Water and salt balance in seabirds

Biology of Marine Birds

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 467-483

  Goldstein, David L ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420036305     Document Type: Chapter

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