2025 DFO Pacific Science Publications
We are pleased to continue to provide Canadians with the Pacific Region's science publications, and to continue the ongoing communication of high quality research with this list of 2025 Pacific Science Publications. Below you will find primary and secondary peer reviewed publications published in 2025 which involve at least one DFO Science Branch author from the Pacific Region. The links provided to this research are hosted by third party publishers, as such journals may only be available in English.
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| Ward, E.J. and Anderson, S.C., 2025. Approximating spatial processes with too many knots degrades the quality of probabilistic predictions. bioRxiv, pp.2025-11. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.14.688354 | Spatial and spatiotemporal models |
| King, J., Fergusson, E., Somov, A., Miller, T., Pakhomov, E.A., Baker, M.R. and Flynn, K., 2025. Winter diets of Pacific salmon in the North Pacific. Fisheries Oceanography, 34(6), pp.118-138. http://doi.org/10.1111/fog.70002 | Pacific salmon, Steelhead trout, diet, open ocean, winter foraging |
| Deeg, C.M., Tam, C., Esenkulova, S., Wells, A., Soshnina, V.A., Ens, N.J., Llewellyn, C., Schulze, A.D. and Miller, K.M., 2025. Spatiotemporal patterns of salmon winter habitat usage in the Northeast Pacific uncovered by environmental DNA. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(7), p.fsaf104. https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/doi/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf104/63695863/fsaf104.pdf | eDNA, Pacific salmon, winter, ecosystem, Gulf of Alaska, Pacific Ocean, network analysis, International Year of the Salmon |
| Frommel, A.Y., Akbarzadeh, A., Chalifoux, V., Ming, T.J., Collicutt, B., Rolheiser, K., Opie, R., Miller, K.M., Brauner, C.J. and Hunt, B.P., 2025. High sensitivity to ocean acidification in wild out‐migrating juvenile Pacific salmon is not impacted by feeding success. Ecological Applications, 35(5), p.e70058. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70058 | salmon, ocean acidification, conservation, juvenile fish, ion regulation, gene expression, food deprivation, climate change |
| Lindmark, M., Griffiths, C.A., Bartolino, V., Thunell, V., Maioli, F., Anderson, S.C., Belgrano, A., Casini, M., Nadolna‐Ałtyn, K., Pawlak, J. and Pachur, M., 2025. Weak effects of local prey density and spatial overlap on predation intensity in a temperate marine ecosystem. Ecological Applications, 35(7), p.e70136. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70136 | Trophic ecosystem models, predator–prey interactions, multispecies fisheries management |
| Spaven, L., Migneault, A., Dracott, K., Birdsall, C., Danelesko, T., Raverty, S., Haulena, M. and Ford, J.K., 2026. They're Out There, You Know: Sea Turtle Sightings and Strandings in Canadian Pacific Waters. Ecology and Evolution, 16(1), p.e72513. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72513 | Sea Turtle Sightings and Strandings, Canadian Pacific Waters |
| Burnham, R.E. and Vagle, S., 2025. Using masking metrics as a means to quantify effect and guide mitigation measures of underwater anthropogenic noise. Ecosphere, 16(7), p.e70314. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70314 | acoustic masking, anthropogenic impacts, noise exceedances, southern resident killer whales, thresholds, vessel noise |
| Burgess, B.T., Chea, R., Westfall, K.M., Abbott, C.L. and Iacarella, J.C., 2026. Environmental DNA Reflects Differences in Freshwater Habitat Use Between Two Pacific Salmonids at Fine Temporal Scales. Environmental DNA, 8(1), p.e70231. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70231 | eDNA, freshwater habitat, salmon, spawners, juveniles |
| Chen, Y., Zhao, H. and Han, G., 2024. Vertical and horizontal variations in phytoplankton chlorophyll a in response to a looping super typhoon. Limnology and Oceanography, 69(9), pp.2085-2094. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12651 | Phytoplankton bloom, spatial variations, upward mixing, upwelling, horizontal advection, looping typhoon |
| Hunt, B.P., Alin, S., Bidlack, A., Diefenderfer, H.L., Jackson, J.M., Kellogg, C.T., Kiffney, P., St. Pierre, K.A., Carmack, E., Floyd, W.C. and Hood, E., 2024. Advancing an integrated understanding of land–ocean connections in shaping the marine ecosystems of coastal temperate rainforest ecoregions. Limnology and Oceanography, 69(12), pp.3061-3096. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12724 | Northeast Pacific coastal temperate rainforest, land-ocean connection, climate change, review, anthropogenic change, extreme events, freshwater flux, materials flux |
| McLaskey, A.K., Forster, I. and Hunt, B.P., 2026. Zooplankton in the temperate ocean display strong ties to pico‐plankton and seasonally variable trophic roles. Limnology and Oceanography, 71(3), p.e70337. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70337 | fatty acids, stable isotopes, trophic position, phytoplankton, food web, strait of georgia, british columbia, microbial pathways, diet |
| Kilgour, C.L., Winter, C.E., Brauner, C.J. et al. Tracking Road Salt Contamination Through Community Monitoring: Annual Surface Water Chloride Trends in Streams of a Major Urban Area, the Vancouver Lower Mainland, B.C., Canada. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-025-01156-3 | Salmon, road salt, water quality |
| Ban, N.C., Watkins, H.V., Forrest, R.E., Frid, A., Holt, C.A., Hall, S.J., Service, C.N., Ramirez, L., Curtis, D.L., Wilson, K.L. and Ignace, L., 2026. Weaving Indigenous and Western knowledge systems across a continuum of knowledge and decision-making spaces. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 81, p.101644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2026.101644 | Braiding knowledges, Indigenous knowledge systems, knowledge co-production, Two-eyed seeing, learning theory, triple-loop learning, knowledge pluralism |
| Barnhill, A., Towers, J.R., Shaw, T.J., Arias, M., Bécares, A., Doniol-Valcroze, T., von Fersen, L., Genoves, R., Rörup, T., Sutton, G.J. and Thornton, S., 2025. Advances in deep learning-driven photo identification and meta analysis of cetaceans in large data repositories. Ecological Informatics, p.103396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103396 | Photo identification, artificial intelligence, cetacean identification |
