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Maximum diving depths of common diving petrels Pelecanoïdes urinatrix at Kerguelen Islands

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Chastel, O. Maximum diving depths of common diving petrels Pelecanoïdes urinatrix at Kerguelen Islands. Polar Biol 14, 211–213 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00240526

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