Vollmer, Nicole L. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7500-3386
Wilcox Talbot, Lynsey A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9824-879X
Gorgone, Antoinette M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9318-7390
Hohn, Aleta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9992-7062
Read, Andrew J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6039-074X
Zolman, Eric S. https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2749-9796
Rosel, Patricia E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6481-3989
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources, Take Reduction Team Program (National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources, Take Reduction Team Program)
Article History
Received: 27 March 2025
Accepted: 8 September 2025
First Online: 3 November 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: Biopsy effort was conducted under the National Marine Fisheries Service Marine Mammal Protection Act permits 738, 779–1339, 779–1633, and 14450; no approval by an ethics committee was required to accomplish the goals of this study.
: This research was funded by the National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources, Marine Mammal Take Reduction Team program. The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.