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Changing Global Perspectives on Horseshoe Crab Biology, Conservation and Management

  • Provides up-to-date research on horseshoe crab evolution, genetics, physiology, ecology, conservation and laboratory culture

  • Offers scientists students, conservationists and resource managers an integrated approach to the ecology and conservation of American and Asian populations of horseshoe crabs

  • Includes balanced contributions on the assessment of conservation threats, status and needs on conservation and management

  • Maximizes reader insight into a balanced perspective, including equal emphasis on primary research and conservation topics for both American and Asian species

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxviii
  2. Ecology and Population Dynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
    2. Distribution and Abundance of Two Sympatric Species of Horseshoe Crabs Along the Odisha Coast, India

      • Satyaranjan Behera, Basudev Tripathy, K. Sivakumar, B. C. Choudhury, Punyasloke Bhadury
      Pages 181-191
    3. Studies of Horseshoe Crabs Around Singapore

      • Lesley Cartwright-Taylor
      Pages 193-211
    4. The Population Size and Movement of Coastal Horseshoe Crab, Tachypleus gigas (Müller) on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

      • Mohamad Faridah, Noraznawati Ismail, Amirrudin Bin Ahmad, Azwarfarid Manca, Muhammad Zul Fayyadh Azizo Rahman, Muhammad Farhan Saiful Bahri et al.
      Pages 213-228
    5. The Life History Cycle of Limulus polyphemus in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire U.S.A.

      • Helen Cheng, Christopher C. Chabot, Winsor H. Watson III
      Pages 237-253
    6. Molts Reveal Life-History Patterns for Juvenile American Horseshoe Crabs in Fringe Habitats

      • Maurice G. Estes Jr., Ruth H. Carmichael, Peter D. M. Macdonald, Angela J. Brady, John McFadyen
      Pages 255-278
  3. Biology and Physiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
    2. Effects of Sediment Type and Tank Shape on Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) Growth and Survival in Culture

      • Elizabeth E. Hieb, Jacy D. Baggett, Allen M. Aven, Ruth H. Carmichael
      Pages 289-302

About this book

This book reports significant progress of scientific research on horseshoe crabs, including aspects of evolution, genetics, ecology, population dynamics, general biology and physiology, within the recent 10 years. It also highlights the emerging issues related to world-wide conservation threats, status and needs. The contributions in this book represent part of an ongoing global effort to increase data and concept sharing to support basic research and advance conservation for horseshoe crabs.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dauphin Island Sea Lab, University of South Alabama, Dauphin Island, USA

    Ruth H. Carmichael

  • Fordham University Dept. Natural Sciences, New York, USA

    Mark L. Botton

  • Department of Biology and Chemistry,, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Paul K.S. Shin, Siu Gin Cheung

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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