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ABOUT THE ALASKA
SCIENCE CENTER

SCIENCE OFFICES

CONFERENCES

USGS ALASKA DATA RESOURCES

OTHER ALASKA AREA
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John F. Piatt

Title: Research Wildlife Biologist
Address: Alaska Science Center
c/o 616 Marrowstone Point Rd., Nordland, WA 98358-9633
Phone: (360) 774-0516
Fax: (360) 385-7207
Email: jpiatt@usgs.gov

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Education and/or Training

Ph.D.1987Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John, Newfoundland, CanadaMarine Biology
B.S. (Hons.)1977Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John, Newfoundland, CanadaBiochemistry

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Breeding biology and feeding ecology of seabirds, marine ecosystems, fisheries, oil pollution, marine mammals, forage fish, oceanography, the Alcidae, Bering Sea studies, and Gulf of Alaska studies.

Professional Experience

1987 - PresentResearch Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska
1980 - 1987Research Associate, Graduate Student, Newfoundland Institute for Cold Ocean Science, Memorial University St. John, Newfoundland, Canada

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

Affiliate Professor, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Affiliate Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Contributing Editor, Marine Ecology Progress Series
Associate Editor, The Auk
Pacific Seabird Group

Significant Recent Publications

Renner, M., M. L. Arimitsu, and J. F. Piatt. 2012. Structure of marine predator and prey communities along environmental gradients in a glaciated fjord. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69:2029 – 2045.

Arimitsu, M. L., J. F. Piatt, E. N. Madison, J. S. Conaway, and N. Hillgruber. 2012. Oceanographic gradients and seabird prey community dynamics in glacial fjords. Fisheries Oceanography 21:148-169.

Cury, P.M., I.L. Boyd, S. Bonhommeau, T. Anker-Nilssen, R.J.M. Crawford, R.W. Furness, J.A. Mills, E. Murphy, H. Osterblom, M. Paleczny, J.F. Piatt, J.P. Roux, L. Shannon, W.J. Sydeman. 2011. Global seabird responses to forage fish depletion – one-third for the birds. Science 334: 1703-1706. | Supporting online material. Science 334.

Arimitsu, M., J. Piatt, M. Romano, T. van Pelt. 2011. Status and distribution of the Kittlitz’s Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris in Kenai Fjords, Alaska. Marine Ornithology 39(1):13-22.

Birt, T. P., D. Mackinnon, J. F. Piatt, V. L. Friesen. 2011. Genetic differentiation of the Kittlitz’s Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris in the Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska. Marine Ornithology 39(1):45-51.

Madison, E. N., J. F. Piatt, M. Arimitsu, M. D. Romano, T. van Pelt, S. K. Nelson, J. C. Williams, A. R. DeGange. 2011. Status and distribution of Kittlitz’s Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris along the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak and Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Marine Ornithology 39(1):111-122.

Kuletz, K. J., S. G. Speckman, J. F. Piatt, E. A. Labunski. 2011. Distirbution, abundance, and population trends of Kittlitz’s Murrelets Brachyramphus brevirostris in lower Cook Inlet and Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Marine Ornithology 39(1):85-95.

Piatt, J. F., M. L. Arimitsu, G. Drew, E. N. Madison, J. Bodkin, M. D. Romano. 2011. Status and trend of the Kittlitz’s Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris in Glacier Bay, Alaska. Marine Ornithology 39(1):65-75.

Arimitsu, M. L., J. F. Piatt, M. D. Romano, E. N. Madison, and J. S. Conaway. 2010. Kittlitz's and marbled murrelets in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska: At-sea distribution and abundance, and foraging habitat. U.S. Geological Survey-Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1181. Drew, G., D. Dragoo, M. Renner, J. Piatt. 2010. At-sea observations of marine birds and their habitats before and after the 2008 eruption of Kasatochi Volcano, Alaska. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 42(3):325-334.

Satterthwaite, W. H., A. S. Kitaysky, S. A. Hatch, J. F. Piatt, M. Mangel. 2010. Unifying quantitative life-history theory and field endocrinology to assess prudent parenthood in a long-lived seabird. Evolutionary Ecology Research 12:779-792.

Jodice, P. G. R , D. D. Roby, K. R. Turco, R. M. Suryan, D. B. Irons, J. F. Piatt, M. T. Shultz, D. G. Roseneau, A. B. Kettle. 2009. Growth rates of Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla chicks in relation to delivery rate, size, and energy density of meals. Marine Ornithology 36: 107-114.

Kitaysky, A. S., J. F. Piatt, S. A. Hatch, E. V. Kitaiskaia, Z. M. Benowitz-Fredericks, M. T. Shultz, and J. C. Wingfield. 2010. Food availability and population processes: Severity of nutritional stress during reproduction predicts survival of long-lived seabirds. Functional Ecology. 24:625-637.

