Conservation program for the Asian horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus in Taiwan: Characterizing the microhabitat of nursery grounds and restoring spawning grounds

Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 417-438

  Hsieh, Hwey Lian ^a   Chen, Chang Po ^a,b  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84900207738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89959-6_26     Document Type: Chapter

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