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Our thanks to a myriad of people who have
directly helped in field studies (especially ship
surveys) and indirectly helped us in developing the
intellectual framework to begin to understand these
complex animals. David Demer and Roger Hewitt
provided constant support in hydroacoustic data
collection and processing, Tom Kiekhefer processed
whale fecal samples, Jennifer Emery helped process
hydroacoustic records, Reiko Michisaki helped
process physical and biological oceanographic data,
Dan Costa, Jim Harvey, and Terrie Williams enabled
us to pursue the temporal approach, Charles Greene,
Gary Griggs, and the Bioacoustics Workshop provided
support for shipboard surveys, Nancy Gong and Kit
Clark tirelessly sorted zooplankton samples. Of
equal importance has been the support and good will
of the personnel of the R/V John Martin, R/V Davey
Johnston, and the MLML Ship Operations, especially
Tracy Thomas, J.D. , Lee Bradford, and Maria
Kaanapu. D. Croll and B. Tershy were supported in
part by Office of Naval Research Grants
N00014-95-10646 and N00014-99-10192, Marine
Acoustics Contract MAI9811, and National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration contract
40ABNF600916. D. Croll and B. Marinovic were
supported in part by Department of Energy Western
Global Environmental Change grant 990196.
Additional research support was provided by the
Homeland Foundation, and the Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary.
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