Resources & Publications

Sanders, R.D., A.K. Obaza, B.C. Grime, M. Lindhart, L.P. Miller, K.E. Elsmore, O.C. Carmack, T.K. Ford, and J.J. Leichter. Wave, light and dissolved oxygen exposures drive novel coastal eelgrass (Zostera pacifica) transplant performance. Frontiers in Marine Science 11. View pdf

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Obaza, A., A. Bird, D. Witting, H. Burdick, B. Grime, and M. Neuman. 2023. Combining a novel outplant module with metareplication to further abalone restoration capacity in California. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2023.2266382. View pdf

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Waters, T., Z. Gold, A. Obaza, R.F. Ambrose, and R.A. Eagle. 2023. Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals distinct fish assemblages supported by seagrass (Zostera marina and Zostera pacifica) beds in different geographic settings in Southern California. PLoS One 18(10): e0286228. View pdf

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Obaza, A.K., D. Lowry, J. Selleck, K.S. Andrews, and A.O. Shelton. 2023. Young-of-the-year rockfish monitoring plan for the southern Salish Sea. National Marine Fisheries Service, WA. 29 pp + App. View pdf

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Obaza, A.K., A. Bird, D. Witting, B. Hagey, and M. Neuman. 2023. A decade of SCUBA effort reevaluates approach for surveying white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni Bartsch 1940). Journal of Shellfish Research 42(1): 105-112. View pdf

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Obaza, A.K., A. Bird, R. Sanders, R. Ware and D.W. Ginsburg. 2022. Variable fish habitat function in two open-coast eelgrass species. Marine Ecology Progress Series 696: 15-27. View pdf

 

Hollarsmith, J.A., K. Andrews, N. Naar, S. Starko, M. Calloway, A. Obaza, E. Buckner, D. Tonnes, J. Selleck and T.W. Therriault. 2022. Toward a conceptual framework for managing and conserving marine habitats: A case study of kelp forests in the Salish Sea. Ecology and Evolution 12(1): e8510. View pdf.

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Tanner, R.L., A.K. Obaza, D.W. Ginsburg. 2019. Secondary production of kelp bass Paralabrax clathratus in relation to coastal eelgrass Zostera marina habitat in a Southern California Marine Protected Area. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 118(3): 158-172. View pdf

 

Andrews, K., K. Nichols, C. Harvey, N. Tolimieri, A. Obaza, R. Garner and D. Tonnes. 2019. All hands on deck: local ecological knowledge and expert volunteers contribute to the first delisting of a marine fish species under the Endangered Species Act. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 4(1): 1-14 DO: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.221 View pdf

 

Obaza, A., A. Bird, J. Selleck and D. Tonnes. 2019. Results from young-of-year rockfish surveys in Puget Sound; 2015-2018. Report to NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region, Protected Resources Division Puget Sound Ecosystem Branch. 13 pp. View pdf

 

Obaza, A., D. Ginsburg, A. Bird and R. Ware. 2019. Southern California open coast eelgrass survey summary: 2018 field season. 21 pp. View pdf

 

Bird, A. 2018. Determining population structure, reproductive potential, and habitat associations of pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) in Southern California. Master's Thesis to California State University, Fullerton. 107 pp. View pdf

 

Obaza, A.K., and J.P. Williams. 2018. Spatial and temporal dynamics of the overwater structure fouling community in southern California. Marine and Freshwater Research 69(11): 1771-1783. View pdf

 

Obaza, A., A. Bird, M. Neuman and D. Witting. 2018. Abalone surveys and research at San Nicolas Island, CA. Report to the US Navy under Agreement#WCR-1511. 24 pp. View pdf

 

Marks, L.M. D.C. Reed, A.K. Obaza. 2017. Assessment of control methods for the invasive seaweed Sargassum horneri in California, USA. Management of Biological Invasions 8(2): 205-213. View pdf

 

Obaza, A., R. Hoffman and R. Clausing. 2015. Long-term stability of eelgrass fish assemblages in two highly developed coastal estuaries. Fisheries Management and Ecology 22(3): 224-238. View pdf