International Horseshoe Crab Conservation and Research Efforts: 2007- 2020: Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs Species Globally

The first International Conference on Horseshoe Crabs Conservation was held in 2007, and its proceedings were published in 2009. Subsequent conferences and colloquium in Hong Kong, Taiwan, San Diego, CA, CERF, Japan, Sasebo, and the 2017 CERF Conference in Providence, RI, have contributed manuscripts, posters, workshop position papers, and oral presentations. The "Proceedings of International Conferences on the Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs" contains over 50 manuscripts and a diversified collection of documents, photos, and memorabilia covering all four of the horseshoe crab species globally. It exposes the impacts that humans have imposed on these species and reveals the worldwide need for a clear conservative effort to protect them from extinction. It also clarifies the future research needs and conservation agenda for the species worldwide.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 690 pages
Publication date: 16 July 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

The first International Conference on Horseshoe Crabs Conservation, held at Dowling College in the United States in 2007, and its proceedings published by Springer in 2009, sparked ongoing research and conservation efforts presented at subsequent conferences and colloquium in Hong Kong, Taiwan, San Diego, California, CERF, Japan, Sasebo, and an accepted inclusion for a special session on Horseshoe Crabs at the 2017 CERF Conference held in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. All these aforementioned conferences contributed manuscripts, posters, workshop "position papers," and oral presentations, the majority of which have not been published in total. In 2015, Carmichael et al. published by Springer the majority of manuscripts from the 2011 Hong Kong/Taiwan conference. However, workshop results and all subsequent presentations and workshops were not. The Japan conference presented over 40 papers alone. A collection of all workshop summaries, poster presentations, and new manuscript submittals (San Diego, California; Sasebo, Japan; and Providence, Rhode Island) as well as products prepared for the IUCN World Congress in Hawaii, 2016, are included potential contributions for review in this compilation now available for global distribution in this Springer Nature publication. The "Proceedings of International Conferences on the Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs" thus contains over 50 manuscripts and a diversified collection of documents, photos, and memorabilia covering all four of the horseshoe crab species globally: their biology, ecology, evolution, educational, and societal importance. This book exposes the impacts that humans have imposed on all four of these species, revealing through the coordinated effort of horseshoe crab scientists with the IUCN of the worldwide need for a clear conservation strategy.

Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030983710
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022