Research

Research

Research

Publications

SSSC Collaborative Projects or Scientists SSSC Staff SSSC Scientist in Residency Fellow

2026
Characterizing geologic and climatic controls on rockfall hazards using an inventory and integrated kinematic and runout model: Skagway, Alaska, USA

Ian D. Wachino , Joshua J. Roering , Reuben Cash , Annette I. Patton
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

2025
Benthic marine invertebrate herbivores diversify their algal diets in winter

Yoshioka, R. M , Galloway, A. W. E. , Schram, J. B. , Bell L. E. , Kroeker, K. J.
Ecosphere

2024
Season influences interspecific responses of canopy-forming kelps to future warming and acidification at high latitude

Bell L. E. , Kroeker J. Kristy , Evan O'Brien , Haleigh Damron , Lily Westphal , Jason A. Toy
Ecosphere an esa open access journal

2024
Association of microbial community structure with gill disease in marine-stage farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar); a yearlong study

Morag Clinton , Adam J. Wyness , Samuel A. M. Martin , Andrew S. Brierley , David E. K. Ferrier
Springer Link

2023
Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals

Preston, C.J.
MIT Press

2023
Consequences of delayed care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Emerging research and new lines of inquiry for human biologists and anthropologists

van Doren T.P. , Brown R.
American Journal of Human Biology

2023
Collective action by community groups: solutions for climate change or different players in the same game?

Matthews, L.J. , Clark-Ginsberg, A. , Scobie, M. , Peters, L.E.R. , Gopinathan, U. , Mosurska, A. , Davis, K. , Myhre, S. , Hirsch, S. , Meriläineni, E. , Kelman, I.
Climate and Development

2023
Residential Landslide Insurance in Sitka, Alaska: Market Conditions and Options for Improving Availability

Dixon, L. , Izenberg M. , Lempert, R. , Patton, A.I. , Roering, J.J.
RAND Corporation

2023
Variable trust in public health messaging during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Alaska

van Doren T.P. , Brown R. , Izenberg M. , Heintz R. , Simmons C. , Paddock R.
Frontiers in Communication

2023
Risk perception, adaptation, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Alaska Natives

van Doren T.P. , Zajdman D. , Brown R. , Gandhi P. , Heintz R. , Busch, L. , Simmons C. , Paddock R.
Social Science & Medicine

2023
Landslide initiation thresholds in data-sparse regions: application to landslide early warning criteria in Sitka, Alaska, USA

Patton, A.I. , Mirus, B.B. , Roering, J.J. , Jacobs, A. , Korup, O. , Luna, L.V.
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

2022
A Community-Partnered Approach to Social Network Data Collection for a Large and Partial Network

Izenberg M. , Brown R. , Siebert C. , Heintz R. , Rahmattalabi A. , Vayanos P.
Field Methods

2022
Biocultural perspectives of infectious diseases and demographic evolution: Tuberculosis and its comorbidities through history

van Doren T.P.
Evolutionary Anthropology

2022
High-latitude calcified coralline algae exhibit seasonal vulnerability to acidification despite physical proximity to a non-calcified alga

Bell L. E. , Gómez J.B. , Donham M. Emily , Steller D.L. , Gabrielson P.W. , Kroeker J. Kristy
Climate Change Ecology

2022
Contextualizing pandemics: Respiratory survivorship before, during, and after the 1918 influenza pandemic in Newfoundland

van Doren T.P. , Kelmelis S.
American Journal of Biological Anthropology

2022
Debris flow initiation in postglacial terrain: Insights from shallow landslide initiation models and geomorphic mapping in Southeast Alaska

Patton, A.I. , Roering, J.J. , Orland E.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

2022
Pandemics, past and present: The role of biological anthropology in interdisciplinary pandemic studies

Dimka J. , van Doren T.P. , Battles H.T.
American Journal of Biological Anthropology

