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Asian Horseshoe Crabs: Biology, Ecology, Conservation, and Utilization provides a comprehensive and updated look at horseshoe crabs, often dubbed "living fossils." Overfishing and environmental pressures have endangered these crustaceans, making this book essential for their protection. Authored by international experts, it focuses on three species: Tachypleus tridentatus, Tachypleus gigas, and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda, covering their evolution, reproduction, physiology, and behaviors. Moreover, the book delves into the genomics and population dynamics of horseshoe crabs, examining their significance in human consumption and biomedical research, and including the use of blue blood and chitin.
Conservation efforts and practices are also discussed, making this book a valuable resource for marine biologists, students, and academics.
List of contents
1. Biology and Physiology of Asian horseshoe crabs
2. Evolution, Genomics, and Genetic Studies of Asian Horseshoe Crabs
3. Population and Ecology of Asian Horseshoe Crabs
4. Exploitation and Utilization of Asian horseshoe crabs
5. Conservation and Management of Asian horseshoe crabs
6. What we know and do not know about Asian horseshoe crabs
About the author
Dr. Menghong Hu is a Professor in the College of Fisheries and Life Science at Shanghai Ocean University. She received her BSc and MSc in Aquaculture from Huazhong Agricultural University and her PhD in Marine Biology from the City University of Hong Kong. Dr. Hu brings 20 years of experience to the project, and her research focuses on the utilization of aquatic animal resources, physiological and ecological responses of aquatic organisms to environmental stressors, and conservation of endangered marine animals. She is currently an Associate Editor of the journal Aquaculture published by Elsevier.
Dr. Paul K.S. Shin is an Emeritus Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry (formerly the Department of Biology and Chemistry) at the City University of Hong Kong. He is a benthic community ecologist. His research focuses on the composition and structure of marine benthic communities in response to environmental perturbations, ranging from events of pollution, dredging, bottom trawling, to hypoxia. He is also interested in the functioning and trophodynamics of benthic ecosystems, the ecology of artificial reefs, and marine conservation, especially of “living fossils” in the sub-tropics, including lancelets and horseshoe crabs. Dr. Shin is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, UK, and has extensive experience in environmental consulting for the government and international funding agencies such as the World and Asian Development Banks. Currently, he serves as the Co-Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Horseshoe Crab Specialist Group. He is an Associate Editor of the Marine Pollution Bulletin published by Elsevier.
