Report of the Symposium and Workshop on Living Whales in the Southern Ocean: Puerto Varas, Chile 27?29 March

BAKER, SC; GALLETTI, B; BROWNELL, RL; GALES, N; HALL, A; JACKSON, J; LEAPER, R; PERRYMAN, DJ; STEEL, DJ; VALENZUELA, LUCIANO O; ZERBINI, A

Ciudad de Panamá

Encuentro; International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee; 2012

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