Body density of humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) in feeding aggregations estimated from hydrodynamic gliding performance

• Tomoko Narazaki ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: naratomoz@gmail.com

  Affiliations Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4513-3432

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• Saana Isojunno,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom

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• Douglas P. Nowacek ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas P. Nowacek, Rene Swift, Ari S. Friedlaender, Christian Ramp

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment and Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Rene Swift ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas P. Nowacek, Rene Swift, Ari S. Friedlaender, Christian Ramp

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom

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• Ari S. Friedlaender ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas P. Nowacek, Rene Swift, Ari S. Friedlaender, Christian Ramp

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

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• Christian Ramp ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas P. Nowacek, Rene Swift, Ari S. Friedlaender, Christian Ramp

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom, Mingan Island Cetacean Study, Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan, Québec, Canada

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• Sophie Smout ,

  Roles Methodology

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom

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• Kagari Aoki ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

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• Volker B. Deecke,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Science, Natural Resources and Outdoor Studies, University of Cumbria, Ambleside, United Kingdom

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• Katsufumi Sato ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

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• Patrick J. O. Miller

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom

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