Barnacle fouling of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus at beaufort, North Carolina

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 424-429

  Key Jr , Marcus M ^a   Volpe, Jared W ^a   Jeffries, William B ^a   Voris, Harold K ^b  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CHELONIBIA PATULA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); THORACICA;

EID: 0343307125     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1549437     Document Type: Article

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