ROBISON and CRADDOCK: MESOPELAGIC FISHES EATEN BY FRASER'S DOLPHIN 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We acknowledge, with thanks, the efforts of two 

 colleagues who contributed significantly to this 

 paper: John E. Fitch identified several fish species 

 from their otoliths and confirmed or corrected our 

 determinations of many others; and David Judkins 

 identified the shrimp remains. We also thank W. E. 

 Schevill and W. A. Watkins for providing the dolphin 

 stomachs for us to examine. R. H. Backus, W. F. 

 Perrin, W. E. Schevill, and W. A. Watkins critically 

 reviewed the manuscript. Supported in part by NSF 

 grants DES 74-23209 (R. H. Backus) and OCE 78- 

 09018 (B. H. Robison). 



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