Maunder, M. N., Crone, P. R., Semmens, B. X., Valero, J. L., Waterhouse, L., Methot, R. D., & Punt, A. E. (2025). The Center for the Advancement of Population Assessment Methodology (CAPAM): A perspective on the first 10 years. Fisheries Research, 281, 107162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.107162

Ward, E. J., Hunsicker, M. E., Marshall, K. N., Oken, K. L., Semmens, B. X., Field, J. C., Haltuch, M. A., Johnson, K. F., Taylor, I. G., Thompson, A. R., & Tolimieri, N. (2024). Leveraging ecological indicators to improve short term forecasts of fish recruitment. Fish and Fisheries, faf.12850. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12850

Jarvis Mason, E., Riecke, T., Bellquist, L., Pondella Dj, I., & Semmens, B. (2024). Recruitment limitation increases susceptibility to fishing-induced collapse in a spawning aggregation fishery. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 738, 203–224. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14601

Dan, M. E., Portner, E. J., Bowman, J. S., Semmens, B. X., Owens, S. M., Greenwald, S. M., & Choy, C. A. (2024). Using low volume eDNA methods to sample pelagic marine animal assemblages. PLOS ONE, 19(5), e0303263. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303263

Johnston, E. M., Waltz, G. T., Kosaka, R., Brauer, E. M., Ziegler, S. L., Jarvis Mason, E. T., Glanz, H. S., Zaragoza, L., Kellum, A. N., Brooks, R. O., Semmens, B. X., Honeyman, C. J., Caselle, J. E., Bellquist, L. F., Small, S. L., Morgan, S. G., Mulligan, T. J., Coscino, C. L., Staton, J. M., … Wendt, D. E. (2024). Participation in collaborative fisheries research improves the perceptions of recreational anglers towards marine protected areas. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1330498. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1330498

Greenberg, D. A., Pattengill‐Semmens, C. V., & Semmens, B. X. (2024). Assessing the value of citizen scientist observations in tracking the abundance of marine fishes. Conservation Letters, e13009. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13009

Ziegler, S. L., Brooks, R. O., Bellquist, L. F., Caselle, J. E., Morgan, S. G., Mulligan, T. J., Ruttenberg, B. I., Semmens, B. X., Starr, R. M., Tyburczy, J., Wendt, D. E., Buchheister, A., Jarrin, J. R. M., Pasparakis, C., Jorgensen, S. J., Chiu, J. A., Colby, J., Coscino, C. L., Davis, L., … Hamilton, S. L. (2024). Collaborative fisheries research reveals reserve size and age determine efficacy across a network of marine protected areas. Conservation Letters, e13000. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13000

Coscino, C. L., Bellquist, L., Harford, W. J., & Semmens, B. X. (2024). Influence of life history characteristics on data-limited stock status assertions and minimum size limit evaluations using Length-Based Spawning Potential Ratio (LBSPR). Fisheries Research, 276, 107036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.107036

Blincow, K. M., Elstner, J. T., Ben-Aderet, N., Bellquist, L. F., Nosal, A. P., & Semmens, B. X. (2023). Spatial ecology of the Giant Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas , in a southern California kelp forest as determined by acoustic telemetry. PeerJ, 11, e16551. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16551

Gong, A., Nosal, A., Cartamil, D., Anderson, J., Bellquist, L., Ben-Aderet, N., Blincow, K., Burns, E., Caldow, C., Freedman, R., Logan, R., Lowe, C., Semmens, B., Stirling, B., White, C., & Hastings, P. (2023). Migration, aggregation, and philopatry of two nearshore elasmobranch species in the Southern California Bight. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 724, 111–125. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14460

Swalethorp, R., Landry, M. R., Semmens, B. X., Ohman, M. D., Aluwihare, L., Chargualaf, D., & Thompson, A. R. (2023). Anchovy boom and bust linked to trophic shifts in larval diet. Nature Communications, 14(1), 7412. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42966-0