| Dunham, A., Clyde, G., Stacey, C., Burke, L., Johannessen, S. and Conway, K., 2026. Causes of historical decline of the glass sponge reefs in British Columbia, Canada. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, p.109851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2026.109851 | glass sponge reef, radioisotope dating, bottom-contact fishing, marine conservation |
| Edwards, A.M. and Auger-Methe, M., 2025. Using highest density intervals can reduce perceived uncertainty in stock assessments. Fisheries Research, 285, p.107326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2025.107326 | communicating uncertainty, sustainable fisheries, highest density interval, stock assessment, population models |
| Quindazzi, M.J., Duguid, W.D., Brown, T. and Juanes, F., 2025. Tracking the marine migrations of coho salmon through otolith microchemistry. Fisheries Research, 287, p.107418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2025.107418 | Partial migration, Trace elements, Stable isotopes, Intrinsic tag |
| Kapur, M., Rogers, L., Goethel, D.R., Cheng, M.L., Hanselman, D., Echave, K., Haltuch, M.A., Holt, K.R., English, P., Berger, A.M. and Connors, B., 2025. Hidden markov mark-recapture modeling highlights transboundary exchange for northeast pacific sablefish. Fisheries Research, 289, p.107498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2025.107498 | Sablefish, transboundary fish movement, tagging data |
| Couture, F., Toews, S. and Thornton, S., 2025. Partitioning the influence of Chinook salmon productivity and stock-specific abundance on the southern resident killer whale population. Global Ecology and Conservation, p.e03909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03909 | Southern resident killer whale, SRKW foraging, stocks of importance, Chinook salmon |
| Quevedo, J., Bahamon, N., Edwards, A.M., Vigo, M., Couve, P., Aguzzi, J., Paramo, J. and Company, J.B., 2026. No-take reserve improves size spectra and community structure of demersal megafauna in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Global Ecology and Conservation, p.e04227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2026.e04227 | marin protected areas, fishing closure, size spectra |
| Frenkel, C.M., Iacarella, J. and Ban, N.C., 2025. Predicting factors of fishing gear loss and distribution across Canada’s Pacific Ocean. Marine Policy, 181, p.106861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106861 | Fishing gear loss, gear retrieval, Species Distribution Models |
| Dufresne, C., Lavoie, D., Robertson, M., April, J., Burke, C., Carr, J., Chassé, J., Cyr, F., Daniels, J., Denny, L. and Denny, S., 2025. The Labrador Current cold front shaping the Atlantic salmon homing migration routes from the waters off Southern Greenland to eastern North America. Progress in Oceanography, 233, p.103439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103439 | Atlantic Salmon, Homing migration, Individual-based model, Thermal front |
| Dufresne, C., Lavoie, D., Robertson, M., April, J., Burke, C., Carr, J., Chassé, J., Cyr, F., Daniels, J., Denny, L. and Denny, S., 2025. The Labrador Current cold front shaping the Atlantic salmon homing migration routes from the waters off Southern Greenland to eastern North America. Progress in Oceanography, 233, p.103439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103439 | Atlantic Salmon, Homing migration, Individual-based model, Thermal front |
| Breckenridge, J.K., Pakhomov, E.A., Hunt, B.P., Pinchuk, A.I. and Galbraith, M., 2025. Basin-scale zooplankton composition in the Eastern Subarctic Pacific in the winter-spring. Progress in Oceanography, 237, p.103526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103526 | Zooplankton, community composition, sub-Arctic Pacific |
| Pata, P.R., Galbraith, M., Young, K., Sastri, A.R., Perry, R.I. and Hunt, B.P., 2025. Functional characteristics of zooplankton bioregions along the cross-shelf gradient. Progress in Oceanography, p.103559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103559 | Zooplankton, North East subarctic Pacific, trait-based analysis |
| Han, X., Li, X., Yang, J., Wang, J., Han, G., Tao, W. and Aouf, L., 2025. Tropical cyclone multi‐level wind‐speed structure reconstruction from sparse dropsonde data via adversarial learning. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(16), p.e2024GL110661. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110661 | Tropical Cyclone Multi-Level Wind-Speed Structure, deep learning |
| Maier, M., Ianson, D. and Hamme, R.C., 2025. Trends and variability in depth and spiciness of subsurface isopycnals on the Vancouver Island continental shelf and slope. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(4), p.e2024JC020992. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC020992 | spiciness, northeast Pacific, time-series, observational data, California current system, isopycnal heave |
| Jackson, J.M., Hare, A., Hannah, C.G., Hilborn, A., Zahner, S.J.V., Page, S., Rosen, S., Timmerman, A.H. and Lee, L., 2025. Why deep‐water dissolved oxygen is higher in G̱andaawuu. ngaay Xyangs (Juan Perez Sound), Haida Gwaii, than other British Columbia fjords. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(3), p.e2024JC021826. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021826 | Haida Gwaii, dissolved oxygen, British Columbia, winter winds, mixing, ventilation, marine refuge, remineralization |
| Bailey, L.P., Shugar, D.H., Tilston, M., Hubbard, S.M., Giesbrecht, I., Del Bel Belluz, J., Jackson, J.M., Clare, M.A., Cartigny, M.J.B., Açıkalın, S. and Hage, S., 2025. Land‐to‐sea sediment fluxes from a major glacial lake outburst flood were stepped rather than instantaneous. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 130(4), p.e2024JF008126. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF008126 | Glacial lake outburst flood, Bute Inlet, climate change, melting glaciers, materials flux, Elliott Lake |
| Stevens, S.W., Hannah, C., Evans, W., Klymak, J., Waterman, S. and Ross, T., 2025. Dissolved oxygen variability on the Canadian Pacific shelf: Trends, drivers, and projections in the context of emerging hypoxia in Queen Charlotte Sound. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 39(8), p.e2025GB008608. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GB008608 | Oxygen, hypoxia, climate change |
