Publications
Peer reviewed:
14. Kerr, LA; Whitener, Z; Becker, SL; Goethel, D; Zemeckis, DR; Sherwood, G; Kovach, AI; Cadrin. SX (2025). Stock identification of sympatric Atlantic cod populations in the Gulf of Maine and mixed stock fishery analysis using otolith-based techniques. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 82: 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2023-0159
13. Becker, SL; Boyd, C; Handley, J; Apelgren, N; Danis, B; Davies, T; Huckstadt, L; Lea, MA; Raymond, B; Reisinger, R; Ropert-Coudert; Santos, M; Trathan, P; … Brooks, CM et al. (2024). Identifying Key Biodiversity Areas in the Southern Ocean using seabird and pinniped tracking data. Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14345
12. Chavez-Molina, V; Nocito, ES; Carr, E; Cavanagh, RD; Sylvester, Z; Becker, SL; Dorman, DD; Wallace, B; White, C; Brooks, CM (2023). Managing for climate resilient fisheries: Applications to the Southern Ocean. Ocean & Coastal Management (239) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106580
11. Burgess, MG; Becker, SL; Langendorf, RE; Fredston, A; & Brooks, CM (2023). Climate change scenarios in fisheries and aquatic conservation research. ICES Journal of Marine Science https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad045
10. Hansell, AC; Becker, SL; Cadrin, SX; Lauretta, M; Walter, JF III; Kerr, LA (2022). Spatio-temporal dynamics of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in US waters of the northwest Atlantic, Fisheries Research (255), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106460.
9. Griffin, LP; Brownscombe, JW; Gagne, TO; Haak, C; Cormier. R; Becker, SL; Cooke, SJ; Finn, J; Danylchuk, AJ (2022). There’s no place like home: high site fidelity of bonefish (Albula vulpes) inhabiting reef flats in Culebra, Puerto Rico. Environmental Biology of Fishes https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01312-x
8. Griffin, LP; Casselberry, GA; Hart, KM; Jordaan, A; Becker, SL; Novak, AJ; DeAngelis, BM; Pollock, CG; Lundgren, I; Hillis-Starr, Z; Danylchuk, AJ; Skomal, GB (2021). A novel framework to predict relative habitat selection in aquatic systems: applying machine learning and resource selection functions to acoustic telemetry data from multiple shark species. Frontiers in Marine Science (8). Doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.631262
7. Tanaka, KR; Gagne, TO; Becker, SL; Van Houtan, KS (2021). The geographic disparity of greenhouse emissions and projected climate change. Science Advances 7 (29), eabe4342
6. Becker, SL; Nicholson, T; Mayer, K; Van Houtan, KS (2020). Environmental factors drive post-release movements of surrogate-reared southern sea otters. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7:539904. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.539904
5. Novak, AJ; Becker, SL; Finn, JT; Pollock, CG; Hillis-Starr, Z; Jordaan, A (2020). Scale of biotelemetry data influences ecological interpretations of space and habitat use in yellowtail snapper Ocyurus chrysurus. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 12 (5): 364-77 doi: 10.1002/mcf2.10119
4. Novak, AJ; Becker, SL; Finn, JT; Danylchuk, AJ; Pollock, CG; Hillis-Starr, Z; Jordaan, A (2020). Inferring residency and movement patterns of horse-eye jack Caranx latus in relation to a Caribbean marine protected area acoustic telemetry array. Animal Biotelemetry 8 (12) doi:10.1186/s40317-020-00199-8
3. Becker, SL; Finn, JT; Novak, AJ; Danylchuk, AJ; Pollock, CG; Hillis-Starr, Z; Jordaan, A (2019). Coarse and fine scale acoustic telemetry elucidates movement patterns and temporal variability in individual territories for a key coastal mesopredator. Environmental Biology of Fishes 103(1): 13-29. Doi 10.1007/s10641-019-00930-2
2. Becker SL; Brainard, R; Van Houtan, KS (2019) Densities and drivers of sea turtle populations across Pacific coral reef ecosystems. PLoS ONE 14(4): e0214972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214972
1. Becker, SL; Finn, JT; Danylchuk, AJ; Pollock, CG; Hillis-Starr, Z; Jordaan, A(2016) Influence of detection history and analytic tools on quantifying spatial ecology of a predatory fish in a marine protected area. Marine Ecology Progress Series 562: 147-161
Reports and policy papers:
6. Becker, SL; Brooks, C; Jenouvrier, S; Barbraud, C; Bonnet, T; Collet, J; Delord, K; Holland, M; Patrick, SC; Rouby, E; Van De Walle, J; Ventura, F; Weimerskirch, H (2024). Understanding behavioral responses to climate change to forecast eco-evolutionary dynamics of albatross populations. Eighth Meeting of the Population and Conservation Status Working Group, Agreement for the Conservation of Albatross and Petrels (ACAP), Lima, Peru, 9 August 2024
5. Brooks, C; Becker, SL; Boyd, C; Handley, J; Lea, MA; Raymond, B; Santos, M; Spadone, A (2022). Workshop on Identifying Key Biodiversity Areas for the Southern Ocean. Submitted to the 2022 CCAMLR Annual Meeting, October 2022
4. Makhado AB; Huggett JA; Swadling KM; Koubbi P; Cotte C; Lea MA … Becker SL et al. (2022). Online subantarctic workshop on pelagic regionalization. Submitted to SC-CAMLR’s Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management
3. Hansell, A; Hanke, A; Becker, SL; Cadrin, S; Lauretta, M; Walter, J; Golet, W; Kerr, L (2021). Development of a Western large (>177cm) Atlantic bluefin tuna index of abundance based on Canadian and US rod and reel fisheries data. Collect. Vol. Sci. Pap. ICCAT 78 (3), 438-453.
2. Hansell, A; Becker, SL; Brown, S; Cadrin, S; Golet, W; Lauretta, M; Walter, J; Kerr, L (2021). Investigation of model improvements for the US rod and reel large (>177cm) Atlantic bluefin tuna index of abundance. Collect. Vol. Sci. Pap. ICCAT 78 (3), 423-437.
1. Becker SL; Jackson, S; Jordaan, A; Roy, A (2018). Impacts of Tidal Road-Stream Crossings on Aquatic Organism Passage, U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Cooperator Science Series
Letters and perspectives:
1. Burgess, MG and Becker, SL (2022). Good and bad news for ocean predators. Science (378) 6620: 596-597. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.add0342