Daniela Maldini,^* Jessica Riggin,^** Arianna Cecchetti,^*** Mark P. Cotter<sup>****


*</sup>Daniela Maldini () is the President and Chief Scientist of Okeanis, a central California-based non-profit organization dedicated to the study of marine mammals and their role in the marine environment. She is also Adjunct Faculty at Gavilan College in Gilroy California. She has worked around the world focusing her research on social structure, behavior, and conservation biology of cetaceans and other large vertebrates. Address: Okeanis, 7981 Moss Landing Road, Unit Al, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA. e-mail: dmaldini@okeanis.org
^**Jessica Riggin is an intern with Okeanis and an undergraduate student at California State University Monterey Bay, Division of Science and Environmental Policy. Her research interests include cetacean behavior, ecology, habitat use, health, and conservation. Address: Okeanis, 7981 Moss Landing Road, Unit Al, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA. Address: Division of Science and Environmental Policy, California State University Monterey Bay, 100 Campus Center, Seaside, CA 93955, USA. e-mail: jessica.riggin@gmail.com
^***Arianna Cecchetti is an intern with Okeanis and holds an MS in Marine Mammal Science from the University of Wales, Bangor, UK. Her research interests include cetacean ecology, habitat use, pathology, and conservation. Address: Okeanis, 7981 Moss Landing Road, Unit Al, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA. e-mail: ariannacecchetti@gmail.com
^****Mark P. Cotter is a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Department of Biology, and is the Field Director for the California Coastal Dolphin Project. He also manages the photo-identification catalog. His research interests include behavioral ecology and population biology of cetaceans. Address: Okeanis, 7981 Moss Landing Road, Unit Al, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA. Address: Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 027472300, USA. e-mail: markpcotter@hotmail.com