Effects of blood extraction on horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus)

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 457-459

  Walls, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Berkson, Jim ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CRUSTACEAN; EXTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

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

EID: 0038515253     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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