SOEST Contribution List (as of August 27, 2026)
The following is a short list of publications recently assigned a SOEST number. For a longer list, please contact SOEST Publications (mizumi@hawaii.edu). The list is updated weekly.
12162 Gayte, M., et al. [P.-S. Chu], 2026: Spatial and temporal patterns of extreme hourly rainfall in the Hawaiian Islands, Int. J. Climatol. (in press).
12163 Ellis, G. N., et al. [C. R. Smith, J. C. Drazen, E. Goetze], 2026, Along the benthic to holoplanktonic continuum: seafloor affinity increases distance-decay rates among abyssal communities, Global Ecol. Biogeogr. (accepted).
12164 Merges, H., D. M. Barnas, and N. J. Silbiger, 2026, Land-based inputs drive demographic feedbacks in a tropical brooding coral, Coral Reefs, HIMB-2051 (in press).
12165 Martineau, G., R. J. Toonen, M. A. Timmers, C. P. Jury, and J. Vicente, 2024, Novel 28S rRNA metabarcoding primer for improved assessment of coral reef biodiversity and their experimental validation using sponges, PeerJ (accepted).
12166 Barber-Meyer, S., et al. [L. Bejder, J. Currie, L. Evans, M. van Aswegen], 2026, Humpback highs and lows amid shifting seas and the Northeast Pacific marine heatwave: whale demographics in the Main Hawaiian Islands, 2002–2023, Mar. Mamm. Sci., HIMB-2052 (in press).
12167 Small, R. J., et al. [N. Schneider], 2023, Near-surface wind convergence over the Gulf Stream—The role of SST revisited, J. Clim., 36(16), 5527-5548, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0441.1.
12168 Song, S.-Y., S. Stevenson, E. Di Lorenzo, M. Newman, A. Capotondi, and N. Schneider, 2026, North Pacific Model Biases Influence Kuroshio Extension Atmospheric Circulation Patterns, Geophys. Res. Lett., 53, e2025GL118765, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL118765.
12169 Wang, T., et al. [N. Schneider, B. Qiu, K. J. Richards], 2026, Differences between lighter and denser portions of Subtropical Mode Water in volume variations and thickness anomaly propagation, J. Geophys. Res., 131(3), e2025JC022375.
12170 Lacey, C., L. Bejder, W. F. Perrin, and B. Würsig, 2026, Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris(Gray, 1828), Ridgway and Harrison’s Handbook of Marine Mammals, Volume 2: Oceanic Dolphins, Academic Press/Elsevier, HIMB-2053, p. 123-162.
12171 Reyes, C., and Z. Huang, 2026, An analytical study of a dual‐function oscillating water column with nonlinear power take‐off and a slotted supporting wall, Ocean Engineer. (accepted).
12172 Steadmon, M., J. Buchanan, M. Petelo, M. C. I. Medeiros, and K. L. Frank, 2026, The spatial and temporal distribution of Staphylococcus aureus along a tropical Hawaiian watershed, J. Environ. Qual.(accepted).
12173 Johnston, E. C., et al. [C. Drury], 2026, Origin and impacts of ploidy variation in the coral Pocillopora acuta in Hawai‘i, Molec. Biol. Evol., HIMB-2054 (accepted).
12174 Hasan, N. A., et al. [M. F. Stuecker], 2026, The role of tropical inter-basin interactions in initiating the 2020-2023 La Niña: A hindcast-based predictability study, Clim. Dyn. (accepted).
12175 Choi, H., et al. [B. N. Popp], 2026, Dietary records in cosmopolitan copepod Calanus spp. revealed large contribution of dinoflagellates in subarctic Pacific, Sci. Adv. (in press).
12176 Hoban, M. L., C. A. J. Walsh, R. K. Kosaki, and B. W. Bowen, 2026, Origins and relationships of endemic Hawaiian saber-toothed blennies in the genus Plagiotremus (Blennioidei: Blenniidae), J. Fish Biol., HIMB-2055, doi:10.1111/jfb.70614 (in press).
12177 Wishingrad, V., et al. [B.W. Bowen, R.J. Toonen], 2026, Surveying biodiverse coral reef ecosystems across the tree of life with environmental DNA, Molec. Ecol. Resour., HIMB-2056 (accepted).
12178 Dhayalan, T. S., M. H. Abbott, and N. J. Silbiger, 2026, Asymmetric metabolic responses of rockweed and herbivorous snails reveal seasonal vulnerabilities to warming and acidification, J. Exper. Biol.(in press).
12179 Nakoa, J. W. P., et al. [C. E. Nelson], 2026, Identifying wastewater pollution hotspots in coastal Hawaiian waters with high freshwater inputs, Mar. Pollut. Bull. (accepted).
12180 Price, M. R., et a. [R. J. Toonen, E. B. Freel EB], 2026, Breeding behaviors and kinship in the endangered Hawaiian stilt (Aeʻo; Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), Ecol. Evol., HIMB-2057 (in press).
12181 Zhao, S., Y. Yang, and J. Li, 2026, Rossby wave phase tracing and its application to the Pacific-Japan teleconnection pattern, J. Clim., doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-26-0156.1.