Age and Growth Program

• MATTA, M. E., I. J. ORLAND, T. USHIKUBO, T. E. HELSER, B. A. BLACK, and J. W. VALLEY. 2013. Otolith oxygen isotopes measured by high-precision secondary ion mass spectrometry reflect life history of a yellowfin sole (Limanda aspera). Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 27:691-699. 
   
• HALTUCH, M. A., O. S. HAMEL, K. R. PINER, P. McDONALD, C. R. KASTELLE, and J. C. FIELD. 2013. A California Current bomb radiocarbon reference chronology and petrale sole (Eopsetta jordani) age validation. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 70:22-31. 
   
• WEST, C. F., S. WISCHNIOWSKI, and C. JOHNSTON. 2012. Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) as a paleothermometer: Otolith oxygen isotope reconstruction. J. Archaeol. Sci. 39:3277-3283. 
   
• MATTA, M. E., and D. K. KIMURA. 2012. Age determination manual of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center Age and Growth Program. NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 13, 97 p. (.pdf, 14.4 MB).  Online.
   
• SIGLER, M. F., M. F. CAMERON, M. P. EAGLETON, C. H. FAUNCE, J. HEIFETZ, T. E. HELSER, B. J. LAUREL, M. R. LINDEBERG, R. A. McCONNAUGHEY, C. H. RYER, and T. K. WILDERBUER. 2012. Alaska Essential Fish Habitat Research Plan: a research plan for the National Marine Fisheries Service's Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Alaska Regional Office. AFSC Processed Rep. 2012-06, 21 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 17109 Pt. Lena Loop Road, Juneau, AK 99801. (.pdf, 704 KB).  Online.
   
• ROOPER, C. N., J. L. BOLDT, S. BATTEN, and C. GBURSKI. 2012. Growth and production of Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus) in nursery habitats of the Gulf of Alaska. Fish. Oceanogr. 21:415–429. 
   
• HELSER, T. E., H-L. LAI, and B. A. BLACK. 2012. Bayesian hierarchical modeling of Pacific geoduck growth increment data and climate indices. Ecol. Model. 247:210-220. 
   
• HANSELMAN, D. H., W. G. CLARK, J. HEIFETZ, and D. M. ANDERL. 2012. Statistical distribution of age readings of known-age sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria). Fish. Res. 131-133:1-8. 
   
• HELSER, T. E., and L. ALADE. 2012. A retrospective of the hake stocks off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States: Uncertainties and challenges facing assessment and management in a complex environment. Fish. Res. 114:2-18. 
   
• KASTELLE, C. R., T. E. HELSER, B. A. BLACK, M. J. STUCKEY, D. C. GILLESPIE, J. McARTHUR, D. LITTLE, K. D. CHARLES, and R. S. KHAN. 2011. Bomb-produced radiocarbon validation of growth-increment crossdating allows marine paleoclimate reconstruction. Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. 311:126-135. 
   

• Age Validation of Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) Using Stable Oxygen Isotopes (d 18O) (2013 poster)
  By:  CRAIG KASTELLE, THOMAS HELSER, JENNIFER McKAY, DELSA ANDERL
  Conference:  Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK, Jan 2013
  (2013 poster, .pdf, 2.66 MB)   Online.
   
• Preliminary Life History Variability of Longnose Skate (Raja rhina) Across Two Large Marine Ecosystems: Gulf of Alaska and California Current System
  By:  CHRISTOPHER GBURSKI, THOMAS HELSER, VLADLENA GERTSEVA, JACQUELYNNE KING, DAVID EBERT
  Conference:  Western Groundfish Conference (17th), Seattle, WA., Feb 2012
  (2012 poster, .pdf, 2.5 MB)   Online.
   
• Habitat and Ecological Processes Research (HEPR) Program
  By:  MIKE SIGLER, MANDY LINDEBERG, CRAIG FAUNCE, MICHAEL CAMERON, BEN LAUREL, TOM HELSER
  Conference:  non-conference use
  (2011 poster, .pdf, 1.14 MB)   Online.
   
• Age Validation of Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) Using Stable Oxygen Isotopes (δ ¹⁸O) (2011 poster)
  By:  CRAIG KASTELLE, THOMAS HELSER, DANIEL NICHOL, DELSA ANDERL, JENNIFER MacKAY
  Conference:  Committee of Age Reading Experts (CARE) Conference, Seattle, WA, Apr 2011
  (2011 poster, .pdf, 695 KB)   Online.
   
• Ontogenetic Migration of a Bering Sea Yellowfin Sole Revealed by Otolith δ¹⁸O Analysis Via Ion Microprobe
  By:  BETH MATTA, THOMAS HELSER, BRYAN BLACK, JOHN VALLEY, IAN ORLAND, TAKAYUKI USHIKUBO
  Conference:  Western Groundfish Conference (16th), Juneau, AK., Apr 2010
  (2010 poster, .pdf, 582 KB)   Online.
   
• Age Estimation of Silver Roughy, Hoplostethus mediterraneus (Pisces; Thachichthyidae) from Central Mediterranean Sea
  By:  S. VITALE, C. E. HUTCHINSON, C. R. KASTELLE, P. PRIZZO, S. GANCITANO, M. ARCULEO, L. CANNIZZARO, S. MAZZOLA
  Conference:  International Otolith Symposium (4th), Monterey, CA, Aug 2009
  (2009 poster, .pdf, 672KB)   Online.
   
• The Impact of Sea-ice on the Recruitment of Antarctic Fish
  By:  SONIA FANG, DELSA ANDERL, DANIEL KIMURA, NINA KARNOVSKY
  Conference:  non-conference use
  (2007 poster, .pdf, 1.11MB)   Online.
   
• Preliminary Age & Growth of Skates (Raja and Bathyraja species) in the Southern Alaska Peninsula Using Vertebrae: Big Skate, Longnose Skate, Aleutian Skate & Bering Skate
  By:  CHRIS GBURSKI, DAN FOY
  Conference:  Western Groundfish Conference (13th), Victoria, B.C., Feb 2004
  (2004 poster, .pdf, 526KB)   Online.
   
• Fish Otoliths and Radiometric Age
  By:  CRAIG R. KASTELLE
  Conference:  non-conference use
  (2004 poster, .pdf, 10.4MB)   Online.
   
• Is Corroborating Ages a Valid Concept in (Walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma) Fish Age Determination?
  By:  DANIEL K. KIMURA, ALEXANDER V. BUSLOV, BETTY J. GOETZ, CHRISTOPHER M. GBURSKI, CRAIG R. KASTELLE
  Conference:  International Symposium on Fish Otolith Research and Application (3rd), Townsville, Australia, July 2004
  (2004 poster, .pdf, 594KB)   Online.
   

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