IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
© IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group

Volume 10 Pages 1 - 56 (October 1994)

Literature
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[see above]
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[see above]
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[see above]
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[see above]
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[see above]
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[see above]
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[AWB - Indonesia, Jil. Arzimar III No. 17, POB 254/BOO, Bogor 16002, Indonesia]
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[Moss Landing Marine Lab., POB 450, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA]
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[Institute for Environmental Studies, Free University, De Boelelaan 1115, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands]
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[Institute for Environmental Studies. Boekhandel/Uitgeverij, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands]
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[J.A.J. Nel, Univ. Stellenbosch, Dept. Zool. Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa]
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[Dept. Vet. Path., Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. USA]
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[Dept. Biol., Univ. Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester C04 3SQ, England]
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[see above]
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[see above]
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