Author: Horton Holcombe HobbsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
A New Crayfish of the Genus Procambarus from Louisiana
Author: Horton Holcombe HobbsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Two New Crawfishes of the Genus Procambarus from Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas (Decapoda, Astacidae)
Author: George Henry PennPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crayfish
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Crawfishes of Louisiana
Author: Jerry G. WallsPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807134092
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Everyone in Louisiana knows something about crawfish -- especially how tasty they can be when boiled with just the right combination of spices. Yet these small crustaceans -- known as "crayfishes" by scientists and "mudbugs" by many fishermen -- offer more than a delicious meal. In Crawfishes of Louisiana, Jerry G. Walls identifies the state's thirty-nine types of crawfishes, explains their biology, and explores their importance in Louisiana's history, culture, and economy. Walls briefly describes each species and subspecies of crawfish currently known to live in Louisiana, as well as their natural history and complicated breeding biology. Detailed illustrations depict pertinent taxonomic features, color photographs of living specimens aid in identification, and maps indicate species distribution throughout the state. Two identification keys further assist users in classifying any crawfish they encounter. Drawing on his experiences collecting crawfishes over the past fifty years, Walls explores changes in their populations and in the environmental health of their habitats. In the early part of the twentieth century, many Louisianans thought eating crawfish outside of Lent was an embarrassing admission of poverty. Now crawfish is a celebrated delicacy in restaurants and at festivals offering crawfish boils, crawfish races, crawfish cook-offs -- even the election of a crawfish queen and court. Crawfish provide recreational fishing opportunities in ditches and lakes across southern and central Louisiana, and commercial fishermen net roughly 70,000 tons of crawfish each year and process them in a fishery employing over 2,500 people. Walls offers insights into all of these areas along with cooking tips and recipes and, at the other extreme, instructions for keeping crawfish as pets. Crawfishes of Louisiana is an invaluable and enjoyable resource for all fans of this famous Louisiana crustacean.
A New Crayfish of the Genus Procambarus from Alabama and Florida
Author: Horton Holcombe HobbsA New Crayfish of the Genus Procambarus from Oklahoma and Arkansas
Author: Horton Holcombe HobbsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A New Crayfish of the Genus Procambarus from Georgia with a Key to the Species of the Clarkii Subgroup
Author: Two New Crawfishes of the Genus Procambarus from Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas (Decapoda, Astacidae). American Museum Novitates
Author: Two New Crayfishes of the Genus Procambarus from South Carolina and Georgia
Author: Horton Holcombe HobbsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crayfish
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
New Crawfish of the Genus Orconectes from Conchas Lake, New Mexico
Author: Douglas William AlbaughPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astacidae
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Crayfishes of Alabama
Author: Guenter A. SchusterPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817321063
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
"This book represents the most in-depth treatment of crayfishes for the state of Alabama to date. Alabama is currently known to host 99 species of crayfishes. The findings in this book are based on more than 9,000 records gathered from across the entire state. The authors collected specimens and data from all of Alabama's major and minor waterways and lakes, as well as specialized habitats such as burrows, roadside ditches, marshes, swamps, and temporary autumnal ponds. They visited all the major museums with holdings of crayfish specimens from Alabama, yielding a list of historical records including 4,259 specimen lots from approximately 2,200 unique locations. These records were used to build a database containing all available specimen metadata, including, but not limited to: species identification, number of individuals collected, location, date of collection, names of collectors, who identified the specimens, and the museum in which they are stored. Field work was conducted over a 14-year period during which a total of 4,487 specimen lots were collected and added to the database from approximately 2,600 unique locations sampled across Alabama. Prior to this book, no single comprehensive book or reference has ever been published on the crayfishes of Alabama. This book compiles 166 years of crayfish distributional and biological data for the 99 known Alabama species. It begins with chapters on the physiography and waterways of Alabama. One chapter discusses the general distributional patterns and habitat associations of Alabama crayfishes. Subsequent chapters discuss crayfish biology, ecology, conservation, and anatomy. Detailed species accounts include descriptions of morphological characters, life color, maximum size, comparative species, distribution and habitat, biology, crayfish associates, and conservation status. Color photographs, morphological plates, and dot maps showing distributions are included for each species; for many species, multiple color photos demonstrate the known color variations within each species. An illustrated key is provided to guide the identification of all 99 species. As the most up-to-date and comprehensive source of information on Alabama crayfishes to date, "Crayfishes of Alabama" provides a new perspective on Alabama's unique place as a biodiversity hotspot. It will be of lasting value to aquatic biologists and ecologists throughout the Southeast and crayfish biologists around the world, as well as of interest to natural resource managers, aquaculture farmers, and naturalists"--