The impact of biomedical bleeding on horseshoe crab, Limulus Polyphemus, movement patterns on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 261-268

  Kurz, W ^a   James Pirri, M J ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Behavior; Horseshoe crab

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; CRUSTACEAN; MOVEMENT;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 0037003454     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1023624021000019315     Document Type: Article

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