Biological findings from a newly developed photo-identification catalog for the critically endangered Rice’s whale (Balaenoptera ricei)

• Laura Aichinger Dias ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: laura.dias@noaa.gov

  Affiliations Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9378-4577

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• Kevin P. Barry ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ In memoria.

  Affiliation Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Lance P. Garrison,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida, United States of America

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• Jenny Litz,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7211-1063

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• Lynsey A. Wilcox Talbot,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Ruth Y. Ewing,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida, United States of America

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• Anthony Martinez

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida, United States of America

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