International Horseshoe Crab Conservation and Research Efforts: 2007- 2020

John T. Tanacredi, Ph.D. is Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Studies Department and Director of the Center for Environmental Research and Coastal Oceans Monitoring (CERCOM) Field Station, at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York. He has held Research Associate positions at the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York Aquarium -Osborn Laboratories of Marine Science; at The American Museum of Natural History, at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, and co-chair of the Conservation Committee of the Explorers Club. A Research Ecologist for 26 years in the US National Park Service, serving as Chief of the Division of Natural Resources and as one of the NPS’s Coastal Natural Resource Specialist duty stationed for 9 years at the Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI. An Environmental Analyst of the U.S. Coast Guard, Bridge Administration preparing NEPA environmental impact statements for bridge and highway construction in six eastern US states and was a U.S. Navy Flight Meteorologist “Hurricane Hunter”Dr. Tanacredi received his doctorate in Environmental Health Engineering from Polytechnic University, M.S. degree in Environmental Health Sciences from Hunter College, Institute of Health Sciences, CUNY and BS in Biological Sciences from Richmond College, CUNY He has continued his Long Island, Horseshoe Crab habitat inventory of some 115 locations tracking Horseshoe Crab breeding conditions and habitat. He is one of the founding members of the IUCN-SSG (International Union for the Conservation of Nature - Scientific Specialists Group for Horseshoe Crabs) and principal coordinator of several International Conferences on Horseshoe Crab Conservation and Biology. He has published over 65 peer reviewed scientific research publications, written, and edited 7 books and has been included and interviewed in ahost of TV, Radio, and Social Media Outlets. His co-edited book “Conservation and Biology of Horseshoe Crabs”, Springer, 2009 was one of the initiating factors in conducting the subsequent Asian Horseshoe Crab Conferences providing considerable support for including all four Horseshoe  Crabs species on the IUCN’s “Red List”.  His latest book, “The Redesigned Earth: An Introduction to Ecology for Engineers as if the Earth Really Mattered” (2019), by Springer- Nature, has received rave reviews. Dr. Mark L. Botton is Professor of Biology in the Department of Natural Sciences at Fordham University – Lincoln Center in New York City, and Co-Director of the Environmental Science Program. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Stony Brook University, his Master’s degree in Biology from Brooklyn College, and his Ph.D. in Zoology from Rutgers University. Dr. Botton has published over 70 articles and book chapters on various aspects of horseshoe crab biology, including feeding ecology, mating behavior, the effects of pollution on developmental success, and population and conservation biology.  He is the Co-Chairman of the Horseshoe Crab Specialist Group, IUCN Species Survival Commission.Dr. Paul K.S. Shin is a retired Associate Professor at the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China and a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management in the UK. He is a benthic ecologist with research interest in community structure analysis, marine pollution and coastal conservation. He has been involved in the study and conservation of horseshoe crabs for the past 15 years. In collaboration with the Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong, he and Dr. S.G. Cheung initiated the Juvenile Horseshoe Crab Rearing Programme to promote conservation education to young generations through hands-on experience in taking care of juvenile horseshoe crabs at schoolswith subsequent release of these juveniles back to the wild. Dr. Shin received the Medal of Honour from the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2015 for his contribution to conservation and public services. Currently, he serves as the Co-Chair (South East Asia) of the IUCN SSC Horseshoe Crab Specialist Group.Yumiko Iwasaki, Ph.D. Based on the fossil specimens from the Altiplano, Bolivia, she worked on the phylogenetic studies of the Devonian trilobite group, Phacopidae and a reconstruction of the Devonian paleobiogeography