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West Coast of Vancouver Island - Further Readings

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  • Beamish, R.J., and G.A McFarlane. 1985. Pacific hake stocks off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Marine Fisheries Review 47(2):75-81.
  • Bigg, M.A. 1985. Status of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) and California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) in British Columbia. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries Aquatic Sciences 77:1-20.
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  • Brodziak, J., R. Mikus. 2000. Variation in life history parameters of Dover sole, Microstomus pacificus, off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and northern California. Fish. Bull. 98, 661–673.
  • Butler, R.G., A. Harfenist, F.A. Leighton, and D.B. Peakall. 1988. Impact of sublethal oil and emulsion exposure on the reproductive success of Leachs storm petrels - short and long-term effects. Journal of Applied Ecology. 25:125-143.
  • Calambokidis, J., J. D. Darling, V. Deeke, P. Gearin, M. Gosho, W. Megill, C. M. Tombach, D. Goley, C. Toropova, and B. Gisborne. 2002. Abundance, range and movements of a feeding aggregation of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) from California to southeastern Alaska in 1998. J. Cet. Res. Manag. 4:267−276.
  • Camphysen, C.J., and M. Hubeck. 2001. Marine oil pollution and beached bird surveys: the development of a sensitive monitoring instrument. Environmental Pollution. 112: 443-461.
  • COSEWIC. 2002. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 32 pp. Available here
  • COSEWIC. 2007. COSEWIC assessment and update status on the sea otter Enhydra lutris in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa.
  • COSEWIC. 2008. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Killer Whale Orcinus orca, Southern Resident population, Northern Resident population, West Coast Transient population, Offshore population and Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic population, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. viii + 65 pp. Available here.
  • DFO. 1999. Petrale sole British Columbia (Area 3C-5D). DFO Science Stock Status Report A6-06 (1999).
  • DFO. 2007a. A new ecosystem science framework in support of integrated management. DFO/2007-1296. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Available here
  • DFO. 2007b. Recovery Potential Assessment for Northern Fur Seals (Callorhinus ursinus). DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Science Advisory Report, 2007/052.
  • DFO. 2008. Population Assessment: Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus). DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2008/047.
  • DFO. 2010a. Management Plan for the Eastern Pacific Grey Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in Canada [Final]. Species at Risk Act Management Plan Series. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa. v + 60pp.
  • DFO. 2010b. Management Plan for the Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) in Canada [Final]. Species at Risk Act Management Plan Series. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa. vi + 69 pp.
  • DFO. 2010c. Population assessment Pacific harbour seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi). DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2009/011.
  • DFO. 2011a. Pacific region: integrated fisheries management plan salmon southern B.C. June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012. Fisheries and Oceans Canada. 268 p. Available here
  • Emmet, R.L., R.D. Brodeur, T.W. Miller, S. S. Pool, G.K. Krutzikowsky, R.J. Bentley, J. McCrae. 2005. Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) abundance, distribution, and ecological relationships in the Pacific Northwest. CalCOFI Rep., Vol. 46.
  • Estes, J.A., R.J. Jameson, and A.M. Johnson. 1981. Food selection and some foraging tactics of sea otters. In: Worldwide furbearers conference proceedings. Edited by J.A. Chapman and D. Pursley. pp.606-641.
  • Fargo, J., and S. McKinnell. 1989. Effects oftemperature and stock size on year-class production for rock sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata) in northern Hecate Strait, British Columbia. In Effects of ocean variability on recruitment and an evaluation of parameters used in stock assessment models, R. J. Beamish and G. A. McFarlane, eds. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 108:327-333.
  • Finney, J.L. 2010. Overlap of predicted cold-water coral habitat and bottom-contact fisheries in British Columbia. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2010/067. vi + 26 p.
  • Ford, J.K.B, G.M. Ellis, P.F. Olesiuk, and K.C. Balcomb. 2010. Linking killer whale survival and prey abundance: food limitation in the oceans’ apex predator? Biol. Lett. 6: 139-142.
  • Ford, J.K.B, A.L. Rambeau, R.M. Abernethy, M.D. Boogaards, L.M. Nichol and L.D. Spaven. 2009. An assessment of the potential for recovery of humpback whales off the Pacific Coast of Canada. DFO Can. Sci. Adv. Sec. Res. Doc. 2009/ 015.
  • Galluci, V., Taylor, I., King, J., McFarlane, G., and McPhie, R. 2011. Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) Assessment and Catch Recommendations for 2010. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2011/034. x + 71 p.
