Improving the Precision of Our Ecosystem Calipers: A Modified Morphometric Technique for Estimating Marine Mammal Mass and Body Composition

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Michelle R. Shero ,

* E-mail: mrshero@alaska.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
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Linnea E. Pearson,

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
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Daniel P. Costa,

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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Jennifer M. Burns

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
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