Morphometric and meristic comparisons of skulls of harbour porpoise phocoena phocoena (L.) from the north atlantic and north pacific

Ophelia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 53-75

  Yurick, Douglas B ^a,b   Gaskin, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0002006441     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785236.1987.10422011     Document Type: Article

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