Habitat and diet of the non-native crab Hemigrapsus Sanguineus in Southeastern New England

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-78

  Ledesma, Maria Elena ^a   O'Connor, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

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EID: 0038429346     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2001)008[0063:hadotn]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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