Aalbers S.A., Wang M., Bellquist L., Kauer K., Jackson A., & Sepulveda C. (2022) Characterization of a developing recreational deep-drop fishery for swordfish off southern California. California Fish and Wildlife Journal. 108. 10.51492/cfwj.108.12.
Fajardo-Yamamoto A., Aalbers S., Sepulveda C., Valero J.L. & Sosa-Nishizaki, O. (2022) Balancing the asymmetry of knowledge of the transboundary white seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) fishery resource: Landings reconstruction along the west coast of the Baja California Peninsula. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 102708. 10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102708.
Morrison P., & Bernal D, & Sepulveda C., Wegner N. & Brauner C. (2022) Temperature independence of haemoglobin-oxygen affinity in smalleye Pacific opah ( Lampris incognitus ) and swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ). Journal of Experimental Biology. 225. 10.1242/jeb.243820.
Aalbers S.A., Sosa-Nishizaki O., Stopa J. & Sepulveda C. (2021) Movement patterns of white seabass Atractoscion nobilis tagged along the coast of Baja California, Mexico. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 10.1007/s10641-021-01091-x.
Aalbers S.A., Wang M., Villafana C. & Sepulveda C. (2021). Bigeye thresher shark Alopias superciliosus movements and post-release survivorship following capture on linked buoy gear. Fisheries Research. 236. 105857. 10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105857.
Jakes-Cota U., Chavéz-Arellano R. Sepulveda C. & Aalbers S. & Ortega-Garcia, Sofia. (2021). Estimating age and growth of roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis) from otoliths. Fisheries Research. 240. 105958. 10.1016/j.fishres.2021.105958.
Santana-Morales, O., Zertuche-Chanes R., Hoyos Padilla E. & Sepulveda C., Becerril-García E., Gallo-Reynoso J.P., Acuña I., Mejia-trejo A., Aquino Baleytó M., Sosa-Nishizaki O., Ketchum J. & Beas R. (2021) An exploration of the population characteristics and behaviours of the white shark in Guadalupe Island, Mexico (2014–2019): Observational data from cage diving vessels. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 31. 10.1002/aqc.3734.
Santana-Morales O., Hoyos Padilla E., Medellin A., Sepulveda C., Beas R., Aquino Baleytó M., Becerril-García E., Arellano-Millán D., Malpica-Cruz L., Lorda J. & Castillo-Geniz J. (2021) How much is too much? A carrying capacity study of white shark cage diving in Guadalupe Island, Mexico. Marine Policy. 131. 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104588.
Sepulveda C., Aalbers S.A., Wang M., Kneebone J. & Bernal, D. (2020) Post-release survivorship of Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) captured in the California recreational fishery. Fisheries Research. 223. 105413. 10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105413.
Stoehr A., Donley J., Aalbers S., Syme D., Sepulveda C., & Bernal D. (2020) Thermal effects on red muscle contractile performance in deep-diving, large-bodied fishes. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 46. 10.1007/s10695-020-00831-7.
Santana-Morales O., Abadía-Cardoso A., Hoyos Padilla E., Naylor G., Corrigan S., Malpica-Cruz L., Aquino Baleytó M., Beas R., Sepulveda C. & Castillo-Geniz J. (2020) The Smallest Known Free-Living White Shark Carcharodon carcharias (Lamniformes: Lamnidae): Ecological and Management Implications. Copeia. 108. 39. 10.1643/OT-19-233.
Sepulveda C., Wang M., Aalbers, S. & Alvarado-Bremer J. (2019). Insights into the horizontal movements, migration patterns and stock affiliation of California swordfish. Fisheries Oceanography. 29. 10.1111/fog.12461.
Sepulveda C.A., Wang M. & Aalbers S.A. (2019) Post-release survivorship and movements of bigeye thresher sharks, Alopias superciliosus, following capture on deep-set buoy gear. Fisheries Research 219 (2019) 105312.
