A remote biopsy system used to sample steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) blubber

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 683-689

  Hoberecht, Laura K ^a   Vos, Daniel J ^b   VanBlaricom, Glenn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PINNIPED;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS;

EID: 33745022806     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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