Recent Publications

Aoki, Lillian R., Carmen J. Ritter, Deanna S. Beatty, Lia K. Domke, Ginny L. Eckert, Olivia J. Graham, Carla P. Gomes, Collin Gross, Timothy L. Hawthorne, Eliza Heery, et al. 2025. “Seagrass Wasting Disease Prevalence and Lesion Area Increase with Invertebrate Grazing across the Northeastern Pacific.” Ecology 106 (1): e4532. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4532.

Capece, Lena R., Alyssa J. Griffin, Melissa A. Ward, Aurora M. Ricart, Priya Shukla, Jolie Lobrutto, and Tessa M. Hill. 2025. “Multi-Scale Variability of Blue Carbon in Seagrass Sediments From Three California Estuaries.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 130 (8): e2024JG008526. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008526.

Chiu, Elliott S., Devinn M. Sinnott, Martha A. Delaney, Michael M. Garner, Lance Adams, Bill Van Bonn, Kathleen M. Colegrove, Katie Haman, Anibal G. Armién, and Karen Shapiro. 2025. “Clinicopathologic, Molecular, and Ultrastructural Features of Sarcocystis Pinnipedi Infection in 2 California Sea Lions with Fatal Necrotizing Hepatitis.” Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, February 20, 10406387251321832. https://doi.org/10.1177/10406387251321832.

Collins, James R., Mattias R. Cape, Robert E. Boenish, Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson, Scott C. Doney, Rod Fujita, Steven D. Gaines, Rebecca L. Gruby, Di Jin, Heather H. Kim, et al. 2025. “The Biogeochemistry of Natural Climate Solutions Based on Fish, Fisheries, and Marine Mammals: A Review of Current Evidence, Research Needs, and Critical Assessment of Readiness.” Global Biogeochemical Cycles 39 (7): e2024GB008393. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GB008393.

Crimp, James, Lindsay A. Meyer, Lara Horstmann, Jordan A. Hollarsmith, Maribel Montiel, Fabiola Lafarga-De La Cruz, Alyssa R. Frederick, Wil Licht, and Schery Umanzor. 2025. “Effect of Macroalgal Diet on Growth Rate and Nutrition of the Pinto Abalone, Haliotis Kamtschatkana.” Journal of Shellfish Research 44 (1). https://doi.org/10.2983/035.044.0103.

DiNezio, Pedro N., Timothy M. Shanahan, Tianyi Sun, Chijun Sun, Xian Wu, Allison Lawman, David Lea, Masa Kageyama, Ute Merkel, Matthias Prange, Bette Otto-Bliesner, and Xu Zhang. 2025. “Tropical Response to Ocean Circulation Slowdown Raises Future Drought Risk.” Nature 644 (8077): 676–83. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09319-x.

Gerend, Stephanie, Amy Caughey, Marina Banuet-Martinez, Rachael Vriezen, Karen Shapiro, Rob Jamieson, Theresa Koonoo, and Sherilee L. Harper. 2025. “Clam Research in Nunavut: A Scoping Review of the Literature.” One Health 21 (December): 101168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101168.

Grettenberger, Christen, David A. Gold, and C. Titus Brown. 2025. “Distribution of Early-Branching Cyanobacteriia and the Potential Habitats That Gave Rise to the Earliest Oxygenic Phototrophs.” mSphere 10 (2): e01013-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.01013-24.

Halloran, Paul R., Thomas G. Bell, William J. Burt, Sophie N. Chu, Sophie Gill, Cameron Henderson, David T. Ho, Vassilis Kitidis, Erika La Plante, Monica Larrazabal, et al. 2025. “Seawater Carbonate Chemistry Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Towards Commonly Agreed Principles for Carbon Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification.” Frontiers in Climate 7 (February). https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2025.1487138.

Hitt, Lauren G., Malte Willmes, George Whitman, Mackenzie C. Miner, Carson Jeffres, Rachel C. Johnson, Dennis E. Cocherell, Nann A. Fangue, and Andrew L. Rypel. 2025. “Early Evidence for Establishment of a Chinook Salmon Population in a Restored Watershed.” Ecosphere 16 (3): e70207. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70207.