| Stevens, S.W., Hannah, C., Evans, W., Klymak, J., Waterman, S. and Ross, T., 2025. Dissolved oxygen variability on the canadian pacific shelf: Trends, drivers, and projections in the context of emerging hypoxia in queen charlotte sound. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 39(8), p.e2025GB008608. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GB008608 | Ocean gliders, Queen Charlotte Sound, physical oceanography, oxygen, regions |
| Han, G., Klymak, J.M., Ross, T. and Chen, N., 2026. Validation of 1‐day repeat SWOT measurements against tide‐gauge and glider data off Canada's West Coast. Geophysical Research Letters, 53(8), p.e2025GL119491. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL119491 | Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT), sea-level variabilities |
| Liao, X., Ross, A.R. and Brown, T.M., 2025. An environmentally sensitive method for rapid monitoring of 6PPD-quinone in aqueous samples using solid phase extraction and direct sample introduction with liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry. RSC Sustainability, 3(10), pp.4811-4817. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SU00170F | 6PPD-Quinone, Water, LC-MS/MS, Salmon |
| S.D. Joge, K. Mansour, R. Simó, M. Galí, N. Steiner, A. Saiz-Lopez, and A.S. Mahajan., 2025. Climate warming increases global oceanic dimethyl sulfide emissions, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (23) e2502077122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2502077122 | Oceanic dimethylsulfide, Climate warming |
| Han, G., 2024. Ocean Model Development and Application in Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Atmosphere-Ocean, 62(1), pp.1-1. https://doi.org/10.1080/07055900.2024.2287318 | Ocean climate modelling, ocean forecasting, aquaculture-related modelling, environmental quality modelling |
| Liu, S., Yu, L., Han, G., Vetter, P.A., Hong, B. and Zhai, R., 2025. Simulated Tidal Residual Currents and Implications for Sediment Transport in Sanya Bay. Atmosphere-Ocean, 63(2), pp.111-124. https://doi.org/10.1080/07055900.2025.2499842 | tidal residual currents, sediment transport, numerical simulation, Sanya Bay |
| Gavrilchuk, K., Allen, A.S., Toews, S., Smyth, D., O’Neill, C., Burnham, R. and Thornton, S.J., 2026. Summer acoustic occurrence of southern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca ater) off southern Vancouver Island, Canada, and considerations for optimising passive acoustic monitoring. Bioacoustics, 35(1), pp.90-114. https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2025.2600435 | Southern resident killer whale, SRKW acoustics, acoustic detection, passive acoustic monitoring |
| Han, X., Li, X., Yang, J., Tao, W., Han, G., Wang, J., Wang, Y., Bao, Q., Chen, L. and Li, W., 2025. Evaluation and deep learning-based calibration of nearshore sea surface wind speeds from FY-3E GNOS-II and Tianmu-1 missions. Geo-Spatial Information Science, pp.1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/10095020.2024.2441473 | sea surface wind speed, nearshore, Tianmu-1, deep learning |
| Han, X., Li, X., Yang, J., Wang, J., Han, G., Ding, J., Shen, H., Yan, J. and Chen, D., 2025. Multi-station water level forecasting using advanced graph convolutional networks with adversarial learning. Geo-Spatial Information Science, pp.1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/10095020.2025.2459152 | water level, multi-station forecast, deep learning |
| Dunphy, M., Taylor, S.M. and Krassovski, M.V., 2026. Forecasting mixed tidal–fluvial river water levels using a non-stationary tidal model. Journal of Operational Oceanography, pp.1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2026.2682048 | Operational ocean forecasting, non-stationary tides, open boundary condition, coastal ocean model, estuaries |
| Holbert, S., Colbourne, K., Gobas, F.A. and Brown, T.M., 2025. Legacy and current-use contaminants in Pacific Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) stocks and their contribution to Resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) contaminant burdens. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 44(10), pp.2848-2863. https://doi.org/10.1093/etojnl/vgaf166 | Chinook salmon, Resident killer whales, contaminant body burden, dietary contaminant consumption |
| Lo, B.P., Marlatt, V.L., Sadler, K.J., Hoyle, M., Scott, D.C., MacDuffee, M., Holbert, S. and Brown, T.M., 2026. A risk-based screening of organic contaminants in juvenile chinook salmon and their habitat in the Lower Fraser River and estuary, British Columbia. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, p.vgag078. https://doi.org/10.1093/etojnl/vgag078 | Fisheries, climate, adaptation |
| Novotny, A., Rodrigues, C., Jacquemot, L., Clemente-Carvalho, R.B., Piercey, R.S., Morien, E., Galbraith, M., Kellogg, C.T., Lemay, M.A. and Hunt, B.P., 2025. DNA metabarcoding captures temporal and vertical dynamics of mesozooplankton communities. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(2), p.fsaf007. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf007 | Plankton taxonomy, plankton ecology, metabarcoding |
| Miller, M.R., Johnson, E., Gibb, P., Galbraith, M., Dower, J.F. and Ianson, D., 2025. Depth-resolved vertical distribution of the pteropod Limacina helicina in the Northeast Pacific and its implications for exposure to ocean acidification. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(10), p.fsaf181. | pteropod, ocean acidification, Limacina helicina, zooplankton, vertical distribution, diel vertical migration, Euphausia pacifica, gastropod |
| Boven, O.R., Alex, K., King, K.D., Thompson, P., Wiens, L., Pham, S. and Russello, M.A., 2026. Kokanee-sockeye salmon hybridization predominantly leads to a resident life history with outcomes for a long-term reintroduction program. Journal of Heredity, p.esag024. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esag024 | Sockeye, kokanee, hybridization, Okanagan, Skaha |
| Akopyan, M., Tigano, A., Jacobs, A., Wilder, A.P. and Therkildsen, N.O., 2025. Genetic differentiation is constrained to chromosomal inversions and putative centromeres in locally adapted populations with higher gene flow. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 42(5), p.msaf092. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf092 | Whole-genome resequencing, coho salmon, chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, Fraser River, adaptation |
