The composition of the exoskeleton of two crustacea: The American lobster Homarus americanus and the edible crab Cancer pagurus
- 25 October 2007
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Thermochimica Acta
- Vol. 463 (1-2), 65-68
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2007.07.018
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