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Bang, F. B. "Finale." In Biomedical Applications of the Horseshoe Crab (Limulidae), edited by E. Cohen, 677–680. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc.,1979a.


Bang, F. B. "Ontogeny and phylogeny of response to gram-negative endotoxins among the marine invertebrates." In Biomedical Applications of the Horseshoe Crab (Limulidae), edited by E. Cohen, 109–123. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc.,1979b.


Baptist, John P., Osgood R. Smith, and John W. Ropes. "Migrations of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, in Plum Island Sound, Massachusetts." USFWS Special Report, Fisheries Bulletin 220 (1957): 1–15.


Barber, S. B. and M. Itzkowitz. "Crowding effects on hatching of Limulus embryos." American Zoologist 22 (1982): 879.


Barlow, R. B. Jr., L. C. Ireland, and L. Kass. "Vision has a role in Limulus mating behavior." Nature 292 (1982): 65–66.


Barlow, R. B. Jr., L. C. Ireland, and L. Kass. "Vision has a role in Limulus mating behavior." Nature 296 (1985): 65.


Barlow, R. B. Jr., M. K. Powers, L. Kass, R. W. Fiordalice, M. D. Camara, and H. Howard. "Vision in Limulus mating behavior during the day and night." Biological Bulletin 167 (1984): 522.


Barlow, Robert B. Jr., Maureen Powers, Heidi Howard, and L. Kass. "Migration of Limulus for mating; relation to lunar phase, tide height, and sunlight." Biological Bulletin 171 (1986): 310–329.


Barnett, L. "Editorial Staff of Life." In The World We Live In. New York: Time, Inc., 1955


Battey, T. F. "The freshly hatched young of the horseshoe crab." American Nature 17, no.1 (1883): 91.


Beaumont, C. and R. Mansueti. "Distribution of horseshoe crabs in Chesapeake Bay mystifies experts." Maryland Tidewater News 12, no. 4 (1955): 1, 3–4, 11–12.


Berkson, J., and C. N. Shuster. "The horseshoe crab: the battle for a true multiple-use resource." Fisheries 24, no. 11 (1999): 6–10.


Berrill, M., and M. Arenault. "Mating behavior of the green shore crab Carcinus maenas: relation to lunar phase, tide height, and sunlight." Biological Bulletin 171 (1982): 310–329.


Blakenship, Karl. "Volunteers sought for horseshoe crabs survey." Bay Journal 5, no.3 (May 1995): 3.


Bonaventura, J., C. Bonaventura, and S. Tesh, eds., Physiology and Biology of Horseshoe Crabs: Studies on Normal and Environmentally Stressed Animals. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1982.


Botton, M. L. "Predation by adult horseshoe crabs Limulus polyphemus (L.), and its effect on benthic intertidal community structure of breeding beaches in Delaware Bay, New Jersey." Ph. D. dissertation, Rutgers University, 1982.


Botton, M. L. "The importance of predation by horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus, to an intertidal sand flat community." Journal of Marine Research 42, no. 1 (1984): 139–161.


Botton, M. L. "Diet and food preferences of the adult horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, in Delaware Bay, New Jersey, USA." Marine Biology 81 (1984a): 199–207.


Botton, M. L. "Effects of laughing gulls and shorebird predation on the intertidal fauna at Cape May, New Jersey." Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science 18 (1984b): 209–220.


Botton, M. L. "Spatial distribution of three species of bivalves on an intertidal flat; the interaction of life-history strategy with predation and disturbance." Veliger, 26 (1984): 282.


Botton, M. L. "Horseshoe crab." In Living Resources of the Delaware Estuary, edited by L. E. Dove and R. M. Nyman, 51–57. Philadelphia: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1995.


Botton, M. L. and H. H. Haskin. "Distribution and feeding of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, on the continental shelf off New Jersey." Fishery Bulletin 82 (1984): 383–389.


Botton, M. L. and R. E. Loveland. "Predation by herring gulls and Great-backed gulls on horseshoe crabs." Wilson Bulletin 105, no. 3 (1993), 518–521.


Botton, M. L. and J. W. Ropes. "Populations of horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus, on the northwestern Atlantic continental shelf." Fishery Bulletin 85, no. 4 (1987): 805–812.


