Impact of the 2014–2016 marine heatwave on US and Canada West Coast fisheries: Surprises and lessons from key case studies

CM Free, SC Anderson, EA Hellmers… - Fish and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Marine heatwaves are increasingly affecting marine ecosystems, with cascading impacts on
coastal economies, communities, and food systems. Studies of heatwaves provide crucial …

A comprehensive review of the impacts of climate change on salmon: Strengths and weaknesses of the literature by life stage

LG Crozier, JE Siegel - Fishes, 2023 - mdpi.com
As we confront novel environmental challenges, a full understanding of the physical and
biological processes that govern species responses to climate change will help maintain …

Marine heatwaves disrupt ecosystem structure and function via altered food webs and energy flux

DGE Gomes, JJ Ruzicka, LG Crozier, DD Huff… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The prevalence and intensity of marine heatwaves is increasing globally, disrupting local
environmental conditions. The individual and population-level impacts of prolonged …

State of the California Current Ecosystem report in 2022: a tale of two La Niñas

AR Thompson, R Swalethorp, M Alksne… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
2022 marked the third consecutive La Niña and extended the longest consecutive stretch of
negative Oceanic Niño Index since 1998-2001. While physical and biological conditions in …

Momma's larvae: Maternal oceanographic experience and larval size influence early survival of rockfishes

HW Fennie, N Ben‐Aderet, SJ Bograd… - Fisheries …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying factors that affect larval mortality is critical for understanding the drivers of fish
population dynamics. Although larval fish mortality is high, small changes in mortality rates …

Drivers of plankton community structure in intermittent and continuous coastal upwelling systems–from microbes and microscale in-situ imaging to large scale …

MS Schmid, S Sponaugle, AW Thompson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Eastern Boundary Systems support major fisheries whose early life stages depend on
upwelling production. Upwelling can be highly variable at the regional scale, with …

From threats to solutions: A literature review of climate adaptation in anadromous salmon and trout.

LG Crozier, JE Siegel - Ecosphere, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
Understanding the evolutionary responses of anadromous salmon and trout to climate
change is critical for effective conservation planning. In this study, we conducted a …

Using low volume eDNA methods to sample pelagic marine animal assemblages

ME Dan, EJ Portner, JS Bowman, BX Semmens… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an increasingly useful method for detecting pelagic animals
in the ocean but typically requires large water volumes to sample diverse assemblages …

Responses of fisheries ecosystems to marine heatwaves and other extreme events

AR Marshak, JS Link - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Marine ecosystems and their living marine resources (LMRs) continue to respond to the
effects of global change, with environmental factors impacting marine fisheries biomass …

Nearshore microbial communities of the Pacific Northwest coasts of Canada and the US

LD Rhodes, NG Adams, R Gallego Simon… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
A survey of marine pelagic coastal microbial communities was conducted over a large
geographic latitude range, from Cape Mendocino in northern California USA to Queen …