Morris-Pocock, J. A., S. A. Taylor, T. P. Birt, M. Damus, J. F. Piatt, K. Warheit and V. L. Friesen. 2009. Population genetic structure in Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Common Murre populations (Uria aalge): A natural replicate test of post-Pleistocene evolution. Molecular Ecology. 17:4859-4873.

Regular, P.M., F. Shuhood, T. Power, W. A. Montevecchi, G. J. Robertson, D. Ballam, J. F. Piatt and B. Nakashima. 2009. Murres, Capelin and Ocean Climate: Inter-annual Associations across a Decadal Shift. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 156:293-302.

Shultz, M. T., J. F. Piatt, A. M. A. Harding, A. B. Kettle, T. I. Van Pelt. 2009. Timing of breeding and reproductive performance in murres and kittiwakes reflect mismatched seasonal prey dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series 393:247-258.

Agness, A. M., J. F. Piatt, J. C. Ha and G. R. Van Blaricom. 2008. Effects of vessel activity on the nearshore ecology of Kittlitz’s Murrelets (Brachyramphus brevirostris) in Glacier Bay, Alaska. Auk 125:346-353.

Arimitsu, M. L., J. F. Piatt, M. A. Litzow, A. A. Abookire, M. D. Romano, M. Robards. 2008. Cold water refugia: glacial influence on the distribution and spawning dynamics of Pacific capelin (Mallotus villosus). Fisheries Oceanography 17:137-146.

Drew, G. S., and J. F. Piatt. 2008. Using geographic information systems to compare non-uniform marine bird surveys: detecting the decline of Kittlitz’s Murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) in Glacier Bay, Alaska. Auk 125:178-182.

Renner, M., G. L. Hunt Jr., J. F. Piatt and G. V. Byrd. 2008. Seasonal and distribution patterns of seabirds along the Aleutian Archipelago. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 357:301-311.

Arimitsu, M. L., Piatt, J. F., and Romano, M. D. 2007. Distribution of ground-nesting marine birds along shorelines in Glacier Bay, southeastern Alaska: An assessment related to potential disturbance by back-country users: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5278, 48 p.

Arimitsu, M. L., Piatt, J. F., Romano, M. D., and Douglas, D. C., 2007, Distribution of forage fishes in relation to the oceanography of Glacier Bay, in Piatt, J.F., and Gende, S.M., eds., Proceedings of the Fourth Glacier Bay Science Symposium, October 26–28, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5047, p. 102-106

Arimitsu, M. L., Romano, M. D., Piatt, J. F., 2007, Groundnesting marine bird distribution and potential for human impacts in Glacier Bay, in Piatt, J.F., and Gende, S.M., eds., Proceedings of the Fourth Glacier Bay Science Symposium, October 26–28, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5047, p. 196-200.

Drew, G.S., Piatt, J.F., and Bodkin, J.L., 2007, Population status and trends of marine birds and mammals in Glacier Bay National Park, in Piatt, J.F., and Gende, S.M., eds., Proceedings of the Fourth Glacier Bay Science Symposium, October 26–28, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5047, p. 129-132.

Harding, A. M. A., J. F. Piatt, J. A. Schmutz, M. T. Shultz, T. I. Van Pelt, A. B. Kettle, and S. G. Speckman. 2007. Prey density and the behavioral flexibility of a marine predator: The Common Murre (Uria aalge). Ecology 88:2024-2033.

Piatt, J. F., A.M.A. Harding, M. Shultz, S.G. Speckman, T. I. van Pelt, G.S. Drew, A.B. Kettle. 2007. Seabirds as indicators of marine food supplies: Cairns revisited. Marine Ecology Progress Series 352:221-234.

Piatt, J. F., W. J. Sydeman, F. Wiese. 2007. Introduction: A modern role for seabirds as indicators. Marine Ecology Progress Series 352: 199-204.

Romano, M. D., Piatt, J. F., and Carter, H. R., 2007, First successful radio-telemetry study of Kittlitz’s Murrelet— Problems and potential, in Piatt, J.F., and Gende, S.M., eds., Proceedings of the Fourth Glacier Bay Science Symposium, October 26–28, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5047, p. 120-123.

Romano, M. D., Piatt, J. F., Drew, G. S., and Bodkin, J. L., 2007, Temporal and spatial variability in distribution of Kittlitz’s Murrelet in Glacier Bay, in Piatt, J.F., and Gende, S.M., eds., Proceedings of the Fourth Glacier Bay Science Symposium, October 26–28, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5047, p. 117-119.