Stock, B. C., Mullen, A. D., Jaffe, J. S., Candelmo, A., Heppell, S. A., Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., McCoy, C. M., Johnson, B. C., & Semmens, B. X. (2023). Protected fish spawning aggregations as self-replenishing reservoirs for regional recovery. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290(1998), 20230551. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0551

Sleugh, T., McCoy, C. M., Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., Johnson, B. C., Heppell, S. A., Waterhouse, L., Stock, B. C., & Semmens, B. X. (2023). Migratory behavior of aggregating male Tiger Grouper (Mycteroperca tigris) in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Environmental Biology of Fishes. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-023-01399-w

Sandin, S. A., Becker, P. A., Becker, C., Brown, K., Erazo, N. G., Figuerola, C., Fisher, R. N., Friedlander, A. M., Fukami, T., Graham, N. A. J., Gruner, D. S., Holmes, N. D., Holthuijzen, W. A., Jones, H. P., Rios, M., Samaniego, A., Sechrest, W., Semmens, B. X., Thornton, H. E., … Zgliczynski, B. J. (2022). Harnessing island–ocean connections to maximize marine benefits of island conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(51), e2122354119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2122354119

Freeman, J. B., Semmens, B. X., & Thompson, A. R. (2022). Impacts of marine protected areas and the environment on larval rockfish species richness and assemblage structure in the Southern California Bight. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 698, 125–137. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14161

Wilson, K. C., Sirovic, A., Semmens, B. X., Gittings, S. R., Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., & McCoy, C. (2022). Grouper source levels and aggregation dynamics inferred from passive acoustic localization at a multispecies spawning site. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 151(5), 3052–3065. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010236

Blincow, K. M., & Semmens, B. X. (2022). The effect of sea surface temperature on the structure and connectivity of species landings interaction networks in a multispecies recreational fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 11. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0085

Gallo, N. D., Bowlin, N. M., Thompson, A. R., Satterthwaite, E. V., Brady, B., & Semmens, B. X. (2022). Fisheries surveys are essential ocean observing programs in a time of global change: A synthesis of oceanographic and ecological data from US West Coast fisheries surveys. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.757124

Wegner, N. C., Portner, E. J., Nguyen, D. T., Bellquist, L., Nosal, A. P., Pribyl, A. L., Stierhoff, K. L., Fischer, P., Franke, K., Vetter, R. D., Hastings, P. A., Semmens, B. X., Hyde, J. R., & Andrzejaczek, S. (2021). Post-release survival and prolonged sublethal effects of capture and barotrauma on deep-dwelling rockfishes (genus Sebastes): implications for fish management and conservation. Ices Journal of Marine Science, 78(9), 3230–3244. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab188

DiNardo, J., Stierhoff, K. L., & Semmens, B. X. (2021). Modeling the past, present, and future distributions of endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) to inform recovery efforts in California. PLOS ONE, 16(11), 13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259716

Hanna, M. E., Chandler, E. M., Semmens, B. X., Eguchi, T., Lemons, G. E., & Seminoff, J. A. (2021). Citizen-sourced sightings and underwater photography reveal novel insights about green sea turtle distribution and ecology in Southern California. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.671061

Bellquist, L., Saccomanno, V., Semmens, B. X., Gleason, M., & Wilson, J. (2021). The rise in climate change-induced federal fishery disasters in the United States. PeerJ, 9, e11186. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11186

Nosal, A. P., Cartamil, D. P., Ammann, A. J., Bellquist, L. F., Ben-Aderet, N. J., Blincow, K. M., Burns, E. S., Chapman, E. D., Freedman, R. M., Klimley, A. P., Logan, R. K., Lowe, C. G., Semmens, B. X., White, C. F., & Hastings, P. A. (2021). Triennial migration and philopatry in the critically endangered soupfin shark Galeorhinus galeus. Journal of Applied Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13848

Blincow, K. M., Bush, P. G., Heppell, S. A., McCoy, C. M., Johnson, B. C., Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., Heppell, S. S., Stevens-McGeever, S. J., Whaylen, L., Luke, K., & Semmens, B. X. (2020). Spatial ecology of Nassau grouper at home reef sites: using acoustic telemetry to track a large, long-lived epinephelid across multiple years (2005-2008). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 655, 199–214. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13516

