Ecological risk analysis: The case of the Saimaa Ringed Seal

AMBIO

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 363-365

  Ranta, Esa ^a,b   Lindström, Jan ^b   Kokko, Hanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Division of Population Biology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RISK ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED MAMMAL; SAIMAA RINGED SEAL;

FINLAND, LAKE SAIMAA;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; PUSA HISPIDA SAIMENSIS;

EID: 0029662698     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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18. We thank the Saimaa Ringed Seal team at the WWF Finland for cooperation. This study was supported by the Academy of Finland, and computing power was provided by IBM Finland.
19. First submitted 30 January 1995. Accepted for publication after revision 15 November 1995.