| Li Shing Hiung, D.L., Schuster, J.M., Duncan, M.I., Payne, N.L., Helmuth, B., Chu, J.W., Baum, J.K., Brambilla, V., Bruno, J., Davies, S.W. and Dornelas, M., 2024. Ocean weather, biological rates, and unexplained global ecological patterns. PNAS nexus, 3(8), p.pgae 260. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae260 | in situ, ocean temperature, high frequency, biological rate, climate variability hypothesis |
| Johnson, S.C., Turcotte, L.D., Siah, A., Bradshaw, J.C. and Polinski, M.P., 2025. Analysis of Piscine orthoreovirus genotype 1 genomes collected over a 32-year period (1988–2020) suggests a fitness peak in salmon hosts with minimal evidence for temporal divergence. Virus evolution, 11(1), p.veaf033. https://doi.org/10.1093/ve/veaf033 | Piscine orthoreovirus, PRV-1, Genetic Diversity, Phylogenetic Analysis |
| Lindmark, M., Anderson, S.C. and Thorson, J.T., 2024. Estimating scale-dependent covariate responses using two-dimensional diffusion derived from the SPDE method. bioRxiv, pp.2024-12.https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.17.628864 | Species distribution models (SDMs), covariate-diffusion method |
| Ward, E.J., English, P.A., Rooper, C.N., Ferriss, B.E., Whitmire, C.E., Wetzel, C.R., Barnett, L.A., Anderson, S.C., Thorson, J.T., Johnson, K.F. and Indivero, J., 2025. ’surveyjoin’: A Standardized Database of Fisheries Bottom Trawl Surveys in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. BioRxiv, pp.2025-03. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.14.643022 | Fisheries Bottom Trawl Surveys |
| Sykes, N.T., Lou, R.N., Siegle, M.R., Sudmant, P.H., Larson, W.A. and Owens, G.L., 2025. Phylogenetically diverse introgression drives subtle population structure in Pacific rockfishes. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.23.678143 | Rockfish, introgression, populations structure |
| Wilson, K.L., Frid, A. and Anderson, S.C., 2025. Groundfish with diverse life histories increase in size and abundance with proximity to spatial protections. bioRxiv, pp.2025-11. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.28.691246 | protected Rockfish Conservation Areas, marine spatial protections |
| Li, X., Han, X., Yang, J., Wang, J. and Han, G., 2024. Transfer learning-based generative adversarial network model for tropical cyclone wind speed reconstruction from SAR images. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 62, pp.1-16. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2024.3390392 | Generative adversarial network (GAN), machine learning, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), transfer learning, tropical cyclone, winds reconstruction |
| Robertson, B.L., Davies, P., Gansell, O., van Dam‐Bates, P. and McDonald, T., 2025. spbal: An R package for spatially balanced master sampling. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 67(2), pp.320-336. https://doi.org/10.1111/anzs.12435 | environmental sampling, panel designs, sampling software, spatial balance, spatial populations, surveys |
| Ban, N.C., Carr, M.H., Rubidge, E.M., Salomon, A., Claudet, J., Levine, A., Aylesworth, L., Ramirez, L., Burt, J.M., Andrachuk, M. and Tamburello, N., 2025. Accounting for human–nature linkages in area‐based conservation monitoring through social–ecological indicator bundles. Conservation Biology, 39(6), p.e70156. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70156 | Marine protected areas, OECMS, monitoring and evaluation, indicators, socio-ecological systems |
| Indivero, J., Anderson, S.C., Barnett, L.A., Essington, T.E. and Ward, E.J., 2025. Estimating a physiological threshold to oxygen and temperature from marine monitoring data reveals challenges and opportunities for forecasting distribution shifts. Ecography, 2025(4), p.e07413. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07413 | Species distribution modeling, metabolic index |
| Jacquemart, A.S., Tigano, A., Gale, M.K., Weir, T., Ward, H.G., Wong, C.M., Eliason, E.J., Miller, K.M., Hinch, S.G. and Russello, M.A., 2025. Application of Genomic Offsets to Inform Freshwater Fisheries Management Under Climate Change. Evolutionary Applications, 18(8), p.e70149. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70149 | genomic vulnerability, adaptive potential, genotyping-by-sequencing, Pacific salmon, donor and recipient importance, gradient forest |
| Attfield, T., Honsey, A., Ackiss, A., Luek, A., Meagher, B., Nuetzel, H., Koch, I., April, J., Wakeling, K., Wellband, K.W. and Bouchard, R., 2026. Epigenetics in Captivity: Restoring Wild Phenotypes in Captive‐Reared Salmonids. Evolutionary Applications, 19(3), p.e70210. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70210 | Hatchery, epigenetics, fitness |
| Tigano, A., Herder, E.C., Long, K., Supernault, J., Curtis, D.L., Hansen, S.C., Mazur, M.D., Rondeau, E.B. and Bureau, D., 2026. Whole genome analyses of the endangered Northern abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) reveal population differentiation and a genomic signature of a dramatic population decline. Evolutionary Applications, 19(6), p.e70255. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70255 | connectivity, conservation, inbreeding depression, molluscs, genetic health, population bottleneck |
| Davidson, L.N., English, P.A., King, J., Grant, P.B., Taylor, I.G., Barnett, L.A., Gertseva, V., Tribuzio, C.A. and Anderson, S.C., 2026. Mystery of the disappearing dogfish: transboundary analyses reveal steep population declines across the Northeast Pacific with little evidence for regional redistribution. Fish and Fisheries, 27(1), pp.1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.70028 | Pacific Spiny Dogfish, transboundary populations |
| Harrison, H.L., Aas, Ø., Berseth, V., Chance, T., Dalby, K.L., Denny, S., Fabiano, M.T., Johnson, N., Kitching, T., Kwong, L.E. and Orlov, P., 2026. A Review of a Decade of Anadromous Salmonid Hatchery (and Stocking) Research: Insights for Policy, Management and a Changing Climate. Fish and Fisheries, 27(3), pp.431-450. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.70056 | literature review, hatcheries, stocking, anadromous salmonids, climate, knowledge systems |
| Indivero, J., Anderson, S.C., Barnett, L.A., Pohl, J.E., Rohan, S.K., Siedlecki, S., Ward, E.J. and Essington, T.E., 2026. Skill testing oxygen data for distribution modeling of marine species. Fisheries Oceanography, 35(2), pp.168-188. https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.70005 | species distribution modeling |
