viewed tor scientific relevance and management alternatives 

 considered. Results from these, or similar studies, will pro- 

 vide a preliminary basis for making timely decisions concern- 

 ing further research and possible implications of OCS de- 

 velopment. Additional much needed research on life history 

 parameters should also be vigorously pursued. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



National Marine Mammal Laboratory personnel who con- 

 tributed to our 1975-77 research were: Teresa Bray, Robert 

 Everitt, Clifford Fiscus, Ed Iten, Gordon Jarrell, Willman 

 Marquette, Mary Nerini, John Patee, David Rugh, Nancy 

 Severinghaus, John Smithhisler, Ronald Sonntag, John 

 Brueggeman, Richard Foust, Beth Hacker, Leola Hietala, 

 Evelyn Magee, Bruce McAlister, Patrick McGuire, Joan 

 McPhee, Keith Parker, Carl Peterson, Rick Punsly, Michael 

 Tillman, and Joanne Wejak. Sam Waterman, Rae Mitsuoka, 

 Roger Pearson, Ethel Zweifel, Jim Peacock, Nancy Williams- 

 Nelson, and Carol Hastings of the Northwest and Alaska 

 Fisheries Center, NMFS, Seattle, Wash., provided valuable 

 assistance with editing, graphics, and duplication. Unknown 

 referees during the publication review process are thanked 

 for their assistance. 



Two Alaskan Eskimo whaling captains and their crews who 

 greatly assisted us during the 1976 and 1977 spring seasons 

 were Robert Aiken and Arnold Brower, Sr. 



We were assisted in securing aircraft and ice-based logistic 

 support from the Office of Aircraft Services, U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska, and the Naval Arctic 

 Research Laboratory, University of Alaska, Barrow, Alaska. 



Special appreciation is extended to Francis Fay, Institute 

 of Marine Sciences, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; John 

 Burns, Kathy Frost, and Lloyd Lowry, Alaska Department 

 of Fish and Game, Fairbanks; Carl Grauvogel, Alaska De- 

 partment of Fish and Game, Nome; Donald Ljungblad, 

 Naval Oceans Systems Center, San Diego, Calif.; and Mark 

 Fraker, LGL Ltd., Sidney. British Columbia, Canada, for 

 their advice and help during various aspects of our research. 



This study was partially funded by the Bureau of Land 

 Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, under an in- 

 teragency agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmo- 

 spheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, as 

 part of a multiyear program managed by the Alaska Outer 

 Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program 

 (OCSEAP) office in Juneau, Alaska. We particularly appre- 

 ciated the help and patience extended to us by Rodney 

 Swope, Donald Day, and George Lapine of that office. 



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