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cm in 7 mo. A young bottlenose dolphin with a 

 deformed jaw originally captured in 1970 grew 

 from 185 to 219 cm in 5.3 yr. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We gratefully acknowledge the many volun- 

 teers from New College (University of South 

 Florida) and the University of Florida who do- 

 nated a total of over 2,000 work hours during 

 captures, radio tracks, surveys, and data analysis. 

 We thank Grady Marlow and Mike Haslette and 

 staff from the St. Petersburg Aquarium for the 

 bottlenose dolphin collections through October 

 1975 and "Snake" Eubanks and Joe Mora for their 

 fine work thereafter. We also thank John Morrill 

 (New College, Environmental Studies Program) 

 for providing office space, Mary Moore and Carol 

 Blanton for furnishing dock space, Fred Worl for 

 liquid nitrogen, and especially Fran and Jack 

 Wells who provided floor space and much patience 

 to the dolphin trackers who regularly invaded 

 their home. 



Field work was supported by Marine Mammal 

 Commission Contracts MM4AC004 and 

 MM5AC0018. William E. Evans of the Hubbs-Sea 

 World Research Institute, David K. Caldwell of 

 Biological Systems Inc., Clyde Jones and Howard 

 Campbell of the Denver Wildlife Research Center, 

 and Robert Hofman of the Marine Mammal Com- 

 mission provided support and encouragement. We 

 also thank Michael Bogan, Steven Leatherwood, 

 Susan Shane, Peter Major, Dan Odell, Forrest G. 

 Wood, and Bernd Wiirsig for their constructive 

 review comments. Howard Kochman assisted 

 with statistical computer analysis. Estella Duell 

 and Luanne Whitehead typed early versions of the 

 manuscript, and Esta Belcher and Russ Parks 

 prepared the illustrations. 



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