Heavy metal concentration in horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda and Tachypleus gigas) eggs from Malaysian coastline

Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 455-463

  Hajeb, P ^a   Christianus, A ^a   Ismail, A ^a   Zadeh, Sh Shakiba ^a   Saad, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 84872810526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89959-6_28     Document Type: Chapter

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