Evaluating the use of stable isotope analysis to infer the feeding ecology of a growing US gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) population

• Jacob E. Lerner ,

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

  * E-mail: jlerner1@une.edu

  Affiliation University of New England, Department of Marine Sciences, Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8002-9652

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• Kathryn Ono,

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

  Affiliation University of New England, Department of Marine Sciences, Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

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• Keith M. Hernandez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lousiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Jonathan A. Runstadler,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Wendy B. Puryear,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Michael J. Polito

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Lousiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

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