Neoglacial sea ice and life history flexibility in ringed and fur seals

Human Impacts on Seals, Sea Lions, and Sea Otters: Integrating Archaeology and Ecology in the Northeast Pacific

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 65-91

  Crockford, Susan J ^a   Frederick, S Gay ^a  

^a Pacific Identifications Inc   (Canada)

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