Experimentally derived estimates of growth by juvenile Tachypleus tridentatus and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Xiphosura) from nursery beaches in Hong Kong

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 318, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-49

  Lee, Christine N ^a,b   Morton, Brian ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Western Australian Museum ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda; Growth; Hong Kong; Horseshoe crabs; Tachypleus tridentatus

Indexed keywords

BEACH; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

CARCINOSCORPIUS ROTUNDICAUDA; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA; TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS; XIPHOSURA;

EID: 17044367863     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.12.010     Document Type: Article

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