Tracing gestation and lactation in free ranging gray whales using the stable isotopic composition of epidermis layers

• Michelle Gelippi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle Gelippi, Brian Popp, Marco F. W. Gauger, Javier Caraveo-Patiño

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

  Affiliation Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, B.C.S., México

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• Brian Popp ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle Gelippi, Brian Popp, Marco F. W. Gauger, Javier Caraveo-Patiño

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States of America

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• Marco F. W. Gauger ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle Gelippi, Brian Popp, Marco F. W. Gauger, Javier Caraveo-Patiño

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, B.C.S., México

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• Javier Caraveo-Patiño

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle Gelippi, Brian Popp, Marco F. W. Gauger, Javier Caraveo-Patiño

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jcaraveo04@cibnor.mx

  Affiliation Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, B.C.S., México

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9268-4707

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