History of horseshoe crab harvest on Delaware Bay

Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 299-313

  Kreamer, Gary ^a   Michels, Stewart ^a  

^a Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

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EID: 77954859113     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89959-6_19     Document Type: Chapter

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