{"product_id":"the-american-horseshoe-crab-9780674011595","title":"The American Horseshoe Crab","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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 worlds most intensely studied marine invertebrates  critical to our understanding of many groups of organisms  both modern and extinct  and crucial to the ecology of large estuaries such as the Delaware Bay. Some stocks of this great survivor  whose ancestors made it through the mass extinction some 286 million years ago  have been severely depleted today because of overfishing and habitat destruction.  Carl N. Shuster  Jr.  H. Jane Brockmann  and Robert B. Barlow are at the forefront of research on Limulus polyphemus  and in this book they bring together twenty scientists who have worked on all aspects of horseshoe crab biology to compile the first fully detailed  comprehensive view of the species. An indispensable resource  the volume describes the horseshoe crabs behavior  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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665922678837,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674011597","price":276.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674011595.jpg?v=1782414303","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-american-horseshoe-crab-9780674011595","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}