Additional Information:Experience:
| 1989 - present |
Research Fishery Biologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Ecology Division |
| 2005 - present |
Adjunct Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 1999 - 2005 |
Research Associate, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 1980 - 1989 |
Research Biological Oceanographer, National Marine Fisheries Service, Tiburon Laboratory |
| 1979 - 1980 |
Instructor, Oceanography, Florida State University |
| 1975 - 1979 |
Teaching and research assistant, Oceanography, Florida State University |
| 1970 - 1975 |
Pilot, U.S. Air Force |
| 1968 - 1970 |
Research Assistant, Oceanography, Florida State University |
| 1966 - 1968 |
Research Assistant, Food and Dairy Science, Pennsylvania State University |
Selected Publications:
MacFarlane, R.B. (In press) Energy dynamics and growth of
juvenile Chinook salmon during the estuarine and first ocean year phases of
their life cycle. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Perry, R.W., P.L. Brandes, P.T. Sandstrom, A. Ammann, B.
MacFarlane, A.P. Klimley, and J.R. Skalski. (In press) Estimating survival and
migration route probabilities of juvenile Chinook salmon in the Sacramento-San
Joaquin River Delta. North American Journal of Fisheries Management
Ralston, S. and R.B. MacFarlane. (In press) Population
estimation of bocaccio (Sebastes
paucispinis) based on larval production in the Southern California Bight. Canadian
Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Pearse, D.E., S.A. Hayes, M.H. Bond, C.V. Hanson, E.C. Anderson,
R. B. MacFarlane, and J.C. Garza. 2009. Over the falls? Rapid evolution of
ecotypic differentiation in steelhead/rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of Heredity 100:515-525.
Sturm, E.A., E.A. Gilbert-Horvath, J.C. Garza, and R.B.
MacFarlane. 2009. Creation of a captive broodstock for southern coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch): results from the
initial rearing and spawning of the first brood year. NOAA Tech Memorandum
NMFS-SWFSC-436. 61p.
Bond, M.H., S.A. Hayes, C.V. Hanson, and R.B. MacFarlane. 2008.
Marine survival of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) enhanced by a seasonally
closed estuary. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
65:2242-2252.
Barnett-Johnson, R., T.E. Pearson, F.C. Ramos, C.B. Grimes,
and R. B. MacFarlane. 2008. Tracking natal origins of salmon using isotopes, otoliths,
and landscape geology. Limnology & Oceanography 53(4): 1633-1642.
Hayes, S.A., M. H. Bond, C.V. Hanson,
E.V. Freund, J.J. Smith, E. Anderson, A. Ammann, and R. B. MacFarlane. 2008. Steelhead
growth in a small central California watershed: upstream and estuarine rearing
patterns. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:114-128.
Williams, J.G., J.J.
Anderson, S. Greene, C. Hanson, S.T. Lindley, A. Low, B.P. May, E. McEwan, M.S.
Mohr, R.B. MacFarlane, and C. Swanson. 2007. Monitoring and research needed to
manage the recovery of threatened and endangered Chinook and steelhead in the
Sacramento-San Joaquin basin. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SWFSC-399.
Bond, M.H., C.V.
Hanson, R. Baertsch, S.A. Hayes, and R.B. MacFarlane. 2007. A new low-cost
instream antenna system for tracking passive integrated transponder (PIT)
tagged fish in small streams. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
136:562-566.
Lindley, S.T., R.S.
Schick, E. Mora, P.B. Adams, J.J. Anderson, S. Greene, C. Hanson, B.P. May,
D.R. McEwan, R.B. MacFarlane, C. Swanson, and J.G. Williams. 2007. Framework
for assessing viability of threatened and endangered Chinook salmon and
steelhead in the Sacramento-San Joaquin basin. San Francisco Estuary and
Watershed Science 5(1) http://repositories.cdlib.org/jmie/sfews/vol5/iss1/art4 
Trudel, M., M.E. Theiss, C. Bucher, E.V. Farley, Jr., R.B.
MacFarlane, E. Casillas, J. P. Fisher, J.F.T. Morris, J.M. Murphy, and D.W.
Welch. 2007. Regional variation in marine growth and energy accumulation of
juvenile Chinook salmon and coho salmon along the west coast of North America. American
Fisheries Society Special Symposium 57:205-232.
Fisher, J., M. Trudel, A. Ammann, J. Orsi, J. Piccolo, C.
Bucher, E. Casillas, J. Harding, R.B. MacFarlane, R. Brodeur, J. Morris, and
D.W. Welch. 2007. Comparisons of the coastal distributions and abundances of
juvenile Pacific salmon from central California to the northern Gulf of Alaska.