Zador, S. G., and Piatt, J. F., 2007, Simulating the effects of predation and egg-harvest at a gull colony, in Piatt, J.F., and Gende, S.M., eds., Proceedings of the Fourth Glacier Bay Science Symposium, October 26–28, 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5047, p. 188-192.

Piatt, J. F., and A. M. A. Harding. 2007. Population Ecology of Seabirds in Cook Inlet. Pp. 335-352 in: Robert Spies (ed.), Long-term Ecological Change in the Northern Gulf of Alaska. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Piatt, J. F., and A. M. Springer. 2007. Marine ecoregions of Alaska. Pp. 522-526 in: Robert Spies (ed.), Long-term Ecological Change in the Northern Gulf of Alaska. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Kitaysky, A. S., J. F. Piatt and J. C. Wingfield. 2007. Stress hormones link food availability and population processes in seabirds. Marine Ecology Progress Series 352: 245-258.

Harding, A. M. A., Piatt, J. F., Schmutz, J. A., Shultz, M.T., Van Pelt, T.I., Kettle, A.B., and Speckman, S.G. 2007. Prey density and the behavioral flexibility of a marine predator: The Common Murre (Uria aalge). Ecology 88: 2024-2033.

Piatt, J. F., and S. A. Gende (Eds.). 2007. Proceedings of the Fourth Glacier Bay Science Symposium. U.S. Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5047. 246 pp.

Piatt, J .F., K. J. Kuletz, A. E. Burger, S. A. Hatch, V. L. Friesen, T. P. Birt, M. L. Arimitsu, G .S. Drew, A. M. A. Harding and K. S. Bixler. 2007. Status Review of the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Alaska and British Columbia: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1387, 258pp.

Jodice, P. G., D. D. Roby, K. R. Turco, R. M. Suryan, D. B. Irons, J. F. Piatt, M. T. Shultz, D. G. Roseneau, A. B. Kettle, J. A. Anthony. 2006. Assessing the nutritional stress hypothesis: The relative influence of diet quantity and quality on seabird productivity. Marine Ecology Progress Series 325:267-279.

Romano, M. D., J. F. Piatt and D. D. Roby. 2006. Testing the junk-food hypothesis on marine birds: Effects of prey type on growth and development. Waterbirds 29:407-516.

Springer, A. M., G. B. van Vliet, J. F. Piatt, and E. M. Danner. 2006. Whales and whaling in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea: Oceanographic insights and ecosystem impacts. Pp. 245-261 in Whales, Whaling and Ocean Ecosystems. J.A. Estes, D.P. DeMaster, D.F. Doak, T.M. Williams, and R.L. Brownell, Jr. (eds). University of California Press, Berkeley, USA.

Piatt, J. F., J. Wetzel, K. Bell, A. R.. DeGange, G. R. Balogh, G. S. Drew, T. Geernaert, C. Ladd, and G. V. Byrd. 2006. Predictable hotspots and foraging habitat of the endangered Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) in the North Pacific: Implications for conservation. Deep Sea Research II 53:387-398.

Zador, S., J. F. Piatt, and A. E. Punt. 2006. Balancing predation and egg harvest in a colonial seabird: A simulation model. Ecological Modelling 195:318-326.

Kitaysky, S. K., E. Kitaysky, J. F. Piatt and J. Wingfield. 2006. A mechanistic link between chick diet and decline in seabirds? Proceedings of the Royal Society (B). 273:445-450.

Carter, H. R., S. G. Sealy, E. E. Burkett, and J. F. Piatt. 2005. Biology and conservation of Xantus’s Murrelet: Discovery, taxonomy, and distribution. Marine Ornithology 33: 81-87.

Carter, H. R., S. G. Sealy, E. E. Burkett, and J. F. Piatt (Eds.). 2005. Xantus’s Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) Special Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group Conference, January, 2005, Portland, Oregon. Pp. 81-159 in Marine Ornithology 33(2):2005.

Friesen, V. L., T. P. Birt, J. F. Piatt, R. T. Golightly, S. H. Newman, P. N. Hébert, and G. Gissing. 2005. Population genetic structure and conservation of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus). Conservation Genetics 6:607-614.

Kitaysky, A. S., M. D. Romano, J. F. Piatt, J. C. Wingfield, M. Kikuchi. 2005. The adrenocortical response of tufted puffin chicks to nutritional deficits. Hormones and Behavior 47:606-619.

Hunt, G. L., Jr., G. S. Drew, J. Jahncke and J. F. Piatt. 2005. Prey consumption and energy transfer by marine birds in the Gulf of Alaska. Deep Sea Research II 52:781-797.

