Implantation date, growth rate, and allometric relationships in foetal Northwest Atlantic harp seals (Phoca groenlandica)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 501-505

  Chabot, Denis ^a   Stenson, Garry ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; PINNIPED;

(NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

PHOCA GROENLANDICA;

EID: 0034044499     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-78-3-501     Document Type: Article

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