2022
Alternate Growth Forms Can Protect Climate-Threatened Trees from Freezing Stressors

Buma B.
Forest Science

2021
Estimated Amounts and Rates of Carbon Mobilized by Landsliding in Old-Growth Temperate Forests of SE Alaska

Vascik B. , Booth A.M. , Buma B. , Berti M.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

2021
SitkaNet: A low-cost, distributed sensor network for landslide monitoring and study

Chu, M. , Patton, A.I. , Roering, J.J. , Siebert C. , Selker, J. , Walter, C. , Udell, C.
HardwareX

2021
Run Uphill for a Tsunami, Downhill for a Landslide

Busch, L. , Lempert, R. , Izenberg M. , Patton, A.I.
Issues in Science and Technology

2021
Fair Influence Maximization: a Welfare Optimization Approach

Rahmattalabi A. , Jabbari, S. , Lakkaraju, H. , Vayanos P. , Izenberg M. , Brown R. , Rice, E. , Tambe, M.
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

2020
Long-Term Ecological Impacts from Oil Spills: Comparison of Exxon Valdez, Hebei Spirit, and Deepwater Horizon

Barron M.G. , Vivian D.N. , Heintz R. , Yim U.H.

2020
Growth of young-of-year sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) in response to temperature and prey quality: Insights from a life stage specific bioenergetics model

Kreiger J.R. , Beaudreau A.H. , Heintz R. , Callahan M.W.

2020
The Bowhead Whale Balaena Mysticetus: Biology and Human Interactions

George J.C , Thewissen J.G.M

2020
Benthic habitats of a mud volcano associated with the Queen Charlotte transform margin along northern British Columbia, Canada and Southern Alaska, United States

Vaughn Barrie J. , Greene G. , Conway K.

2020
Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) seasonal movements, diving, and haul‐out behavior in the Beaufort, Chukchi, and Bering Seas (2011–2017)

Von Dukye A. , Douglas D.C. , Herreman J.K. , Crawford J.A.
Ecology and Evolution

2020
A precarious future for distinctive peripheral populations of meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Jackson D.J , Cook J.A.
Journal of Mammalogy

2020
Deep learning as a tool to forecast hydrologic response for landslide‐prone hillslopes

Orland E. , Roering, J.J. , Thomas, M.A. , Mirus, B.B.
Geophysical Research Letters

2020
Large wood inhibits debris flow runout in forested southeast Alaska

Booth A.M. , Sifford C. , Vascik B. , Siebert C. , Buma B.

2020
Windows of vulnerability: Seasonal mismatches in exposure and resource identity determine ocean acidification’s effect on a primary consumer at high latitude

Kroeker J. Kristy , Donham M. Emily , Powell Cassandra
Global Change Biology

2019
New views of humpback whale flow dynamics and oral morphology during prey engulfment

Werth A.J. , Kosma M. , Chenoweth E. , Straley J.M
Marine Mammal Science

2019
Pectoral herding: an innovative tactic for humpback whale foraging

Kosma M. , Werth A.J. , Szabo A. , Straley J.M
Royal Society Open Science

2019
Slope failure and mass transport processes along the Queen Charlotte Fault Zone, western British Columbia

Greene G. , East A.E. , Brothers D.S , Vaughn Barrie J. , Conrad J.E. , Maier K.L. , Conway K. , Rohr K.M. , Walton M.A.L. , Enkin R. , Nishenko S.P.
Geological Society of London Publications

2019
Living on the edge: Exploring the role of coastal refugia in the Alexander Archipelago of Alaska

Sawyer Y.E. , MacDonald S.O. , Lessa E.P. , Cook J.A.
Ecology and Evolution

2018
Niche differentiation among small mammals of the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska

O’Brien S.L. , Cook J.A. , Newsome S.D.
Journal of Mammalogy

2018
Monitoring pinto abalone populations and recruitment in Sitka Sound, Alaska

Bell L. E. , White T. , Donnellan M. , Hebert K. , Raimondi P.
Impacts of a Changing Environment on the Dynamics of High-latitude Fish and Fisheries

