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Report of a mummified leopard seal carcass in the southern Dry Valleys, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2009

Jonathan C. Banks ,
Philip M. Ross  and
Tracy E. Smith
Jonathan C. Banks*
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Waikato, Private Bag 3150, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
Philip M. Ross
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Waikato, Private Bag 3150, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
Tracy E. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Colorado State University, 200 W Lake Street, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1878, USA
*
*jbanks@waikato.ac.nz
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Antarctic Science , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , February 2010 , pp. 43 - 44
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2009

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