Physiological, morphological, and ecological tradeoffs influence vertical habitat use of deep-diving toothed-whales in the Bahamas

• Trevor W. Joyce ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: trevorwjoyce@gmail.com

  Current address: Marine Mammal Institute, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, United States of America

  Affiliations Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9664-6946

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• John W. Durban,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Diane E. Claridge,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organization, Marsh Harbor, Abaco, Bahamas, Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

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• Charlotte A. Dunn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organization, Marsh Harbor, Abaco, Bahamas, Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

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• Holly Fearnbach,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SR³ SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation, and Research, Mukilteo, Washington, United States of America

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• Kim M. Parsons,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Russel D. Andrews,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America, Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research, Seabeck, Washington, United States of America

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• Lisa T. Ballance

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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