Assessment of errors in cetacean diet analysis: In vitro digestion of otoliths

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 573-575

  Wijnsma, G ^a,b   Pierce, G J ^b   Santos, M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CETACEAN; DIET; DIGESTION; OTOLITH;

EID: 0032804679     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315498000733     Document Type: Article

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