Health assessment of Weddell seals, leptonychotes weddellii, in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Health of Antarctic Wildlife: A Challenge for Science and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 123-138

  Yochem, P K ^a   Stewart, B S ^a   Gelatt, T S ^b   Siniff, D B ^c  

^a HUBBS SEAWORLD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-93923-8_8     Document Type: Chapter

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