Speckman, S., J. F. Piatt, C. Minte-Vera and J. Parrish. 2005. Parallel structure among environmental gradients and three trophic levels in a subarctic estuary. Progress in Oceanography 66:25-65.

Harding, A. H., J. F. Piatt, G. V. Byrd, S.A. Hatch, N. Konyukhov, E.U. Golubova and J.C. Williams. 2005. Measuring variability in colony attendance of crevice-nesting Horned Puffin throughout the North Pacific: Implications for population monitoring. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:1279-1296.

Abookire, A. A. and J. F. Piatt. 2005. Oceanographic conditions structure forage fishes into lipid-rich and lipid-poor communities in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 287:229-240.

Litzow, M. A., J. F. Piatt, A. A. Abookire, and M. Robards. 2004. Energy density and variability in abundance of Pigeon Guillemot prey: Support for the quality-variability tradeoff hypothesis. Journal of Animal Ecology 73:1149-1156.

Speckman, S. G., J. F. Piatt, and A. M. Springer. 2004. Small boats disturb fish-holding murrelets. Northwestern Naturalist 85:32-34.

Litzow, M. A., J. F. Piatt, A. A. Abookire, S. G. Speckman, M .L. Arimitsu and J. D. Figurski. 2004. Spatiotemporal predictability of schooling and non-schooling prey of Pigeon Guillemots. Condor 106:410-414.

Piatt, J. F., and A. M. Springer. 2003. Advection, pelagic food webs, and the biogeography of seabirds in Beringia. Marine Ornithology 31:141-154.

Harding, A. M. A, J. F. Piatt and K. C. Hamer. 2003. Breeding ecology of Horned Puffins (Fratercula corniculata) in Alaska: Annual variation and effects of El Niño. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:1004-1013.

Benson, J., R. M. Suryan, and J. F. Piatt. 2003. Assessing chick growth from a single visit to a seabird colony. Marine Ornithology 31:181-184.

Speckman, S. G., J. F. Piatt, and A. M. Springer. 2003. Deciphering the social structure of Marbled Murrelets from behavioral observations at sea. Waterbirds 26(3):266-274.

Kitaysky, A. S., E. V. Kitaiskaia, J. F. Piatt, and J. F. Wingfield. 2003. Benefits and costs of increased levels of corticosterone in seabird chicks. Hormones and Behavior 43:140-149.

Litzow, M. A. and J. F. Piatt. 2003. Variance in prey abundance influences time budgets of breeding seabirds: Evidence from pigeon guillemots. J. Avian Biol 34:54-64.

Pitocchelli, J., J. F. Piatt, and H. R. Carter. 2003. Variation in plumage, molt and morphology of the Whiskered Auklet (Aethia pygmaea) in Alaska. J. Field Ornith. 74:90-98.

Harding, A. M. A., T. I. Van Pelt, J. F. Piatt, and A. S. Kitaysky. 2002. Reduction of provisioning effort in response to experimental manipulation of chick nutritional status in the Horned Puffin. The Condor 104:842-847.

Robards, M. D., G. A. Rose, and J. F. Piatt. 2002. Growth and abundance of Pacific sand lance, Ammodytes hexapterus, under differing oceanographic regimes. Environmental Biology of Fishes 64:429-441.

Piatt, J. F. and A. S. Kitaysky. 2002. Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata). In The Birds of North America, No. 611 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Pp. 1-27.

Abookire, A. A., J. F. Piatt, and S. Speckman. 2002. A near-surface, daytime occurrence of two mesopelagic fish species (Stenobrachius leucopsarus and Leuroglossus schmidti) in a glacial fjord. Fishery Bulletin 100:376-380.

Litzow, M. A., J. F. Piatt, A. K. Prichard and D. D. Roby. 2002. Response of Pigeon Guillemots to variable abundance of high-lipid and low-lipid prey. Oecologia 132:286-295.

Piatt, J. F. and A. S. Kitaysky. 2002. Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata). In The Birds of North America, No. 708 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Pp. 1-32.

Kitaysky A. S., Kitaiskaia E.V., Wingfield J. C., and J. F. Piatt. 2001. Dietary restriction causes chronic elevation of corticosterone and enhances stress-response in Red-legged Kittiwake chicks. J. Comp. Physiol. (B) 171:701-709.

Kitaysky, A., J. Wingfield, and J. Piatt. 2001. Corticosterone facilitates begging and affects resource allocation in the Black-legged Kittiwake. Behavioural Ecology 12:619-625.

Abookire, A. A., J. F. Piatt, and B. L. Norcross. 2001. Juvenile groundfish habitat in Kachemak Bay, Alaska, during late summer. Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin 8(1):45-56.

