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Title: Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic
A Guide to Their Identification

Author: Stephen Leatherwood
David Caldwell
Howard Winn

Release Date: August 25, 2010 [EBook #33527]

Language: English

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NOAA Technical Report NMFS CIRC-396

Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic

A Guide to Their Identification

STEPHEN LEATHERWOOD, DAVID K. CALDWELL,
and HOWARD E. WINN

with special assistance by
William E. Schevill and Melba C. Caldwell

SEATTLE, WA
AUGUST 1976

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary
/ NATIONAL OCEANIC AND
/ ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
/ Robert M. White, Administrator
/ National Marine
/ Fisheries Service
/ Robert W. Schoning, Director

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