Pinnipeds as ocean-temperature samplers: Calibrations, validations, and data quality

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 7, Issue SEPT, 2009, Pages 648-656

  Simmons, Samantha E ^a   Tremblay, Yann ^a   Costa, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 77950257238     PISSN: 15415856     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2009.7.648     Document Type: Article

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