Killer whale predation on a leatherback turtle in the Northeast Pacific

Pacific Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 497-498

  Pitman, Robert L ^a   Dutton, Peter H ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; TURTLE; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

CETACEA; CHELONIIDAE; DELPHINIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; ORCINUS ORCA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 4644284690     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2004.0034     Document Type: Article

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