American Fisheries Society Special Symposium 57:31-80.
Lindley, S.T., R.S. Schick, A. Agrawal, M. Goslin, T.
Pearson, E. Mora, J.J. Anderson, B. May, S. Greene, C. Hanson, A. Low, D.
McEwan, R.B. MacFarlane, C. Swanson, and J.G. Williams. 2006. Historical population
structure of Central Valley steelhead and its alteration by dams. San Francisco
Estuary and Watershed Science 4(1): http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=jmie/sfews
Barnett-Johnson, R., F.C. Ramos, C.B. Grimes, and R.B. MacFarlane. 2005. Validation of Sr isotopes in otoliths by laser ablation multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-MC-ICPMS): opening avenues in fisheries science applications. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62:2425-2430.
MacFarlane, R.B., S. Ralston, C. Royer, and E.C. Norton. 2005. Juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) growth on the central California coast during the 1998 El Niño and 1999 La Niña. Fisheries Oceanography 14:321-332.
Hayes, S.A., M.H. Bond, C.V. Hanson, and R.B. MacFarlane. 2004. Interactions between endangered wild and hatchery salmonids; can the pitfalls of artificial propagation be avoided in a small coastal stream? Journal of Fish Biology 65 (Supplement A):101- 121.
Lindley, S.T., R. Schick, B.P. May, J.J. Anderson, S. Greene, C. Hanson, A. Low, D. McEwan, R.B. MacFarlane, C. Swanson, and J.G. Williams. 2004. Population structure of threatened and endangered Chinook salmon ESUs in California’s Central Valley basin. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-360, 66p.
Barnett-Johnson, R., F.C. Ramos, C.B. Grimes, and R.B. MacFarlane. 2004. Determining production sources and spatial structure of Chinook salmon using otolith geochemical markers. In Third International Symposium and Fish Otolith Research and Application Abstracts. Townsville, Australia, p. 83.
Eldridge, M.B., E.C. Norton, B.M. Jarvis, and R.B. MacFarlane. 2002. Energetics of early development in the viviparous yellowtail rockfish. Journal of Fish Biology 61:1122-1134.
MacFarlane, R.B., S. Ralston, C. Royer, and E.C. Norton. 2002. Influences of the 1997- 1998 El Niño and 1999 La Niña on juvenile chinook salmon in the Gulf of the Farallones. PICES Scientific Report No. 20:25-29.
MacFarlane, R.B. and E.C. Norton. 2002. Physiological ecology of juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) at the southern end of their distribution, the San Francisco Estuary and the Gulf of the Farallones, California. Fishery Bulletin 100:244-257.
Norton, E.C., R.B. MacFarlane, and M.S. Mohr. 2001. Lipid class dynamics during development in early life stages of shortbelly rockfish and their application to condition assessment. Journal of Fish Biology 58:1010-1024.
MacFarlane, R.B. 2000. Use of the San Francisco Estuary by juvenile chinook salmon. In Fish migration and passage, (J. Cech, Jr., S. McCormick, and D. MacKinlay, eds.) International Congress on the Biology of Fish, American Fisheries Society, pp. 41-45.
Norton, E.C. and R.B. MacFarlane. 1999. Lipid class composition of the viviparous yellowtail rockfish over a reproductive cycle. J. Fish. Biol. 54:1287-1299.
MacFarlane, R.B. and E.C. Norton. 1999. Nutritional dynamics during embryonic development in the viviparous genus Sebastes their application to the assessment of reproductive success. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 97:273-281.
MacFarlane, R.B. and E.C. Norton. 1996. Lipid and protein changes during egg and embryo development in the viviparous genus Sebastes: application to the assessment of reproductive success. In The fish egg: its biology and culture, (D. MacKinley and M. Eldridge, eds.) International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, American Fisheries Society, pp. 95-102.
MacFarlane, R.B. and M.J. Bowers. 1995. Matrotrophic viviparity in the yellowtail rockfish Sebastes flavidus. J. exp. Biol. 198:1197-1206.
Norton, E.C. and R.B. MacFarlane. 1995. Nutritional dynamics of reproduction in viviparous yellowtail rockfish, Sebastes flavidus. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 93:299-307.
MacFarlane, R.B., E.C. Norton, and M.J. Bowers. 1993. Lipid dynamics in relation to the annual reproductive cycle in yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:391-401.
MacFarlane, R.B., R. Harvey, M.J. Bowers, and J.S. Patton. 1990. Serum lipoproteins in striped bass (Morone saxatilis): effects of starvation. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 47:739-745. |