A new harp seal whelping ground near South Greenland

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 730-736

  Rosing Asvid, Aqqalu ^a  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEST SITE; NEW SPECIES; PINNIPED; TAXONOMY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

PHOCA GROENLANDICA;

EID: 47649103611     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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