Photography of soft-bodied crustaceans via drying, whitening, and splicing

Journal of Crustacean Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-356

  Hegna, Thomas A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photography; Techniques

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953603156     PISSN: 02780372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1651/09-3253.1     Document Type: Article

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