Huff Hartz, Kara E., Katie J. Knaub, Louise Cominassi, Giovanni S. Molinari, Shane Power, Mia Arkles, S. D. M. Chinthaka, Andrea Chandler, Md. Habibullah-Al-Mamun, Gregory Whitledge, Amelie Segarra, Richard E. Connon, Shawn Acuña, and Michael J. Lydy. 2025. “Development of a Fipronil Insecticide Response Spectrum Model for Juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha).” Environmental Pollution 385 (November): 127122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.127122.

Jenniges, Yvonne, Maike Sonnewald, Sebastian Maneth, Are Olsen, and Boris P. Koch. 2025. “Unveiling 3D Ocean Biogeochemical Provinces in the North Atlantic: A Systematic Comparison and Validation of Clustering Methods.” Ecological Informatics 91 (November): 103390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103390.

Khojasteh, Danial, Shivanesh Rao, Sarah McSweeney, Raimundo Ibaceta, Robert J. Nicholls, Jon French, William Glamore, John L. Largier, Janine Adams, Michael G. Hughes, et al. 2025. “Intermittent Estuaries Deserve Global Attention as Vulnerable and Vital Ecosystems.” Communications Earth & Environment 6 (1): 443. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02428-5.

Knaub, Katie, Md Habibullah-Al-Mamun, Kara E. Huff Hartz, Gregory Whitledge, Louise Cominassi, Andrea Chandler, Mia Arkles, John Reeve, Amelie Segarra, Richard E. Connon, and Michael J. Lydy. 2025. “Development of a Response Spectrum Model for Bifenthrin in Juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha).” Environmental Pollution 372 (May): 126070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126070.

Lewis, Levi, Christian Denney, Leticia Cavole, Alejandro Lama, Claire Chung, Feng Zhao, James Hobbs, Tien-Chieh Hung, Justin Glessner, Swee Teh, and Bruce Hammock. 2025. “Otolith-Based Comparisons of Wild versus Hatchery-Origin Delta Smelt.” Endangered Species Research 57 (August): 467–80. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01422.

Longman, Emily K., and Eric Sanford. 2025b. “Biogeographic Variation in Mussel Shell Thickness and Drilling Predation on Rocky Shores.” Oecologia 207 (8): 126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-025-05760-x.

Mantua, Nathan J., Heather Bell, Anne E. Todgham, Miles E. Daniels, Jacques Rinchard, Jarrod M. Ludwig, John C. Field, Steven T. Lindley, Freya E. Rowland, Catherine A. Richter, et al. 2025. “Widespread Thiamine Deficiency in California Salmon Linked to an Anchovy-Dominated Marine Prey Base.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (26): e2426011122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2426011122.

McNabb-Kelada, Nicole A., Tara Burke, Saro Jayaraman, Lesley J. Mills, Ashley I. De La Torre, Madison Silvia, Hannah Schrader, Diane Nacci, Bryan W. Clark, and Andrew Whitehead. 2025a. “Early Life PBDE Flame Retardant Exposures Cause Neurobehavioral Alterations in Fish That Persist into Adulthood and Vary by Sex and Route of Exposure.” Environmental Science & Technology 59 (35): 18480–95. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c05886.

McNabb-Kelada, Nicole A., Tara Burke, Saro Jayaraman, Lesley J. Mills, Ashley I. De La Torre, Madison Silvia, Hannah Schrader, Diane Nacci, Bryan W. Clark, and Andrew Whitehead. 2025b. “PBDE Flame Retardant Exposure Causes Neurobehavioral and Transcriptional Effects in First-Generation but Not Second-Generation Offspring Fish.” Environmental Science & Technology 59 (35): 18496–513. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c05887.

Nechat, Sumi, Melina Shadi, Andrea D. Schreier, Nann A. Fangue, John P. Sundberg, and Robert H. Rice. 2025. “An Epithelial Cell Culture Model for Sturgeon Integument Responds Sensitively to 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin Exposure.” Scientific Reports 15 (1): 26875. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-12299-7.

Nielsen, Erica S., Samuel Walkes, Jacqueline L. Sones, Phillip B. Fenberg, David A. Paz-García, Richard K. Grosberg, Eric Sanford, and Rachael A. Bay. 2025. “The Effects of Latitudinal Gradients, Climatic Anomalies, and Size-Selective Harvesting on the Adaptive Potential of an Intertidal Gastropod.” Evolutionary Applications 18 (9): e70159. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70159.