| Bigman, J.S., Barnett, L.A., Thorson, J.T., Anderson, S.C., Oke, K.B., Kearney, K.A., Pilcher, D.J., Cheng, W., Goldstein, E.D., Matta, M.E. and Holsman, K.K., 2026. Changes in Body Size With Age Do Not Follow the Temperature‐Size Rule. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 35(4), p.e70238. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70238 | macroecological theory, productivity of fisheries |
| Lancaster, D., Mouy, X., Haggarty, D. and Juanes, F., 2025. Knock knock, who's there? Identifying wild species‐specific fish sounds with passive acoustic localization and random forest models. Journal of Fish Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70294 | Rockfish, Sebastes, passive acoustic monitoring (PAM), animal communication, fish sounds, localization, vocalizations, random forest |
| Jones, S.R., Revie, C.W. and Stewardson, L., 2025. Trends in abundance of sea lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus clemensi on juvenile wild Pacific salmon unchanged following cessation of salmon aquaculture in coastal British Columbia. Journal of Fish Diseases, 48(10), p.e14136. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.14136 | Caligus clemensi, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, salmon aquaculture, sea lice, wild salmon |
| Metzger, D.C., Healy, T.M., Wellband, K. and Schulte, P.M., 2026. Life History and Smoltification Shape Genomic Signatures of Thermal Tolerance in Chinook Salmon. Molecular Ecology, 35(1), p.e70233. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70233 | Chinook Salmon, climate change, thermal tolerance, CTmax, poolseq, gene expression |
| Moreaux, J.M., Hunt, B.P., McMillan, C.J., Melica, V., Christensen, V. and Thornton, S.J., 2026. Summer Diet of Humpback Whales in the Northern Strait of Georgia, British Columbia (Canada), Revealed by Stable Isotope Analysis. Marine Mammal Science, 42(1), p.e70050. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70050 | Humpback whale, stable isotope analysis, humpback whalediet |
| Ford, J.K., Lee, L.C., Pilkington, J.F. and Doniol‐Valcroze, T., 2026. High Diversity of Killer Whale Populations Revealed by Passive Acoustic Monitoring in Gwaii Haanas, Haida Gwaii, Northern British Columbia, Canada, With Insights Into Seasonal Occurrence. Marine Mammal Science, 42(3), p.e70226. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70226 | Killer whales, passive acoustic monitoring, Haida Gwaii, biodiversity |
| Bateman, A.W., Teffer, A.K., Bass, A., Ming, T., Kaukinen, K., Hunt, B.P., Krkošek, M. and Miller, K.M., 2022. Atlantic salmon farms are a likely source of Tenacibaculum maritimum infection in migratory Fraser River sockeye salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 79(8), pp.1225-1240. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0164 | Pacific Salmon, Aquaculture, Fraser River Sockeye, Teacibaculum maritimum |
| Reidy, R.D., Ens, N., Gauthier, S., Towers, J.R., Cowen, L.L. and Juanes, F., 2024. Characterizing prey fields in humpback whale foraging areas of southern British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 81(9), pp.1305-1318. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2024-0010 | whales, prey field, active acoustics |
| Lancaster, D., Noth, H., Gauthier, S., Edwards, J., Picco, C., Juanes, F., Mouy, X. and Haggarty, D., 2025. Echosounder-derived metrics from small-scale coastal surveys identify benthic rocky reef fish hotspots within the acoustic deadzone. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 82, pp.1-16. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2024-0413 | Rockfish, Sebastes, groundfish, benthic, monitoring, echosounder, remote operated vehicle (ROV), step-by-step guide, acoustic deadzone, habitat suitability, coastal |
| Wilson, K.L., Atlas, W.I., Whitney, C.K., Reid, M., Service, C.N., Connors, B.M. and Adams, M.S., 2025. Using fisheries risk assessment to inform precautionary and collaborative management in a declining coho salmon fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 82, pp.1-18. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2025-0023 | fisheries risk assessment, coho salmon fishery |
| Hipfner, J.M., Tucker, S., Beacham, T.D. and Trudel, M., 2025. Stock composition of juvenile salmon taken by an abundant, pursuit-diving seabird in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 82, pp.1-13. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2025-0042 | diets, predation, salmon, seabird, stock composition |
| Holt, C.A., Holt, K.R., Wor, C. and Bailey, C.J., 2026. Adapting quantitative tools to support the assessment and management of wild Pacific salmon in an era of legislative, environmental, and socio-political change. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 83, pp.1-18. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2025-0089 | quantitative tools, management of wild Pacific salmon |
| Wright, B.M., Nichol, L.M. and Doniol-Valcroze, T., 2026. Coastal and offshore patterns of rorqual and porpoise densities in Canadian Pacific waters. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, (ja). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2025-0258 | Canadian Pacific, density surface modelling, distribution, porpoise, rorqual |
| Whitmore, R.W., Hankin, D.G. and Rondeau, E.B., 2026. Using lower river genetic stock identification (GSI) and a tributary-specific mark–recapture program to estimate genetic unit escapements of Pacific salmon within large river systems. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 83, pp.1-19. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2025-0287 | Coho Salmon, Escapement, Genetic Stock Identification, Wild Salmon Policy |
| Pardo, S.A., Freshwater, C. and King, J., 2026. Stock-specific marine distribution patterns of juvenile Chinook Salmon reveal a gradient of migratory strategies during their first year at sea. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 83, pp.1-16. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2025-0295 | Population-specific migration, fisheries-independent surveys, spatio-temporal distribution models, variable sampling effort, stock composition, life-history variation |
| Davies, H.L., Innes, K.G., Ban, N.C., Juanes, F. and Haggarty, D.R., 2026. Sink today, swim tomorrow: barotrauma symptoms and effectiveness of descending Pacific rockfishes (Sebastes spp.). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 83, pp.1-12. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2025-0324 | Inshore Rockfish, Barotrauma, Fish welfare, Recreational anglind, Descending Device |
