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Sources of error in estimating food requirements of seals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Erling S. Nordϕy  and
Arnoldus Schytte Blix
Erling S. Nordϕy
Affiliation:
Department of Arctic Biology and Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsϕ, 9001 Tromsϕ, Norway
Arnoldus Schytte Blix
Affiliation:
Department of Arctic Biology and Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsϕ, 9001 Tromsϕ, Norway
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Polar Record , Volume 24 , Issue 148 , January 1988 , pp. 62 - 64
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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