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MARC recordThe wax plug in the external auditory meatus of the mysticeti / P.E. Purves.
| Title: | The wax plug in the external auditory meatus of the mysticeti / P.E. Purves. |
| Author(s): | Purves, P. E. |
| Date: | 1955. |
| In: | Discovery Reports. (1955.), Vol. 27 (1955) |
| Abstract: | Presents examination of structure and composition of specimens of wax plug obtained from rorqual whale Balaenoptera physalus during Discovery Investigations. Suggests that plugs provide promising method for age determination. |
| Notes: | Discovery Reports. Vol. 27 :293-302 (1955). |
| Keywords: | 59 -- Zoology. 599(26) -- Sea mammals. 599.51 -- Mysticeti. 599.511 -- Balaenopteridae. 591.139 -- Animals, ageing. 59.087 -- Age determination, zoology. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1925-51 Discovery Investigations. H6 -- Zoology: mammals. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. |
| SPRI record no.: | 27132 |
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