Diamondback terrapin mortality in crab pots in a Georgia tidal marsh

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-100

  Grosse, Andrew M ^a   Van Daniel Dijk, J ^a   Holcomb, Kerry L ^a   Maerz, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MALACLEMYS; MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN CENTRATA;

EID: 67650904166     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0729.1     Document Type: Article

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