Sepulveda C.A. & Aalbers S.A. (2018) Exempted Testing of Deep-set Buoy Gear and Concurrent Research Trials on Swordfish, Xiphias gladius, in the Southern California Bight. Marine Fisheries Review, 80, 17-29. doi.org/10.7755/MFR.80.2.2
Sepulveda C.A., Aalbers S.A., Heberer C., Kohin S. & Dewar, H. (2018) Movements and behaviors of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the United States Pacific Leatherback Conservation Area. Fisheries Oceanography, 27, 381-394.
Stoehr A., St. Martin J., Aalbers S.A. Sepulveda C.A. & Bernal D. (2018) Free-swimming swordfish, Xiphias gladius, alter the rate of whole body heat transfer: morphological and physiological specializations for thermoregulation, ICES Journal of Marine Science, , fsx163, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsx163
Ortega-Garcia S., Sepulveda C., Aalbers S. & Jakes-Cota U. (2017) Age, growth, and length-weight relationship of roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis) in the eastern Pacific Ocean. FISHERY BULLETIN 115 (1), 117-124, 2017.
Onate-Gonzalez E.C., Sosa-Nishizaki O., Herzka S.Z., Lowe C.G., Lyons K., Santana-Morales O., Sepulveda C., Guerrero-Avila C., Garcia-Rodrigues E. & O’Sullivan J.B. (2017) Importance of Bahia Sebastian Vizcaino as a nursery area for white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the Northeastern Pacific: A fishery dependent analysis. Fisheries Research, 188: 125–137; DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2016.12.014
Romo-Curiel A.E., Herzka S.Z., Sepulveda C., Pérez Brunius P., & Aalbers S. (2016). Rearing conditions and habitat use of white seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) in the northeastern Pacific based on otolith isotopic composition. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 170, 134-144. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2016.01.016.
Aalbers S.A. & Sepulveda C. (2015) Seasonal movement patterns and temperature profiles of adult white seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) off California. Fish. Bull. 113:1–14 (2015).
Sepulveda C.A., Heberer C., Aalbers S.A. (2015) Development and Trial of Deep-set Buoy Gear forSwordfish, Xiphias gladius, in the Southern California Bight. MFR 76:28–36. doi: 10.7755/MFR.76.4.2
Sepulveda C.A., Aalbers S.A. & Bernal, D. (2015) Post-release survival and movements patterns of roosterfish (Nematistius pectoralis) off the Central.American coastline. Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res. 43:162–175.
Wootton T., Sepulveda C.A. & Wegner N.C. (2015) Gill Morphometrics of the Thresher Sharks (Genus Alopias): Correlation of Gill Dimensions with Aerobic Demand and Environmental Oxygen. JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY :1–12 (2015).
Alfonsina E. Romo-Curiel, Sharon Z. Herzkaa, Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki, Chugey A. Sepulveda, Scott A. Aalbers (2014) Otolith-based growth estimates and insights into population structure of White Seabass, Atractoscion nobilis, off the Pacific coast of North America. Fisheries Research 161 (2015) 374–383.
Sepulveda C.A. & Aalbers S.A. (2014) Testing Modified Deep-Set Buoy Gear to Minimize Bycatch and Increase Swordfish Selectivity. BREP 1 (2014) pp.27-32.
C.A. Sepulveda, C. Heberer, S.A. Aalbers, N. Spear, M. Kinney, D. Bernal, S. Kohin (2014). Post-release survivorship studies on common thresher sharks (Alopiasvulpinus) captured in the southern California recreational fishery. Fisheries Research. 161 (2015) 102–108.
