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Conservation

"Biodiversity. Taking Stock of Life." 1999. National Geographic Magazine, Feb., 6-31.

Morton, B. 1999. "On Turtles, Dolphins and, Now, Asia's Horseshoe Crabs." Marine Pollution Bulletin 38(10): 845.

Niles, Lawrence. 1999. "The Crab Connection." Wildlife Conservation 102:56-62. May-June.


Fisheries Issues — Conservation and Policy

Berkson, Jim, and Carl N. Shuster, Jr. 1999. "The Horseshoe Crab: The Battle for a True Multiple-Use Resource." Fisheries 11: 6-11.

Botton, Mark L., and John W. Ropes. 1987. "The Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus, Fishery and Resource in the United States." Marine Fisheries Review 49: 57-61.

Cohen, Nancy Eve. 2000. "Relief for Horseshoes." Audubon, July, 102:113.
Laws made to protect horseshoe crabs along the Atlantic coast.

"Crab Sanctuary." 2001. National Geographic Magazine. April.
Describes the horseshoe crab sanctuary near Delaware Bay.

Daerr, Elizabeth G. 2000. "Fishing, Other Uses Take Toll on Horseshoe Crabs." National Parks, Sept., 15.

Dutton, Joseph. "Of Horseshoe Crabs, Eels, Conch, and Red Knots." Underwater Naturalist 24(2):10-12.

Farrell, J., and C. Martin (eds.). 1996. Status of the Resource: Proceedings of the Horseshoe Crab Forum. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Sea Grant College Program.

"Species Profile: Horseshoe Crabs." 1997. ASMFC Fisheries Focus, Aug., 6: issue 8.


Artificial Bait

Bryant, T. L. (ed.). 2001. "Helping the Horseshoe Crab." University of Delaware Sea Grant Reporter 20(1). http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/publications/Newsletter/reporter/Index.html

Bryant, T. L. (ed.). 2000. "Scientists Closing in on Artificial Bait Substitute for Horseshoe Crab." University of Delaware Sea Grant Reporter 19(1). http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/publications/Newsletter/reporter/Index.html

Bryant, T. L. (ed.). 1999. "Artificial Bait to Relieve Fishing Pressure on Horseshoe Crabs." University of Delaware Sea Grant Reporter 18(1). http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/publications/Newsletter/reporter/Index.html

Bryant, T. L. (ed.). 1998. "Artificial Bait May Take the Pressure off the Horseshoe Crab." University of Delaware Sea Grant Reporter 17(1). http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/publications/Newsletter/reporter/Index.html

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