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Long Island Horseshoe Crab Network Issues Alert - Seeks Help From All Long Island Residents To Track Species
To find out if the horseshoe crab population on Long Island is dwindling, as has been reported by some experts, the Long Island Horseshoe Crab Network, headed by Dr. John T. Tanacredi, Chairman of the Department of Earth and Marine Sciences at Dowling College, will conduct the fourth year of a Super-Inventory of Horseshoe Crabs (HSC) at some 60 sites on Long Island, from the tip of Montauk to the tip of Brooklyn.
"Over the last 10 years there has been considerable controversy over the extent to which horseshoe crab harvesting has impacted the species' existence," explained Dr. Tanacredi. "It is general knowledge that HSC habitat covers from the coast of Maine to Florida, with Long Island historically having a robust population of HSC. Anecdotal information from 'coast-wise' people have recently expressed concerns that once large numbers of HSC observed each year, are today a mere skeletal population."
The HSC Network invites everyone to join in and help protect a species 350 million years in the making. Anyone sighting a live horseshoe crab is asked to provide details, and photos if available, via an online field report form at: www.hscli.org. To report information via phone, call 631-244-3394.
About Dowling College
Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at
its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre
Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk
border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several
disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.
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