Additional records and a review of the cetacean fauna of the Leeward Dutch Antilles

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 204-210

  Debrot, A O ^a   De Meyer, J A ^b   Dezentje P J E ^a  

^a CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b Bonaire Marine Park   (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; NEW RECORD;

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

EID: 0032450912     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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