Fossil evidence of shell length decline in queen conch (Strombus gigas L.) at Middleton Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-20

  Stager, J Curt ^a,b   Chen, Victor ^a,c  

^a School for Field Studies   (Turks and Caicos Islands)

^b PAUL SMITH S COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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