An essential resource for researchers, students, and managers, this book is the first truly comprehensive reference work on the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. The 800-page, hard cover, 8-1/2 x 11 volume contains hundreds of drawings and photographs (some in color), plus subject and species indexes. Chapters cover systematics; anatomy of larval, juvenile, and adult stages; molting and growth; reproduction; diseases and parasites; physiology; ecology of all life history stages; history of blue crab fisheries in the U.S.; and population dynamics. To order a copy of the book, which sells for $125.00, visit the web at: www.mdsg.umd.edu/store/BC/ or call 301.405.6376. Copies will ship in late April 2007.