Harp seal records from the southern Gulf of Maine: 1997 - 2001

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 331-340

  Harris, David E ^a   Lelli, Barbara ^a   Jakush, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOCA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036406791     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2002)009[0331:hsrfts]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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