Hooded seal: Cystophora cristata

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 569-573

  Kovacs, Kit M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

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EID: 84884879852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00132-2     Document Type: Chapter

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