Limiting factors on the global distribution of horseshoe crabs
There are at least four large-scale, global, environmental parameters that, spatially and temporally, set limits on the distribution of horseshoe crabs. Of these, continental geomorphology and temperature regimes are two major constraints on the wide spread distribution of horseshoe crabs. Basically...
Main Authors: | John, Akbar, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman |
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Format: | Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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IIUM Press
2011
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Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/23323/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23323/1/2.pdf |
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