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ka Department of Fish and Game). Luis Fleisher and 

 his collegues kindly helped provide access to the 

 calving lagoons (Permiso No. 2 de Investigacion 

 Cientifica, 1981). The field work in Baja California 

 depended on our coworkers, James Oakden and 

 Linda Martin. Paul Dayton, Glenn VanBlaricom, and 

 Lloyd Lowry introduced us to the feeding ecology of 

 gray whales and stimulated many ideas. Sheila and 

 Alan Baldridge generously contributed to almost all 

 aspects of our studies. Sandy Strause and Lynn 

 McMasters drew the figures and Rosie Stelow typed 

 the manuscript. The American Cetacean Society, 

 World Wildlife Fund, and National Science Founda- 

 tion (DPP 8121722) provided essential funds and en- 

 couragement. Collection of the 1980 Bering Sea data 

 was funded by the Outer Continental Shelf Environ- 

 mental Assessment Program, Juneau Project Office 

 (principal investigators Mary Nerini, Howard 

 Braham, and Linda Jones, National Marine Mammal 

 Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, 

 NOAA, Seattle, Wash). The manuscript was im- 

 proved by comments from Glenn VanBlaricom, 

 Bernd Wursig, and Kathy Frost. 



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