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Physiology
The following listing represents books, papers and articles focused on Physiology. Where indicated, these documents are available for download in pdf format.

Anonymous. "Solar energy—the Limulus connection." University of Chicago Division of the Physical Science Reports 21, no. 2 (1974): 1–2.

Armstrong, Peter B., Ralph Melchior, James P. Quigley. "Humoral Immunity in Long-Lived Arthropods." Journal of Insect Physiology 42, no. 1 (1996): 53–64.

Armstrong, Peter B., Walter F. Mangel, Joseph S. Wall, James F. Hainfield, Kensal E. Van Holde, Atsuchi Ikai, and James P. Quigley. "Structure of alpha2-Macroglobulin from the Athropod Limulus polyphemus." Journal of Biological Chemistry 266, no. 4 (1991): 2526–2530.

Atema, J. "Review of sexual selection and chemical communication in lobster, Homarus americanus." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 43 (1986): 2283–2290.

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.

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

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. "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. 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. "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.

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.

Christy, J. H. "Competitive mating, mate choice and mating associations of brachyuran crabs." Bulletin of Marine Science 41 (1987): 177–191.

Christy, J. H., and M. Salmon. "Ecology and evolution of mating systems of fiddler crabs (Genus Uca)." Biological Review 59 (1984): 483–509.

Cohen, J. A., and H. J. Brockmann. "Breeding activity and mate selection in the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus." Bulletin of Marine Science 33, no. 2 (1983): 272–281.

Eldredge, N. "Observations on the burrowing behavior in Limulus polyphemus (Chelicerata, Merostomata), with implications on the functional anatomy of trilobites." American Museum of Natural History Novitiates 2436 (1970): 17.

Jegla, T. C. "A review of molting physiology of the trilobite larvae of Limulus." Progress in Clinical and Biological Research 81 (1982): 103–114.

Loveland, R. E. and M. L. Botton. "Size dimorphism and the mating system in horseshoe crabs, Limulus polypemus L." Animal Behaviour 44 (1992): 907–916.

Oka, H. 1943. Recherches sur l’embryologie causale du Limule. II. Sci.Rep. Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku, Sec. B, 6, 87-127.

Packard, A. S. "On the embryology of Limulus polyphemus." The American Naturalist 19 (1885): 722–727.

Pearl, R. "On the behavior and reactions of Limulus in early stages of its development." Journal of Comparative Neurology & Psychology 14 (1904): 138–164.

Pearse, A. S. "On the ability of certain marine invertebrates to live in diluted sea water." Biological Bulletin 54 (1928): 453–458.

Pomerat, C. M. "Mating in Limulus polyphemus." Biological Bulletin 64, no.2 (1933): 242-252.

Robertson, James D. "Osmotic and ionic regulation in the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus)." Biological Bulletin 138 (1970): 157–183.

Ropes, J. W. "Longevity of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus L." Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 90 (1961): 79–80.

Sekiguchi, K. "Embryonic development of the horse-shoe [sic] crab studied by vital staining." Bulletin of Marine Biology, 10 (1960): 161–164.

Sekiguchi, K. "Determination in the development of the horse-shoe [sic] crab." Japanese Journal of Experimental Morphology 20 (1966): 84–89. (in Japanese)

Sekiguchi, K. "On the embryonic moultings of the Japanese horse-shoe [sic] crab, Tachypleus tridentatus." Sci.Rep.Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku, Sec. B, 14 (1970), 121–128.

Sekiguchi, K., ed. Biology of horseshoe crabs. Tokyo: Science House Press, 1988.

Sekiguchi, K., S. Nishiwaki, T. Makioka, S. Srithunya, S. Machjajib, K. Nakamura and T. Yamasaki. "A study on the egg-laying habits of the horseshoe crabs, Tachypleus tridentatus and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda, In Chonburi area of Thailand." Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 13 (1977): 39–45.

Sekiguchi, K. and H. Sugita. "Systematics and hybridization in the four living species of horseshoe crabs." Evolution 34 (1980): 712–718.

Sekiguchi, K., Y. Yamamichi, and J. D. Costlow. "Horseshoe crab development studies I. Normal embryonic development of Limulus polyphemus compared with Tachypleus tridentatus." In Physiology and biology of horseshoe crabs: Studies on normal and environmentally stressed animals, edited by J. Bonaventura et al., 53–73. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1982.

Sharp, J. H. "Session I: Biology of Limulus polyphemus." In Biomedical Applications of the Horseshoe Crab (Limulidae), edited by Elias Cohen et al., 1–26. New York: Alan Liss, Inc., 1979.

Shoji, K. "Larval stages and the metamorphosis of the horse-shoe crab." Zool. Mag. 41 (1929), 28–36. (in Japanese)

Shuster, C. N. Jr. "The Circulatory System and Blood of the Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus (L): A Review." Rep. No. DOE/FERC/0014, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, D. C. (1978).

Vosatka, E. D. "Observations on the swimming, righting, and burrowing movements of young horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus." Ohio Journal of Science 70 (1970): 276–283

Waterman, T. H. and D. F. Travis. "Respiratory reflexes and flabellum of Limulus." J. Cell. Comp. Physiol. 42 (1953): 261–290.