Aalbers S.A. & Sepulveda C. (2012) The utility of passive acoustic recorders in the detection of white sebass spawning signals. Jounal of Fish Biology. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03399.x,
Marshall H., Field L., Afiadata A., Sepulveda C., Skomal G. & Bernal, D. (2012) Haematological indicators of stress in longline-captured sharks. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A 162 (2012) 121–129
Donley J., Syme D., McGillivray D., Aalbers S.A., Bernal D. & Sepulveda C. (2012) The effect of temperature on the muscle contractile properties in the common thresher shark. Journal of Fish Physiology and Biochemistry.38:1507–1519.
Wegner N., Sepulveda C., Aalbers S. and Graham J.B. (2012) Structural Adaptations for Ram Ventilation: Gill Fusions in Scombrids and Billfishes. Journal of Morphology.DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20082
Patterson J., Sepulveda C. & Bernal D. (2011) Vascular morphology and in vivo muscle temperatures of the thresher sharks (Alopiidae). Journal of Morphology. 272(11):1353-64 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10989.
Cartamil D.P., Sepulveda C.A., Wegner, N.C., Aalbers S.A., Baquero A. & Graham J.B. (2011) Archival tagging of subadult and adult common thresher sharks (Alopias vulpinus) off the coast of southern California. Marine Biology. 158:935–944 DOI10.1007/s00227-010-1620-4.
Sepulveda C.A., Aalbers S.A., Ortega-Garcia S., Wegner N.C & D. Bernal. (2011) Depth distribution and temperature preferences of wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) off Baja California Sur, Mexico. Marine Biology. 158:917–926
Aalbers S.A., Bernal D., Sepulveda C.A. (2010) The functional role of the caudal fin in the feeding ecology of the common thresher shark Alopias vulpinus. Journal of Fish Biology 76:1863-1868
Bernal D., Donley J.M., McGillivray D.G., Aalbers S.A., Syme D.A. & Sepulveda C.A. (2010) Function of the medial red muscle during sustained swimming in common thresher sharks: Contrast and convergence with thunniform swimmers. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 155:454–463
Cartamil D., Wegner N.C., Aalbers S.A., Sepulveda C.A., Baquero A., & Graham J. B. (2010) Diel movement patterns and habitat preferences of the common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) in the Southern California Bight. Marine and Freshwater Research 61:596–604
Heberer C., Aalbers S.A., Bernal D., Kohin S., DiFiore B. & Sepulveda C.A. (2010) Insights into catch-and-release survivorship and stress-induced blood biochemistry of common thresher sharks (Alopias vulpinus) captured in the southern California recreational fishery. Fisheries Research 106 (3): 495-500. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2010.09.024
Sepulveda C.A., Knight A., Nasby-Lucas N. & Domeier M.L. (2010) Fine-scale movements of the swordfish Xiphias gladius in the Southern California Bight. Fisheries Oceanography 19(4): 279–289
Wegner N.C., Sepulveda C.A., Bull K.B., & Graham J.B. (2010) Gill morphometrics in relation to gas transfer and ram ventilation in high-energy demand teleosts: Scombrids and billfishes. Journal of Morphology 271:36–49
Wegner, N.C., C.A. Sepulveda, K.R. Olson, K.A. Hyndman, and J.B. Graham. 2010. Functional morphology of the gills of the shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, a lamnid shark. Journal of Morphology
Clark T.D., Rummer J.L., Sepulveda C.A., Farrell A.P. & Brauner C.J. (2009) Reduced and reversed temperature dependence of blood oxygenation in an ectothermic scombrid fish: implications for the evolution of regional heterothermy? Journal of Comparative Physiology B. DOI 10.1007/s00360-009-0388-7
Wegner N.C., Sepulveda C.A., Bull K.B., & Graham J.B. (2010) Gill morphometrics in relation to gas transfer and ram ventilation in high-energy demand teleosts: Scombrids and billfishes. Journal of Morphology 271:36–49. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10777
Bernal D., Sepulveda C., Musyl M., Brill R. (2009) The eco-physiology of swimming and movement patterns of tunas, billfishes, and large pelagic sharks. In Fish Locomotion – an etho-ecological perspective. (Eds. Domenici, P. and Kapurr, D.) Scientific Publishers. Chapter 14; 436-483
Aalbers S.A. (2008) Seasonal, diel, and lunar spawning periodicities and associated sound production of white seabass Atractoscion nobilis. Fishery Bulletin 106: 143-151.
