The relationship between small- and large-scale movements of horseshoe crabs in the great bay estuary and Limulus behavior in the laboratory

Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 131-147

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84900244995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89959-6_8     Document Type: Chapter

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