
However, in addition to the gradual climate changes impacting all ecosystems, commercial demand from the widespread application of Atlantic horseshoe crab blood in industrial endotoxin testing and steady use as eel and whelk bait has brought the future of this enduring species into question.
5ClienTell ® Consulting, LLC, The Valley, AnguillaĮvery year the Atlantic horseshoe crab ( Limulus polyphemus) arrives on shore to spawn, a sight once taken for granted.
4Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, Greensboro, NC, United States. 3Department of Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States. 2High Point University, High Point, NC, United States. 1Kepley Biosystems Incorporated, Greensboro, NC, United States.
Goddard 5 Rachel Tinker-Kulberg 4 Christopher L. Jordan Krisfalusi-Gannon 1,2 Waleed Ali 1,3 Kristen Dellinger 4 Lee Robertson 1 Terry E.