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  Louis W. Botsford, Ph.D., Professor
 
Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology
 
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, California 95616
Phone: (530) 752-6169    FAX: (530) 752-4154
e-mail: lwbotsford@ucdavis.edu

Publications

1 2002 Botsford, L.W., C.A. Lawrence, M.F. Hill, A. Hastings and K.S. McCann. Pp. 215-226 in N. A. McGinn, editor. Fisheries in a changing climate. American Fisheries Society Symposium 32, Bethesda, Maryland.

2 2002 Botsford, L.W., F. Micheli and A. Hastings. Principles for the design of marine reserves. Ecological Applications. In Press.

3 2002 Gerber, L.R., S.J. Andelman, L.W. Botsford, S.D. Gaines, A. Hastings, S.R. Palumbi and H.P. Possingham. Population models for marine reserve design: A retrospective and prospective synthesis. Ecological Applications. In Press.

4 2002 Hastings, A. and L.W. Botsford. Are marine reserves for fisheries and biodiversity compatible? Ecological Applications. In Press

5 2002 Botsford, L.W. and A.M. Parma. Uncertainty in marine management. Ch. 25 in E. Norse and L.Crowder, eds. Marine Conservation Biology. Island Press. In Press.

6 2002 Batchelder, H.P., J.A. Barth, P. M. Kosro, P.T. Strub, R.D. Brodeur, W.T. Peterson, C.T. Tynan, M.D. Ohman, L.W. Botsford, T. M. Powell, F.B. Schwing, D.G. Ainley, D.L. Mackas, B.M. Hickey and S. R. Ramp. The GLOBEC Northeast Pacific California Current System Program. Oceanography 15: 36-47.

7 2002 Hill, M.F., A. Hastings and L.W. Botsford. The effects of small dispersal rates on extinction times in structured metapopulation models. American Naturalist 160: 389-402.

8 2002 Wilen, J.E., M.D. Smith, D. Lockwood and L.W. Botsford. Avoiding surprises: incorporating fishermen behavior into management models. Bulletin of Marine Science 70: 553-575.

9 2002 N.L. Andrew, Y. Agatsuma; E. Ballesteros, A.G. Bazhin, E.P. Creaser, D.K.A. Barnes, L.W. Botsford, A. Bradbury, A. Campbell, J.D. Dixon, S. Einarsson, P. Gerring, K. Hebert, M. Hunter, S.B. Hur, C.R. Johnson, M.A. Juinio-Meņez, P. Kalvass, R.J. Miller, C.A. Moreno, J.S. Palleiro, D. Rivas, S.M.L. Robinson, S.C. Schroeter, R.S. Steneck, R.I. Vadas, D.A. Woodby and Z. Xiaoqi . Status and management of world sea urchin fisheries. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 40: 343-425.

10 2002 Lockwood, D.L., A. Hastings and L.W. Botsford.. The effects of dispersal patterns onmarine reserves: does the tail wag the dog? Theoretical Population Biology 61: 297-309.

11 2002 Botsford, L.W. and C. A. Lawrence. Patterns of co-variability among California current chinook salmon, coho salmon, Dungeness crab, and physical oceanographic conditions. Progress in Oceanography 53: 283-305.

12 2002 Weinberg, M; Lawrence, CA; Anderson, JD; Randall, JR; Botsford, LW; Loeb, CJ; Tadokoro, CS; Orlob, GT; Sabatier, P. Biological and economic implications of Sacramento watershed management options. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 38:367-384.

13 2002 Lundquist, C.J., J.M. Diehl, E. Harvey and L.W. Botsford. Factors affecting implementation of recovery plans. Ecological Applications 12: 713-718.

14 2001 Morgan, L.E. and L.W. Botsford. Managing with reserves: modeling uncertainty in larval dispersal for a sea urchin fishery. Pp. 667-684 in Proceedings of the Symposium on Spatial Processes and Management of Marine Populations, University of Alaska Sea Grant, 720 pp.

15 2001 Jackson, JBC; Kirby, MX; Berger, WH; Bjorndal, KA; Botsford, LW; Bourque, BJ; Bradbury, RH; Cooke, R; Erlandson, J; Estes, JA; Hughes, TP; Kidwell, S; Lange, CB; Lenihan, HS; Pandolfi, JM; Peterson, CH; Steneck, RS; Tegner, MJ; Warner, RR. Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems. Science 293:629-638.

16 2001 Botsford, LW. Physical influences on recruitment to California Current invertebrate populations on multiple scales. ICES Journal of Marine Science 58:1081-1091.

