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Session and Workshop Summaries

PICES-2025
W7 Response of Top Predators to Unusual Oceanographic, Climatic and Anthropogenic Events in the North Pacific

PICES-2024
S7, Social, economic and ecological implications of recoveries, range expansions and shifting distributions of marine birds, mammals and fish
W9, Puffin diet samples as indicators of forage nekton availability and community structure in the North Pacific

PICES-2023
S11, Anticipated and realized effects of climate change on predatory fish, birds, and mammals of the North Pacific
W5, Bio-indicators of meso to global scale marine pollution: techniques for integration and Standardization

PICES-2022
W7, Anthropogenic stressors, mechanisms and potential impacts on Marine Birds, Mammals, and Sea Turtles

PICES-2019
S13: Implications of prey consumption by marine birds, mammals, and fish in the North Pacific
W12: Potential food competition between top predators and fisheries in the North Pacific

PICES-2018
W7: Diets, consumption, and abundance of marine birds and mammals in the North Pacific

PICES-2017
S12: Seasonal and climatic influences on prey consumption by marine birds, mammals and predatory fishes

PICES-2016
S5: Understanding our changing oceans through species distributions and habitat models based on remotely sensed data
S6: What factors make or break trophic linkages?
W6: Consumption of North Pacific forage species by marine birds and mammals

Winter 2026, Vol. 34, No. 1
PICES-2025, W7 - Response of Top Predators to Unusual Oceanographic, Climatic and Anthropogenic Events in the North Pacific

Winter 2024, Vol. 32, No. 1
PICES-2023, W5 - Bio-indicators of meso to global-scale marine pollution: techniques for integration and standardization

Winter 2023, Vol. 31, No. 1
PICES-2022, W7: Anthropogenic stressors, mechanisms and potential impacts on Marine Birds, Mammals, and Sea Turtles Huang et al. Conservation Genomics Highlights the Urgency of Protecting Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in Chinese Waters. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences, 2025, 2025-08-21. 2025-10-05. https://www.sciengine.com/SCLS/doi/10.1007/s11427-025-3065-y

Farchadi et al, 2025. Data Integration Improves Species Distribution Forecasts Under Novel Ocean Conditions. Ecography. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecog.07997

Lezama-Ochoa et al, 2025. Identifying climate refugia and bright spots for highly mobile species. Ocean Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00136-3

Santora et al, 2025. Species aggregation models resolve essential foraging habitat and impacts of ocean climate variability. Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70068

Allyn et al, 2025. Contrasting species distribution model predictability under novel temperature conditions. Diversity and Distributions. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70036

Scales et al, 2025. Climate mediates the predictability of threats to marine biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2025.02.010

Karp et al, 2025. Applications of species distribution modeling and future needs to support marine resource management. Ices Journal of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf024

Beltran et al, 2025. Elephant seals as ecosystem sentinels for the northeast Pacific Ocean twilight zone. Science, 387, 764–769. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp2244

Dong et al,2025. Distinct fecal microbiome communities and functional predictions in spotted seals: age-dependent and dietary transformations. Marine Mammal Science, 41: e70008. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.70008

Chen et al, 2025. The largest known population of Eden's whale aggregates in the Beibu Gulf, southern China. Marine Mammal Science, 41: e13226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.13226

Orben, R.A. et al. 2025. Collaborating with marine birds to monitor the physical environment within coastal marine protected areas. In Frontiers in Ocean Observing: Marine Protected Areas, Western Boundary Currents, and the Deep Sea. Oceanography, Feb. 19, 2025, 38: 32–37, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2025e115

E.J. Portner et al., 2025. Resource partitioning among pelagic predators remains stable despite annual variability in diet composition. Journal of Animal Ecology, May, 2025, 94(5):1014-1030. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70032

Cao et al.,2024: Isopycnal submesoscale stirring crucially sustaining subsurface chlorophyll maximum in ocean cyclonic eddies. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL105793. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105793

Masunaga et. al., 2024: Shoaling internal tides excited by an interaction of background flows and tides over a shallow ridge. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, Vol. 129, Issue 9, e2023JC020409. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020409

Nisi et al, 2024. Ship collision risk threatens whales across the world’s oceans. Science, 386, 870–875. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp1950

Ding et al, 2024. Chromosome-level genome provides insights into environmental adaptability and innate immunity in the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis). BMC Genomics, 25: 373. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10268-4

E.L. Hazen et al. Ecosystem Sentinels as Early Warning Indicators in the Anthropocene. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Vol. 49, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-111522-102317

Tomita et al. Incomplete isolation in the nonbreeding areas of two genetically separated but sympatric short-tailed albatross populations. Endangered Species Research (ESR), Vol. 53: 213–225, February 29, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01302 (Open Access)

Iida, E., Sato, N., Okado, J. et al. Foraging area, diving and prey chase behaviour of a wing-propelled diver under contrasted prey regimes. Mar Biol, 171, 101 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04411-8

Sakai, R., Okado, J., Kumagai, A. et al. Foraging areas and trip duration vary with the main prey captured, in a day-foraging/night-provisioning seabird. J Ornithol (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-024-02218-4

Dodson, S., Oestreich, W.K., Savoca, M.S. et al. Long-distance communication can enable collective migration in a dynamic seascape. Sci Rep 14, 14857 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65827-2 (Open Access)

Clark-Wolf et al. The capacity of sentinel species to detect changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem structure. J. Appl. Ecol Volume 61, Issue 7, Pages 1638-1648 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14669

Cimino et al. Tracked gulls help identify potential zones of interaction between whales and shipping traffic. Marine Ornithology 52: 61–72. (2024). http://marineornithology.org/PDF/52_1/52_1_61-72.pdf (Open Access)

Calambokidis et al. Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters – West Coast Region. Front. Mar. Sci. (2024) 11:1283231. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1283231 (Open Access)

Fahlbusch et al. Submesoscale coupling of krill and whales revealed by aggregative Lagrangian coherent structures. Proc. R. Soc. B (2024) The Royal Society Publishing, 291: 20232461. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2461 (Open Access)

Welch et al. Selection of planning unit size in dynamic management strategies to reduce human–wildlife conflict. Conservation Biology.2024;38:e14201. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14201 (Open Access)

Peck MA, Catalán IA, Garrido S, Rykaczewski RR and others (2024). Small pelagic fish: new frontiers in ecological research. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 741:1-6. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14648 (Open Access)

Lin et al. (2023). Novel insights into the spatial genetic patterns of the finless porpoise from East to Southeast Asia. Water Biology & Security, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watbs.2022.100094

Shimabukuro et al. Across the North Pacific, dietary-induced stress of breeding rhinoceros auklets increases with high summer Pacific Decadal Oscillation index. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 708:177-189 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14276

Kumagai et al. Black-tailed gulls alter their flight height and airspeed according to wind conditions during their coastal commuting trips. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 723:201-212 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14431

Okado & Watanuki Small interannual variability in the body mass of a seabird with high flight costs. Mar Biol 170:122 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04271-8

William J. Sydeman, Sarah Ann Thompson, Marisol García-Reyes, Caitlin Kroeger, Brian Hoover, Sonia D. Batten, Nora A. Rojek (2023). Effects of currents and temperature on ecosystem productivity in Unimak Pass, Alaska, a premier seabird and biodiversity hotspot. Progress in Oceanography, Vol. 216,103082, ISSN 0079-6611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103082
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