This Web site is designed
to provide the public with research-based information
about the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), a
major Mid-Atlantic resource. The site is a collaboration
of the Sea Grant programs in the Mid-Atlantic region,
led by the University of Delaware Sea Grant College
Program and funded by the National Sea Grant College
Program in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce.
Based at academic institutions
across the United States, the Sea Grant network encourages
the wise stewardship of marine resources through research,
education, outreach, and technology transfer. The nationwide
program serves as a partner and bridge between government,
academia, industry, scientists, and private citizens
to help Americans understand and sustainably use our
precious ocean and Great Lakes resources for long-term
economic growth and prosperity.
We are grateful to the numerous
individuals who contributed to the development, review,
and support of this Web site, including Kirstin Ferrari-Wakefield,
who earned her M.S. at the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment working on horseshoe crab artificial
bait research with her adviser, Nancy Targett; David
Barczak, Tracey Bryant, Pam Donnelly, Kari Gulbrandsen,
William Hall, and James Falk from Delaware Sea Grant;
Jack Greer, Dan Jacobs, and Doug Lipton from Maryland
Sea Grant; Kim Kosko and Mike Danko from New Jersey
Sea Grant; Antoinette Clementson from New York Sea
Grant; Jack Thigpen and Katie Mosher from North Carolina
Sea Grant; Ann Faulds from Pennsylvania Sea Grant;
Sally Mills, Pauli Fitzgerald, and William DuPaul from
Virginia Sea Grant; Tom Meyer from NOAA Fisheries;
and Jim Murray from the National Sea Grant College
Program.
The Cattail Company in Elkton,
Maryland, assisted with the Web site's development.
We thank them for their contributions, as well as J.
R. Woodward for his photographs of migratory shorebirds
and Dr. Hirokai Sugita for his photographs of the Japanese
horseshoe crab.
For questions about this
Web site, please contact the Webmaster at MarineCom@udel.edu or
the appropriate Sea Grant program in the Mid-Atlantic
region from the list below. For information about the
National Sea Grant College Program, please visit http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/.
Mid-Atlantic Sea Grant Network
Delaware Sea Grant
University of Delaware
College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
Robinson Hall, Room 111
Newark, DE 19716-3501
Phone: (302) 831-2841
http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/seagrant
Maryland Sea Grant
University of Maryland
0112 Skinner Hall
College Park, MD 20742-7640
Phone: (301) 405-6371
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu
New Jersey Sea Grant
New Jersey Marine Sciences
Consortium
Building #22
Fort Hancock, NJ 07732
Phone: (732) 872-1300
http://www.njmsc.org
New York Sea Grant
State University of New
York
121 Discovery Hall
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5001
Phone: (631) 632-6905
http://www.nyseagrant.org
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