Predation on Marine Mammals

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 923-932

  Weller, David W ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00210-8     Document Type: Chapter

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