Mason, E. T., Kellum, A. N., Chiu, J. A., Waltz, G. T., Murray, S., Wendt, D. E., Starr, R. M., & Semmens, B. X. (2020). Long-term participation in collaborative fisheries research improves angler opinions on marine protected areas. PeerJ, 8. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10146

Kuriyama, P. T., Sugihara, G., Thompson, A. R., & Semmens, B. X. (2020). Identification of shared spatial dynamics in temperature, salinity, and ichthyoplankton community diversity in the California Current system with empirical dynamic modeling. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.557940

Waterhouse, L., White, J., See, K., Murdoch, A., & Semmens, B. X. (2020). A Bayesian nested patch occupancy model to estimate steelhead movement and abundance. Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2202

Waterhouse, L., Heppell, S. A., Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., McCoy, C., Bush, P., Johnson, B. C., & Semmens, B. X. (2020). Recovery of critically endangered Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) in the Cayman Islands following targeted conservation actions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(3), 1587–1595. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1917132117

Wilson, K. C., Semmens, B. X., Pattengill-Semmens, C. V., McCoy, C., & Sirovic, A. (2020). Potential for grouper acoustic competition and partitioning at a multispecies spawning site off Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 634, 127–146. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13181

Stock, B. C., Ward, E. J., Eguchi, T., Jannot, J., Thorson, J. T., Feist, B. E., & Semmens, B. X. (2020). Comparing predictions of fisheries bycatch using multiple spatiotemporal species distribution model frameworks. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 77(1), 146–163. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2018-0281

Gallo, N. D., Drenkard, E., Thompson, A. R., Weber, E. D., Wilson-Vandenberg, D., McClatchie, S., Koslow, J. A., & Semmens, B. X. (2019). Bridging from monitoring to solutions-based thinking: Lessons from CalCOFI for understanding and adapting to marine climate change impacts. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00695

Stock, B. C., Ward, E. J., Thorson, J. T., Jannot, J. E., & Semmens, B. X. (2019). The utility of spatial model-based estimators of unobserved bycatch. Ices Journal of Marine Science, 76(1), 255–267. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsy153

Blake, W. H., Boeckx, P., Stock, B. C., Smith, H. G., Bode, S., Upadhayay, H. R., Gaspar, L., Goddard, R., Lennard, A. T., Lizaga, I., Lobb, D. A., Owens, P. N., Petticrew, E. L., Kuzyk, Z. Z. A., Gari, B. D., Munishi, L., Mtei, K., Nebiyu, A., Mabit, L., … Semmens, B. X. (2018). A deconvolutional Bayesian mixing model approach for river basin sediment source apportionment. Scientific Reports, 8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30905-9

Semmens, D. J., Diffendorfer, J. E., Bagstad, K. J., Wiederholt, R., Oberhauser, K., Ries, L., Semmens, B. X., Goldstein, J., Loomis, J., Thogmartin, W. E., Mattsson, B. J., & Lopez-Hoffman, L. (2018). Quantifying ecosystem service flows at multiple scales across the range of a long-distance migratory species. Ecosystem Services, 31, 255–264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.12.002

Stock, B. C., Jackson, A. L., Ward, E. J., Parnell, A. C., Phillips, D. L., & Semmens, B. X. (2018). Analyzing mixing systems using a new generation of Bayesian tracer mixing models. PeerJ, 6. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5096

Bellquist, L., Semmens, B., Stohs, S., & Siddall, A. (2017). Impacts of recently implemented recreational fisheries regulations on the Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel fishery for Paralabrax sp. in California. Marine Policy, 86, 134–143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.09.017

Stewart, J. D., Rohner, C. A., Araujo, G., Avila, J., Fernando, D., Forsberg, K., Ponzo, A., Rambahiniarison, J. M., Kurle, C. M., & Semmens, B. X. (2017). Trophic overlap in mobulid rays: insights from stable isotope analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 580, 131–151. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12304

