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Revised taxonomy of eastern North Pacific killer whales ( Orcinus orca ): Bigg's and resident ecotypes deserve species status
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- 1. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
- 2. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA & Section for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 3. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- 4. Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, Newport, OR 97365, USA
- 5. Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
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Morin, Phillip A., McCarthy, Morgan L., Fung, Charissa W., Durban, John W., Parsons, Kim M., Perrin, William F., Taylor, Barbara L., Jefferson, Thomas A., Archer, Frederick I. (2024): Revised taxonomy of eastern North Pacific killer whales ( Orcinus orca ): Bigg's and resident ecotypes deserve species status. Royal Society Open Science (231368) 11 (3): 1-23, DOI: 10.1098/rsos.231368, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231368
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