Geographical variation in metric skull characters among proposed subpopulations and stocks of harbor porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, in the western North Atlantic

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 516-527

  Gaskin, Anli Gao D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

geographical variation; harbor porpoise; multivariate analysis; North Atlantic; Phocoena phocoena; sexual dimorphism; skull morphometry; stock; subpopulation

Indexed keywords

PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0029861199     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1996.tb00064.x     Document Type: Article

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