Three skin sampling methods for molecular characterisation of free-ranging dugong (Dugong dugon) populations

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-306

  Lanyon, Janet M ^a   Sneath, Helen L ^a   Long, Trevor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Sea World   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAMPLING;

DUGONG DUGON;

EID: 77957741257     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.36.3.2010.298     Document Type: Article

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