Stock discrimination of Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in the eastern Canadian Arctic using lead isotope and element signatures in teeth

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-112

  Outridge, P M ^a   Stewart, R E A ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ODOBENUS ROSMARUS;

EID: 0032938653     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-155     Document Type: Article

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