Identifying pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (Genus kogia) using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of myoglobin and hemoglobin

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 395-399

  Duffield, Deborah A ^a   Barros, Nélio B ^b,g   Espinoza, Edgard O ^c   Ploen, Stephanie ^d,h   Gulland, Frances M D ^e   Heyning, John E ^f  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SeaWorld Inc   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife National Forensics Laboratory   (United States)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^g MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; KOGIA; KOGIA SIMUS; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 0037376799     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2003.tb01117.x     Document Type: Note

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