Research bolsters importance of horseshoe crab spawning for migrating shorebirds
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 11:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Speculation that the welfare of a small, at-risk shorebird is directly tied to horseshoe crab populations is in part supported by new scientific research, according to a U.S. Geological Survey- led study published this week in Ecosphere, a journal of the Ecological Society of America.