Satellite male groups in horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus

Ethology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-21

  Brockmann, H Jane ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; DECAPODA;

HORSESHOE CRAB; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; SATELLITE MALE; SATELLITE MALE GROUPS; SPAWNING;

EID: 0029669017     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01099.x     Document Type: Article

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