Publications

PMEP has led, funded, or collaborated on scientific publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles and assessment reports. Browse by year below.

For data that are associated with PMEP’s publications, see PMEP’s Data page.

2024

Recht, F., Brophy, L., and Drinkwin, J. 2024. Restoring Tidal Swamps in the U.S. Pacific Northwest: Information for Restoration Practitioners. https://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/assessment-reports/

2023

Ward, Melissa, and Kathryn Beheshti. 2023. Lessons Learned from over Thirty Years of Eelgrass Restoration on the US West Coast. Ecosphere 14(8).

2022

Bizzarro, J.J., Selleck, J., Sherman, K., Drinkwin, J., Hare, V.C., and Fox, D.S. 2022. State of the knowledge: U.S. West Coast nearshore habitat use by fish assemblages and select invertebrates. Portland, OR: Pacific Marine & Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership. https://www.pacificfishhabitat.org/assessment-reports/

2021

Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative, Pacific Marine & Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership, and California Fish Passage Forum. 2021. Barriers to tidal connectivity for native lamprey species.

Beheshiti, K. and Ward, M. 2021. Eelgrass Restoration on the U.S. West Coast: A Comprehensive Assessment of Restoration Techniques and Their Outcomes. Prepared for the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership.

2019

Brophy, L.S. 2019. Comparing historical losses of forested, scrub-shrub, and emergent tidal wetlands on the Oregon coast, USA: A paradigm shift for estuary restoration and conservation. Prepared for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership. Estuary Technical Group, Institute for Applied Ecology, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

 

Sherman, K., Holycross B., Hare V, and L. Brophy. 2019. U.S. West Coast Mapping of Restored Tidal Areas: Methodology, Results & Recommendations. A publication prepared by the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership for NOAA’s Office of Habitat Protection. 29p.

 

Brophy LS, Greene CM, Hare VC, Holycross B, Lanier A, Heady WN, et al. 2019. Insights into estuary habitat loss in the western United States using a new method for mapping maximum extent of tidal wetlands. PLoS ONE 14(8): e0218558.

2018

Sherman, K., and L.A. DeBruyckere. 2018. Eelgrass habitats on the U.S. West Coast: State of the Knowledge of Eelgrass Ecosystem Services and Eelgrass Extent. A publication prepared by the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership for The Nature Conservancy. 67p.

 

Toft J.D.,S.H. Munsch, J.R. Cordell, K. Siitari, V.C. Hare, B. Holycross, L.A. DeBruyckere, C.M. Greene, and B.B. Hughes. 2018. Impact of multiple stressors on juvenile fish in estuaries of the Northeast Pacific. Global Change Biology 24:2008–2020.

2015

Toft, JD, Munsch, SH, Cordell, JR, Siitari, K., Hare, VC, Holycross, B, DeBruyckere, LA, Greene, CM. 2015. Nursery Functions of West Coast Estuaries: Data Assessment for Juveniles of 15 Focal Fish and Crustacean Species. A publication prepared by the Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership. 56p.

2014

Hughes, B. B., M. D. Levey, J. A. Brown, M. C. Fountain, A. B. Carlisle, S. Y. Litvin, C. M. Greene, W. N. Heady and M. G. Gleason. 2014. Nursery Functions of U.S. West Coast Estuaries: The State of Knowledge for Juveniles of Focal Invertebrate and Fish Species. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 168pp.

 

Heady, W.N., K. O’Connor, J. Kassakian, K. Doiron, C. Endris, D. Hudgens, R. P. Clark, J. Carter, and M. G. Gleason. 2014. An Inventory and Classification of U.S. West Coast Estuaries. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 81pp.