Piatt, J. F. 2001. The Great Auk (Book Review). Marine Ornithology 29:65-66.

Litzow, M. A., J. F. Piatt, A. A. Abookire, A. K. Prichard and M. D. Robards. 2000. Monitoring temporal and spatial variability in sandeel (Ammodytes hexapterus) abundance with Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) diets. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 57:976-986.

Speckman, S. G., A. M. Springer, J. F. Piatt, and D. L. Thomas. 2000. Temporal variability in abundance of Marbled Murrelets at sea in southeast Alaska. Waterbirds. 23(3):364-377.

Abookire, A. A., J. F. Piatt, and M. D. Robards. 2000. Nearshore fish distributions in an Alaskan estuary in relation to stratification, temperature, and salinity. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 51:45-59.

Speckman, S. G., and J. F. Piatt. 2000. Historic and current use of Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, by belugas, Delphinapterus leucas. Marine Fisheries Review. 62(3):22-26.

Congdon, B. C., J. F. Piatt, K. Martin and V. L. Friesen. 2000. Mechanisms of population differentiation in Marbled Murrelets: Historical versus contemporary processes. Evolution 54:974-986.

Petersen, M. R., J. F. Piatt, and K. A. Trust. 1999. Foods of Spectacled Eiders Somateria fischeri in the Bering Sea, Alaska. Wildfowl 49:124-128.

Zador S. G. and J. F. Piatt. 1999. Time-budgets of Common Murres at a declining and increasing colony in Alaska. Condor 101:149-152.

Piatt, J. F., N. L. Naslund, and T. I. Van Pelt. 1999. Discovery of a new Kittlitz's Murrelet nest: Clues to habitat selection and nest-site fidelity. Northwestern Naturalist 80:8-13.

Kitaysky, A. S., J. C. Wingfield and J. F. Piatt. 1999. Dynamics of food availability, body condition and physiological stress response in breeding Black-legged Kittiwakes. Functional Ecology. 13:577-584.

Robards, M. D., J. F. Piatt, A. B. Kettle and A. A. Abookire. 1999. Temporal and geographic variation in fish communities of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. Fishery Bull. 97(4):962-977.

Anderson, P. J., and J. F. Piatt. 1999. Community reorganization in the Gulf of Alaska following ocean climate regime shift. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 189:117-123.

Kitaysky, A. S., J. F. Piatt, J. C. Wingfield, and M. Romano. 1999. The adrenocorical stress-response of Black-legged Kittiwake chicks in relation to dietary restrictions. J Comp Physiol B. 169:303-310.

Robards, M. D., J. A. Anthony, G. A. Rose, and J. F. Piatt. 1999. Changes in proximate composition and somatic energy content for Pacifc sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) from Kachemak Bay, Alaska relative to maturity and season. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 242:245-258.

Robards, M. D., J. F. Piatt, and G. A. Rose. 1999. Maturation, fecundity, and intertidal spawning of Pacific sand lance in the northern Gulf of Alaska. Journal of Fish Biology. 54:1050-1068.

Springer, A. M., J. F. Piatt, V. P. Shuntov, G. B. Van Vliet, V. L. Vladimirov, A. E. Kuzin, and A. S. Perlov. 1999. Marine birds and mammals of the Pacific subarctic gyres. Progress in Oceanography. 43:443-487.

Kuletz, K. J., and J. F. Piatt. 1999. Juvenile Marbled Murrelet nurseries and the productivity index. Wilson Bull. 111(2):257-261.

Piatt, J. F., G. Drew, T. I. Van Pelt, A. Abookire, A. Nielsen, M. Shultz, and A. Kitaysky. 1999. Biological effects of the 1997/1998 ENSO event in lower Cook Inlet , Alaska. PICES Scientific Report No. 10:93-100.

Robards, M. D., Willson, M. F. Armstrong, R. H., Piatt, J. F., (eds). 1999. Sand lance: a review of biology and predator relations and annotated bibliography. Research Paper PNW-RP-521. Portland, OR, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 327 p.

Robards, M. D., and J. F. Piatt. 1999. Biology of the Genus Ammodytes - The Sand Lances. Pp. 1-16 in Robards, M. D., Willson, M. F. Armstrong, R.H., Piatt, J.F., (eds). Sand lance: a review of biology and predator relations and annotated bibliography. Research Paper PNW-RP-521. Portland, OR, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 327 p.

Willson, M. F., R. H. Armstrong, M. D. Robards, and J. F. Piatt. 1999. Sand lance as cornerstone prey for predator populations. Pp. 17-44 in Robards, M. D., Willson, M. F. Armstrong, R.H., Piatt, J.F., (eds). 1999. Sand lance: a review of biology and predator relations and annotated bibliography. Research Paper PNW-RP-521. Portland, OR, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 327 p.

