An overview of native and invasive crayfish in Mississippi and Alabama

Susan B. Adams

Treesearch

An overview of native and invasive crayfish in Mississippi and Alabama

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Susan B. Adams

Year:

2020

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Water Log: A Legal Reporter of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium

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Abstract

Mississippi has approximately 63 crayfish species and no known invasive crayfish. Whereas Alabama has about 97 species, including at least three non-natives: the Kentucky River crayfish (Faxonius juvenilis), the gray-speckled crayfish (F. palmeri palmeri), and the virile crayfish (F. virilis). In addition, the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) is probably native on Alabama’s Gulf Coastal Plain but introduced elsewhere in the state.

Keywords

water

Citation

Adams, Susan B. 2020. An overview of native and invasive crayfish in Mississippi and Alabama. Water Log: A Legal Reporter of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium 40(1):12.