There she blew! yankee sperm whaling grounds, 1760–1920

Oceans Past: Management Insights from the History of Marine Animal Populations

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 109-132

  Josephson, Elizabeth A ^a   Reeves, Randall R ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b World Conservation Union ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84925747714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849772105     Document Type: Chapter

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