17 2001 Botsford, L.W., Hastings, A., and Gaines, S.D. Dependence of sustainability on the configuration of marine reserves and larval dispersal distance Ecology Letters 4: 144-150.

18 2000 Agrawal, AA; Rudgers, JA; Botsford, LW; Cutler, D; Gorin, JB; Lundquist, CJ; Spitzer, BW, Swann, AL. 2000. Benefits and constraints on plant defense against herbivores: Spines influence the legitimate and illegitimate flower visitors of yellow star thistle Centaurea solstitialis L-(asteraceae). Southwestern Naturalist 45: 1-5.

19 2000 Lundquist, C.J., L.W. Botsford, L.E. Morgan, J.M. Diehl, T. Lee, D.R. Lockwood and E.L. Pearson. Effects of El Niņo and La Niņa on local invertebrate settlement in northern California. Cal COFI Rep. 41: 167-176.

20 2000 Morgan, L.E., L.W. Botsford, S.R. Wing and B.D. Smith. Spatial variability in growth and mortality of the red sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus in northern California. Can. J. Fish Aquat. Sci. 57: 980-992.

21 2000 Morgan, L.E., S.R.Wing, L.W. Botsford, C.J. Lundquist and J.M. Diehl. Spatial variability in red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) recruitment in northern California. Fisheries Oceanography 9: 83-98.

22 2000 Botsford, L.W. and C.M. Paulsen. Assessing covariability among populations in the presence of intraseries correlation: Columbia River spring-summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) stocks. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci 57: 616-627.

23 1999 Morgan, L.E., L.W. Botsford, C.J. Lundquist and J.F. Quinn. 1999. The potential of no-take reserves to sustain the red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) fishery in northern California. Bull Tohoku Natl. Fish. Res. Inst. 62: 83-94.

24 1999 Murray, S.N., R.F. Ambrose, J.A. Bohnsack, L.W. Botsford, M.H. Carr, G.E. Davis, P.K. Dayton, D. Gotshall, D.R. Gunderson, M.A. Hixon, J. Lubchenco, M. Mangel, A. MacCall, D. A. Mc Ardle, J.C. Ogden, J. Roughgarden, R.M. Starr, M.J. Tegner, and M.M. Yoklavich. No-take reserve networks: sustaining fishery populations and marine ecosystems.Fisheries 24: 11-25.

25 1999 Botsford, L.W., L.E. Morgan, D.R. Lockwood, and J.E. Wilen. Marine reserves and management of the northern California red sea urchin fishery. CalCOFI Rep. 40: 87-93.

26 1999 Hastings, A. and L.W. Botsford. Equivalence in yield from marine reserves and traditional fisheries management. Science 284: 1537-1538.

27 1998 Wing, S.R., J.L. Largier, and L.W. Botsford. Coastal retention and onshore transport of meroplankton near capes in eastern boundary currents: examples from the California Current. S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 19: 119-127.

28 1998 Botsford, L.W., S.R. Wing and J.L. Largier. Population dynamics and management implications of larval dispersal. S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 19: 131-142.

29 1998 Wing, S. R., L.W. Botsford, S. V. Ralston, and J. L. Largier. Meroplanktonic distribution and circulation in a coastal retention zone of the northern California upwelling system. Limnol. Oceanogr. 43(7):1710-1721.

30 1998 Botsford, L.W., C. L. Moloney, J. L. Largier, and A. Hastings. Metapopulation dynamics of meroplanktonic invertebrates: the Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) as an example. In Proceedings of the North Pacific Symposium on Invertebrate Stock Assessment and Management. Edited by G. S. Jamieson and A. Campbell. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 125:295-306.

31 1998 Wing, S. R., L.W. Botsford, and J. F. Quinn. The impact of coastal circulation on the spatial distribution of invertebrate recruitment, with implications for management. In Proceedings of the North Pacific Symposium on Invertebrate Stock Assessment and Management. Edited by G. S. Jamieson and A. Campbell. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 125:285-294.

32 1998 Smith, B. D. and L.W. Botsford. Interpretation of growth, mortality, and recruitment patterns in size-at-age, growth, increment, and size frequency data. In Proceedings of the North Pacific Symposium on Invertebrate Stock Assessment and Management. Edited by G. S. Jamieson and A. Campbell. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 125:125-139.

33 1998 Smith, B. D., L.W. Botsford, and S. R. Wing. Estimation of growth and mortality parameters from size frequency distributions lacking age patterns: the red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) as an example. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Vol. 55, No. 5, pp. 1236-1247.

34 1997 Botsford, L.W, and J. G. Brittnacher. Viability of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon. Conservation Biology 12(1):65-79.

