Seasonal movements of American horseshoe crabs limulus polyphemus in the Great Bay estuary, New Hampshire (USA)

Current Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 587-598

  Schaller, Susanne Y ^a   Chabot, Christopher C ^b   Watson III, Winsor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Estuary; Home range; Horseshoe crab; Limulus polyphemus; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA;

EID: 77958194775     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/56.5.587     Document Type: Article

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