Summer diet of beluga whales inferred by fatty acid analysis of the eastern Beaufort Sea food web

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

• Publication date

  2009-06-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.JEMBE.2009.03.015
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