Fin Whale: Balaenoptera physalus

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 433-437

  Aguilar, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 84862730242     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00102-4     Document Type: Chapter

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