Ontogeny of the thermal limits in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-92

  Hansen, Stephen ^b   Lavigne, David M ^a  

^a Intl Marine Mammal Association Inc   (Canada)

^b NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 0030991105     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639549     Document Type: Article

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