Southern Sea Otter Rehabilitation: Lessons and Impacts from the Monterey Bay Aquarium by Leilani Konrad, Jessica A. Fujii, Sandrine Hazan, Andrew B. Johnson, Karl A. Mayer, Michael J. Murray, Teri E. Nicholson, Michelle M. Staedler, Colleen Young

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In situ Autonomous Acquisition and Preservation of Marine Environmental DNA Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle by Kevan M. Yamahara, Christina M. Preston, James Birch, Kristine Walz, Roman Marin, Scott Jensen, Douglas Pargett, Brent Roman, William Ussler, Yanwu Zhang, John Ryan, Brett Hobson, Brian Kieft, Ben Raanan, Kelly D. Goodwin, Francisco P. Chavez, Christopher Scholin

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Targeted Sampling by Autonomous Underwater Vehicles by Yanwu Zhang, John P. Ryan, Brian Kieft, Brett W. Hobson, Robert S. McEwen, Michael A. Godin, Julio B. Harvey, Benedetto Barone, James G. Bellingham, James M. Birch, Christopher A. Scholin, Francisco P. Chavez

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North Pacific warming shifts the juvenile range of a marine apex predator by Kisei R. Tanaka, Kyle S. Van Houtan, Eric Mailander, Beatriz S. Dias, Carol Galginaitis, John O’Sullivan, Christopher G. Lowe, Salvador J. Jorgensen

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Deep learning accurately predicts white shark locomotor activity from depth data by Zac Yung-Chun Liu, Jerry H. Moxley, Paul Kanive, Adrian C. Gleiss, Thom Maughan, Larry Bird, Oliver J. D. Jewell, Taylor K. Chapple, Tyler Gagne, Connor F. White, Salvador J. Jorgensen

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Co-registered Geochemistry and Metatranscriptomics Reveal Unexpected Distributions of Microbial Activity within a Hydrothermal Vent Field by Heather C. Olins, Daniel R. Rogers, Christina Preston, William Ussler, Douglas Pargett, Scott Jensen, Brent Roman, James M. Birch, Christopher A. Scholin, M. Fauzi Haroon, Peter R. Girguis

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DeepSTARia: enabling autonomous, targeted observations of ocean life in the deep sea by Kevin Barnard, Joost Daniels, Paul L. D. Roberts, Eric C. Orenstein, Ivan Masmitja, Ivan Masmitja, Jonathan Takahashi, Benjamin Woodward, Kakani Katija

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Environmental Factors May Drive the Post-release Movements of Surrogate-Reared Sea Otters by Sarah L. Becker, Teri E. Nicholson, Karl A. Mayer, Michael J. Murray, Kyle S. Van Houtan, Kyle S. Van Houtan

“…From 2001 to 2018, the Monterey Bay Aquarium rescued stranded sea otter pups and reared them in captivity through a surrogacy program using non-releasable adult females. …”
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FathomNet: A global image database for enabling artificial intelligence in the ocean by Kakani Katija, Eric Orenstein, Brian Schlining, Lonny Lundsten, Kevin Barnard, Giovanna Sainz, Oceane Boulais, Megan Cromwell, Erin Butler, Benjamin Woodward, Katherine L. C. Bell

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A biologging database of juvenile white sharks from the northeast Pacific by John O’Sullivan, Christopher G. Lowe, Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki, Salvador J. Jorgensen, James M. Anderson, Thomas J. Farrugia, Emiliano García-Rodríguez, Kady Lyons, Megan K. McKinzie, Erick C. Oñate-González, Kevin Weng, Connor F. White, Chuck Winkler, Kyle S. Van Houtan

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A Raman spectral reference library of potential anthropogenic and biological ocean polymers by Emily A. Miller, Kevan M. Yamahara, Chris French, Neil Spingarn, James M. Birch, Kyle S. Van Houtan

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Speciation of pelagic zooplankton: Invisible boundaries can drive isolation of oceanic ctenophores by Shannon B. Johnson, Jacob R. Winnikoff, Jacob R. Winnikoff, Darrin T. Schultz, Darrin T. Schultz, Darrin T. Schultz, Lynne M. Christianson, Wyatt L. Patry, Claudia E. Mills, Steven H. D. Haddock

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Environmental DNA reveals seasonal shifts and potential interactions in a marine community by Anni Djurhuus, Collin J. Closek, Ryan P. Kelly, Kathleen J. Pitz, Reiko P. Michisaki, Hilary A. Starks, Kristine R. Walz, Elizabeth A. Andruszkiewicz, Emily Olesin, Katherine Hubbard, Enrique Montes, Daniel Otis, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Francisco P. Chavez, Alexandria B. Boehm, Mya Breitbart

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Bioluminescence in an Undescribed Species of Carnivorous Sponge (Cladorhizidae) From the Deep Sea by Séverine Martini, Séverine Martini, Darrin T. Schultz, Darrin T. Schultz, Lonny Lundsten, Steven H. D. Haddock

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Linking Direct Measurements of Turbidity Currents to Submarine Canyon-Floor Deposits by Katherine L. Maier, Katherine L. Maier, Jennifer A. Gales, Charles K. Paull, Kurt Rosenberger, Peter J. Talling, Stephen M. Simmons, Roberto Gwiazda, Mary McGann, Matthieu J. B. Cartigny, Eve Lundsten, Krystle Anderson, Michael A. Clare, Jingping Xu, Daniel Parsons, James P. Barry, Monica Wolfson-Schwehr, Nora M. Nieminski, Esther J. Sumner

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“Little Red Jellies” in Monterey Bay, California (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae) by George I. Matsumoto, Bastian Bentlage, Rob Sherlock, Kristine Walz, Bruce H. Robison

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Discovery of an Extensive Deep-Sea Fossil Serpulid Reef Associated With a Cold Seep, Santa Monica Basin, California by Magdalena N. Georgieva, Charles K. Paull, Crispin T. S. Little, Mary McGann, Diana Sahy, Daniel Condon, Lonny Lundsten, Jack Pewsey, David W. Caress, Robert C. Vrijenhoek

“…During 2013–2014, mounds at ∼600 m water depth were observed for the first time and sampled by Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s ROV Doc Ricketts. …”
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Ecological divergence of a mesocosm in an eastern boundary upwelling system assessed with multi-marker environmental DNA metabarcoding by M. A. Min, M. A. Min, D. M. Needham, D. M. Needham, S. Sudek, N. K. Truelove, K. J. Pitz, G. M. Chavez, G. M. Chavez, C. Poirier, C. Poirier, B. Gardeler, B. Gardeler, E. von der Esch, A. Ludwig, U. Riebesell, A. Z. Worden, A. Z. Worden, F. P. Chavez

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Sediment gravity flow frequency offshore central California diminished significantly following the Last Glacial Maximum by Stephen C. Dobbs, Charles K. Paull, Eve M. Lundsten, Roberto Gwiazda, David W. Caress, Mary McGann, Marianne M. Coholich, Maureen A. L. Walton, Nora M. Nieminski, Tim McHargue, Stephan A. Graham

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Preliminary Investigation into Developing the Use of Swabs for Skin Cortisol Analysis for the Ocean Sunfish (<i>Mola mola</i>) by Rachel M. Santymire, Marissa Young, Erin Lenihan, Michael J. Murray

“…This slow-moving fish often is injured by fishing boats that use drift gillnets attributing to its listing as Vulnerable by the IUCN. The Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey, CA, USA) has a program that brings in smaller molas from the ocean and acclimates them for an exhibit. …”
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