Dusky Dolphin: Lagenorhynchus obscurus

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 335-338

  Van Waerebeek, Koen ^a   Würsig, Bernd ^b  

^a Museo de Delfines   (Peru)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79956112738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00081-X     Document Type: Chapter

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