The horseshoe crab: The battle for a true multiple-use resource

Fisheries

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 6-10

  Berkson, Jim ^a   Shuster Jr , Carl N ^b  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0033229586     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8446(1999)024<0006:THCTBF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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