Proceedings of the Sixth California Islands Symposium

Mammoths and Humans as Late Pleistocene Contemporaries on Santa Rosa Island • Larry D. Agenbroad, John R. Johnson, Don Morris, and Thomas W. Stafford

Sea Otters, Shellfish, and Humans: 10,000 Years of Ecological Interaction on San Miguel Island, California • Jon M. Erlandson, Torben C. Rick, James A. Estes, Michael H. Graham, Todd J. Braje, and René L. Vellanoweth

Variation in Marine Fauna Utilization by Middle Holocene Occupants of Santa Cruz Island • Michael A. Glassow

Distribution and Provenance of Fossil Avifauna on San Miguel Island • Daniel L. Guthrie

Early Period Resource Use on Eastern Santa Cruz Island • Jennifer E. Perry

Preliminary Report on the Archaeology and Paleoecology of the Abalone Rocks Estuary, Santa Rosa Island, California • Torben C. Rick, Douglas J. Kennett, and Jon M. Erlandson

Prehistoric Settlement and Subsistence on San Nicolas Island • Patricia C. Martz

Some Observations on the Material Culture of the Nicoleño • Steven J. Schwartz

Drainage Disruption Caused by a Previously Unidentified Large Prehistoric Bedrock Slump on Santa Cruz Island, California • Bruce Carter

Analysis of Prey Remains Excavated from an Historic Bald Eagle Nest Site on San Miguel Island, California • Paul W. Collins, Daniel A. Guthrie, Torben C. Rick, and Jon M. Erlandson

Radio Santa Cruz: a Glimpse of Island Ranch Life from 1951 to 1984 • John Gherini

Late Quaternary Changes in the Size and Shape of the California Channel Islands: Implications for Marin Subsidies to Terrestrial Communities • Brian P. Kinlan, Michael H. Graham, and Jon M. Erlandson

A Comparison of Estimated Historic and Current Vegetation Community Structure on Guadalupe Island, Mexico • Thomas Oberbauer

History and Site Assessment of the Shipwreck Cuba • Robert V. Schwemmer

History of the Catalina Island School, Toyon Bay, 1928-1943 • William W. Bushing

Preliminary Record of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi on Two California Channel Islands • Lisa C. Grubisha, James M. Trappe, and Thomas D. Bruns

Seed Set in a Non-native, Self-compatible Thistle on Santa Cruz Island: Implications for the Invasion of an Island Ecosystem • John F. Barthell, Robbin W. Thorp, Adrian M. Wenner, John M. Randall, and Deborah S. Mitchell

Vegetation Community Mapping on Santa Catalina Island using Orthorectification and GIS • Denise A. Knapp

Rare Plants in the Goat Harbor Burn Area • Denise A. Knapp

Santa Catalina Island Experimental Restoration Trials: Developing Appropriate Techniques • Lisa C. Stratton

History, Habitat Use, and Management of Bison on Catalina Island, California • Rick A. Sweitzer, Juanita M. Constible, Dirk H. Van Vuren, Peter T. Schuyler, and Frank R. Starkey

Abundance and Distribution of the Santa Catalina Island Shrew (Sorex ornatus willetti) on Santa Catalina Island, California • Angela Aarhus

Territory Acquisition by Island Scrub-Jays: How to Become a Breeder • Charles T. Collins and Kennon A. Corey

Progress in Island Fox Recovery Efforts on the Northern Channel Islands • Timothy J. Coonan, Keith Rutz, David K. Garcelon, Brian C. Latta, Melissa M. Gray, and Erik T. Aschehoug

Current Status of the Santa Cruz Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis santacruzae) • Victoria J. Bakker, David K. Garcelon, Erik T. Aschehoug, Kevin R. Crooks, Chris Newman, Gregory A. Schmidt, Dirk H. Van Vuren, and Rosie Woodroffe

The Use of Shock Collars to Prevent Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis) Predation on the Endangered San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus mearnsi) • Douglass M. Cooper, Eric L. Kershner, and David K. Garcelon

Eradication of Black Rats from Anacapa Island: Biological and Social Considerations • Gregg R. Howald, Kate R. Faulkner, Bernie Tershy, Bradford Keitt, Holly Gellerman, Eileen M. Creel, Matthew Grinnell, Steven T. Ortega, and Donald A. Croll

Movements, Foraging, and Survival of Bald Eagles Reintroduced on the Northern Channel Islands, California • Jessica A. Dooley, Peter B. Sharpe, and David K. Garcelon

Restoring and Monitoring Bald Eagles in Southern California: the Legacy of DDT • Peter B. Sharpe and David K. Garcelon

Application of Techniques for Feral Pig Eradication on Santa Catalina Island • David K. Garcelon, Kevin P. Ryan, and Peter T. Schuyler

Capture and Translocation of Golden Eagles from the California Channel Islands to Mitigate Depredation of Endemic Island Foxes • Brian C. Latta, Daniel E. Driscoll, Janet L. Linithicom, Ronald E. Jackman, and Gregg Doney

Assessment of Inventory Effort for Lepidoptera (Insecta) and the Status of Endemic Species on Santa Barbara Island, California • Jerry A. Powell

Response of Nest Success of Xantus’s Murrelets (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) to Native Predator Abundance, Santa Barbara Island, California • Catherin A. Schwemm and Paige L. Martin

Nest Occupancy and Hatching Success of Xantus’s Murrelets (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) Breeding on Santa Barbara Island, California During a Twenty-Year Period • Catherin A. Schwemm, Joshua T. Ackerman, Paige L. Martin and William Perry

Restoration of a Historic Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Bed at Frenchy's Cove, Anacapa Island • Jessica M. Alstatt

Distribution and Morphology of Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) at the California Channel Islands • John M. Engle, and Kathy Ann Miller

Size Frequency Measures of White Abalone with Implications for Conservation • Michael D. Behrens and Kevin D. Lafferty

Drift Card Simulation of Larval Dispersal from San Nicolas Island, California, During Black Abalone Spawning Season • Melinda D. Chambers, Hans Hurn, Carolyn S. Friedman, and Glenn R. VanBlaricom

Regime Shifts, Community Change and Population Booms of Keystone Predators at the Channel Islands • Carol A. Blanchette, Daniel V. Richards, John M. Engle, Bernardo R. Broitman, and Steven D. Gaines

From the Mountains to the Sea: Sunlight, Island Topography and Giant Kelp • William W. Bushing

Size Differences, by Sex, of Adult Market Squid (Loligo opalescens) at-harvest in Distinct Temperature Areas near the Channel Islands • Annette E. Henry, Jenny D. McDaniel, and Corey D. Chan

Seasonal and High-frequency Ocean Temperature Dynamics at Santa Catalina Island • Craig G. Gelpi and Karen E. Norris

The Translocation of Sea Otters to San Nicolas Island: an Update • Brian B. Hatfield

Pinniped Responses during Navy Missile Launches at San Nicolas Island, California • Meike Holst, Jack W. Lawson, W. John Richardson, Steven J. Schwartz, and Grace Smith

Recent Abundance of California Sea Lions in Western Baja California, Mexico and the United States • Mark S. Lowry and Octavio Maravilla-Chavez

Temporal Variation in the State of Rocky Reefs: Does Fishing Increase the Vulnerability of Kelp Forests to Disturbance? • Kevin D. Lafferty and Michael D. Behrens