Overturf, Ken, Jason Abernathy, Dietmar Kültz, Jacob Bledsoe, Shawn Narum, and Thomas Welker. 2025. “Potential Physiological Mechanisms behind Variation in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss) to Biosynthesize EPA and DHA When Reared on Plant Oil Replacement Feeds.” Aquaculture Reports 41 (April): 102655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2025.102655.

Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina M., Ruth DiMaria, Daniel L. Martin, A. Randall Hughes, Bradley J. Peterson, Katharyn E. Boyer, John J. Stachowicz, Pablo Jorgensen, Gregory M. Ruiz, and Cliff Ross. 2025. “Phylogeography of Labyrinthula Species and Strains Shows High Connectivity and Low Genetic Variation across Seagrass Hosts and Geographic Locations in North America.” Frontiers in Marine Science 11 (January): 1463968. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1463968.

Park, Jane, Chelsea Hess, Charles Brown, David M. Rocke, Christoph Aeppli, Fernando Galvez, and Andrew Whitehead. 2025. “Adult Killifish Exposure to Crude Oil Perturbs Embryonic Gene Expression and Larval Morphology in First- and Second-Generation Offspring.” Environmental Science & Technology 59 (34): 18010–22. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c01822.

Pozzi, Tara, Mark Lubell, and Jessica Rudnick. n.d. “The Network Structure of Environmental Justice Social Movements: A Case Study in the California Delta.” Society & Natural Resources 0 (0): 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2025.2534954.

Raymond, Joseph, Lucas S. Bair, Timothy D. Counihan, Wesley M. Daniel, Sofie Duntugan, Matthew E. Neilson, and Michael Springborn. 2025. “Don’t Move a Mussel: The Role of Key Environmental Drivers and Management Scale in Assessing Spatial Variation in Dreissenid Spread Risk in the Missouri River Basin.” Ecological Indicators 170 (January): 112526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112526.

Reimer, Matthew N., Anthony Rogers, and James N. Sanchirico. 2025. “Managing for Adaptive Capacity in Climate-Ready Fisheries.” Marine Policy 174 (April): 106601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106601.

Ricart, Aurora M., Julieta B. Gómez, Rachael H. Karm, John L. Largier, Vinicius Bastos Correa De Souza, Abigail S. Dias, Maria G. Velázquez, Taylor Nelson, Kyle C. Cavanaugh, Katherine C. Cavanaugh, and Brent B. Hughes. 2025. “Persistent Kelp Forests during a Massive Decline Reveal the Importance of Land–Sea Connectivity.” Ecology 106 (9): e70212. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70212.

Schenck, F. R., J. K. Baum, K. E. Boyer, J. E. Duffy, F. J. Fodrie, J. Gaeckle, T. C. Hanley, C. M. Hereu, K. A. Hovel, P. Jorgensen, et al. 2025. “Host Traits and Temperature Predict Biogeographical Variation in Seagrass Disease Prevalence.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292 (2040): 20243055. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.3055.

Sinnott, Devinn M., Melissa Miller, David Arranz-Solís, Felipe Rodriguez, Jeroen P. J. Saeij, Francesca Batac, Katherine Greenwald, Colleen Young, Michael D. Harris, Mary Gomes, and Karen Shapiro. 2025. “Fatal Toxoplasma Gondii COUG Strain Infections in Southern Sea Otters (Enhydra Lutris Nereis): New Insight on Contributing Factors and Parasite Serotyping.” PLOS ONE 20 (9): e0332223. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0332223.

Steel, Anna E, Sarah E Baird, Matthew J Hansen, and Nann A Fangue. 2025. “Size Mediates Relative Risk and Anti-Predation Response in Juvenile Sturgeon.” Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, March 20, vnae009. https://doi.org/10.1093/tafafs/vnae009.

Zhong, Yi, Yanguang Liu, Jimin Yu, Chijun Sun, Qin Wen, Sev Kender, Keiji Horikawa, Xu Zhang, Michael E. Weber, Siqi Li, et al. 2025. “Bipolar Seesaw of Atmospheric CO2 Between North Pacific and Southern Ocean at Millennial Timescales.” Geophysical Research Letters 52 (13): e2025GL115758. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115758.

Zillig, Kenneth W., Jacqueline A. Fukumoto, Alexandra G. McInturf, Scott G. Burman, Anna E. Steel, Dennis E. Cocherell, and Nann A. Fangue. 2025. “A Laser-Equipped Chamber for the Assessment of Sprint Swimming Traits in Fishes.” Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 13 (September). https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2025.1659194.