Minke Whales: Balaenoptera acutorostrata and B: Bonaerensis

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 733-735

  Perrin, William F ^a   Brownell, Robert L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00170-X     Document Type: Chapter

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