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Changing Global Perspectives on Horseshoe Crab Biology, Conservation and Management

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  • © 2015

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Overview

  • 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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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.

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Biology and Physiology

  2. Conservation and Management

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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