Limits on the global distribution of horseshoe crabs (Limulacea): Lessons learned from two lifetimes of observations: Asia and America

Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 5-24

  Sekiguchi, Koichi ^a   Shuster Jr , Carl N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 77954836468     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89959-6_1     Document Type: Chapter

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