Abundance of horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) in the Delaware Bay area

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 933-938

  Hata, David ^a   Berkson, Jim ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 0345357976     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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