| Leggatt, R.A., Graham, Y., Laqua, E., Biagi, C.A., Devlin, R.H. and Wellband, K.W., 2025. Lower chronic temperature limits in three common tropical aquarium fish. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 103, pp.1-7. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2025-0030 | cold tolerance, pet-trade, Betta, Corydoras, Pristella, fluorescent protein transgenesis, invasiveness |
| Woodburn, E., Murray, C.C., Gregr, E.J., Chan, K.M. and Stock, A., 2025. The many pathways of climate change affecting coastal ecosystems: a case study of Western Vancouver Island, Canada. FACETS, 10, pp.1-18. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2024-0043 | climate change, coastal ecosystems |
| Cristiani, J., Rubidge, E.M. and O'Connor, M.I., 2025. Anthropogenic impacts on seagrass habitat connectivity: a model to explore potential links between human activity and marine invertebrate metapopulation persistence. FACETS, 10, pp.1-15. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2024-0152 | connectivity, eelgrass, marine invertebrate dispersal, human impacts, metapopulation, cumulative effects |
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| Larson, E.R., Abbott, C.L., Gilmore, S.R., Helbing, C.C., Lopez, M.L.D., Macintosh, H., Stenhouse, L.M., Williams, B.W. and Usio, N., 2025. Genome skimming supports two new crayfish species from the genus Pacifastacus Bott, 1950 (Decapoda: Astacidae). Zootaxa, 5632(3), pp.501-521. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.3.4 | mitogenome, Misfortunate Crayfish, Okanagan Crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus, Pacifastacus malheurensis sp. nov., Pacifastacus okanaganensis sp. nov. |
| Iacarella, J.C., Chea, R. and Patterson, D.A., 2025. Addressing issues of experimental design, ecological realism and local adaptation for applications of ectotherm upper thermal limits. Journal of Experimental Biology, 228(23), p.jeb250748. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250748 | Critical thermal maxima, climate change, coho salmon, local adaptation, physiological plasticity |
| Haddon, A., Monahan, A.H., Sou, T. and Steiner, N., 2025. Simulated increases of future Arctic dimethylsulfide ocean concentrations, emissions and high-flux events. Elem Sci Anth, 13(1), p.00090. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2024.00090 | Dimethylsulfide, Sulfur, Arctic, Biogeochemistry, Future |
| Creamean, J.M., Miller, L.A., Van Pinxteren, M., Crabeck, O., Steiner, N.S., Marelle, L., Deschepper, I., Lapere, R., Leon-Marcos, A., Pratt, K.A. and Thomas, J.L., 2026. Polar primary aerosols across the ocean-sea ice-snow-atmosphere interface: From sources to impacts. Elem Sci Anth, 14(1), p.00065. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2025.00065 | aerosols, air-sea exchange, climate change, sea ice |
| Ishino, S., Willis, M.D., Angot, H., Bartels-Rausch, T., Crabeck, O., Delille, B., Dunne, E., Franklin, E., Haddon, A., Hayashida, H. and Joge, S.D., 2026. The biogenic sulfur cycle in the coupled ocean–sea ice–atmosphere system. Elem Sci Anth, 14(1), pp.1-60. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2025.00067 | Volatile methylated sulfur (VMS), Dimethyl sulfide (DMS), Methanethiol (MeSH), Biogeochemistry, Arctic Ocean, Southern Ocean, Sea ice, Aerosol and clouds |
| Burgess, B. and Iacarella, J., 2025. Advancing environmental DNA as a tool for fisheries management by predicting salmon abundance across a range of spawning habitats.https://doi.org/10.22541/au.174470062.24167792/v1 | eDNA, freshwater habitat, salmon, spawners, abundance |
| Lapere, R., Haddon, A., Price, R., Marelle, L., Monahan, A.H., Steiner, N., Raut, J.C., Bastien, L. and Thomas, J., 2025. Oceanic DMS strongly affects aerosols and clouds in the Arctic. Authorea. 08 August 2025. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175466602.22534100/v1 | Oceanic dimethylsulfide, Arctic aerosols and clouds |
| Beyer, S., Clemons, J., Billings, A., de Blois, S., Phillips, E., Pohl, J., Thomas, R., Vitale, A. and Gauthier, S., 2025. Escaping the net: Assessing midwater gear selectivity for the Joint United States and Canada Integrated Ecosystem and Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) Acoustic-Trawl survey. https://doi.org/10.32942/X29Q11 | gear selectivity, Pacific hake, Acoustic-trawl survey, midwater trawl, escapement |
| Jones, S., Revie, C. and Stewardson, L., 2025. Trends in sea lice infestations on chum and pink salmon in the Broughton Archipelago remain unchanged despite removal of finfish aquaculture. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 163, pp.107-112. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03866 | Sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, Caligus clemensi, salmon aquaculture, wild salmon, Oncorhynchus |
| Holt, M., Tennessen, J., Hanson, M., Emmons, C., Giles, D., Hogan, J., Brewer, A. and Thornton, S., Diel patterns of biosonar-based foraging effort in endangered southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca. Endangered Species Research. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01517 | diel foraging behaviour, echolocation, vessel noise, masking , southern resident killer whale |
| Wright, B., Olsen, D., Gisborne, B., Schulze, A., Wetklo, M., Ellis, G., Matkin, C., Ford, J. and Doniol-Valcroze, T., 2025. Dietary specialization on elasmobranchs and seasonal foraging patterns of offshore killer whales Orcinus orca in the northeastern Pacific. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 763, pp.171-196. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14876 | Offshore killer whale, Orcinus orca, foraging specialization, elasmobranch, diet composition, predation, shark |
| Stevens, C., Gauthier, S., Quindazzi, M., Hobson, E., Juniper, S.K. and Dower, J., High wax ester content in prominent mesopelagic fish species questions their suitability as food resources. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15229 | mesopelagic fish, myctophid, wax esters, trawl catches, NE Pacific |
| Konik, M., Hunt, B.P., Peña, M.A., Hirawake, T., Marchese, C., Vishnu, P.S., Bracher, A., Xi, H. and Costa, M., 2025. Changes in subarctic Pacific phytoplankton communities over the last two decades. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, p.1609094. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1609094 | Subarctic Pacific, phytoplankton, phenology, bioregions, diatoms |