2018
Whole-genome analysis of Mustela erminea finds that pulsed hybridization impacts evolution at high latitudes

Colella J.P. , Tianying Lan , Schuster S.C. , Talbot S.L. , Cook J.A. , Charlotte Lindqvist
Communications Biology

2017
Historical biogeography sets the foundation for contemporary conservation of martens (genus Martes) in northwestern North America

Dawson N.G. , Colella J.P. , Small M.P. , Stone K.D. , Talbot S.L. , Cook J.A.
Journal of Mammalogy

2017
A modern approach to superradiance

Endlich S. , Penco R.
J. High Energy Phys(05-052), 1-32

2017
Inflation in Flatland

Hinterbichler K. , Joyce A. , Khoury J.
J. High Energy Phys(05-052), 1-32

2017
Genetic diversity in the worldwide Botrychium lunaria (Ophioglossaceae) complex, with new species and new combinations

Stensvold M.C. , Farrar D.R.
Brittonia 69(2), 148-175

2016
Revision of widespread red squirrels (genus: Tamiasciurus) highlights the complexity of 4 speciation within North American forests

Hope A.G , Malaney J.L , Bell K.C. , Salazar-Miralles F. , Chavez A.S , Barbere B.R , Cook J.A.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

2016
Phylogeographic structure in long-tailed voles (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) belies the complex Pleistocene history of isolation, divergence and recolonization of Northwest North America’s fauna

Sawyer Y.E. , Cook J.A.
Ecology and Evolution

2016
First Record of the Holarctic Least Shrew (Sorex minutissimus) and Associated Helminths from Canada: New Light on Northern Pleistocene Refugia

Cook J.A. , B.S. McLean , D.J. Jackson , Dunnum J.L , Greiman S.E. , Jung T.S. , Tkach V.V.
Canadian Journal of Zoology

2016
The influence of terrestrial matter in marine food webs of the Beaufort Sea shelf and slope

Bell L. E. , Bluhm B.B. , Iken K.
Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 550, 1-24

2016
Effective field theory approach to tidal dynamics of spinning astrophysical systems

Endlich S. , Penco R.
Phys. Rev. D(6-93), 1-6

2016
A No-go for partially massless spin-2 Yang-Mills

Garcia-Saenze S. , Hinterbichler K. , Joyce A. , Mitsou E. , Rosen R.A.
J. High Energy Phys(02-043), 1-11

2016
Double Screening

Gratia P. , Hu W. , Joyce A. , Ribeiro H.R.
J. High Energy Phys(06-033), 1-26

2016
Manifest duality for partially massless higher spins

Hinterbichler K. , Joyce A.
J. High Energy Phys. 9, 141

2016
Revision of widespread red squirrels (genus:Tamiasciurus) highlights the complexity of speciation within North American forests

McGowan J. , Beger M. , Lewison R.L. , Harcourt R. , Campbell H. , Priest M. , Dwyer R.G. , Lin H.Y. , Lentini P. , Dudgeon C. , McMahon C.
Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 100, 170-182

2016
Joint resonant CMB power spectrum and bispectrum estimation

Meerburg P.D. , Münchmeyer M. , Wandelt B.
Phys. Rev. D(4-93), 1-17

2016
Baleen hydrodynamics and morphology of cross-flow filtration in balaenid whale suspension feeding

Werth A.J. , Potvin J.
PLoS One. 11(2). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150106

2016
Baleen wear reveals intraoral water flow patterns of mysticete filter feeding

Werth A.J. , Straley J.M , Shadwick R.E.
J. Morphol. 277(4), 453-471. doi:10.1002/jmor.20510

2016
Anthropogenic climate change in marine and environmental science programs in the United States

Vlietstra L. , Mrakovcich K.L. , Futch V.C. , Stutzman B.S.
J. Coll. Sci. Teach. 45(5)

2016
Using line acceleration to measure false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) click and whistle source levels during pelagic longline depredation

Thode A.M. , Wild L.A. , Straley J.M , Barnes D. , Bayless A. , O’Connell V. , Oleson E. , Sarkar J. , Falvey D. , Behnken L. , Martin S.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 140(5), 3941-3951

