NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Recent papers from NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Fisheries Science Center

1. Quantitative eDNA abundances for multispecies monitoring along the US West CoastPeerJ · 2026
2. Krill swarm structure drives trophic partitioning in sympatric baleen whale species on the Northern California Current foraging groundsScientific Reports · 2026
3. Genomic detection of domoic acid biosynthesis uncovers expanded toxigenic diversity across Pseudo-nitzschia diatoms2026
4. Connecting and coordinating fisheries projects to advance problem solving: Using the SCAALE (Strategic Connections Applied Across Leveraged Evaluations) frameworkFisheries · 2026
5. Estimating absolute DNA abundance from replicated metabarcodingMethods in Ecology and Evolution · 2026
6. Impact of an Environmental Index of Recruitment on the Stock Assessment for Petrale Sole ( Eopsetta jordani Lockington, 1878) in the California Current EcosystemFisheries Oceanography · 2026
7. Seasonal differences in the sound detection ability of Arctic cod, Boreogadus saidaJournal of Experimental Biology · 2026
8. Analysis of Multiple Tire Rubber-Derived Chemicals in Fish Bile and Plasma: Analytical Method and Field Assessment in Puget Sound, WA, USAEnvironmental Science & Technology · 2026
9. Everyday adaptation in a gilded trap: Risk-taking and resilience in Maine’s lobster fisheryProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026
10. Cryptic Diversity and Patterns of Structure in Nine Species of North Pacific Rockfishes ( Sebastes spp. and Sebastolobus spp.)Molecular Ecology · 2026
11. Advancing Marine Mammal Conservation Through Omics Tools and Integration of Indigenous Ecological KnowledgeMolecular Ecology · 2026
12. Climate Extremes and Reproductive Phenology: Regional Variability of Hatch Timing in the Subarctic North PacificGlobal Change Biology Communications · 2026
13. Tuning into Tuna: Investigating Spatial Complexity Tradeoffs in Stock Assessment Models Based on a High-Resolution Simulation Experiment of Yellowfin Tuna in the Indian OceanCanadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 2026
14. Spatial population dynamics models estimate minimal effects on groundfish biomass and fishery landings from proposed offshore wind farm development off Oregon, USAScientific Reports · 2026
15. High and minimally variable adult marine survival among multiple stocks of Chinook salmonEcosphere · 2026
16. Inversion Polymorphisms Carried by Introduced Rainbow Trout Disrupt Hybrid Zones Between Native SpeciesMolecular Ecology · 2026
17. Freshwater hydrology emerges as the strongest predictor of phenological variability in a Southeast Alaska steelhead trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) populationJournal of Fish Biology · 2026
18. Hyperspectral remote sensing for harmful algal bloom detection: Pseudo-nitzschia in the Northeast PacificHarmful Algae · 2026
19. A collaborative e-library for stressor-response functions to improve the science underlying salmonid managementCanadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 2026
20. California salmon returns track deteriorating freshwater and marine conditionsCanadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences · 2026