Buoyancy Control as a Function of the Spermaceti Organ in the Sperm Whale

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• Publication year

  1978

• Venue

  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

• Publication date

  1978-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1017/S0025315400024395
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