Weddell Seal: Leptonychotes weddellii

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1217-1220

  Thomas, Jeanette A ^a   Terhune, Jack ^b  

^a Western Illinois University Quad Cities   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00278-9     Document Type: Chapter

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