Long-term observations of a harbor seal haul-out site in a protected cove in Casco Bay, Gulf of Maine

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-148

  Harris, David E ^a   Lelli, Barbara ^b   Gupta, Sat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b College of the Atlantic ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCO; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0041624114     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2003)010[0141:LOOAHS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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