Botton, M. L. and J. W. Ropes. "The horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, fishery and resource in the United States." Marine Fisheries Review 49, no. 3 (1987): 57–61.


Botton, M. L. and J. W. Ropes. "An indirect method for estimating longevity of the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) based on epifaunal slipper shells (Crepidula fornicata)." Journal of Shellfish Resources 7 (1988): 407–412.


Botton, M. L. and J. W. Ropes. "Feeding ecology of horseshoe crabs on the continental shelf, New Jersey to North Carolina." Bulletin of Marine Sciences 45, no. 3 (1989): 637–647.


Botton, M. L. and R.E. Loveland. "Orientation of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, on a sandy beach." Biological Bulletin 173 (1987): 289–298.


Botton, M. L., R. E. Loveland, and T. R. Jacobsen. "Beach erosion and geochemical factors: influence on spawning success of horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) in Delaware Bay." Marine Biology 99 (1988): 325–332.


Botton, M. L. and R. E. Loveland. "Reproductive risk: high mortality associated with spawning by horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) in Delaware Bay, USA." Marine Biology 101 (1989): 143–151.


Botton, M. L., R. E. Loveland, and T. R. Jacobsen. "Overwintering by trilobite larvae of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, on a sandy beach of Delaware Bay (New Jersey, USA)." Marine Ecology Progress Series 88 (1992): 289–292.


Botton, M. L., R. E. Loveland, and T. R. Jacobsen. "Site selection by migratory shorebirds in Delaware Bay, and its relationship to beach characteristics and abundance of horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) eggs." The Auk 111, no. 3 (1994): 605–616.


Botton, M. L. "Ecology of planktonic horseshoe crab larvae in Delaware Bay: patterns of abundance and the potential for dispersal." American Zoologist 39, no. 5 (1999): 51A–52A.


Botton, M. L. and R. E. Loveland. "Body size, morphological constraints, and mated pair formation in four populations of horseshoe crabs along a geologic cline." Marine Biology 112 (1992): 409–415.


Bowig, Liz. "Out for blood." The Baltimore Sun, 27 July 1992.


Bradley, Abigail. "Factors that Affect Horseshoe Crab Nest Site Selection" (unpublished) March 2002. STUDENT RESEARCH

Brady, J. T. and E. P. Schrading. "Habitat suitability index models: horseshoe crab (spawning beaches)—Delaware Bay, New Jersey and Delaware." (unpublished) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Philadelphia District, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (New Jersey Field Office, Pleasantville, New Jersey) (1996): 6 pp.


Brockmann, H. J. "Mating Behavior of Horseshoe Crabs, Limulus polyphemus." Behaviour 114 (1990): 206–220.


Brockmann, H. J. "Satellite male groups in horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus." Ethology 102 (1996): 1–21.


Brockmann, H. J. and D. Penn. "Male mating tactics in the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus." Animal Behaviour 44 (1992): 653–665.


Brown, G. G. and D. L. Clapper. "Procedures for maintaining adults, collecting gametes, and culturing embryos and juveniles of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus." In Laboratory Animal Management: Marine Invertebrates. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1981.


Bryant, T. L., and J. R. Pennock. The Delaware Estuary: rediscovering a forgotten resource. Burlington, New Jersey: The Philadelphia Press, Inc., 1991.


Burger, J. "Heavy metals in the eggs and muscle of horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) from Delaware Bay." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 46 (1997): 279–287.


Burger, J., M. A. Howe, D. C. Hahn, and J. Chase. "Effects of tide cycles on habitat selection and habitat partitioning by migrating shorebirds." The Auk 94 (1977): 743–758.


Burger, J., L. Niles, and K. E. Clark. "Importance of beach, mudflat, and marsh habitats to migrant shorebirds on Delaware Bay." Biological Conservation 79 (1996): 283–292.


Butowski, Nancy. "Protecting an ancient Maryland treasure, the horseshoe crab." Maryland Fish and Wildlife News 2, no. 5 (1994): 3.


Butowski, N.H. "Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast horseshoe crab fishery management plan." Publication of the Environmental Protection Agency (1994).


Byers, S. C., E. L. Mills, and P. L. Stewart. "A comparison of methods of determining organic carbon in marine sediments, with suggestions for a standard method." Hydrobiologia 58 (1978): 43–47.