Amazon river dolphin: Inia geoffrensis

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 26-28

  Da Silva, Vera M F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 84869776695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00007-9     Document Type: Chapter

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