Seal bounties in Maine and Massachusetts, 1888 to 1962

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-254

  Lelli, Barbara ^a   Harris, David E ^b   Aboueissa, Abouel Makarim ^b  

^a University of Southern Maine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1656/045.016.0206     Document Type: Article

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