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Horseshoe crabs
1Fordham University, New York, USA. botton@fordham.edu
Biologist (London, England)
|October 23, 2002
Abstract:
Horseshoe crabs are one of evolution's success stories. These living fossils have contributed immensely to biomedical research, and their eggs are a critical link in the migration cycle of New World waders (shorebirds) Can they endure threats posed by a growing commercial fishery and the loss of essential spawning habitats?