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Inhalant Anesthesia for Minimally Invasive Procedures in Guadalupe Fur Seals
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Gray Whale Post-Mortem Findings During the Unusual Mortality Event in the Eastern North Pacific
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New Urban Habitat for Endangered Humpback Whales: San Francisco Bay
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Fish Feeding and Rapid Foraging Behavior Switching by Gray Whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in California
Hawaiian monk seal in the middle of a large plastic fishing net and buoys

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Marine Mammals and Plastics in the Ocean
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Novel Presentation of Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) in a Southern Sea Otter