline monitoring of marine protected areas 2007-2012. California.Retrieved from http://oceanspaces.org/sites/default/files/cc_results_report.pdf.

Page, G.W., K.K. Neuman, J.C. Warriner, C. Eyster, J. Erbes, D. Dixon, A. Palkovic, L.E. Stenzel. 2015. Nesting of the Snowy Plover in the Monterey Bay area, California in 2014. Point Blue Conservation Science Publication #2017. Petaluma, CA.  Available from: http://www.fws.gov/arcata/es/birds/WSP/documents/siteReports/California/2014_SNPL_Report_MBarea_Final_29Jan.pdf

PFMC (Pacific Fishery Management Council). 2014. Current HMS SAFE report: Status of HMS stocks. Retrieved 2014, Oct. 17 from http://www.pcouncil.org/highly-migratory-species/stock-assessment-and-fishery-evaluation-safe-documents/current-hms-safe-document/status-of-hms-stocks/.  

Phillips, B., M. Stephenson, M. Jacobi, G. Ichikawa, M. Silberstein, M. Brown. 2002. Land use and contaminants. In: Caffrey, J., M. Brown, W.B. Tyler, M. Silberstein (eds.). Changes in a California estuary. Elkhorn Slough Foundation. Moss Landing, CA. pp. 237-257.

Phillips, B.M., B. Anderson, K. Siegler, J. Voorhees, D. Tadesse, L. Webber, R. Breuer. 2014. Trends in chemical contamination, toxicity and land use in California watersheds: Stream pollution trends (SPoT) monitoring program. Third Report — Five-Year Trends 2008-2012. California State Water Resources Control Board. Sacramento, CA.

PWA (Philip Williams & Associates), E. Thorton, J. Dugan, Halcrow Group. 2008. Coastal regional sediment management plan for southern Monterey Bay. Prepared for Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG).

PWA (Philip Williams & Associates). 2009. Sediment budget estimates. Memorandum to Elkhorn Slough Foundation. September 15, 2008 (revised June 17, 2009).

Rogers, A.D., A. Baco, H. Griffiths, T. Hart, J.M. Hall-Spencer. 2007. Corals on seamounts. In: T.J. Pitcher, T. Morato, P.J.B. Hart, M.R. Clark, N. Haggan, R.S. Santos (eds.), Seamounts: Ecology, fisheries and conservation. Blackwell Publishing. Oxford, U.K. pp. 141-169.

Rosevelt, C., M. Los Huertos, C. Garza, H.M. Nevins. 2013. Marine debris in central California: Quantifying type and abundance of beach litter in Monterey Bay, CA. Marine Pollution Bulletin 71(2013)299-306.

Ross, P.S., G.M. Ellis, M.G. Ikonomou, L.G. Barrett-Lennard, R.F. Addision. 2000a. High PCB concentrations in free-ranging Pacific killer whales, Orcinus orca: Effects of age, sex and dietary preference. Marine Pollution Bulletin 40:504-515.

Ross. P.S., J.G. Vos, L.S. Birnbaum, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus. 2000b. PCBs are a health risk for humans and wildlife.  Science 289:1878-1879.

RWQCB (Regional Water Quality Control Board). 2015 (in draft).  Total maximum daily loads report for nitrogen compounds and orthophosphate in streams of the Pajaro River Basin. 404pp. Retrieved from http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralcoast/water_issues/programs/tmdl/docs/pajaro/nutrients/att2_pubcom_draft.pdf.

Ryan, J.P, J.F.R Gower, S.A. King, W.P. Bissett, A.M. Fischer, R.M. Kudela, Z. Kolber, F. Mazzillo, E.V. Rienecker, F.P. Chavez. 2008. A coastal ocean extreme bloom incubator. Geophysical Research Letters 35:L12602.

Sagarin, R.D., J.P. Barry, S.E. Gilman, C.H. Baxter. 1999. Climate related change in an intertidal community over short and long time scales. Ecological Monographs 69:465-490.

Santora, J.A., J.C. Field, I.D. Schroeder, K.M. Sakuma, B.K. Wells, W.J. Sydeman. 2012. Spatial ecology of krill, micronekton and top predators in the central California Current: Implications for defining ecologically important areas. Progress in Oceanography 106:154-174.

Santora, J.A., I.D. Schroeder, J.C. Field, B.K. Wells, W.J. Sydeman. 2014. Spatio-temporal dynamics of ocean conditions and forage taxa reveal regional structuring of seabird-prey relationships. Ecological Applications 24(7)1730-1747.

