Grey seal (Halichoerus Grypus) pup production at the Inishkea Island Group, co. mayo, and Blasket Islands, co. kerry

Biology and Environment

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-122

  Kiely, Oliver ^a   Myers, Alan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

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