SHANE: OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN 



movement occurred over a 15-mo period. The ob- 

 servations of Bent Fin entering and leaving the 

 study area indicated that he may have inhabited 

 the bays north of the study area during the spring 

 and summer. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



I am grateful to Pat Parker and Oswald Roels of 

 the University of Texas, Marine Science Institute, 

 Port Aransas Marine Laboratory, for providing 

 the research boat, gas, oil, and maintenance. Di- 

 rect financial support was received from the 

 Marine Mammal Commission, the Rob and Bessie 

 Welder Wildlife Foundation, and the Graduate 

 College of Texas A&M University. Thanks go to 

 Blair Irvine, Bernd Wiirsig, Michael Scott, Galen 

 Rathbun, David Schmidly, and an anonymous 

 Fishery Bulletin reviewer for exhaustively critiqu- 

 ing several versions of the manuscript. Howard 

 Kochman provided invaluable assistance with the 

 statistical and computer analyses. 



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