2015
Genetic distinctiveness of Alexander Archipelago wolves (Canis lupus ligoni)

Weckworth B. , Dawson N.G. , Cook J.A.
Journal of Heredity

2015
Testing a passive deterrent on longlines to reduce sperm whale depredation in the Gulf of Alaska

O’Connell V. , Straley J.M , Liddle J.B. , Wild L.A. , Behnken L. , Falvey D. , Thode A.M.
ICES J. Mar. Sci. 72(5), 1667-1672. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv014

2015
Warming and elevated CO2 interact to drive rapid shifts in marine primary productivity

Sorte C.J.B , Bracken M.E.S.
PLoS ONE. 10(12). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145191

2015
Southeast Alaska Sperm Whale Avoidance Project (SEASWAP): a successful collaboration among scientists and industry to study depredation in Alaskan waters

Straley J.M , O’Connell V. , Liddle J.B. , Thode A.M. , Wild L.A. , Behnken L. , Falvey D. , Lunsford C.R.
ICES J. Mar. Sci. 72(5), 1598-1609. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv090

2015
Cues, creaks, and decoys: using passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for studying sperm whale depredation

Thode A.M. , Straley J.M , O’Connell V. , Behnken L. , Falvey D. , Mathias D.K. , Wild L.A. , Calambokidis J. , Schorr G.S. , Andrews R.D. , Liddle J.B. , Lunsford C.R.
ICES J. Mar. Sci. 72(5), 1621-1637. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv024

2015
Kelp, Climate, and More in Sitka Sound

Vlietstra L. , Bell L. E. , Condon J.
U.S. Coast Guard Acad. Alum. Ass. Bull. 84, 44-47

2014
Natural history collections as emerging resources for innovative education

Cook J.A. , Edwards S.V , Lacey E. , Guralnick R.P. , Soltis P.S. , Soltis D.E. , Welch C.K. , Bell K.C. , Galbreath K.E. , Himes C. , Allen J.M. , Heath T.A. , Carnaval A.C. , Cooper K.L. , Liu M. , Hanken J. , Ickert-Bond S.
BioScience. 64 (8), 725-734. doi:10.1093/biosci/biu096

2014
Using models of social transmission to examine the spread of depredation behavior among sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska

Schakner Z.A. , Lunsford C.R. , Straley J.M , Eguchi T. , Mesnick S.L
Plos One. 9(10), 109079-109084

2014
Depredating sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska: local habitat use and long distance movements across putative population boundaries

Straley J.M , Schorr G.S. , Thode A.M. , Calambokidis J. , Lunsford C.R. , Chenoweth E. , O’Connell V. , Andrews R.D.
End. Sp. Res. 24, 125-135

2014
A comparison of acoustic and visual metrics of sperm whale longline depredation

Thode A.M. , Wild L.A. , Mathias D.K. , Straley J.M , Lunsford C.R.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 135(5), 3086-3100

2013
Genetic perspectives on Arctic biodiversity. In: Arctic biodiversity assessment

Cook J.A. , Brochmann C. , Fedorov V. , Taylor E.B. , Väinölä R. , Hoberg E.P. , Kholodova M. , Magnusson K.P.
Conservation of Arctic fauna and flora committee, Copenhagen. Pp. 459-483

2013
Acoustic tracking of sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska using a two-element vertical array and tags

Mathias D.K. , Thode A.M. , Straley J.M , Andrews R.D.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 134(3), 2446-2461

2012
Acoustic and diving behavior of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) during natural and depredation foraging in the Gulf of Alaska

Mathias D.K. , Thode A.M. , Straley J.M , Calambokidis J. , Schorr G.S. , Folkert K.
Acoust. Soc. Am. 132(1), 518-532

2011
Examining the biosonar process involved with depredation of black cod by sperm whales in the Alaskan long line fishery

Au W.L. , Thode A.M. , Folkert K. , Straley J.M
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 129, 2398

