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Horseshoe Crabs May Hold Value for Science and Fisheries
Smithsonian article notes the Cape Cod horseshoe crab once viewed as a threat is valued for its blue blood used in endotoxin testing. Research at Woods Hole and WHOI bleeds hundreds weekly to produce lysate while debates over protection grow amid past bounties and eel pot baiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Thompson
Smithsonian Magazine
Barnstable
Cape Cod
Mass
Cape
Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Division
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Yucatan
Asia
Japan
India
Indonesia
Philippines
Woods Hole
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
WHOI
Simulus
Mike Hickey
Sandwich
Hickey