December 7, 2013

Editorial brings to our attention the role of individual species extinction on overall ecosystem health. An article identifies risks to Olive Ridley turtles who come ashore to lay eggs on northern shores of India. Another article focuses on challenges of monitoring sea horse population of South Carolina. One unique article focus on sex pheromones in blue crab, while another article examining roles of starvation periods and crushed conspecifics on foraging behavior of marine gastropod sea snail.