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Local movements by nursing bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) pups in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

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  1. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, P.O. Box 1000, G5H 3Z4, Mont Joli, QC, Canada

    Mike O. Hammill

  2. Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    K. M. Kovacs

  3. Division of General Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1051, N-0316, Blindem, Oslo, Norway

    C. Lydersen

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Hammill, M.O., Kovacs, K.M. & Lydersen, C. Local movements by nursing bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) pups in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Polar Biol 14, 569–570 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00238227

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