| Du Preez, C., Gartner, H., Murdock, S. and Tunnicliffe, V., 2025. Beyond the plains: deep-sea mining of polymetallic nodules on and around seamounts. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12, p.1666150. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1666150 | deep-sea mining, polymetallic nodules, seamounts, crusts, environmental impacts, Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas |
| Chu, D., Gauthier, S., de Blois, S., Clemons, J. and Thomas, R., 2025. Robust Daytime In Situ Target Strength Estimation of Pacific Hake (Merluccius productus) over a Wide Size Range. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 13(12), p.2255. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13122255 | Fisheries, acoustics, Pacific Hake, biomass assessment |
| Polinski, M., Gross, L., Groman, D., Alarcón, M., Braceland, M., Booman, M., Ditlecadet, D., May, S., Gagné, N. and Garver, K., 2025. PRV-1 virulence in Atlantic salmon is affected by host genotype. Viruses, 17(2), p.285. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17020285 | Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV), Atlantic salmon, virulence, laboratory disease challenge, genotype |
| Dunic, J.C., Conner, J., Anderson, S.C. and Thorson, J.T., 2025. Introducing the generalized gamma distribution: a flexible distribution for index standardization. arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.05618. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2501.05618 | generalized gamma distribution |
| Bluteau, C.E., Wain, D., Mullarney, J.C. and Stevens, C.L., 2025. Best practices for estimating turbulent dissipation from oceanic single-point velocity timeseries observations. EGUsphere, 2025, pp.1-42. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4433 | Mixing, ocean turbulence, best practices |
| Herder, E.C. and Bureau, D. 2025. Survey of Northern Abalone in British Columbia’s PFMAs 3 and 4, May 2021. Can. Man. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3297: vii + 65 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/0hzg-nm96 | Northern Abalone, Haliotis kamtschatkana, density, size frequency |
| Coyne, J., Cyr, F., Snook, S., Bishop, C., Galbraith, P.S., Shaw, J.-L., Chen, N., and Han, G. (2025). Physical Oceanographic Conditions on the Newfoundland and Labrador Shelf during 2024. Can. Tech. Rep. Hydrogr. Ocean Sci. 401: iv + 61 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/1d14-x857 | physical oceanography, sea ice, air temperature, water temperature, salinity, hydrographic data |
| Bannar-Martin, K.H., Yakimishyn, J., Proudfoot, P., Booker, H., Vos, A., Wright, M., Boldt, J., Burke, L., Douglas, K., Favaro, C., Fu, C., Gartner, H., Hall, A., Hilborn, A., Keppel, E., Lam, V., Li, Z., Lok, E., Neary, K., Nordstrom, C., Ogilvie, M., Ross, T., Sastri, A., Spaven, L., Zharikov, Y., and Robb, C.K. 2025. Biophysical and Ecological Overview of the ƛ ̓ušiiʔaaʔaq (Swiftsure Bank) Area. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3735: xxiii + 459 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/6w6a-8t10 | marine conservation targets, ecological overview, biodiversity, intertidal, subtidal, British Columbia |
| King, J.R., Jung, Y., Flynn, K.L., Dennis-Bohm, H., Tabata, A.M., and Boldt, J.L. 2025. Integrated Pelagic Ecosystem Survey on the Vancouver Island Continental Shelf, June 24 - July 23, 2024. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3698: vii + 114 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/7tm8-dz55 | pelagic, marine ecosystem, survey, trawl, British Columbia |
| Gillespie, G.E., M.I. Bigg, S.C. Davies, L.-M. Herborg and G.P. Thomas. 2025. Biological synopses for select British Columbia intertidal molluscs in support of marine emergency response. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3647: ix + 314 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/b665-sj26 | Mollusc, Environmental emergency response, Environmental emergency response planning |
| Lagasse, C.R., Fraser, K.A., Braithwaite, E., Komick, N. 2025. Salmon Bycatch Monitoring and Sampling Results for the Pacific Region 2023/24 Groundfish Trawl Fishery. Can. Manuscr. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3298: vi + 41 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/d0e4-pp46 | bycatch, salmon fisheries, demersal fisheries, trawling, age structure, landing statistics |
| Schwarz, C.J., Alexander, R., Carr-Harris, C,. Beveridge, I., Noble, C., May, C., and Warkentin, L. 2025. Review of run size and escapement estimates for the Nass River system: Chinook, Sockeye, and Coho salmon and summer-run steelhead: Part 1 – Review of Methods. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3719: xv + 161 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/eas5-q565 | Salmon, capture-recapture estimation, abundance estmation |
| LeBlond, H.T., Quayle, L.S., and Yurk, H. 2025. Evaluating the performance of the MIRFEE classifier plugin for PAMGuard at differentiating between whale vocalizations and anthropogenic noise in the Salish Sea. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3699: iv + 28 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/fmjr-ze05 | Passive acoustic monitoring, Music information retrieval, Machine learning, Whale detection |
| Dionne, K. and Gao, J. 2025. Pre-Season Run Size Forecasts for Fraser River Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in 2024. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3714: v + 32 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/h4wg-dx41 | salmon fisheries, biological production, fishery management |
| Boldt, J.L., Joyce, E., Tucker, S., Gauthier, S., and Jackson, J. (Eds.). 2025. State of the physical, biological and selected fishery resources of Pacific Canadian marine ecosystems in 2024. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3687: viii + 337 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/hxdg-q818 | State of the Pacific Ocean, Physical and biological, fishery resources |
| Christian, J.R., Davidson, F., Holdsworth, A.M., Lu, Y., Morgan, J., Zhai, L., and Zheng, Z. 2026. Simulation results of a Canada-wide ocean biogeochemical model including the North Atlantic, North Pacific and Arctic Oceans. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3721: v + 42 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/hyqd-2f14 | ocean modelling, biogeochemical cycles, Canada's 3 oceans |
