About this title: The editors of this volume are at the forefront of research on Limulus polyphemus, and in this book they bring together 20 scientists who have worked on all aspects of horseshoe crab biology to compile a detailed and comprehensive view of the species. The book describes: the horseshoe crab's behaviour, natural history and ecology; its anatomy, physiology, distribution, development and life cycle; the puzzle of its immune system; and its present management and future conservation.
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: HARVARD UNIV PR
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780674011595ISBN:0674011597
Description: New. 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, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press,, Cambridge MA:
Date Published: 2004.
ISBN-13:9780674011595ISBN:0674011597
Description: Small quarto, dustwrapper, 427 pp., colour illustrations, photographs, text illustrations. BRAND NEW. 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. read more
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