Ecosystem impact of the decline of large whales in the north pacific

Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 202-214

  Croll, Donald A ^a   Kudela, Raphael ^a   Tershy, Bernie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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