35 1997 Cisneros-Mata, M. A., L.W. Botsford, and J. F. Quinn. Projecting viability of Totoaba macdonaldi, a population with unknown age-dependent variability. Ecological Applications 7:968-980.

36 1997 Botsford, L.W. Human activities, climate changes affect marine populations. California Agriculture 51:36-44.

37 1997 Botsford, L.W, J. C. Castilla, and C. H. Peterson. The management of fisheries and marine ecosystems. Science 277:509-515.

38 1997 Higgins, K., A. Hastings, J. N. Sarvela, and L.W. Botsford. Stochastic dynamics and deterministic skeletons: Population behavior of Dungeness crab. Science 276:1431-1435.

39 1997 Higgins, K., A. Hastings, and L.W. Botsford. Density dependence and age structure: nonlinear dynamics and population behavior. Amerian Naturalist, Vol. 149, No. 2.

40 1997 Botsford, L.W. Dynamics of populations with density-dependent recruitment and age structure. Chapter 12 in S. Tuljapurkar and H. Caswell (eds.) Structured Population Models in Marine, Terrestrial, and Freshwater Systems. Chapman and Hall, New York.

41 1996 Cailliet, G. M., L.W. Botsford, J. G. Brittnacher, G. Ford, M. Matsubayashi, A. King, D. L. Waters, and R. G. Kope. Development of a computer-aided age determination system: Evaluation based on otoliths of bank rockfish off California. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 125:874-888.

42 1995 Wing, S. R., L.W. Botsford, J. L. Largier, and L. E. Morgan. Spatial structure of relaxation events and crab settlement in the northern California upwelling region. Marine Ecology Progress Series 128: 199-211.

43 1995 Wing, S. R., J. L. Largier, L.W. Botsford, and J. F. Quinn. Settlement and transport of benthic invertebrates in an intermittent upwelling region. Limnology and Oceanography 40: 316-329.

44 1994 Moloney, C. L., L.W. Botsford, and J. L. Largier. Development, survival and timing of metamorphosis of planktonic larvae in a variable environment: the Dungeness crab as an example. Marine Ecology Progress Series 113: 61-79.

45 1995 Botsford, L.W and R. C. Hobbs. Recent advances in the understanding of cyclic behavior of Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) populations. ICES Marine Sciences Symposium 199:157-166.

46 1995 Botsford, L.W. Population dynamics of spatially distributed, meroplanktonic, exploited marine invertebrates. ICES Marine Science Symposium 199:118-128.

47 1994 Botsford, L.W, D. F. Lott, J. G. Brittnacher, and S. Mastrup. Effects of precipitation and density on the abundance of California quail on Santa Cruz Island. Pp. 401-405 in Proceedings, The Fourth California Islands Symposium: Update on the Status of Resources. Halvorson, W. L. and G. J. Maender, Editors. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA.

48 1994 Botsford, L.W. Extinction probabilities and delisting criteria for Pacific salmonids. Conservation Biology 8:873-875.

49 1994 Botsford, L.W, J. F. Quinn, S. R. Wing, and J. G. Brittnacher. Rotating spatial harvest of a benthic invertebrate, the red sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus. Pp. 409-428 in Proceedings, International Symposium on Management Strategies for Exploited Fish Populations, Alaska Sea Grant College Program, #AK-93-02.

50 1994 Botsford, L.W, C. L. Moloney, A. Hastings, J. L. Largier, T. M. Powell, K. Higgins, and J. F. Quinn. The influence of spatially and temporally varying oceanographic conditions on meroplanktonic metapopulations. Deep-Sea Research II 41:107-145.

51 1994 Quinn, J. F., S. R. Wing, and L.W. Botsford. Harvest regufia in marine invertebrate fisheries: Models and applications to the red sea urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus. American Zoologist 33:537-550.

52 1994 Botsford, L.W, B. D. Smith, and J. F. Quinn. Bimodality in size distributions: The red sea urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus. Ecological Applications 4(1):42-50.

53 1992 Hobbs, R. C., L.W. Botsford, and A. Thomas. Influence of hydrographic conditions and wind forcing on the distribution and abundance of Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, larvae. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49:1379-1388.

54 1992 Botsford, L.W and S. K. Jain. Applying the principles of population biology: Assessment and recommendations. Pp. 263-286 in Applied Population Biology. S. K. Jain and L. W. Botsford, Editors. 295 pp.

55 1992 Botsford, L.W and S. K. Jain. Population biology and its application to practical problems. Pp. 1-24 in Applied Population Biology. S. K. Jain and L. W. Botsford, Editors. 295pp.

