Changing Global Perspectives on Horseshoe Crab Biology, Conservation and Management

<p>PART 1: EVOLUTION, ADAPTATION, AND GENTICS</p><p>1. The oldest species of the genus Limulus from the Late Jurassic of Poland</p><p>Błażej Błażejowski  </p><p>2. The Delaware Bay area, USA: a unique habitat of the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus</p><p>CN Shuster, Jr. </p><p>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 bay</p><p>RE Loveland, ML Botton </p><p>4. Conservation genetics of the American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus): Allelic diversity, zones of genetic discontinuity, and regional differentiation</p><p>TL King, MS Eackles, AW Aunins, HJ Brockmann, E Hallerman, BB Brown  </p><p>5. Florida, USA horseshoe crabs: Populations, genetics and the marine life harvest </p><p>HJ Brockmann, T Black, TL King  </p><p>6. Genetic features of Tachypleus tridentatus in Japan and an alien (non-native) population founded at Ise-Mikawa Bay, Chubu Region, central Japan</p><p>S Nishida, K Kuroyanagi, H Koike</p><p>PART 2: ECOLOGY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS</p><p>7. Home range study of juvenile Chinese horseshoe crabs, Tachypleus tridentatus (Xiphosura), using passive tracking methods</p><p>BKY Kwan, PKS Shin, SG Cheung </p><p>8. Population structure and growth of juvenile horseshoe crabs T. tridentatus and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Xiphosura) in southern China</p><p>MH Hu, BKY Kwan, Y Wang, SG Cheung, PKS Shin </p><p>9. Distribution and abundance of two sympatric species of horseshoe crabs along the Odisha Coast, India </p><p>S Behera, B Tripathy, K Sivakumar, BC Choudhury, P Bhadury </p><p>10. Studies of horseshoe crabs around Singapore</p><p> L Cartwright-Taylor  </p><p>11. The population size and movement of horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas (Müller) on the East coast of Peninsular Malaysia  </p><p>F Mohamad, N Ismail, A Bin Ahmad, A Manca, M Zul Fayyadh A Rahman, M Farhan S Bahri,</p><p>M Fawwaz Afham Mohd Sofa, I Huda Abdul Ghaffar, A Asyraf Alia’m, N Hafiz Abdullah, M </p><p>Mustakim Kasturi </p><p>12. Habitat inventory trend analysis of Limulus polyphemus populations on Long Island, USA: from the tip of Brooklyn to the tip of Montauk, 2003-2014 </p><p>J Tanacredi, S Portilla </p><p>13. The life history cycle of Limulus polyphemus in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire USA</p><p>H Cheng, C Chabot, W Watson </p><p>14. Molts reveal life-history patterns for juvenile American horseshoe crabs in fringe habitats</p><p>MG Estes, Jr, RH Carmichael, PDM Macdonald, AJ Brady, J McFadyen </p><p>PART 3: BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY</p><p>15. Preliminary investigation of effects of seawater pH on early development of Limulus polyphemus</p><p>J Tanacredi, S Portilla </p><p>16. Effects of sediment type and tank shape on horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) growth and survival in culture</p><p>EE Hieb, JD Baggett, AM Aven, RH Carmichael </p><p>17. Bacteria and fungi identified on Horseshoe Crabs, Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda in the laboratory</p><p>MIM Faizul, HT Eng, A Christianus, YM Abdel-Hadi </p><p>18. Marine bacteria associated with horseshoe crabs, Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda</p><p>N Ismail, F Mohamad, A Ahmad, A Asyraf Alia’m, O Sheng Khai, M Fawwaz Afham Mohd Sofa, A Farid Manca </p><p>19. Mating tactics of the American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)</p><p>HJ Brockmann, SL Johnson, MD Smith, D Sasson </p><p>20. Examination of large exuviae with mating scars: Do female American horseshoe crabs, </p><p>L. polyphemus, molt after sexual maturity?</p><p>RH Carmichael, EE Hieb, G Gauvry CN Shuster, Jr </p><p>PART 4: CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT</p><p>21. Emerging issues in horseshoe crab conservation: A perspective from the IUCN species specialist group</p><p>ML Botton, RH Carmichael, PKS Shin, SG Cheung </p><p>22. Current status of Trachypleus tridentatus in Taiwan for Red List assessment</p><p>H Hsieh, C Chen </p><p>23. Status and threat perceptions of the Indian Horseshoe crabs along the Northeast coast of Bay of Bengal, India</p><p>JK Mishra, A Mishra, Yasmin </p><p>24. Assessment and management of North American horseshoe crab populations, with emphasis on a multispecies framework for Delaware Bay, USA populations</p><p>MJ Millard, JA Sweka, CP McGowan, DR Smith </p><p>25. The mismanagement of Limulus polyphemus in Long Island Sound, USA: What are the characteristics of a population in decline</p><p>M Beekey, J Mattei </p><p>26. Horseshoe crabs in modern day biotechnological applications</p><p>AP Das, B Bal, PS Mahapatra </p><p>27. Current horseshoe crab harvesting practices cannot support global demand for TAL/LAL. The pharmaceutical and medical device industries' role in the sustainability of horseshoe crabs</p><p>G Gauvry </p><p>28. Biomedical implications for managing the Limulus polyphemus harvest along the northeast coast of the United States</p><p>TJ Novitsky</p><p>29. Biotechnology efforts to conserve horseshoe crabs through the development of recombinant Factor C-based endotoxin test</p><p>P Li, B Ho, J L Ding </p><p>30. Development of aquaculture methods to enhance horseshoe crab populations: An example from Delaware Bay, USA</p><p>B Landau, D Jones, C Zarnoch, M Botton</p><p>31. Horseshoe crab research in urban estuaries: Challenges and opportunities</p><p>J Mattei, M Botton, M Beekey, C Colón </p><p>32. Green Eggs &amp; Sand, Team Limulus and More: Educating for horseshoe crab conservation in the U.S. </p><p>G Kreamer, S T Kreamer </p><p>33. Building local community awareness of horseshoe crabs in Kujukushima, Nagasaki, Japan</p><p>C Nishimura, C Iwaoka</p><p></p><p>34. Young Voices:  Through the Arts, Future Environmental Stewards Have a Global Voice </p><p>Glenn Gauvry,and Ruth H. Carmichael</p><p>