Summer distribution and abundance of juvenile Chinese horseshoe crabs Tachypleus tridentatus along an intertidal zone in southern China

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 107-112

  Hu, Menghong ^a   Wang, Youji ^a   Chen, Yan ^a   Cheung, Siu Gin ^a   Shin, Paul K S ^a   Li, Qiongzhen ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Guangxi Institute of Fisheries   (China)

Author keywords

Abundance; Beibu Gulf; Chinese horseshoe crab; Distribution; Intertidal zone; Size variation; Tachypleus tridentatus

Indexed keywords

LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA; TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS;

EID: 70449589604     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00194     Document Type: Article

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