A large placenta encountered in the Hawaiian winter grounds of the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 711-716

  Silvers, L E ^a,c   Atkinson, S ^b   Iwasa, M ^b   Combelles, C ^b   Salden, D R ^a  

^a Hawaii Whale Research Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; HAWAIIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 0030804159     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00095.x     Document Type: Article

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