Population biology of the swimming crab portunus sanguinolentus in the waters off northern Taiwan

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 691-699

  Lee, Hui Hua ^a   Hsu, Chien Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; PORTUNIDAE; PORTUNUS SANGUINOLENTUS;

EID: 0043269294     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/C-2358     Document Type: Article

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