Water and ion balance and nitrogenous excretion as limitations to terrestrial excursion in the Christmas Island Blue Crab, Cardisoma hirtipes (Dana)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 537-548

  Dela Cruz, Jocelyn ^b   Morris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNSW   (Australia)

^b NONE

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CARDISOMA HIRTIPES;

EID: 0031434072     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19971215)279:6<537::AID-JEZ1>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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