at American Museum of Natural History, NY, with Dr. Niles Eldredge who taught her the value of trilobites as (once) living beings. After receiving a Ph.D. degree in Geology and Paleontology (Invertebrates) from the Earth and Environmental Sciences, Graduate Center, City University of New York, she was hired as a Full-time Faculty at Dowling College, located along the shore of Great South Bay, Long Island, NY where her research interest extended to the behavioral studies of “living fossil,” horseshoe crabs. Her research on their juveniles continued at Fordham College at Lincoln Center, NY where she worked as a visiting scholar. A successful coordination between the Japanese host team and IUCN Horseshoe Crab SSG Steering Committee for the 3rd International Workshop on the Science and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs in Sasebo, Japan, in 2015 granted her to serve as a co-chair. Since then, she has been active to connect the horseshoe crab communities around the globe. Currently a research affiliate at Molloy College & CERCOM (Center for Environmental Research and Coastal Oceans Monitoring), IUCN SSC Horseshoe Crab Specialist Group member, and an advisory committee member at Japan Society for the Conservation of Horseshoe Crab.Dr. S. G. Cheung is a marine biologist with primary interests in the physiological and behavioral ecology of marine invertebrates and their responses to human disturbances such as microplastic pollution, ocean acidification, and hypoxia. He started working on the ecology and conservation of horseshoe crabs in 2005 and is currently a steering committee member of the Horseshoe Crab Specialist Group under the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC). In collaboration with the Ocean Park Conservation Foundation of Hong Kong, he has been running a very successful educational outreach program for more than ten years. This program aims to nurture secondary students in their responsibilities and commitment to marine conservation by rearing juvenile horseshoe crabs in their schools. Currently, he is working on the habitat utilization of juvenile horseshoe crabs and the conflict with oyster cultivation.Dr. Kit Yue Kwan is a marine ecologist based at Beibu Gulf University, Guangxi, China and has a long-standing interest on finding workable solutions to tackle issues of biodiversity conservation in Asian regions. After completing his Bachelor of Science in EnvironmentalScience & Management at City University of Hong Kong, he continued his Ph.D. study on biology and ecology of Asian horseshoe crabs. His findings contributed to the conservation and management of the juvenile populations in Hong Kong waters, as well as explored the use of the juvenile hemolymph constituents as a health indicator for wild populations. Dr. Kwan is now a steering committee member of the Horseshoe Crab Specialist Group under the IUCN Species Survival Commission. Recently, he has organized the 4th International Workshop on the Science and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs in China, assisted the establishment of International Horseshoe Crab Day, and now leading the Asian Horseshoe Crab Observation Network program. His recent research work focuses on developing minimum standards for collecting/reporting juvenile population information and conceptual frameworks for responsible stock enhancement programs for Asian horseshoe crab conservation.Dr. Jennifer H. Mattei is a professor of biology at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S. and has a wide range of interests in population ecology, restoration, and conservation, with over 25 years of experience working in coastal ecosystems. After completing her Master of Forest Science at Yale, a Ph.D. in Ecology & Evolution at Stony Brook, Mattei was a post-doc at Rutgers University where she was part of a team of scientists to be the first to successfully restore coastal forest habitat on top of closed sections of the largest landfill in the U.S. on Staten Island, NY. In 1998, Dr. Mattei started Project Limulus  a community research program within Long Island Sound involving horseshoe crab ecology. Mattei is a steering committee member of the Horseshoe Crab Specialist Group, IUCN Species Survival Commission. Her research with Connecticut citizen scientists found that overharvest and loss of habitat are the major factors causing the population’s decline. Currently, her research on coastal restoration, employs a whole ecosystem approach that includes installing oyster reefs, saltmarsh, coastal dune grasslands, pollinator meadow and coastal forest habitats

