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Calculating just how small a whale can be

Nature volume 335, page 675 (1988)Cite this article

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    JERRY F. DOWNHOWER

  2. Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, 43022, USA

    LAWRENCE S. BLUMER

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DOWNHOWER, J., BLUMER, L. Calculating just how small a whale can be. Nature 335, 675 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/335675b0

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