Schiff, K., J. Brown, S. Trump, D. Hardin. 2015. Near-coastal water quality at reference sites following storm events. California Environmental Protection Agency, State Water Resources Control Board. Sacramento, CA.

Schlining, K., S. von Thun, L. Kuhnz, B. Schlining, L. Lundsten, N. Jacobsen Stout, L. Chaney, J. Connor. 2013. Debris in the deep: using a 22-year video annotation database to survey marine litter in Monterey Canyon, Central California, USA. Deep-sea Research I 79:96-105.

Schwemmer, R. 2005. Expeditions to the shipwreck Montebello. In: Ecosystem observations of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service. Silver Spring, MD. 28pp. Retrieved from http://montereybay.noaa.gov/reports/2005/eco/welcome.html.

Schwemmer, R. 2006a. California gold rush steamers shipwrecked in California’s national marine sanctuaries. Society for Historical Archaeology. Sacramento, CA.

Schwemmer, R. 2006b. USS Macon expedition 2006. In: Ecosystem observations of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service. Silver Spring, MD. 20pp.Retrieved from http://montereybay.noaa.gov/reports/2006/eco/welcome.html.

Smalling, K.L., K.M. Kuivila, J.L. Orlando, B.M Phillips, B.S. Anderson, K. Siegler, J.W. Hunt, M. Hamilton. 2013. Environmental fate of fungicides and other current-use pesticides in a central California estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin 73:144-153.

Smith, P.J. 2001. Managing biodiversity: Iinvertebrate by-catch in seamount fisheries in the New Zealand exclusive economic zone (a case study). United Nations Environment Programme: Workshop on Managing Global Fisheries for Biodiversity. 29pp.

Starner, K and K.S. Goh. 2012. Detections of the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid in surface waters of three agricultural regions of California, USA, 2010-2011. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 88(3)316-321.

Stewart, J.S., E.L. Hazen, S.J. Bograd, J.E.K. Byrnes, D.G. Foley, W.F. Gilly, B.H. Robison, J.C. Field. 2014. Combined climate- and prey-mediated range expansion of Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas), a large marine predator in the California Current System. Global Change Biology 20:1832-1843.

Stramma, L., E.D. Prince, S.  Schmidtko, J.  Luo, J.P.  Hoolihan, M. Visbeck, A. Körtzinger. 2012. Expansion of oxygen minimum zones may reduce available habitat for tropical pelagic fishes. Nature Climate Change 2(1)33-37.

SWRCB (State Water Resources Control Board). 2010. 2010 Integrated report, clean water act section 303(d) list/305(b) statewide report.  Retrieved from http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/tmdl/integrated2010.shtml.

Taylor, J.R., A.P. DeVogelaere, E.J. Burton, O. Frey, L. Lundsten, L.A. Kuhnz, P.J. Whaling, C. Lovera, K.R. Buck, 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.

Tenera Environmental. 2003. A comparative intertidal study and user survey, Point Pinos, California, ESLO2003-014, Tenera Environmental. San Luis Obispo, CA.

Timmerman, A.H.V., M.A. McManus, O.M. Cheriton, R.K. Cowen, A.T. Greer, R.M. Kudela, K. Ruttenberg, J. Sevadjian. 2014. Hidden thin layers of toxic diatoms in a coastal bay. Deep-sea Research II. 101:129-140.

Tinker, M.T., J.A. Estes, K. Ralls, T.M. Williams, D. Jessup, D.P. Costa. 2006. Population dynamics and biology of the California sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) at the southern end of its range. MMS OCS Study 2006-007. Coastal Research Center, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. MMS Cooperative Agreement Number 14-35-0001-31063. 253pp. Retrieved from http://www.coastalresearchcenter.ucsb.edu/cmi/files/2006-007.pdf.

Tinker, M.T.  et al. 2013. Sea otter population biology at Big Sur and Monterey California: Investigating the consequences of resource abundance and anthropogenic stressors for sea otter recovery. Final Report to California Coastal Conservancy and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. 242pp.

TNC (The Nature Conservancy of California). 2015. Salinas agricultural management practices: Water quality literature synthesis and identification of data gaps in the lower Salinas River. 60pp.

Tracey, D., H. Neil, D. Gordon, S. O'Shea. 2003. Chronicles of the deep: Ageing deep-sea corals in New Zealand waters. Water & Atmosphere 11:22-24.

UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). 2007. Deep-sea biodiversity and ecosystems: A scoping report on their socio-economy, management and governance. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 84pp. Retrieved from http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/publications/reports/RSRS/pdfs/rsrs184.pdf

USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). 2000. Guidance for assessing chemical contaminant data for use in fish advisories, volume 1 fish sampling and analysis, Third Edition. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology . EPA 823-B-00-007. Washington, D.C.

Wallace, J.R. and J.M. Cope. 2013. Status update of the U.S. canary rockfish resource in 2011. Report to the Pacific Fisheries Management Council. 246pp. Retrieved from http://www.pcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/Canary_2011_Assessment_Update.pdf

Warzybok, P.M, R.W. Berger, R.W. Bradley. 2013. Status of seabirds on Southeast Farallon Island during the 2013 breeding season. Unpublished report to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma, California. Point Blue Contribution Number 1960.

Wasson, K., C. Zabin, M. Diaz, L. Bedinger, J. Pearse. 2001. Biological invasions of estuaries without international shipping: The importance of intraregional transport. Biological Conservation 102:143–153.

Wasson, K., K. Fenn, J.S. Pearse. 2005. Habitat differences in marine invasions of central California. Biological Invasions 7:935-948.

Wasson, K., A. Woolfolk, C. Fresquez. 2013. Ecotones as indicators of changing environmental conditions: Rapid migration of salt marsh–upland boundaries. Estuaries and Coasts 36(3):654-664.

Wasson, K., C. Zabin, J. Bible, E. Ceballos, A. Chang, B. Cheng, A. Deck, E. Grosholz, M. Latta, M. Ferner. 2014. A guide to Olympia oyster restoration and conservation: Environmental conditions and sites that support sustainable populations in central California. San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Retrieved from http://www.sfbaysubtidal.org/oysters_and_climate-about.html.

Wasson, K., R. Eby, C. Endris, S. Fork, J. Haskins, B. Hughes, R. Jeppesen, E. Van Dyke, E. Watson. 2015.  Elkhorn Slough, California: State of the estuary report. A report on temporal trends in estuarine indicators monitored by the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. Retrieved from http://www.elkhornslough.org/research/PDF/State_of_Estuary_2015.pdf.

Weinstein, A., Trockl, L., Levalley, R., Doster, R.H., DistlerI, T. and Krieger, K. 2014. A first population assessment of Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani in California. Marine Ornithology42:49-56.

Wells, B. K., J.A. Santora, J.C. Field, R.B. MacFarlane, B.B. Marinovic, W.J. Sydeman. 2012. Population dynamics of Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha relative to prey availability in the central California coastal region. Marine Ecology Progress Series 457:125-137.

Wells, B., T. Wainwright, C. Thomson, T. Williams, N. Mantua, L. Crozier, S. Breslow, K. Fresh. 2014a. Pacific salmon. In: Harvey, C.J., N. Garfield, E.L. Hazen and G.D. Williams (eds.). The California current integrated ecosystem assessment: Phase III report. Retrieved from http://www.noaa.gov/iea/Assets/iea/california/Report/pdf/8.Salmon_2013.pdf.

Wells, B.K., R.D. Brodeur, J.C. Field, E. Weber, A.R. Thompson, S. McClatchie, P.R. Crone, K.T. Hill, C. Barcelo. 2014b. Coastal pelagic and forage fishes. In: Harvey, C.J., N. Garfield, E.L. Hazen and G.D. Williams (eds.). The California current integrated ecosystem assessment: Phase III report. Retrieved from http://www.noaa.gov/iea/Assets/iea/california/Report/pdf/5.Coastal%20pelagics%20forage_2013.pdf.

Whitmire, C.E. and M.E. Clarke. 2007. State of the U.S. deep coral ecosystems in the United States Pacific Coast: California to Washington. In: S.E. Lumsden, T.F. Hourigan, A.W. Bruckner, G. Dorr (eds.). The state of deep coral ecosystems of the United States. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP-3. Silver Spring, MD. pp. 109-154.

Ylitalo, G.M., J.E.Stein, T. Hom, L.L. Johnson, K.L. Tilbury, A.J. Hall, T. Rowles, D. Greig, L.J. Lowenstine, F.M.D. Gulland. 2005. The role of organochlorines in cancer-associated mortality in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Marine Pollution Bulletin 50:30-39.