Distribution and abundance of beluga whales in the Mackenzie estuary, southeast Beaufort Sea, and west Amundsen Gulf during late July 1992

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2262-2273

  Harwood, Lois A ^a   Innes, Stuart ^a   Norton, Pamela ^b   Kingsley, Michael C S ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b Riptide Computer Resources Inc   (Canada)

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EID: 0000346669     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-180     Document Type: Article

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