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Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology Volume 44, 2011 - Issue 5
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Effects of blood extraction on the mortality of Malaysian horseshoe crabs (Tachypleus gigas)

B. Akbar John Institute of Oceanography and Maritime studies (INOCEM), Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, Pahang, MalaysiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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K.C.A. Jalal Institute of Oceanography and Maritime studies (INOCEM), Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia
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K. Zaleha Institute of Tropical Aquaculture, University Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
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P. Armstrong Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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B.Y. Kmaruzzaman Institute of Oceanography and Maritime studies (INOCEM), Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, Pahang, MalaysiaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 321-327 | Received 09 Aug 2011, Accepted 15 Nov 2011, Published online: 08 Dec 2011

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