2011
Discovery and significance of the colonial tunicate Didemnum vexillum in Alaska

Cohen C.S. , McCann L. , Davis T. , Ruiz G.
Aquat. Invas. 6(3), 263–271

2011
Measurements of resistance and reactance in fish with the use of bioelectrical impedance analysis: sources of error

Cox M.K. , Heintz R. , Hartman K.J.
Fish. Bull. 109, 34-47

2011
Sperm whale population structure in the eastern and central North Pacific inferred by the use of single-nucleotide polymorphisms, microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA

Mesnick S.L , Taylor B.L. , Archer F.I. , Martien K.K. , Trevino S.E. , Hancock-Hanser B.L. , Moreno Medina, S.C. , Pease V.L. , Robertson K.M. , Straley J.M , Baird R.W. , Calambokidis J. , Schorr G.S. , Wade P. , Burkanov V. , Lunsford C.R. , Rendell L. , Morin P.A.
Mol. Ecol. Resources. 11, 278-298

2011
Using movements, genetics and trophic ecology to differentiate inshore from offshore aggregations of humpback whales in the Gulf of Alaska

Witteveen B.H. , Straley J.M , Chenoweth E. , Baker C.S. , Barlow J. , Matkin C. , Gabriele C.M. , Neilson J. , Steel D. , von Ziegesar O. , Andrews A.G.
End. Sp. Res. 14, 217–225

2010
Tracking sperm whales with a towed acoustic vector sensor

Thode A.M. , Skinner J.S. , Scott P. , Roswell J. , Straley J.M , Folkert K.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 128(5), 2681-2694

2009
Electrical phase angle as a new method to measure fish condition

Cox K.W. , Heintz R.
Fish. Bull. 107, 477-487

2009
Seasonal growth and energy dynamics of forage fish in nearshore habitats of Prince William Sound, Alaska

Heintz R. , Cox M.K.
NOAA fisheries, Juneau

2009
Relationship between sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) click structure and size derived from videocamera images of a depredating whale (sperm whale prey acquisition)

Mathias D.K. , Thode A.M. , Straley J.M , Folkert K.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 125(5), 3444-3453

2007
Refinement and testing of a brooke trout bioenergetics model

Hartman K.J. , Cox M.K.
T. Am. Fish. Soc. 137, 357-363

2007
Observations of potential acoustic cues that attract sperm whales to longline fishing in the Gulf of Alaska

Thode A.M. , Straley J.M , Tiemann C. , Folkert K. , O’Connell V.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122(2), 1265-1277

2006
A note on sperm whales and longline fishery off Southeast Alaska: exploring connections between interaction and acoustic observations.

Teloni V. , Thode A.M. , Straley J.M
PhD Thesis. April, 2006. 18pp.

2006
Three-dimensional localization of sperm whales using a single hydrophone

Tiemann C. , Thode A.M. , Straley J.M , Folkert K. , O’Connell V.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120(4), 2355-2365.

2005
Three-dimensional passive acoustic tracking of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in ray-refracting environments

Thode A.M.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 118, 3575-3584

2004
Tracking sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) dive profiles using a towed passive acoustic array

Thode A.M.
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 116(1), 245-253

1998
Consumption and Assimilation of Salmon Net Pen Fouling Debris by the Red Sea Cucumber Parastichopus californicus: Implications for Polyculture

Ahlgren, M.O.
Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

1988
Stable carbon isotope ratio variations in marine macrophytes along intertidal gradients

Cooper L.W. , McRoy C.P.
Oecologia

1988
Anatomical adaptations to rocky substrates and surf exposure by the seagrass genus Phyllospadix

Cooper L.W. , McRoy C.P.
Aquatic Botany

Local movements, habitat use, and long distance migrations across stock boundaries by satellite tagged sperm whales in the North Pacific

Straley J.M , Andrews R.D. , Schorr G.S. , Thode A.M. , Calambokidis J. , Lunsford C.R. , Chenoweth E. , O’Connell V.

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