Indo-pacific beaked whale: Indopacetus pacificus

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 600-602

  Pitman, Robert ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84884857440     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00140-1     Document Type: Chapter

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