GAP Project Peer-Reviewed Papers

• Allard, K. A., A. R. Breton, S. D. Kildaw and C. L. Buck. In review. Evidence for extended foraging trips by black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa trydactyla) under favorable conditions. Oecologia (Berlin).
  
• Andrews, A. and R. J. Foy. 2009. Geographical variation in the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. . First International Symposium on the Management and Biology of Dogfish Sharks. June 13-15,2005.
  
• Breton, A. R., S. D. Kildaw, K. M. Murra and C. L. Buck. 2008. Multllevel models reveal no cohort level variation in foraging effort to explain a regime shift in kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) breeding success. Ecological Modelling 212: 233-243.
  
• Brewer, J. H., K. M. O'reilly and C. L. Buck. 2008. Effect of investigator disturbance on corticosterone concentrations of Black-legged Kittiwake chicks. Journal of Field Ornithology 79: 391-398.
  
• Brewer, J. H., K. M. O'reilly and C. L. Buck. 2009. Effect of nestling status and brood size on concentration of corticosterone of free-living kittiwake chicks. General and Comparative Endocrinology 166: 19-24.
  
• Brewer, J. H., K. M. O'reilly, S. D. Kildaw and C. L. Buck. 2008. Interannual variation in the adrenal responsiveness of black-legged kittiwake chicks (Rissa tridactyla). General and Comparative Endocrinology 156: 361-368.
  
• Buck, C. L., K. A. O'reilly and S. D. Kildaw. 2007. Interannual variability of Black-legged Kittiwake productivity is reflected in baseline plasma corticosterone. General and Comparative Endocrinology 150: 430-436.
  
• Fridinger, R. W., K. M. O'reilly, S. D. Kildaw and C. L. Buck. 2007. Removal of a nest-mate elicits an age-dependent increase in plasma corticosterone of nestling Black-legged Kittiwakes. Journal of Field Ornithology 78: 93-99.
  
• Gamble, J. B., K. M. O'reilly and C. L. Buck. 2003. Effects of reproductive stage on adrenal responsiveness of glaucous-winged gulls. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43: 883-883.
  
• Hanna, S. K., A. Haukenes, R. J. Foy and C. L. Buck. 2008. Temperature effects on swimming performance and metabolic rate of Pacific cod (Gadus macropcephalus). Journal of Fish Biology 72: 1068-1078.
  
• Haukenes, A., S. Plante and C. L. Buck. 2008. Endocrine and morphological characterization of reproductive cycles in wild and captive black rockfish, Sebastes melanops. North American Journal of Aquaculture 20: 212-218.
  
• Kildaw, S. D., D. B. Irons and C. L. Buck. 2008. Habitat quality and metapopulation dynamics of Black-legged kittiwakes. . Marine Ornithology 36: 35-45.
  
• Knoth, B. and R. J. Foy. 2008. Temporal variability in the food habits of arrowtooth flounder Atheresthes stomias in the western Gulf of Alaska. NOAA Tech Memo NMFS AFSC-184.
  
• McKenzie, J. and K. Wynne. 2008. Spatial and temporal variation in the diet of Steller sea lions in the Kodiak Archipelago, 1999-2005. Marine Ecology Progress Series 360: 265-283.
  
• Moore, S. E., K. Wynne, J. C. Kinney and J. M. Grebmeier. 2007. Gray whale occurrence and forage southeast of Kodiak Island, Alaska. . Marine Mammal Science . 23: 419-428.
  
• Wang, X. and R. J. Foy. In prep. Zooplankton species composition, abundance, and spatial structure on the Gulf of Alaska shelf near Kodiak Island.
  
• Whidden, S. E., C. T. Williams, A. R. Breton and C. L. Buck. 2007. Effects of transmitters on the reproductive success of Tufted Puffins. Journal of Field Ornithology 78: 206-212.
  
• Williams, C. T. and C. L. Buck. 2010. Spatial and temporal variation in tufted puffin Fratercula cirrhata nestling diet quality and growth rates. Marine Ornithology 38: 41-48.
  
• Williams, C. T. and C. L. Buck. 2010. Using fatty acids as dietary tracers in seabird trophic ecology: theory, application and limitations. Journal of Ornithology 151: 531-543.
  
• Williams, C. T., C. L. Buck, J. Sears and A. S. Kitaysky. 2007. Effects of nutritional restriction on nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes in growing seabirds. Oecologia 153: 11-18.
  
• Williams, C. T., S. J. Iverson and C. L. Buck. 2008. Stable isotopes and fatty acid signatures reveal age- and stage-dependent foraging niches in tufted puffins. Marine Ecology Progress Series 363: 287-298.
  
• Williams, C. T., S. J. Iverson and C. L. Buck. 2009. The effects of diet and caloric restriction on adipose tissue fatty acid signatures of tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) nestlings. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 179: 711-720.
  
• Williams, C. T., S. D. Kildaw and C. L. Buck. 2007. Sex-specific differences in body condition indices and seasonal mass loss in Tufted Puffins. Journal of Field Ornithology 78: 369-378.
  
• Williams, C. T., A. S. Kitaysky and C. L. Buck. 2005. Adrenocortical activity in tufted puffin nestlings varies with growth rates and fledging behavior. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 1097-1097.
  
• Williams, C. T., A. S. Kitaysky and C. L. Buck. 2008. Food restricted Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) nestlings increase vocal activity during handling without modulating total or free corticosterone. Journal of Ornithology 149: 277-283.
  
• Williams, C. T., A. S. Kitaysky, A. B. Kettle and C. L. Buck. 2008. Corticosterone levels of tufted puffins vary with breeding stage, body condition index, and reproductive performance. General and Comparative Endocrinology 158: 29-35.
  
• Winter, A., R. J. Foy and K. M. Wynne. 2009. Seasonal differences in prey availabilty around a Steller sea lion haulout and rookery in the Gulf of Alaska. Aquatic Mammals 35: 145-162.
  
• Witteveen, B. H., R. J. Foy and K. M. Wynne. 2006. The effect of predation (current and historical) by humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) on fish abundance near Kodiak Island, Alaska. Fishery Bulletin 104: 10-20.
  
• Witteveen, B. H., R. J. Foy, K. M. Wynne and Y. Tremblay. 2008. Investigation of foraging habits and prey preference of humpback whales (Megapatera novaeangliae) near Kodiak Island, Alaska using acoustic tags. Marine Mammal Science 24: 516.
  
• Witteveen, B. H., G. A. J. Worthy, K. Wynne and R. J. Foy. In review. Modeling the diet of humpback whales: an approach using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope tations in a Bayesian mixing model. Marine Mammal Science.
  
• Witteveen, B. H., K. M. Wynne and T. J. Quinn III. 2007. A feeding aggregation of humpback whales near Kodiak Island, Alaska: current and historic abundance estimation. Alaska Fisheries Research Bulletin 12: 187-196.
  
• Wynne, K. In prep. Seasonal patterns of terrestrial habitat use by Steller sea lions in the Kodiak Archipelago, 2000-2007.

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