Armstrong, R. H., M. F. Willson, M. D. Robards, and J. F. Piatt. 1999. Sand lance: Annotated Bibliography. Pp. 45-327 in Robards, M. D., Willson, M. F. Armstrong, R.H., Piatt, J.F., (eds). 1999. Sand lance: a review of biology and predator relations and annotated bibliography. Research Paper PNW-RP-521. Portland, OR, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 327 p.

Piatt, J. F. 1998. Marbled Murrelets have declined in Alaska. Northwest Science 72:310-314.

Piatt, J. F., D. D. Roby, L. Henkel, and K. Neuman. 1998. Habitat use, diet, and breeding biology of Tufted Puffins in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Northwestern Naturalist 78:102-109.

Van Pelt, T.I., J.F. Piatt, and G.B. van Vliet. 1998. Vocalizations of the Kittlitz’s Murrelet. Condor 101:395-398.

Litzow, M. A., J. F. Piatt, and J. D. Figurski. 1998. Hermit crabs in the diet of pigeon guillemots in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Colonial Waterbirds 21:242-244.

Robards, M. D., P. J. Gould, and J. F. Piatt. 1997. The highest global concentrations and increased abundance of oceanic plastic debris in the North Pacific: Evidence from seabirds. Pages 71-80 in Marine Debris, J.M. Coe and D.B. Rogers (eds.). Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.

Hobson, K. A., J. L. Sease, R. L. Merrick, and J. F. Piatt. 1997. Investigating trophic relationships of pinnipeds in Alaska and Washington using stable isotope ratios of nitrogen and carbon. Marine Mammal Science 13(1):114-132.

Van Pelt, T., J. Piatt, B. Lance, and D. Roby. 1997. Proximate composition and energy density of some North Pacific forage fishes. Comparative Biochemistry Physiology 118A(4):1393-1398.

Piatt, J. F. and T. I. Van Pelt. 1997. Mass-Mortality of Guillemots (Uria aalge) in the Gulf of Alaska in 1993. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 34(8): 656-662.

Piatt, J. F. 1997. Alternative interpretations of oil spill data. Bioscience 47:202-203.

Byrd, G.V., R.L. Merrick, J.F. Piatt, and B.L. Norcross. 1997. Seabird, marine mammal and oceanography coordinated investigations (SMMOCI) near Unimak Pass, Alaska. Pages 351-364 In: Forage Fishes in Marine Ecosystems. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Role of Forage Fishes in Marine Ecosystems. Alaska Sea Grant College Program Report No. 97-01. University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Kuletz, K.J., D.B. Irons, B.A. Agler, J.F. Piatt and D.C. Duffy. 1997. Long-term changes in diets and populations of piscivorous birds and mammals in Prince William Sound, Alaska.

Newman, S. H., J. F. Piatt, and J. White. 1997. Hematological and plasma biochemical reference ranges of Alaskan seabirds: Their ecological significance and clinical importance. Colonial Waterbirds 20:492-504.

Piatt, J., A. Springer, G. Van Vliet. 1996. Sea birds as proxies of marine habitats and food webs in the western Aleutian Arc. Fisheries Oceanography 5:1,45-55.

Friesen, V. L., J. F. Piatt, and A. J. Baker. 1996. Evidence from cytochrome b sequences and allozymes for a new species of alcid: The Long-billed Murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix). Condor.

Piatt, J., and P. Anderson. 1996. Response of Common Murres to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and long-term changes in the Gulf of Alaska marine ecosystem. American Fisheries Society Symposium 18, 1996.

Piatt, J., and G. Ford. 1996. How many seabirds were killed by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill?. Pages 712-719 In: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Symposium Proceedings. Rice, S. D., R. B. Spies, D. A. Wolfe and B. A. Wright, (Eds). American Fisheries Society Symposium 18, Bethesda, Maryland.

Friesen, V. L., A. J. Baker, and J. F. Piatt. 1996. Phylogenetic relationships within the Alcidae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from total molecular evidence. Molecular Biology and Evolution 13:359-367.

Hatch, S. A. and J. F. Piatt. 1995. Seabirds in Alaska. Pages 49-52 in LaRoe, E. T. et al. (eds.), Our living resources. U.S. Dep. of the Interior, National Biological Service, Wash. D.C. 530 pp.

