Every other week we share the latest peer-reviewed publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the past two weeks, thirteen new articles co-authored by members of the College were added to the Web of Science database. They include articles about salmon, black-swan events, and more. Read on!

1. Title: Pyrolysis of whole wood chips and rods in a novel ablative reactor
Authors: Luo, G; Chandler, DS.; Anjos, LCA.; Eng, RJ.; Jia, P; Resende, FLP.
Source: Fuel, Volume 194, Pages 229-238. Published April 2017

2. Title: Climate and conspecific density trigger pre-spawning mortality in sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
Authors: Tillotson, MD; Quinn, TP
Source: Fisheries Research, Volume 188, Pages 138-148. Published April 2017

3. Title: The effects of applying mis-specified age- and size-structured models
Authors: Punt, AE; Akselrud, CA; Cronin-Fine, L
Source: Fisheries Research, Volume 188, Pages 58-73; 10.1016/j.fishres.2016.11.017 APR 2017

4. Title: Black-swan events in animal populations
Authors: Anderson, SC; Branch, TA; Cooper, AB; Dulvy, NK
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volume 114, Issue 12, Pages 3252-3257. Published March 2017

5. Title: Inferring Firn Permeability from Pneumatic Testing: A Case Study on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Authors: Sommers, AN; Rajaram, H; Weber, EP; MacFerrin, MJ; Colgan, WT; Stevens, CM
Source: Frontiers in Earth Science, Volume 5. Published March 2017

6. Title: Life history, larval dispersal, and connectivity in coral reef fish among the Scattered Islands of the Mozambique Channel
Authors: O’Donnell, JL; Beldade, R; Mills, SC; Williams, HE; Bernardi, G
Source: Coral Reefs, Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 223-232. Published March 2017

7. Title: Evaluating signals of oil spill impacts, climate, and species interactions in Pacific herring and Pacific salmon populations in Prince William Sound and Copper River, Alaska
Authors: Ward, EJ; Adkison, M; Couture, J; Dressel, SC; Litzow, MA; Moffitt, S;
Neher, TH; Trochta, J; Brenner, R
Source: PLOS ONE, Volume 12, Issue 3. Published March 2017

8. Title: Ultrafast magmatic buildup and diversification to produce continental crust during subduction
Authors: Ducea, MN; Bergantz, GW; Crowley, JL; Otamendi, J
Source: Geology, Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 235-238. Published March 2017

9. Title: Impact of Model Physics on Seasonal Forecasts of Surface Air Temperature in the Arctic
Authors: Yang, Q; Wang, M; Overland, JE.; Wang, W; Collow, TW.
Source: Monthly Weather Review, Volume 145, Issue 3, Pages 773-782. Published March 2017

10. Title: Who Should Pick the Winners of Climate Change?
Authors: Webster, MS; Colton, MA; Darling, ES; Armstrong, J; Pinsky, ML; Knowlton, N; Schindler, DE
Source: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Volume 32, Issue 3, Pages 167-173. Published March 2017

11. Title: Tooth occlusal morphology in the durophagous marine reptiles, Placodontia (Reptilia: Sauropterygia)
Authors: Crofts, SB; Neenan, JM; Scheyer, TM; Summers, AP
Source: Paleobiology, Volume 43, Issue 1, Pages 114-128. Published Winter 2017

12. Title: Spatial and temporal trends in Precambrian nitrogen cycling: A Mesoproterozoic offshore nitrate minimum
Authors: Koehler, MC; Stueken, EE; Kipp, MA; Buick, R; Knoll, AH
Source: Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 198, Pages 315-337. Published February 2017

13. Title: Fisheries management impacts on target species status
Authors: Melnychuk, MC; Peterson, E; Elliott, M; Hilborn, R
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, Volume 114, Issue 1, Pages 178-183. Published January 2017