Climate change and marine mammals

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1483-1487

  Evans, Peter G h ^a,b   Pierce, Graham J ^c,d   Panigada, Simone ^e  

^a Wellington Place   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

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EID: 79960921578     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410001815     Document Type: Article

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