Bailey, K. M., S. A. Macklin, R. K. Reed, R. D. Brodeur, W. J. Ingraham, J. F. Piatt, M. Shima, R. C. Francis, P. J. Anderson, T. C. Royer, A. Hollowed, D. A. Somerton, and W. S. Wooster. 1995. ENSO events in the northern Gulf of Alaska, and effects on selected marine fisheries. CalCOFI Report, Vol. 36:78-96.

Piatt, J. 1995. Water over the bridge. American Scientist 83:396-398.

Van Pelt, T. I. and J. F. Piatt. 1995. Deposition and persistence of beachcast seabird carcasses. Marine Pollution Bulletin 30:794-802.

Piatt, J. F. and N. L. Naslund. 1995. Abundance, distribution and population status of Marbled Murrelets in Alaska. Pages 285-294 In: Ralph, C.J., G. Hunt, M. Raphael, and J.F. Piatt (Eds.). Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet. General Technical Report PSW-GTR-152. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 420 pp.

Ralph, C. J., G. L. Hunt, M. G. Raphael, and J. F. Piatt. 1995. Ecology and conservation of the Marbled Murrelet in North America: An overview. Pages 3-22 In: Ralph, C.J., G. Hunt, M. Raphael, and J.F. Piatt (Eds.). Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-152. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 420 pp.

Newman, S., J. F. Piatt, J. White, and M. Fry. 1995. Serum chemistry and hematology reference ranges for species of Alaskan seabirds commonly affected by oil spills. Journal Wildlife Diseases.

Piatt, J, and P. Gould. 1994. Postbreeding dispersal and drift-net mortality of endangered Japanese Murrelets. The Auk 111(4):953-961.

Robards, M., J. Piatt, and K. Wohl. 1994. Increasing frequency of plastic particles ingested by seabirds in the subarctic North Pacific. Marine Pollution Bulletin 30(2):151-157.

Hobson, K., J. Piatt, J. Pitocchelli. 1994. Using stable isotopes to determine seabird trophic relationships. Journal Animal Ecology 63:786-798.

Pitocchelli, J., J. F. Piatt, and M. Cronin. 1994. Morphological and genetic divergence among Alaskan populations of Brachyramphus murrelets. Wilson Bulletin 107(2):235-250.

Moum, T., S. Johansen, K. E. Erikstad, and J. F. Piatt. 1994. Phylogeny and evolution of the family Alcidae based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Proceedings National Academy Science 91:7912-7916.

Gould, P. J. and J. F. Piatt. 1993. Seabirds of the central North Pacific. Pages 27-38 in K. Vermeer, K.T. Briggs, K.H. Morgan, D.Siegel-Causey (eds), The status, ecology, and conservation of marine birds of the North Pacific, Special Publication Canadian Wildlife Service.

Piatt, J. and G. Ford. 1993. Distribution and Abundance of Marbled Murrelets in Alaska. The Condor 95(3):662-669.

Hunt, G. L., N. M. Harrison, and J. F. Piatt. 1993. Foraging ecology as related to the distribution of planktivorous auklets. Pages 18-26 in K. Vermeer, K. Briggs, K. H. Morgan and D. Siegel-Causey, eds. The status, ecology and conservation of marine birds of the North Pacific. Canadian Wildlife Service Special Publication Ottawa, Canada.

Piatt, J. F., and D. A. Methven. 1992. Threshold foraging behavior of baleen whales. Marine Ecology Progress Series 84:205-210.

Methven, D. A. and J. F. Piatt. 1992. Seasonal abundance and vertical distribution of capelin (Mallotus villosus) in relation to water temperature at a coastal site off eastern Newfoundland. ICES Journal of Marine Science 48:187-193.

Piatt, J. F., H. R. Carter, and D. N. Nettleship. 1992. Effects of oil pollution on marine bird populations. Pages 125-141 In: J. White (Ed.) The Effects of Oil on Wildlife: Research, Rehabilitation and General Concerns, Proceedings from the Oil Symposium, Washington D.C., October 16-18, 1990. Sheridan Press, Hanover, PA, 210 pp.

Goudie, R. I. and J. F. Piatt. 1991. Body size and foraging behavior in birds. Proc. 20th International Ornithological Congress 811-816.

Hunt, G. L., J. F. Piatt, and K. E. Erikstad. 1991. How do foraging seabirds sample their environment?. Proc. 20th International Ornithological Congress:2272-2279.

Piatt, J. F. 1991. The ecological and evolutionary consequences of body size. Proceedings of the 20th International Ornithological Congress, 2-9 Dec., 1990, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2:791-792.

Methven, D. A., and J. F. Piatt. 1991. Seasonal abundance and vertical distribution of capelin (Mallotus villosus) in relation to water temperatures off eastern Newfoundland. ICES Journal Marine Sciences 48:187-193.