Aalbers S.A. & Drawbridge M.A. (2008) White seabass spawning behavior and sound production. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137: 542-550.
Sepulveda C.A., Dickson K.A., Bernal D., Graham J.B. (2008) Elevated red muscle temperatures in the most basal tuna member, Allothunnus fallai. Journal of Fish Biology 73: 1-9.
Sepulveda C.A., Dickson K.A., Frank L.R. & Graham J.B. (2007) Cranial endothermy and a putative brain heater in the most basal tuna species, Allothunnus fallai. Journal of Fish Biology 70, 1720–1733.
Sepulveda C.A., Graham J.B. & Bernal D. (2007) Aerobic metabolic rates of swimming juvenile mako sharks, Isurus oxyrinchus. Marine Biology DOI 10.1007/s00227-007-0757-2.
Donley J.M., Sepulveda C.A., Shadwick RW. & Syme D.A. (2007) Contractile properties of the aerobic locomotor muscle in the leopard shark and shortfin mako shark. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 1194-1203.
Hight B.V., Holts D., Graham J.B., Kennedy B.P., Taylor V., Sepulveda C.A., Bernal D., Ramon D., Rasmussen R., & Lai N.C. (2007) Plasma catecholamine levels as indicators of the post-release survivorship of juvenile pelagic sharks caught on experimental drift longlines in the Southern California Bight. Marine and Freshwater Research, 58:145–151.
Perry C.N., Cartamil D.P., Bernal D., Sepulveda C.A., Theilmann R.J., Graham J.B. & Frank L.R. (2007) Quantification of Red Myotomal Muscle Volume and Geometry in the Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) and the Salmon Shark (Lamna ditropis) using T1-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal of Morphology 268:284-292.
Childers J. & Aalbers S.A. 2006. Summary of the 2005 U.S. and South Pacific Albacore Troll Fisheries. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA Administrative Report LJ-06-06.
Duong C.A., Sepulveda C.A., Graham J.B., & Dickson K.A. (2006) Mitochondrial proton leak rates in the slow, oxidative myotomal muscle and liver of the endothermic shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) and the ectothermic blue shark (Prionace glauca) and leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata). Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 2678-2685.
Gemballa S., Konstantinidis P., Donley J.M, Sepulveda C.A., & Shadwick R.E. (2006) Evolution of high-performance swimming in sharks: Transformations of the musculotendinous system from subcarangiform to thunniform swimmers. Journal of Morphology 267:477-493.
Wegner N.C., Sepulveda C.A., and J. B. Graham. 2006. Gill specializations in high performance teleosts, with special reference to the striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) and wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri). Bulletin of Marine Science 79:747-759.
Sepulveda, C.A., Wegner N., Bernal D. & Graham J.B. (2005) The red muscle morphology of the thresher sharks (Alopiidae). Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 4255-426.
Sepulveda C.A., Kohin S., Chan C., Vetter R. & Graham J.B. (2004) Movement patterns, depth preferences, and stomach temperatures of free-swimming juvenile mako sharks, Isurus oxyrinchus, in the Southern California Bight. Marine Biology 145: 191-199.
Aalbers S.A., Stutzer G.M. & Drawbridge M.A. (2004) The effects of catch-and-release angling on the growth and survival of juvenile white seabass captured on offset circle and J-type hooks. North American Journal of Fisheries Science 24:793-800.
Sepulveda C.A., Dickson K.A. & Graham J.B. (2003) Swimming performance studies on the eastern Pacific bonito Sarda chiliensis, a close relative of the tunas (Family Scombridae). Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 2739-2748