A lactating record-age St. Lawrence Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 854-859

  Mcalpine, Donald F ^a   Kingsley, Michael C S ^b   Daoust, Pierre Yves ^c  

^a NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS;

EID: 0032982253     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00848.x     Document Type: Note

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