Piatt, J. F. 1991. Introductory remarks: The ecological and evolutionary consequences of body size. Proc. 20th International Ornithological Congress 2:791-792.

Piatt, J. F., H. R. Carter, and D. N. Nettleship. 1991. Effects of oil pollution on marine bird populations. Pages 125-141 in J. White (ed.), The effects of oil on wildlife: Research, rehabilitation and general concerns. Proc. Oil Symp., Washington D.C., October 16-18, 1990. Sheridan Press, Hanover, PA.

Piatt, J. F., J. L. Wells, A. MacCharles, and B. S. Fadely. 1991. The distribution of seabirds and fish in relation to ocean currents in the southeastern Chukchi Sea. Canadian Wildlife Service Occasional Papers 68:21-31.

Piatt, J. F., B. D. Roberts, W. W. Lidster, J. L. Wells, and S. A. Hatch. 1990. Effects of human disturbance on breeding Least and Crested Auklets at St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Auk 107:342-350.

Piatt, J. F., B. D. Roberts, and S. A. Hatch. 1990. Colony attendance and population monitoring of Least and Crested Auklets on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Condor 92:97-106.

Bajzak, D., and J. F. Piatt. 1990. Computer-aided procedure for counting waterfowl on aerial photographs. Wildlife Society Bulletin 18:125-129.

Piatt, J. F., J. L. Wells, A. MacCharles, and B. Fadely. 1990. The distribution of seabirds and their prey in relation to ocean currents in the southeastern Chukchi Sea. Canadian Wildlife Service Occasional Papers 68:21-31.

Piatt, J. F. 1990. Aggregative response of Common Murres and Atlantic Puffins to their prey. Studies in Avian Biology 14:36-51

Burger, A. E. and J. F. Piatt. 1990. Flexible time budgets in breeding Common Murres: Buffers against variable prey availability. Studies in Avian Biology 14:71-83.

Piatt, J. F., C. J. Lensink, W. Butler, M. Kendziorek, and D. Nysewander. 1990. Immediate impact of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on marine birds. Auk 107:387-397.

Piatt, J. F. 1990. Aggregative response of common murres and Atlantic Puffins to their prey. Studies in Avian Biology 14:36-51.

Piatt, J. F. and C. J. Lensink. 1989. Exxon Valdez bird toll. Nature 342:865-866.

Methven, D. A. and J. F. Piatt. 1989. Importance of capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the summer diet of cod (Gadus morhua) at Witless Bay, Newfoundland. Journal Conseil Exploration de la Mer 45:223-225.

Piatt, J. F., D. A. Methven, A. E. Burger, R. L. McLagan, V. Mercer, and E. Creelman. 1989. Baleen whales and their prey in a sub-arctic coastal environment. Canadian Journal Zoology 67:1523-1530.

Piatt, J. and R. McLagan. 1987. Common Murre (Uria aalge) attendance patterns at Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland. Canadian Journal Zoology 65: 1530-1534.

Piatt, J. F. and D. N. Nettleship. 1987. Incidental catch of marine birds and mammals in fishing nets off Newfoundland, Canada. Marine Pollution Bulletin 18:344-349.

Montevecchi, W. A., and J. F. Piatt. 1987. Dehydration of seabird prey during transport to the colony: effects on net weight energy densities. Canadian Journal Zoology 65:2822-2824.

Schneider, D. and J. F. Piatt. 1986. Scale-dependant aggregation and correlation of seabirds with fish in a coastal environment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 32:237-246.

Piatt, J. F. and D. N. Nettleship. 1985. Diving depths of four alcids. Auk 102: 293-297.

Montevecchi, W. A. and J. Piatt. 1984. Composition and energy contents of mature inshore spawning capelin (Mallotus villosus): Implications for seabird predators. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 78A(1):15-20.

Piatt, J. F. and D. G. Reddin. 1984. Recent trends in the west Greenland salmon fishery, and implications for Thick-billed Murres. Pages 208-210 In: Marine birds: Their feeding ecology and commercial fisheries relationships. Nettleship, D.N.; Sanger, G.A.; Springer, P.F. (eds.). Canadian Wildlife Service Special Publication, Ottawa. 220 pp.

Piatt, J. F., D. N. Nettleship, and W. Threlfall. 1984. Net-mortality of Common Murres and Atlantic Puffins in Newfoundland, 1951-81. Pages 196-207 In: Marine birds: Their feeding ecology and commercial fisheries relationships. Nettleship, D.N.; Sanger, G.A.; Springer, P.F. (eds.).

Piatt, J; et. al. . ENSO events in the northern Gulf of Alaska, and effects on selected marine fishes. CalCOFI Report 36:78-96.

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