Russo, Corey D.
Weller, David W.
Nelson, Karen E.
Chivers, Susan J.
Torralba, Manolito
Grimes, D. Jay
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (M10AF20151)
National Marine Fisheries Service (Scientific Research Permit No. 774-1714)
Article History
Received: 10 September 2016
Accepted: 8 September 2017
First Online: 28 October 2017
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: Standard protocols for projectile biopsy sampling were followed to obtain skin and blubber samples from large research ships or small boats conducting research in the Southern California Bight [CitationRef removed]. Bottlenose dolphin samples from San Diego, CA (coastal and offshore), bottlenose dolphins, were collected under National Marine Fisheries Service Scientific Research Permit No. 774-1714, issued to the Southwest Fisheries Science Center.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.