• Section 1 Evolution Genetics & Adaptation.- E2 Genetic structure of the trispine horseshoe crab in Seto Inland Sea  SWatanabe2_MS Final edited.- E3 Molecular identification and phylogenetic analysis of Indian mangrove horseshoe crab (1).- E4 Population Genetics and Movement Show Metapopulation Dynamics Hallerman Final.- E6  Chan et al_revised 26Sep2020.- E7 Applying Records Bicknell references.- E7 Applying Records of extant Bicknell final.- E7 Figure_-5 Bicknell  Applying records.- E7 Figure_-6 B Bicknell Applying records.- Section 2 Population Dynamics & Ecology.- P1 Watanabe et al_final.- P2  Iwasaki Sediment Molting Relationship of Juvenile Limulus polyphemus Final.- P3 Conservation and Restoration of Estuaries and Coasts Mattei-11-6.- P4 Xie et al. book chapter-final.- P5 Chan et al 2020 Manuscript_revised - final submission.- P6 Horseshoe crab condition as bycatch in Subang, Indonesia by Supadminingsih_Final edited.- P7 Occurrence and morphometric analysis_ Rahim et al - Final edited copy.- P8 Hayashi YI Preliminary Investigation of Tachypleus tridentatus HSC final (2).- P9 Distribution of Horseshoe Crabs jasmin Lim and Laura Yap - final edited copy.- P10 An Assessment of Horseshoe Crab Breeeding Habitat and Trends on Long Island_ NY_ 2003 2017 updated 11 11 2020.- Section 3 Conservation Efforts & Managment Education.- C1 Botton et al. -final Identifying major threats 10 1 2020.- C2 Akbar John Final The Need to Establish HSC Global Biorepository 9 23 2020.- C3 EconomicsLAL T Novitsky 10 2 2020 final.- C5 The Power of Citizen Science Mattei et al-Springer Book Chapter-July-27.- C7 Coastline-Hsc-Ashikin- R1. 05 Oct 2020 final.- C8 Assessing the use of Acoustic sampling for horseshoe crabs-final.- C9 Wu et al. 2020 book chapter-final 20200605.- C10 Fishery bycatch jeopardizes Indian horseshoe crabs Pati et al - final edited copy.- C13 Meilana et al. final edited MLB July 21 2020,- C14 Kyle Maurelli 2020 manuscript Final.-C16 FUNAI YI ed - imari hsc regulations.- Section 4 BIOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY.- B1 Temperature and salinity preference Chengetal HSC Springer Book 2019 FINAL.- B2 VanDerwater. Khoder & Botton_July 20_final revised.- B3 Akbar John et al-final-20200907.- B4 Patterns of Flatworm Ward final.- B5 Hu et al final 2Oct2020.- B6 Syahira Book Chapter 2020 Final.- B7 MS--Liu et al Final-7-1.- B8 Colon et al FINAL 7-4-20.- Special Section SS.- Carl Shuster books.- Dr T  and C Shuster Remembering Two Friends.- Remembering Two Friends Final - Dr Tanacredi  2 24 2021.- Remembering two friends group photo with Mrs Schuster (seated).- Remembering two friends group photo with Mrs Schuster (seated).- Remembering two friends pdf docs.- SC - Carl Shuster tribute_July 2020.- Part V Section A- Powerpoint and Ref in Sci literature.- Part V Section  A  IUCN SSC HSC Specilist Group.- Part V Section  A  Powerpoints  1 of 7 HSC NA Asia.- Part V Section  A AREAC Public Seminar Series March 5 2003.- Part V Section  A LI Nature Organization Fifth Annual Long Island Natural History Conference.- Part V Section  A Powerpoints 3 of 7  HSC NA Asia.- Part V Section A   Limulus in the Limelight 10 15 2001 Sylvia Earle.- Part V Section A Crisis in Japan The Decimation of the HSC.- Part V Section A HSC Marine Oceanography Lab Spring 2012 Dr. Iwasaki.- Part V Section A Powerpoint 5 of 7 HSC NA Asia.- Part V Section A Powerpoints  2 of 7  HSC NA Asia.- Part V Section A Powerpoints  6 of 7  HSC NA Asia. - Part V Section A Powerpoints 4 of 7  HSC NA Asia.- Part V Section A Powerpoints 7 of 7 HSC NA Asia.- Part V Section B Unpublished and Long Term Data.- Part V Section  B  Guide to Raising HSC in Captivity  1 of 11.- Part V Section  B  Guide to Raising HSC in Captivity  1 of 11.- Part V Section  B  Science Research Project.- Part V Section  B Golden Goose Awards Science Mag 2019.- Part V Section  B The Coastal Monitor Winter Spring 2020 Editorial Tanacredi 2020 Status of the HSC.- Part V Section  B The Environmental Law Clinic.- Part V Section B  Preliminary Population Estimation by Mark-recapture Method.- Part V Section B Data Environmental Sensitivity Index Mapping.- Part V Section B Data Flow Diagram of Formal Red List Petitions Process.- Part V Section C  Art, HSC Social Context.