Report of the intersessional workshop on MSYR for baleen whales

Journal of Cetacean Research and Management

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 493-508

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ABUNDANCE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); WHALE;

CETACEA; MYSTICETI;

EID: 77954766740     PISSN: 15610713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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