Health assessment and diseases of the Weddell seal, Leptonochotes weddelli, in Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica

Health of Antarctic Wildlife: A Challenge for Science and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 139-166

  McFarlane, R A ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-93923-8_9     Document Type: Chapter

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