Killer whale: Orcinus orca

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 650-657

  Ford, John K B ^a  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

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EID: 84856314065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00150-4     Document Type: Chapter

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