| Proudfoot, B., Robb, C.K., Paleczny, M., Gale, K.S.P., Snow, B., Clark, A., Shepard, T., Vanier, A., Burke, L., Westfall, K., Dudas, S., Rubidge, E.M., and Norgard, T. 2025. Coastal Biodiversity Survey (PAC2021-035) in the Strait of Georgia and Central Coast of Pacific Canada: 2021 Cruise Report. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3700: x + 80 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/kexg-5103 | marine conservation targets, rockfish conservation areas, monitoring, biodiversity, intertidal, subtidal, eDNA, British Columbia, Caamaño Sound, Chatham Sound |
| Burnham, R., Vagle, S., Lauch M. 2025. Results from scenarios of altered commercial vessel traffic density, speed and transit route. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3715 : xxvii + 217 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/ktqc-3694 | commercial vessel traffic |
| Proudfoot, B., Paleczny, M., Berry, K., Bigg, M., Bluteau, C., Davies, S., Fields, C., Gillespie, K., Jeffery, S., Liu, A., Schmunk, S., Wright, C., Burke, L., Westfall, K., Dudas, S., Rubidge, E.M., and Robb., C.K. 2025. Coastal Biodiversity Survey (PAC2023-035) in Caamaño and Chatham Sounds on the Central and North Coasts of Pacific Canada: 2023 Cruise Report. Can Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3693: xi + 115 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/n1he-3993 | marine conservation targets, rockfish conservation areas, monitoring, biodiversity, intertidal, subtidal, eDNA, British Columbia, Caamaño Sound, Chatham Sound |
| Thompson, M., Boldt, J.L., Dennis-Bohm, H., Grinnell, M.H., and Rooper, C.N. 2025. Strait of Georgia Juvenile Pacific Herring Survey, September 2023. Can. Manuscr. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3626: vi + 55 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/ramk 8n46 | marine, juveniles, abundance, feeding habits, size distribution, fishery surveys |
| Dunic, J.C. and Anderson, S.C. 2025. Assessing the quality of groundfish population indices derived from the Small-mesh Multi-species Bottom Trawl Survey. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3667: v + 40 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/rjyz-8w29 | groundfish, survey index, data, geostatistical, spatiotemporal, species distribution, Pacific |
| Gartner, H., Best, M., Boyko, R., Labbé, D.M., Lauer, R., MacIntosh, H., Skil Jáada (Zahner, V.), Stacey, C.D., Stanley, C., and Du Preez, C. 2025. Biophysical and Ecological Overview of the Tuzo Wilson Seamount Complex. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3689: x + 109 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/wcjj-h160 | skate nursery ground, seamount, hydrothermal venting |
| Abbott, C., Polinski, M., Lowe, G., Gilmore, S., Meyer, G., Kim, E., and Flores, A.-M. 2026. National Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory System Report on the Development and Validation of a qPCR Assay for Detection of Mikrocytos mackini. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3753: ix + 22 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/yab1-h547 | marine, parasites, PCR, parasitoses, detection, |
| Towers, J.R., Sutton, G.J., Shaw, T.J.H., Conry, D.S., Malleson, M., Forde, J. and Doniol-Valcroze, T. 2025. Photo-identification catalogue and status of the coastal subset of the West Coast Transient population of Bigg’s killer whale in British Columbia, Canada. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3726: vi + 203 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/yc01-dc71 | Bigg’s killer whale, photo-identification, abundance |
| Walker, L.C., Rogers, L.A., Anderson, S.C., and Haggarty D.R. 2025. A review of biological samples collected from commercial groundfish fisheries in British Columbia, 1996–2022. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3722: vi + 148 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/ywpx-4051 | groundfish, commercial, Pacific, Data, at-sea observer program |
| Hunter, K.L., Poach, M., Howe, J., Hopkinson, C., Wang, Z.A., Krumhansl, K., Burgers, T., and Meseck, S. 2025. Exploring the intersection of coastal blue carbon and ocean acidification: A synthesis of biogeochemical processes, coastal management strategies, knowledge gaps, and future research opportunities. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 3730: vi + 30 p. https://doi.org/10.60825/zx02-r335 | marine, coastal ecosystems, blue carbon, carbon sequestration, carbon capture and storage, ocean acidification |
| O’Mahony, É.N., McCarthy, M.L., Keen, E.M., Wray, J., McMillan, C.J., Thornton, S.J., Rendell, L.E., Tange Olsen, M. and Gaggiotti, O.E., 2026. Breath to genome: Whole genome sequencing of large whales from blow sampling. bioRxiv, pp.2026-03. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.08.710374 | humpback whale, blow sampling, genome |
| Lye, Sadie and Sunthareswaran, Dilan and McLaskey, Anna K. and Scholes, Rachel C. and Johannessen, Sophia and Hunt, Brian P. V., Stormwater and rivers from urban environments deliver high concentrations of traceable nutrients and organic matter to the coastal ocean. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6675561 | Urbanization, stormwater, coastal, marine, stable isotopes, fatty acids, tracers |
| Cyr, F., Ross, T., Tran, A., Hebert, D. and Richards, C., 2025. Evaluating sustained ocean monitoring using underwater gliders in Canada.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14783/15709 | Autonomous vehicles (gliders), oceanography, observational program planning |
| Ward, E.J., Anderson, S.C., Barnett, L.A., English, P.A., Berger, H.M., Commander, C.J., Essington, T.E., Harvey, C.J., Hunsicker, M.E., Jacox, M.G. and Johnson, K.F., 2024. Win, lose, or draw: Evaluating dynamic thermal niches of northeast Pacific groundfish. PLoS Climate, 3(11), p.e0000454. https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000454 | thermal niches, northeast Pacific groundfish |
| Li, X., Han, X., Yang, J., Wang, J., Han, G., Ding, J., Shen, H. and Yan, J., 2025. A generative adversarial network with an attention spatiotemporal mechanism for tropical cyclone forecasts. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 42(1), pp.67-78. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-024-3243-6#preview | tropical cyclones, spatiotemporal prediction, generative adversarial network, attention spatiotemporal mechanism, deep learning |
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