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Southern elephant seals breeding at Peterson Island, Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Clive R. McMahon  and
Debbie Campbell
Clive R. McMahon
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania 7050, Australia
Debbie Campbell
Affiliation:
The Bureau of Meteorology, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia
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Polar Record , Volume 36 , Issue 196 , January 2000 , pp. 51
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