  • Gregr, E.J., J. Calambokidis, L. Convey, J.K.B. Ford, R.I. Perry, L. Spaven, and M. Zacharias. 2006. Recovery Strategy for Blue, Fin, and Sei Whales (Balaenoptera musculus, B. physalus, and B. borealis) in Pacific Canadian Waters. In Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Vancouver: Fisheries and Oceans Canada. vii + 53 pp.
  • Hare, S.R. 2010. Assessment of the Pacific halibut stock at the end of 2010. Int. Pac. Halibut Comm. Report of Research and Assessment Activities 2010: 85-176.
  • Hargreaves, N. B., D. M. Ware, and G. A. McFarlane.1994. Return of the Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) to the British Columbia coast in 1992. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 51: 460–463.
  • Helser, T.E., I.J. Stewart, and S.J. Hamel. 2009. Stock Assessment of Pacific Hake, Merluccius productus, (a.k.a Whiting) in U.S. and Canadian Waters in 2008. In: Status of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery through 2008, Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation: Stock Assessments, STAR Panel Reports, and Rebuilding Analyses. Pacific Fishery Managment Council, Portland, OR, 128 pp.
  • Hipfner, M. 2008. Seabird reproductive performance on Triangle Island in 2007: A late and unsuccessful breeding season. p 62-63 in J.R. Irvine and W. R. Crawford, 2008: State of physical, biological, and selected fishery resources of Pacific Canadian marine ecosystem. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2008/013.
  • Hyatt, K. D., and W. Luedke. 1999. West Coast Vancouver Island Sockeye. DFO Science Stock Status Report. D6-05. Available online here.
  • Ianson, D., and L. Flostrand. 2010. Ecosystem status and trends report: coastal waters off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2010/046. Iv + 58 p.
  • Jamieson, G.S., A.C. Phillips, and W.S. Huggett. 1989. Effects of ocean variability on the abundance of Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) megalopae, p. 305-325. In: R.J. Beamish and G.A. McFarlane [ed.] Effects of ocean variability on recruitment and an evaluation of parameters used in stock assessment models. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 108.
  • King , J.R. 2001. Assessment of lingcod in the Strait of Georgia. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2001/132. 42 p. Available online: here.
  • Love, M.S. 1996. Probably more than you want to know about the fishes of the Pacific coast. Really Big Press, Santa Barbara, California. 215 pp.
  • Love, M.S., M. Yoklavich, and L. Thorsteinson. 2002. The rockfishes of the Northeast Pacific. University of California Press, Los Angeles. 405 pp.
  • Mackas, D. L., R. E. Thomson, and M. Galbraith. 2001. Changes in the zooplankton community of the British Columbia continental margin, 1985–1999, and their covariation with oceanographic conditions. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 58: 685–702.
  • Mackas, D.L., S. Batten, and M. Trudel. 2007. Effects on zooplankton of a warming ocean: recent evidence from the North Pacific. Progr. Oceanogr. 75:223–252.
  • Markle, D.F., P.M. Harris, and C.L. Toole. 1992. Metamorphosis and an overview of early-life-history stages in Dover sole Microstomus pacificus. Fishery Bulletin, 90:285-301.
  • McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1986. Production of strong year-classes of sablefish off the west coast of Canada. Int. North Pac. Fish. Comm. Bull. 47: 191-202.
  • McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 1992. Climatic influence linking copepod production with strong year-classes in sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 49: 743-753.
  • McFarlane, G. A., and J.R. King. 2003. Migration patterns of Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in the North Pacific Ocean. Fish. Bull. 101(2): 358-367.
  • McFarlane, G.A., D.M .Ware, R. Thomson, D. Mackas, and C. Robinson. 1997. Physical, biological and fisheries oceanography of a large ecosystem (west coast of Vancouver Island) and implications for management. Oceanologica Acta, 20 (1): 191-200.
  • McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish. 2001. The re-occurrence of sardines off Bristish Columbia characterises the dynamic nature of regimes. Progr. In Oceanogr. 49: 151-165.
  • McFarlane, G., and J. King. 2003. Migration patterns of spiny dogfish in the North Pacific Ocean – Squalus acanthias. Fishery Bulletin, 101(2): 358-367.
  • McFarlane, G.A., C.I. Zhang, J.R. King, S. Kim, R.J. Beamish, and J.H. Oh. 2009. Contrast in life histories of exploited fishes and ecosystem structures in coastal waters off west Canada and east Korea. Ocean Science Journal, 44(1): 43-60.
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