Sightings of marine mammals and birds in the comau Fjord, Northern Patagonia, between 2003 and mid 2012

Spixiana

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-262

  Häussermann, Vreni ^a,b   Försterra, Günter ^a,b   Plotnek, Emma ^a  

^a Huinay Scientific Field Station   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; ENHYDRA; FELIDAE; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; ORCINUS ORCA; OTARIA BYRONIA; PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS; PHOENICOPTERUS CHILENSIS; SPHENISCIDAE; SULA VARIEGATA; TURSIOPS;

EID: 84871738817     PISSN: 03418391     EISSN: 01777424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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