Photographic identification of the New Zealand sea lion: A new technique

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-66

  McConkey, Shaun D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

New Zealand sea lion; Otariid; Phocarctos hookeri; Photographic identification; Tagging

Indexed keywords

PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI;

EID: 0033017963     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1999.9516857     Document Type: Article

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