Circumstantial evidence for the presence of monk seals in the West Indies

ORYX

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 310-316

  Boyd, I L ^a,b   Stanfield, M P ^a  

^a Seamark Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; SEAL (ANIMAL);

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; MONACHUS; MONACHUS TROPICALIS; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; TRICHECHIDAE;

EID: 0031797373     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1998.d01-61.x     Document Type: Article

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