IntroductIon Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus, Montagu, 1821) are globally distributed between the 60 th parallels in temperate to tropical oceanic and coastal waters, and estuarine populations have been documented throughout their range (Jefferson et al. 2008, Wells and Scott 2018). In the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), common bottlenose dolphins (hereafter referred to as "bottlenose dolphins") are widely distributed in bays, sounds, estuaries, and coastal waters, including the waters of Texas (
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