Ecology of juvenile and adult blue crabs: Summary of discussion of research themes and directions

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 423-433

  Hines, Anson H ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; ECOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142071070     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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