Depletion within a decade: The american 19th-century north pacific right whale fishery

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 133-147

  Smith, Tim D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 84925823988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849772105     Document Type: Chapter

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