Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Geographic Distribution, Ecological Impact, and Conservation Strategies for North American Crayfish
Chapter 1. Conservation Status of North American Freshwater Crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Northern United States and Eastern Canada
Thomas P. Simon (Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA)
Chapter 2. Crayfishes of the Ohio River Valley Ecosystem, with Emphasis on the Imperiled Fauna and Potential Effects from Contaminants
Thomas P. Simon (Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA)
Chapter 3. Diversity of Crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) in the Tipton Till Plain of Central Indiana, with Emphasis on Nonindigenous Species Interactions with Native Species
Thomas P. Simon (Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA)
Chapter 4. Distribution, Ecology, Harvest and Conservation of Procambarus acanthophorus (Villalobos, 1948)
Leonor Mendoza-Vargas, Patricia Castilla-Hernández, Alejandro Meléndez-Herrada, María Teresa Núñez-Cardona, Gilberto Vela-Correa, Gabriel Arriola-Pizano, Facundo Rivera-Becerril and Héctor Solís-Chagoyán (Departamento El Hombre y su Ambiente, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco (UAM-Xochimilco), Mexico City, Mexico, and others)
Chapter 5. Distribution, Morphological Diagnosis, and Conservation Status of the Hoosier Cave Crayfish Orconectes testii (Decapoda: Cambaridae)
Thomas P. Simon (Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA)
Chapter 6. Age, Growth, and Condition of the Papershell Crayfish Orconectes immunis (Hagen 1870) (Decapoda: Cambaridae)
Thomas P. Simon and Mark A. Samadder (School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA)
Chapter 7. Distribution, Abundance, and Conservation Status of Native Crayfish of the Bass Islands in Western Lake Erie, with Emphasis on the Effects of Invasive Crayfish
Thomas P. Simon and Katie Huff (Franz Theodore Stone Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Put-in-Bay, OH, USA)
Chapter 8. Relationship between Crayfish Diversity. Abundance and Land Use as an Indicator of Environmental Health
Thomas P. Simon and Caitlyn Cooper (School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA)
Index
Additional Information
This book is written for astacologists, ecologists, and environmental managers responsible for the conservation and preservation of native species. This book provides information for those needing to manage ecological impacts associated with land use and land change issues that are impacting crayfish in local habitats. This book will be of interest to those interested in benthic invertebrate ecology, aquatic assemblage structure and function, and roles of crayfish in both invasive and native habitats. This book would be of interest to environmental managers at local, state, and federal levels; conservation enthusiasts; and those land managers wishing to preserve native biodiversity.
