Rehabilitation and movement of a blind California sea lion from the southern Gulf of California to the western Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Fernando R. Elorriaga-Verplancken; Patricia Meneses; Abraham Cárdenas-Llerenas; Wayne Phillips; Abel de la Torre; Abel Reyes; Xochitl Yin Hernández; Hiram Rosales-Nanduca; Irma González-López; Roberto Robles-Hernández; María José Amador-Capitanachi; Julieta Sandoval-Sierra

doi:10.1578/AM.44.3.2018.293

Rehabilitation and movement of a blind California sea lion from the southern Gulf of California to the western Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Fernando R. Elorriaga-Verplancken, Patricia Meneses, Abraham Cárdenas-Llerenas, Wayne Phillips, Abel de la Torre, Abel Reyes, Xochitl Yin Hernández, Hiram Rosales-Nanduca, Irma González-López, Roberto Robles-Hernández, María José Amador-Capitanachi, Julieta Sandoval-Sierra

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	293-298
Number of pages	6
Journal	Aquatic Mammals
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.3.2018.293
State	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Elorriaga-Verplancken, F. R., Meneses, P., Cárdenas-Llerenas, A., Phillips, W., de la Torre, A., Reyes, A., Hernández, X. Y., Rosales-Nanduca, H., González-López, I., Robles-Hernández, R., Amador-Capitanachi, M. J., & Sandoval-Sierra, J. (2018). Rehabilitation and movement of a blind California sea lion from the southern Gulf of California to the western Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Aquatic Mammals, 44(3), 293-298. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.3.2018.293

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Elorriaga-Verplancken, FR, Meneses, P, Cárdenas-Llerenas, A, Phillips, W, de la Torre, A, Reyes, A, Hernández, XY, Rosales-Nanduca, H, González-López, I, Robles-Hernández, R, Amador-Capitanachi, MJ & Sandoval-Sierra, J 2018, 'Rehabilitation and movement of a blind California sea lion from the southern Gulf of California to the western Baja California Peninsula, Mexico', Aquatic Mammals, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 293-298. https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.44.3.2018.293

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