Attacks on sea otters by killer whales

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 888-894

  Hatfield, Brian B ^a   Marks, Dennis ^b   Tinker, M Tim ^c,d   Nolan, Kellie ^b,c   Peirce, Joshua ^b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service ^*  (United States)

^c US National Biological Service   (United States)

^d Glenside Ecological Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; ENHYDRA;

EID: 0031663419     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00775.x     Document Type: Article

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