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Subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis at Heard Island

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  1. S. D. Goldsworthy

    Present address: Department of Botany and Zoology, Monash University, 3168, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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  1. CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology, P.O. Box 84, 2602, Lyneham, ACT, Australia

    S. D. Goldsworthy & P. D. Shaughnessy

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Goldsworthy, S.D., Shaughnessy, P.D. Subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis at Heard Island. Polar Biol 9, 337–339 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00287434

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