ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Radio-tracking 10 dolphins simultaneously and for 24 hr/day is quite an 

 undertaking, and we had outstanding and very dedicated assistance in the 

 field from Windi Allman, Stacie Arms, Angela Beaty, R. A. Blaylock, 

 R. H. Defran, Lisa delos Santos, Kellie Fashe, Dagmar Fertl, Anna Forest, 

 Claire Graham, Adam Grundt, Cara Gubbins, Mike Jackson, D'ann 

 Jorgenson, Tom Kiekhefer, Linda Price-May, Kim McDaniel, Janet Morrison, 

 Jan Robinson, Andrew Schiro, Steve Schneider, Lisl Shoda, J. Holly Smith, 

 Bill Stevens, Gil Swain, Wang Ding, Wang Qin, David Weller, Brian 

 Wilson, Kim Wiirsig, and Melany Wiirsig. Additionally, Angela Beaty, 

 Nathalie Clauss, Morgan Collins, Mark Dhruv, Holly Fortenberry, Janet 

 Morrison, Ashlesha Patel, Tracy Salvi, Meike Scheidat, Andrew Schiro, 

 Sandy Smith, Tamara Svoboda, and David Weller helped vdth analysis of 

 the over 4,500 photos, and data entry of the over 1,500 bearings and 28,000 

 min of surfacing intervals. Of course, none of this would have been possible 

 without the help of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); and the 

 capture, veterinary, and physiology teams. We tharJc especially Larry Hansen 

 and Gerald Scott of NMFS; Jay Sweeney and Rae Stone of Dolphin Quest and 

 Waikoloa Marine Life Fund; and Graham Worthy and Tamara Miculka of 

 the Texas A&M Uruversity Marine Mammal Research Program. Thomas 

 Healy of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ted Fuller of the U.S. Coast 

 Guard, and Norman Boyd of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department were 

 especially helpful with local logistics. Our pilots were Sam Sailor (Piper Cub), 

 Allan Potter of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve (Cessna 172), and Mike 

 Newcome of Gal v Aero (Cessna 177). 



This work was carried out under NMFS Permit #728 to Wiirsig and 

 Worthy and SeaGrant Project #R/ES-55. The capture, sampling, and tagging 

 was conducted by the SEFSC under an emergency authorization conferred 

 pursuant to Section 109(h) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. This report 

 was improved by comments from Alejandro Acevedo, Colin Allen, Ben 

 Blaylock, Larry Hansen, Nova Silvy, Gary Varner, and Dave Weller. 



