Developmental stability and the harbour seal epizootic in 1988

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-175

  Schandorff, Søren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; EPIZOOTIC; EPIZOOTICS; HARBOUR SEAL; LESION; MAMMALS; MORTALITY; ORGANOCHLORINE; SEALS; SKULL;

NORTH SEA, KATTEGAT;

PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 0030804358     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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