The status of queen Conch, Strombus gigas, research in the Caribbean

Marine Fisheries Review

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 14-22

  Stoner, Allan W ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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