ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Obviously this guide could not have been produced 

 without the cooperation of many people. Of over 450 

 individuals and scientific organizations contacted in 14 

 countries, 255 responded to our letters and well over 100 

 provided photographs for review and selection. We were par- 

 ticularly pleased that for the majority of the species found in 

 the western North Atlantic our most difficult problem was 

 narrowing the choices and ultimately selecting illustrations 

 from the many good materials made available to us. Although 

 there are far too many contributors to mention all by name, 

 their prompt and enthusiastic responses to requests for help 

 are gratefully acknowledged, whether or not their materials 

 were used. 



Although photo credits follow each figure, we would 

 particularly like to cite the generosity of Marineland of 

 Florida, Hideo Omura of the Japanese Whales Research 

 Institute, J.G. Mead of the U.S. National Museum, K.C. 

 Balcomb of Moclips Cetological Society, Seiji Ohsumi of the 

 Far Seas Fisheries Research I^aboratory, Jack Lentfer of the 

 Alaskan Department of Fish and Game, the U.S. Naval 

 Undersea Center (NUC), The University of Rhode Island, 

 and William F. Perrin of the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service (NMFS). Photographs by Taruski, McCann, Hain, 

 Wheeler, and Rigley are in Winn's files. All others are in the 

 files of Leatherwood and Caldwell. The illustrations for 

 Figures Bl and Dl were prepared by George Galich of NUC. 

 All other illustrations were prepared by Lois Winn. 



The extensive and often tedious job of preparing black and 

 white photographs of suitable format from the vast array of 

 black and white and color negatives and prints and from color 

 transparencies was accomplished at the NUC Photographic 

 Laboratory by the able team of Domingo Sanchez, Ray 

 Krenik, Jeanne Lucas, and Alan McPhee. 



George E. Lingle and John C. Moore assisted with 

 gathering and reviewing the literature and with cataloging 

 and screening photo materials. 



The various drafts of the manuscript were typed by Linda 

 Thomson, Margaret Alvarez, and Sandra Nolan. Sandra 

 Peterson assisted with proofreading the later drafts. 



In preparing this guide we drew freely from the literature 

 on cetaceans of this region and supplemented it with our own 

 observations and with unpublished notes provided by our 

 colleagues. A partial list of materials used, each a good 

 source of reference material on cetaceans in general or on 

 cetaceans of the western North Atlantic in particular, is 

 provided in the following section, "Selected Biblio- 

 graphy." 



All of the following colleagues read all or part of the 

 manuscript and made useful suggestions for its improve- 

 ment: K.C. Balcomb, W.C. Cummings, J.G. Mead, Hideo 

 Omura, W.F. Perrin, F.K. Rodgers. Allen N. Saltzman, D.E. 

 Sergeant, W.A. Watkins, A. A. Wolman, and F.G.Wood. 



All of the information and photographs contributed by 

 Lois Winn were obtained under grants from the Office of 

 Naval Research. Funds and assistance for the preparation of 

 intermediated drafts and logistics support for all stages of 

 preparation of this guide were provided by Biological Sys- 

 tems, Inc., St. Augustine, Fla. 



In addition to securing funds for the preparation and 

 publication of this guide, Paul Sund, Platforms of Oppor- 



tunity Program, NMFS, Tiburon, Calif., provided continuing 

 help and criticism. 



To these and to all who use this guide to further help 

 knowledge about the cetaceans of the western North 

 Atlantic, we are grateful. 



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1965. Marine mammals from the coast of Georgia to Cape Hatteras. 

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CALDWELL, D.K.. H. NEUHAUSER. M.C. CALDWELL, and H. W. 

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1971. Recent records of marine mammals from the coasts of Geor 

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 FRASER, F. C. 



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GOLLEY, F. B. 



1966. South Carolina mammals. The Charleston Museum, Charles- 

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1954. Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico. In P. S. Galtsoff (coordina 

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