Publications

We practice science-informed conservation and freely share our discoveries.

A mainstay of our team’s work is collecting field data on threatened species and ecosystems and synthesizing those data into peer-reviewed scientific publications that answer critical questions about the conservation needs of species, inform conservation solutions, and advance our understanding of nature.

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2017

Ecosystem-based management affecting Brandt’s Cormorant resources and populations in the central California Current region

Ainely, D.G., Santora, J.A., Capitolo, P.J., Field, J.C., Beck, J.N., Carle, R.D., Donnelly-Greenan, E., McChesney, G.J., Elliot, M., Bradley, R.W., Lindquist, K., nelson, P., Roletto. J., Warzybok, P., Hester, M., Jahncke, J.
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2017

Mass Mortality Attributed to Acanthocephaliasis at a Gull-Billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) Colony in Coastal California

Patton, R.T., Goodenough, K.S., De La Cruz, S.E.W., Nevins, H., Cole, R., Bodenstein, B., Shearn-Bochsler, V., Collins, B., Beck, J., Sadowski, M., Takekawa, J.Y.
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2017

Compilation of data gathered through the monitoring program of the Pinkfooted shearwater (Ardenna creatopus) in Isla Mocha National Reserve, 2010-2016

Reyes-Cabrera, G., Colodro, V., Herrera, J., Astete, F., Varela, T., Millalén, B., Gajardo, A., López, V., & Hodum, P.
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2017

Saving and restoring the native flora of Robinson Crusoe island at Archipiélago Juan Fernández National Park: progress and projections

Sáez, F., San Martín, V.L., Meza, J., Leiva, I., France, A., Barra, L., Baeriswy, F., Silva, C., Hodum, P., & Edgington, S.
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2017

Community-wide patterns of plastic ingestion in seabirds breeding at French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Rapp, D.C, Youngren, S.M., Hartzell, P., Hyrenbach, K.D.
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2017

Plastic ingestion by Tristram’s Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma tristrami) chicks from French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Youngren, S.M., Rapp, D.C., Hyrenbach, K.D.
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2017

Plastic ingestion by Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes from Kure Atoll, Hawai`i: Linking chick diet remains and parental at-sea foraging distributions

Hyrenbach, K.D., Hester, M.M., Adams, J., Titmus, A.J., Michael, P., Wahl, T., Chang, C., Marie, A., Vanderlip, C.
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2016

Depredation by Common Ravens Corvus corax negatively affects Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus reproduction in central California

Carle, R.D., Calleri, D.M., Beck, J.N., Halbert, P. & Hester, M.M.
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2016

Effects of cattle exclusion on the vegetation at a Pink-footed Shearwater (Ardenna creatopus) colony on Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile

Carle R., Beck J., Colodro V., and Hodum P.
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2016

Seabird mortality induced by land-based artificial lights

Rodríguez, A., Holmes, N. D., Ryan, P. G., Wilson, K.-J., Faulquier, L., Murillo, Y., Raine, A. F., Penniman, J. F., Neves, V., Rodríguez, B., Negro, J. J., Chiaradia, A., Dann, P., Anderson, T., Metzger, B., Shirai, M., Deppe, L., Wheeler, J., Hodum, P., Gouveia, C., Carmo, V., Carreira, G. P., Delgado-Alburqueque, L., Guerra-Correa, C., Couzi, F.-X., Travers, M. and Corre, M. L.
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