Analysis of corpora lutea to estimate reproductive cycles of wild Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 182-198

  Iwasa, M ^a   Atkinson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpora lutea; Estrous cycle; Hawaiian monk seal; Monachus schauinslandi; Ovarian histology; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

HAWAIIA; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0012197871     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1996.tb00570.x     Document Type: Article

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