Fatty Acid Composition of Muscle, Liver, and Depot Fat of Wild and Cultured Common Snapping Turtles Chelydra serpentina

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 234-242

  Mayeaux, Maxwell H ^a,b   Reigh, Robert C ^a   Culley Jr , Dudley D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33744778410     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1998.tb00982.x     Document Type: Article

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