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Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

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Editors:
  1. John T. Tanacredi

    1. Dept. Earth & Marine Sciences, Dowling College, Long Island, USA

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  2. Mark L. Botton

    1. Dept. Natural Sciences, Fordham University, New York, U.S.A.

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  3. David Smith

    1. Leetown Science Center, Aquatic Ecology Lab., US Geological Survey, Kearneysville, U.S.A.

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  • Presents the latest research on horseshoe crabs
  • Identifies conservation challenges
  • Formulates plans for an international conservation program
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Biology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Limits on the Global Distribution of Horseshoe Crabs (Limulacea): Lessons Learned from Two Lifetimes of Observations: Asia and America

      • Koichi Sekiguchi, Carl N. Shuster Jr.
      Pages 5-24

    3. Horseshoe Crabs – An Ancient Ancestry Revealed

      • D. M. Rudkin, G. A. Young
      Pages 25-44

    4. The Ecological Importance of Horseshoe Crabs in Estuarine and Coastal Communities: A Review and Speculative Summary

      • Mark L. Botton
      Pages 45-63

    5. Relationships Between Sandpipers and Horseshoe Crab in Delaware Bay: A Synthesis

      • David S. Mizrahi, Kimberly A. Peters
      Pages 65-87

    6. Horseshoe Crabs, Their Eco-biological Status Along the Northeast Coast of India and the Necessity for Ecological Conservation

      • J. K. Mishra
      Pages 89-96

    7. American Horseshoe Crabs, Limulus polyphemus, in Mexico: Open Possibilities

      • Jaime Zaldívar-Rae, René Elías Sapién-Silva, Martha Rosales-Raya, H. Jane Brockmann
      Pages 97-113

    8. Basic Habitat Requirements of the Extant Species of Horseshoe Crabs (Limulacea)

      • Carl N. Shuster Jr., Koichi Sekiguchi
      Pages 115-129

    9. The Relationship Between Small- and Large-Scale Movements of Horseshoe Crabs in the Great Bay Estuary and Limulus Behavior in the Laboratory

      • Winsor H. Watson III, Susanne Y. Schaller, Christopher C. Chabot
      Pages 131-147

    10. Ecology of Horseshoe Crabs in Microtidal Lagoons

      • G. S. Ehlinger, R. A. Tankersley
      Pages 149-162

    11. Phylogeography, Demographic History, and Reserves Network of Horseshoe Crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, in the South and East China Seaboards

      • Ming-Che Yang, Chang-Po-Chen, Hwey-Lian Hsieh, Hui Huang, Chaolun Allen Chen
      Pages 163-181

    12. Genetic Structure of Japanese Populations of Tachypleus tridentatus by mtDNA AT-Rich Region Sequence Analysis

      • Shin Nishida, Hiroko Koike
      Pages 183-196

    13. Vision in Horseshoe Crabs

      • Robert B. Barlow
      Pages 223-235

    14. Sperm Attachment on the Egg of Malaysian King Crab, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda

      • P. Hajeb, A. Christianus, Sh. Shakiba Zadeh, C.R. Saad
      Pages 237-247

    15. Distribution and Development of Limulus Egg Clusters on Intertidal Beaches in Delaware Bay

      • Richard G. Weber, David B. Carter
      Pages 249-266

    16. Comparisons in Prosomal Width and Body Weight Among Early Instar Stages of Malaysian Horseshoe Crabs, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda and Tachypleus gigas in the Laboratory

      • Sh. Shakiba Zadeh, A. Christianus, C.R. Saad, P. Hajeb, M.S. Kamarudin
      Pages 267-274

    17. Emergence Behavior of Juvenile Tachypleus tridentatus Under Simulated Tidal Conditions in the Laboratory and at Two Different Sediment Temperatures

      • Christine N. Lee, Brian Morton
      Pages 275-283

    18. Distribution of Juvenile Horseshoe Crabs in Subtidal Habitats of Delaware Bay Using a Suction-Dredge Sampling Device

      • William H. Burton, Frederick S. Kelley, Elizabeth A. Franks
      Pages 285-293

  3. SECTION 1: BIOLOGY

    1. Reproductive Competition and Sexual Selection in Horseshoe Crabs

      • H. Jane Brockmann, Matthew Denman Smith
      Pages 199-221
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About this book

Horseshoe crabs, those mysterious ancient mariners, lured me into the sea as a child along the beaches of New Jersey. Drawn to their shiny domed shells and spiked tails, I could not resist picking them up, turning them over and watching the wondrous mechanical movement of their glistening legs, articulating with one another as smoothly as the inner working of a clock. What was it like to be a horseshoe crab, I wondered? What did they eat? Did they always move around together? Why were some so large and others much smaller? How old were they, anyway? What must it feel like to live underwater? What else was out there, down there, in the cool, green depths that gave rise to such intriguing creatures? The only way to find out, I reasoned, would be to go into the ocean and see for myself, and so I did, and more than 60 years later, I still do.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Earth & Marine Sciences, Dowling College, Long Island, USA

    John T. Tanacredi

  • Dept. Natural Sciences, Fordham University, New York, U.S.A.

    Mark L. Botton

  • Leetown Science Center, Aquatic Ecology Lab., US Geological Survey, Kearneysville, U.S.A.

    David Smith

About the editors

Dr. John T. Tanacredi is Chair and Professor of Earth and Marine Sciences at Dowling College. He is a Research Associate in the Invertebrate Zoology Department at the American Museum of Natural History.

Dr. Mark L. Botton is a Professor of Biology at Fordham University.

Dr. David R. Smith is a Research Biological Statistician for the U.S. Geological Survey.

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