The Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus: 200 Million Years of Existence, 100 Years of Study

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-73

  Walls, Elizabeth A ^a   Berkson, Jim ^a   Smith, Stephen A ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical industry; Ecology; Fishery; Living fossil; Population dynamics; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 0012633033     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20026491051677     Document Type: Article

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