Strategies to conserve and enhance sandy barrier habitat for horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) on developed shorelines in Delaware Bay, United States

Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 399-416

  Jackson, Nancy L ^a   Nordstrom, Karl F ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80755180155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89959-6_25     Document Type: Chapter

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