Birth of a 'resident' killer whale off Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 504-508

  Stacey, Pam J ^a,b   Baird, Robin W ^a,c  

^a Marine Mammal Research Group   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; ORCINUS ORCA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0030960371     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1997.tb00659.x     Document Type: Review

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