Historic variation in the diet of harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) in the Northwest Atlantic

Developments in Marine Biology

Volumn 4, Issue C, 1995, Pages 261-269

  Lawson, John W ^a   Stenson, Garry B ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod; Boreogadus saida; Gradus morhua; polar cod

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957053944     PISSN: 01636995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6995(06)80029-6     Document Type: Article

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