Thogmartin, W. E., Wiederholt, R., Oberhauser, K., Drum, R. G., Diffendorfer, J. E., Altizer, S., Taylor, O. R., Pleasants, J., Semmens, D., Semmens, B., Erickson, R., Libby, K., & Lopez-Hoffman, L. (2017). Monarch butterfly population decline in North America: identifying the threatening processes. Royal Society Open Science, 4(9). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170760

Thogmartin, W. E., Lopez-Hoffman, L., Rohweder, J., Diffendorfer, J., Drum, R., Semmens, D., Black, S., Caldwell, I., Cotter, D., Drobney, P., Jackson, L. L., Gale, M., Helmers, D., Hilburger, S., Howard, E., Oberhauser, K., Pleasants, J., Semmens, B., Taylor, O., … Wiederholt, R. (2017). Restoring monarch butterfly habitat in the Midwestern US: “all hands on deck.” Environmental Research Letters, 12(7). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7637

Upadhayay, H. R., Bode, S., Griepentrog, M., Huygens, D., Bajracharya, R. M., Blake, W. H., Dercon, G., Mabit, L., Gibbs, M., Semmens, B. X., Stock, B. C., Cornelis, W., & Boeckx, P. (2017). Methodological perspectives on the application of compound-specific stable isotope fingerprinting for sediment source apportionment. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 17(6), 1537–1553. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-017-1706-4

Thogmartin, W. E., Diffendorfer, J. E., Lopez-Hoffman, L., Oberhauser, K., Pleasants, J., Semmens, B. X., Semmens, D., Taylor, O. R., & Wiederholt, R. (2017). Density estimates of monarch butterflies overwintering in central Mexico. PeerJ, 5. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3221

Oberhauser, K., Wiederholt, R., Diffendorfer, J. E., Semmens, D., Ries, L., Thogmartin, W. E., Lopez-Hoffman, L., & Semmens, B. (2017). A trans-national monarch butterfly population model and implications for regional conservation priorities. Ecological Entomology, 42(1), 51–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12351

Egerton, J. P., Johnson, A. F., Le Vay, L., McCoy, C. M., Semmens, B. X., Heppell, S. A., & Turner, J. R. (2017). Hydroacoustics for the discovery and quantification of Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) spawning aggregations. Coral Reefs, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-017-1542-4

Fontes, J., Semmens, B., Caselle, J. E., Santos, R. S., & Prakya, R. (2016). Ocean productivity may predict recruitment of the rainbow wrasse (coris julis). PLOS ONE, 11(11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165648

Stock, B. C., & Semmens, B. X. (2016). Unifying error structures in commonly used biotracer mixing models. Ecology, 97(10), 2562–2569. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1517

Stewart, J. D., Beale, C. S., Fernando, D., Sianipar, A. B., Burton, R. S., Semmens, B. X., & Aburto-Oropeza, O. (2016). Spatial ecology and conservation of Manta birostris in the Indo-Pacific. Biological Conservation, 200, 178–183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.016

Bellquist, L. F., Graham, J. B., Barker, A., Ho, J., & Semmens, B. X. (2016). Long-term dynamics in “trophy” sizes of pelagic and coastal pelagic fishes among California recreational fisheries (1966-2013). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 145(5), 977–989. https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2016.1185035

Semmens, B. X., Semmens, D. J., Thogmartin, W. E., Wiederholt, R., López-Hoffman, L., Diffendorfer, J. E., Pleasants, J. M., Oberhauser, K. S., & Taylor, O. R. (2016). Quasi-extinction risk and population targets for the Eastern, migratory population of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). Scientific Reports, 6, 23265. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23265

Stanton, J. C., Semmens, B. X., McKann, P. C., Will, T., & Thogmartin, W. E. (2016). Flexible risk metrics for identifying and monitoring conservation-priority species. Ecological Indicators, 61, 683–692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.10.020

Scheuerell, M. D., Buhle, E. R., Semmens, B. X., Ford, M. J., Cooney, T., & Carmichael, R. W. (2015). Analyzing large-scale conservation interventions with Bayesian hierarchical models: a case study of supplementing threatened Pacific salmon. Ecology and Evolution, 5(10), 2115–2125. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1509