Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina, Linnaeus) abundance and fish migration in the Saint John Harbour

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-140

  Browne, Constance L ^a,b   Terhune, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0041624145     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2003)010[0131:HSPVLA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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