horseshoe crabs
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Freshwater aquaponics is an agricultural method that utilizes aquatic animal byproducts to provide nutrients to plants, typically utilizing vegetable plants that clean the water as they absorb nutrients. Atlantic horseshoe crabs (HSCs) in the Environmental Center’s aquaculture facility, saltwater organisms, produce significant waste and toxic nitrate increases that require frequent… Read more →
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The horseshoe crab (HSC), Limulus polyphemus, has existed for millions of years and has undergone little structural change, giving them the name, “living fossil”. They are important as a food source for shore birds, as bait for the fishing industry, and as the source of an important component for contamination… Read more →