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The American Horseshoe Crab
Carl N. Shuster (Ed.)
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Description for The American Horseshoe Crab
Hardcover. Bringing together 20 scientists who have worked on all aspects of horseshoe crab biology, this detailed and comprehensive view of the species describes the horseshoe crab's behaviour, natural history and ecology, as well as its anatomy, physiology, distribution, development and life cycle. Editor(s): Shuster, Carl N.; Barlow, Robert B.; Brockman, H. Jane. Num Pages: 472 pages, 33 color, 87 halftones, 81 line illustrations, 4 maps, 15 tables. BIC Classification: PSVT5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 203 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1189.
The American horseshoe crab that comes ashore on the East Coast in vast numbers to mate and nest is much the same creature that haunted the coast before the time of the dinosaurs. It is among the world's most intensely studied marine invertebrates, critical to our understanding of many groups of organisms, both modern and extinct, and crucial to the ecology of large estuaries such as the Delaware Bay. Some stocks of this great survivor, whose ancestors made it through the mass extinction some 286 million years ago, have been severely depleted today because of overfishing and habitat destruction.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674011595
SKU
V9780674011595
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About Carl N. Shuster (Ed.)
Carl N. Shuster, Jr., is Adjunct Professor of Marine Science, College of William and Mary. H. Jane Brockmann is Professor of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville. Robert B. Barlow is Professor of Ophthalmology at SUNY Upstate Medical University.
Reviews for The American Horseshoe Crab
Overall, The American Horseshoe Crab is a fine compendium of information, one I will refer to frequently. The volume also provides an essential tool for anyone involved with developing the regulations that will be required to protect this intriguing species in perpetuity.
Mark S. Garland
Science
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Mark S. Garland
Science
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