56 1992 Jain, S. K., and L.W. Botsford, Editors. Applied Population Biology. 295 pp.

57 1992 Botsford, L.W and J. G. Brittnacher. Detection of environmental influences on wildlife populations: California quail as an example. Pp. 158-169 in Wildlife 2001: Populations. D. R. McCulloch and R. Barrett, Editors. 1163 pp.

58 1992 Botsford, L.W. Individual state structure in population models. Chapter 10, pp 213-236 in Individual-Based Approaches in Ecology: Concepts and Models. D. DeAngelis and L. Gross, Editors. 525 pp.

59 1992 Hobbs, R. C., L.W. Botsford, and R. G. Kope. Bioeconomic evaluation of the culture/stocking concept for California halibut. Pp. 417-449 in The California Halibut, Paralichthys californicus, Resources and Fisheries. C. W. Haugen, Editor. California Department of Fish & Game Fish Bulletin #174.

60 1992 Botsford, L.W. Further analysis of Clark's delayed recruitment model. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 54:275-293.

61 1992 Hobbs, R. C., and L.W. Botsford. Diel vertical migration and timing of metamorphosis of larval Dungeness crab Cancer magister. Marine Biology 112:417-428.

62 1991 Banks, H. T., L.W. Botsford, F. Kappel, and C. Wang. Estimation of growth and survival in size-structured cohort data: An application to larval striped bass (Morone saxatilis). Journal of Mathematical Biology 30:125-150.

63 1991 Botsford, L.W. Crustacean egg production and fisheries management. Pp. 379-394 in Crustacean Egg Production. A. M. Wenner, Editor. 401 pp.

64 1991 Kohlhorst, D. W., L.W. Botsford, J. S. Brennan, and G. M. Cailliet. Aspects of the structure and dynamics of an exploited central California population of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus). Pp. 277-294 in Actes du Premier Colloque Internationale sur l'Esturgeon. P. Williot, Editor. Bordeaux, France.

65 1990 Kope, R. G., and L.W. Botsford. Determination of factors affecting recruitment of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in central California. US Fisheries Bulletin 88:257-269.

66 1989 Hobbs, R. C., and L.W. Botsford. Dynamics of an age-structured prey with density- and predation-dependent recruitment: The Dungeness crab and a nemertean egg predator worm. Theoretical Population Biology 36:1-22.

67 1989 Botsford, L.W, D. A. Armstrong, and J. M. Shenker. Oceanographic influences on the dynamics of commercially fished populations. Pp. 511-565 in Coastal Oceanography of Washington and Oregon. M. R. Landry and B. M. Hickey, Editors.

68 1988 Kope, R. G., and L.W. Botsford. Detection of environmental influence on recruitment using abundance data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45:1448-1458.

69 1988 Botsford, L.W, T. C. Wainwright, J. T. Smith, S. Mastrup, and D. F. Lott. Population dynamics of California quail related to meteorological conditions. Journal of Wildlife Management 52(3):469-477.

70 1987 Banks, H. T., L.W. Botsford, F. Kappel, and C. Wang. Modeling and estimation in size structured population models. Pp. 521-541 in Mathematical Ecology. T. G. Hallam, L. J. Gross, and S. A. Levin, Editors.

71 1987 Botsford, L.W, B. Vondracek, T. C. Wainwright, A. L. Linden, R. G. Kope, D. E. Reed, and J. J. Cech Jr. Population development of the mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, in rice fields. Environmental Biology of Fishes 20:143154.

72 1987 Botsford, L.W. Analysis of environmental influences on population dynamics. Pp.54-64 in Modeling and Management of Resources Under Uncertainty. T. L. Vincent, Y. Cohen, W. J. Grantham, G. P. Kirkwood and J. M. Skowronski, Editors.

73 1986 Botsford, L.W. Effects of environmental forcing on age-structured populations: Northern California Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) as an example. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43:2345-2352.

74 1986 Hamilton, A., L.W. Botsford, and J. R. Carey. Demographic examination of sex ratio in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 41:147-151.

75 1986 Botsford, L.W and R. C. Hobbs. Static optimization of yield per recruit with reproduction and fishing costs. Fisheries Research 4:181-189.

76 1986 Johnson, D. F., L.W. Botsford, R. D. Methot, Jr., and T. C. Wainwright. Wind stress and cycles in Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) catch off California, Oregon, and Washington. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 43(4):838-845.

77 1986 Botsford, L.W. Population dynamics of the Dungeness crab (Cancer magister). Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 92:140-153.

