Hyrenbach, D., Nevins, H., Hester, M., Keiper, C., Webb, S., Harvey, J.2009. Seabirds Indicate Plastic Pollution in the Marine Environment.  In:  Marine debris in Alaska : coordinating our efforts : proceedings of the Marine Debris in Alaska Workshop, February 14-15, 2008, Anchorage, Alaska / Michael Williams and Erika Ammann, (Editors), Fairbanks: Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, pp. 57-61.

McClatchie, S., Goericke, R., Koslow, J.A., Schwing, F.B., Bograd, S.J., Charter, R.,  Watson, W., Lo, N., Hill, K., Gottschalk, J., L’Heureux, M., Xue, Y., Peterson, W.T., Emmett, R., Collins, C., Gaxiola-Castro, G., Durazo, R., Kahru, M., Mitchell, B.G., Hyrenbach, K.D., Sydeman, W.J., Bradley, R. W., Warzybok, P., Bjorkstedt, E. 2008. The State of the California Current, 2007-2008: La Niña Conditions and Their Effects on the Ecosystem. CalCOFI Reports 49: 39-76.

Hebshi, A.J., Duffy, D.C., Hyrenbach, K.D. 2008. Associations between seabirds and subsurface predators around Oahu, Hawaii. Aquatic Biology 4: 89-98.

Hyrenbach, K.D. 2008. Applying Spatially-explicit Measures for Albatross Conservation, In: De Roi, T., Jones, M.,and Fitter, J. (Eds). Albatross: their World, their Ways. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY.  pp. 118-120.

Hyrenbach, K.D. 2008. Around our Necks. (Invited letter to the editor). Natural History 115 (5): 6.

Selected Samples (Before coming to HPU):

Pelagic Biogeography

• Batten, S.D., Hyrenbach K.D., Sydeman, W.J. Morgan, K.H., Henry, M.F., Yen, P.P.Y., & Welch, D.W. 2006. Characterising Meso-Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific. Deep-Sea Research II, 53:270-290.
• Halpin, P.N., Read, A.J., Best, B.D., Hyrenbach, K.D., Fujioka, E., Coyne, M.S., Crowder, L.B., Freeman, S.A. & Spoerri, C. 2006. OBIS-SEAMAP: Developing a Biogeographic Research Data Commons for the Conservation of Marine Mammals, Seabirds and Sea Turtles. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 316:239-246.
• Baduini, C.L., & Hyrenbach, K.D. 2003. Biogeography of Procellariiform foraging strategies: does ocean productivity influence provisioning? Marine Ornithology, 31:101-112.

Marine Protected Area (MPA) Designs

• Louzao, M., Hyrenbach, K.D., Arcos, J.M., Abelló, P., Gil Desola, L., & Oro, D. 2006. Oceanographic Habitat of a Critically Endangered Mediterranean Procellariiform: Implications for the Design of Marine Protected Areas. Ecological Applications, 16(5):1683-1695.
• Gerber, L.R., Hyrenbach, K.D. , & Zacharias, M.A. 2005. Do the largest reserves protect whales or whalers? Science, 307:525-526.
• Hyrenbach, K.D., Forney K.A., & Dayton , P.K. 2000. Marine Protected Areas and Ocean Basin Management. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 10:437-458.

Seabird Distributions and Habitats

• Hyrenbach, K.D., Veit, R.R., Weimerskirch, H., Metzl, N., & Hunt, Jr., G.L. 2007. Community Structure Across a Large-scale Ocean Productivity Gradient: Marine Bird Assemblages of the southern Indian Ocean. Deep-Sea Research I, 54(7):1129-1145.
• Hyrenbach, K.D., Veit, R.R., Weimerskirch, H., & Hunt, Jr., G.L. 2006. Seabird associations with mesoscale eddies: the subtropical Indian Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 324:271-279.
• Yen, P.P.W., Sydeman, W.J. , Bograd, S.J., & Hyrenbach, K.D. 2006. Spring-time distributions of migratory marine birds in the southern California Current: Oceanic eddy associations and coastal habitat hotspots over 17 years. Deep-Sea Research II, 53:399-418.

Seabirds as Indicators of Ocean Variability

• Sydeman, W.J., Bradley, R.W., Warzybok, P., Jahncke, J., Hyrenbach, K.D., Kousky, V., Hipfner, M.A., & Ohman, M.D. 2006. Krill and Krill Predators: Responses of Planktivorous Auklets Ptychoramphus aleuticus to the Anomaly of 2005. Journal of Geophysical Research, 33, L22S09.
• Hyrenbach, K.D., & Veit, R.R. 2003. Ocean warming and seabird communities of the California Current System: response at multiple temporal scales. Deep-Sea Research II, 50(14-16):2537-2565.
• Veit, R.R. & Hyrenbach, K.D. 2001. Changes in Seabird Communities of the California Current, 1987-1999. In: Green, R.E., Harley, M., Spalding, M., & Zöckler C. (Eds.), Impacts of climate change on wildlife. Proceedings of the "No place to go" Climate Change and Wildlife Conference. University of East Anglia , Norwich , England , September 16-19, 1999.

Albatross Satellite Tracking

• Hyrenbach, K.D., Keiper, C., Allen, S.G., Anderson, D.J., & Ainley, D.G. 2006. Use of national marine sanctuaries by far-ranging predators: commuting flights to the California Current System by breeding Hawaiian albatrosses. Fisheries Oceanography, 15 (2):95-103.
• Hyrenbach, K.D., & Dotson, R.C. 2003. Assessing the susceptibility of female Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) to longline fisheries during their post-breeding dispersal: An integrated approach. Biological Conservation, 112:391-404.
• Hyrenbach, K.D., Fernández, P, & Anderson, D.J. 2002. Oceanographic habitats of two sympatric North Pacific albatrosses during the breeding season. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 233:283-301.

Service (Ongoing, as of June 2009):

Review Editor, Marine Ecology Progress Series. (March 2006 - present)

Member, Mediterranean Group of WCPA Marine. (October 2005 - present)

Grants, Contracts and Awards (Ongoing, as of June 2009):

Animals in Curriculum-based Ecosystem Studies
Collaboration with U.S. Satellite Laboratory; Glen Schuster (PI)
Investigators: Marrero / Hyrenbach / Williamson / Hester / Keiper / Stock

(04/01/07 - 03/31/10) Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship
Spatially-explicit Conservation in the Alborán Sea
Investigator: Hyrenbach

(05/15/08 - 08/31/09) National Fish & Wildlife Foundation - Marine Debris
North Pacific Plastic Debris and Seabird Research Cruise
Investigators: Hyrenbach / Lavender 

Research Interests:

My main research interests are the oceanic habitats of far-ranging pelagic vertebrates (seabirds, turtles, cetaceans, tunas), and the physical mechanisms (upwelling, convergence) that define predictable areas of enhanced biological activity in pelagic systems. My objective is to incorporate an understanding of natural history and oceanography into the design of management and conservation strategies (i.e., gear modifications, area closures, Marine Protected Areas) to protect highly mobile pelagic species and their dynamic habitats.