Sand Lance and the Northwest Straits

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.  [http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs.htm]

Blaine, J.  2006.  Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) present in the sandwave field of central San Juan Channel, WA: Abundance, density, maturity, and sediment association.  FISH 492 Research Apprentice, Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington.

Hansen, S. M.  2008.  Sand Lance Report.  Puget Creek Restoration Society, 9 pp.

Haynes, T.B, C.K.L. Robinson, and P. Dearden. 2008. Modelling nearshore intertidal habitat use of young-of-the-year Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) in Barkley Sound, British Columbia, Canada. Environ Biol. Fish. DOI 10.1007/s10641-008-9374-2

Moriarity, R., J.A. Shaffer, and D. Penttila. 2002. Nearshore mapping of the Strait of Juan de Fuca: IV. Pacific Sand lance Spawning Habitat. A final report to the Clallam County Marine Resources Committee, Northwest Straits Commission, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Pearson, W. H., D. L. Woodruff, P. C. Sugarman, B. L. Olla. 1984. The burrowing behavior of sand lance, Ammodytes hexapterus: Effects of oil-contaminated sediment. Marine Environmental Research Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 17-32

Penttila, D.  1995.  Investigations of the spawning habitat of the Pacific sand lance, (Ammodytes hexapterus), in Puget Sound.  Puget Sound Research-95 Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2. Pp. 855-859. Puget Sound Water Quality Authority, Olympia, Washington.

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.

Robards, M.D., J. Anthony, J.F. Piatt, and G. Rose. 1999.Changes in proximate composition and somatic energy content for Pacific sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus)  relative to maturity and season in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 242: 245-258.

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.  [http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs.htm]

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.   [http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs.htm]

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

Van Pelt, T.I., J.F. Piatt, B.K. Lance, and D.D. Rody.  1997. Proximate Composition and Energy Density of Some North Pacific Forage Fishes. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 118A: 1393-1398

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.   [http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs.htm]

Zamon, J.E. 2003. Mixed species aggregations feeding upon herring and sandlance schools in a nearshore archipelago depend on flooding tidal currents. Marine Ecology Progress Series 261: 243–255, 2003


All the following have substantial information about sand lance:

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.

Bahls, P.  2004. Fish Distribution and Abundance in Shallow Intertidal Habitats of Tarboo and North Dabob Bays.  Northwest Watershed Institute Report to Jefferson County Marine Resources Committee.

Beamer, E., C. Rice, R. Henderson, K. Fresh, and M. Rowse.  2007.  Taxonomic Composition of Fish Assemblages, and Density and Size of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Greater Skagit River Estuary: Field Sampling and Data Summary Report.  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report, Seattle, WA.

Burkett, E.  1995.  USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-152.  Chapter 22: Marbled Murrelet Food Habits and Prey Ecology.  pp. 223-246.

Bargmann, G.  1998.  Forage Fish Management Plan - A plan for managing the forage fish resources and fisheries of Washington.  Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission report.

Flewwelling, P. 1995.  An introduction to monitoring, control and surveillance for capture fisheries. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No. 338. Rome, FAO. 217 pp.110-124.

Fresh, K.  1979.  Distribution and abundance of fishes occurring in the nearshore surface waters of northern Puget Sound, Washington.  Master’s Thesis, University of Washington School of Fisheries, Seattle, Washington.

Gaydos, J. K., L. Dierauf, G. Kirby, D. Brosnan, K. Gilardi and G. E. Davis. 2008. Top Ten Principles for Designing Healthy Coastal Ecosystems like the Salish Sea. EcoHealth 5: 460-471.

Hershberger, P., D. Fagergren, P. Frazier, K. Stick, M. O'Toole, G. Bargmann, G. Kirby, P. Dorn, L. THorsteinson, J. Piatt, R. Reisenbechler. 2006. Puget Sound Forage Fish Plan. Technical Report. Puget Sound Action Team. 18 p.

Lance, M., and S. Jeffries.  2007. Temporal and spatial variability of harbor seal diet in the San Juan Island archipelago. SeaDoc Society report.

Lance, M., and C. Thompson.  2005.  Overlap in diets and foraging of Common Murres and Rhinoceros Auklets after the breeding season.  Auk 122 (3): 887-901.

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.

Miller, B., D. Gunderson, P. Dinnel, R. Donnelly, D. Armstrong, and S. Brown.  PTI. 1990. Recommended guidelines for sampling soft-bottom demersal fishes by beach seine and trawl in Puget Sound. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Fisheries Research Institute Report.; Puget Sound Estuary Program. In: Recommended Protocols for Measuring Selected Environmental Variables in Puget Sound. Vol. 2.

Compiled by Ilon Logan, Emily Runnells, Heather Lapin, George Hunt, and Terrie Klinger. 2009. Forage Fish in the Salish Sea: Results of a Planning Workshop. 10 p.

Norris, R., P. Arcese, D. Preikshot, D. Bertram, and T. Kyser.  2007. Diet reconstruction and historic population dynamics in a threatened seabird.  Journal of Applied Ecology, 44: 875-884.

Penttila, D. 2007. Marine Forage Fishes in Puget Sound.  Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership Report No. 2007-03. Published by Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, Washington.

Robards, M., M. Wilson, R. Armstrong, and J. Piatt eds. 1999. Sand Lance: A Review of Biology and Predator Relations and Annotated Bibliography. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Research Paper PNW-RP-521. 16 pp.

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. FisheriesBulletin 97: 962-977.

Shaffer, J.A. 2002. Preferential use of Nearshore Kelp Habitats by Juvenile Salmon and Forage Fish: A report to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Clallam County Marine Resources Committee. A final report to the Clallam County Marine Resources Committee, Northwest Straits Commission, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Shaffer, J.A. 2004. Preferential Use of Nearshore Kelp Habitats by Juvenile Salmon and Forage Fish. Georgia Basin/Puget Sound Research Conference Proceedings. 11p.

Shaffer, J.A., R. Moriarity, and D. Penttila. 2003. Nearshore mapping of the Strait of Juan de Fuca: Phase II. Surf Smelt Spawning Habitat-May-August 2003. A final report to the Clallam County Marine Resources Committee, Northwest Straits Commission, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Shaffer, J.A., R. Moriarty, J. Sikes, and D. Penttila. 2003. Nearshore mapping of the Strait of Juan de Fuca Phase II. A final report to the Clallam County Marine Resources Committee, Northwest Straits Commission, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Shaffer, J. A, T. Ritchie, P. Crain, M. Beirne, and C. Lear 2008. Nearshore function of the central Strait of Juan de Fuca for juvenile fish, including Puget Sound Chinook salmon. Chapters 1 and 8.Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, Washington

Sikes, J., J. A. Shaffer, and D. Penttila. 2002. Nearshore mapping of the Strait of Juan de Fuca: III Pacific Herring Spawning Habitat. A final report to the Clallam County Marine Resources Committee, Northwest Straits Commission, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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.

Turney, G.L., 2004. An introduction to Hood Canal (handout): U.S. Geological Survey Western Leadership Team Meeting, August 11, 2004.

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