78 1985 Sykes, S. D., and L.W. Botsford. Chinook salmon, (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) escapement based on multiple mark-recapture of carcasses. Fishery Bulletin 84(2):261-270.

79 1985 Botsford, L.W. Models of growth. Pp. 171-188 in Factors in Adult Growth. A. M. Wenner, Editor.

80 1985 Anderson, S. L., L.W. Botsford, and W. H. Clark, Jr. Size distribution and sex ratios of ridgeback prawns (Sicyonia ingentis) in the Santa Barbara Channel (1979-1981). CalCOFI Reports XXVI:169-174.

81 1985 Wainwright, T. C., R. G. Kope, and L.W. Botsford. Implications of laboratory mosquitofish experiments for population development in rice fields. Proceedings and Papers of the Fifty-Second Annual Conference of the California Mosquito Vector Control Association 52:110-114.

82 1985 Botsford, L.W and T. C. Wainwright. Optimal fishery policy: An equilibrium solution with irreversible investment. Journal of Mathematical Biology 21:317-327.

83 1984 Botsford, L.W. Comments on marine survival of Pacific salmonids. Pp. 183-186 in The Influence of Ocean Conditions on the Production of Salmonids in the North Pacific. W. G. Pearcy, Editor. Oregon State University, Corvallis. 327 pp.

84 1984 Allen, P. G., L.W. Botsford, A. M. Schuur, and W. E. Johnston. Bioeconomics of Aquaculture. 351 pp.

85 1984 Botsford, L.W and R. Hobbs. Optimal fishery policy with artificial enhancement through stocking: California's white sturgeon as an example. Ecological Modelling 23:293-312.

86 1984 Botsford, L.W. Effect of individual growth rates on expected behavior of the Northern California Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 41(1):99-107.

87 1983 Botsford, L.W. Age- and size-specific models in the Dungeness crab fishery. In Population Biology Proceedings, Edmonton 1982. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, No. 52. H. F. Freedman, C. Strobeck, Editors.

88 1983 Botsford, L.W, R. D. Methot, Jr., and W. E. Johnston. Effort dynamics of the Northern California Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) fishery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 40(3):337-346.

89 1982 Botsford, L.W, R. D. Methot, Jr., and J. E. Wilen. Cyclic covariation in the California king salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, silver salmon, O. kisutch, and Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, fisheries. Fishery Bulletin 80(4):791-801.

90 1982 Methot, R. D., Jr., and L.W. Botsford. Estimated preseason abundance in the California Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 39(8):1077-1083.

91 1981 Botsford, L.W. Comment on cycles in the Northern California Dungeness crab population. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 38(10):1295-1296.

92 1981 Botsford, L.W. Optimal fishery policy for size-specific, density-dependent population models. Journal of Mathematical Biology 12:256-293.

93 1981 Botsford, L.W. More realistic fishery models: Cycles, collapse, and optimal policy. Pp.6-20 in Renewable Resource Management. T. L. Vincent and J. Skowronski, Editors.

94 1981 Botsford, L.W. The effects of increased individual growth rates on depressed population size. American Naturalist 117(1):38-63.

95 1979 Botsford, L.W and D. E. Wickham. Population cycles caused by inter-age density-dependent mortality in young fish and crustaceans. Pp.73-82 in Cyclic Phenomena in Marine Plants and Animals. E. Naylor and R. G. Hartnoll, Editors.

96 1978 Botsford, L.W and D. E. Wickham. Behavior of age-specific, density-dependent models and the Northern California Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) fishery. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 35:833-843.

97 1978 Botsford, L.W and T. W. Gossard. Implications of growth and metabolic rates on costs of aquaculture. Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Workshop, World Mariculture Society 9:413-423.

98 1977 Botsford, L.W. Current economic status of lobster culture research. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Workshop, World Mariculture Society 8:723-739.

99 1975 Botsford, L.W, H. E. Rauch, A. M. Schuur, and R. A. Shleser. An economically optimum aquaculture facility. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Workshop, World Mariculture Society 6:407-420.

100 1975 Botsford, L.W and D. E. Wickham. Correlation of upwelling index and Dungeness crab catch. US Fishery Bulletin 73(4):901-907.

101 1975 Rauch, H. E., L.W. Botsford, and R. A. Shleser. Economic optimization of an aquaculture facility. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control AC-20(3):310-319.

102 1974 Botsford, L.W, H. E. Rauch, and R. A. Shleser. Application of optimization theory to the economics of aquaculture. Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Workshop, World Mariculture Society 5:387-401.

103 1974 Botsford, L. W., H. E. Rauch, and R. A. Shleser. Optimal temperature control of a lobster plant. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control AC-19(5):541-542.

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