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DNA barcoding of marine crustaceans from the Estuary and Gulf of St Lawrence: a regional-scale approach

  1. ADRIANA E. RADULOVICI1,
  2. BERNARD SAINTE-MARIE2,
  3. FRANCE DUFRESNE1

Article first published online: 21 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02643.x

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Molecular Ecology Resources

Molecular Ecology Resources

Special Issue: Special Issue on Barcoding Life

Volume 9, Issue Supplement s1, pages 181–187, May 2009

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RADULOVICI, A. E., SAINTE-MARIE, B. and DUFRESNE, F. (2009), DNA barcoding of marine crustaceans from the Estuary and Gulf of St Lawrence: a regional-scale approach. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9: 181–187. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02643.x

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  1. 1

    Département de biologie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 300 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec, Canada G5 L 3A1,

  2. 2

    Direction des sciences halieutiques et de l’aquaculture, Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, Pêches et Océans Canada, 850 route de la Mer, CP 1000, Mont-Joli, Québec, Canada G5H 3Z4

* Adriana E. Radulovici, Fax: (418) 724 1525; E-mail: adriana.radulovici@uqar.qc.ca

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  1. Issue published online: 21 APR 2009
  2. Article first published online: 21 APR 2009
  3. Received 1 October 2008; revision received 30 December 2008; accepted 24 January 2009

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