E-grāmata: Changing Global Perspectives on Horseshoe Crab Biology, Conservation and Management

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.

PART 1: EVOLUTION, ADAPTATION, AND GENTICS1. The oldest species of the genus Limulus from the Late Jurassic of PolandBla ej Bla ejowski 2. The Delaware Bay area, USA: a unique habitat of the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus CN Shuster, Jr.3. Sea level rise in Delaware Bay, USA: Adaptations of spawning horseshoe crabs ( L. polyphemus ) to the glacial past, and the rapidly changing shoreline of the bayRE Loveland, ML Botton4. Conservation genetics of the American horseshoe crab ( Limulus polyphemus ): Allelic diversity, zones of genetic discontinuity, and regional differentiation TL King, MS Eackles, AW Aunins, HJ Brockmann, E Hallerman, BB Brown 5. Florida, USA horseshoe crabs: Populations, genetics and the marine life harvest HJ Brockmann, T Black, TL King 6. Genetic features of Tachypleus tridentatus in Japan and an alien (non-native) population founded at Ise-Mikawa Bay, Chubu Region, central Japan S Nishida, K Kuroyanagi, H KoikePART 2: ECOL

OGY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS7. Home range study of juvenile Chinese horseshoe crabs, Tachypleus tridentatus (Xiphosura), using passive tracking methods BKY Kwan, PKS Shin, SG Cheung8. Population structure and growth of juvenile horseshoe crabs T. tridentatus and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Xiphosura) in southern ChinaMH Hu, BKY Kwan, Y Wang, SG Cheung, PKS Shin9. Distribution and abundance of two sympatric species of horseshoe crabs along the Odisha Coast, India S Behera, B Tripathy, K Sivakumar, BC Choudhury, P Bhadury10. Studies of horseshoe crabs around Singapore L Cartwright-Taylor 11. The population size and movement of horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas (Müller) on the East coast of Peninsular Malaysia F Mohamad, N Ismail, A Bin Ahmad, A Manca, M Zul Fayyadh A Rahman, M Farhan S Bahri,M Fawwaz Afham Mohd Sofa, I Huda Abdul Ghaffar, A Asyraf Alia"m, N Hafiz Abdullah, M Mustakim Kasturi12. Habitat inventory trend analysis of Limulus polyphemus populati

ons on Long Island, USA: from the tip of Brooklyn to the tip of Montauk, 2003-2014 J Tanacredi, S Portilla13. The life history cycle of Limulus polyphemus in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire USA H Cheng, C Chabot, W Watson14. Molts reveal life-history patterns for juvenile American horseshoe crabs in fringe habitats MG Estes, Jr, RH Carmichael, PDM Macdonald, AJ Brady, J McFadyenPART 3: BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY15. Preliminary investigation of effects of seawater pH on early development of Limulus polyphemus J Tanacredi, S Portilla16. Effects of sediment type and tank shape on horseshoe crab ( Limulus polyphemus ) growth and survival in cultureEE Hieb, JD Baggett, AM Aven, RH Carmichael17. Bacteria and fungi identified on Horseshoe Crabs, Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda in the laboratory MIM Faizul, HT Eng, A Christianus, YM Abdel-Hadi18. Marine bacteria associated with horseshoe crabs, Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda

N Ismail, F Mohamad, A Ahmad, A Asyraf Alia"m, O Sheng Khai, M Fawwaz Afham Mohd Sofa, A Farid Manca19. Mating tactics of the American horseshoe crab ( Limulus polyphemus )HJ Brockmann, SL Johnson, MD Smith, D Sasson20. Examination of large exuviae with mating scars: Do female American horseshoe crabs,  L. polyphemus , molt after sexual maturity?RH Carmichael, EE Hieb, G Gauvry CN Shuster, JrPART 4: CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT21. Emerging issues in horseshoe crab conservation: A perspective from the IUCN species specialist group ML Botton, RH Carmichael, PKS Shin, SG Cheung22. Current status of Trachypleus tridentatus in Taiwan for Red List assessment H Hsieh, C Chen23. Status and threat perceptions of the Indian Horseshoe crabs along the Northeast coast of Bay of Bengal, IndiaJK Mishra, A Mishra, Yasmin24. Assessment and management of North American horseshoe crab po