About the Authors
- Stephanie Venn-Watson
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* E-mail: stephanie.venn-watson@nmmf.org
Affiliation National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Kathleen M. Colegrove
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Affiliation University of Illinois, Zoological Pathology Program, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
- Jenny Litz
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Affiliation National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Michael Kinsel
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Affiliation University of Illinois, Zoological Pathology Program, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
- Karen Terio
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Affiliation University of Illinois, Zoological Pathology Program, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
- Jeremiah Saliki
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Affiliation Athens Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- Spencer Fire
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Affiliations NOAA National Ocean Service, Marine Biotoxins Program, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Florida Institute of Technology Department of Biological Sciences, Melbourne, Florida, United States of America
- Ruth Carmichael
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Affiliation Dauphin Island Sea Lab and University of South Alabama, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America
- Connie Chevis
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Affiliation Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, Gulfport, Mississippi, United States of America
- Wendy Hatchett
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Affiliation Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, Gulfport, Mississippi, United States of America
- Jonathan Pitchford
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Affiliation Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, Gulfport, Mississippi, United States of America
- Mandy Tumlin
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Affiliation Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
- Cara Field
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Affiliation Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Suzanne Smith
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Affiliation Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Ruth Ewing
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Affiliation National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Deborah Fauquier
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Affiliation National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
- Gretchen Lovewell
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Affiliation Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
- Heidi Whitehead
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Affiliation Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- David Rotstein
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Affiliation Marine Mammal Pathology Services, Olney, Maryland, United States of America
- Wayne McFee
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Affiliation National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
- Erin Fougeres
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Affiliation National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Regional Office, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
- Teri Rowles
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Affiliation National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
This work was part of the Deepwater Horizon National Resource Damage Assessment being conducted cooperatively among NOAA, other Federal and State Trustees, and BP. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SVW KMC JL KT JS DF EF TR. Performed the experiments: SVW KMC JL MK KT JS SF RC CC WH JP MT CF SS RE DF GL HW DR WM. Analyzed the data: SVW KMC JL KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SVW KMC JL SF RC CC WH JP MT CF SS DF GL HW DR EF. Wrote the paper: SVW KMC JL KT JS SF RC CC WH JP MT CF RE DF DR WM EF TR.