Freshwater biodiversity of the United States has long been recognized for its high level of
species richness. The US crayfish fauna is richer than that found in any other country or …

Strong selective pressure on phenotype can arise when habitat transitions fundamentally
alter the physical media in which animals live, such as the invasion of land by lobe-finned …

Abstract The North American crayfish Procambarus clarkii is considered among the most
invasive freshwater species. However, burrowing behaviour and the possible impact of P …

Aquatic species face imperilment at a disproportionate rate compared with terrestrial
organisms and are experiencing rapid rates of extinction. For aquatic organisms, large-scale …

Growth and reproduction are competitive processes with the first being an essential
prerequisite for the second. In crayfish both of these processes continue until the animal dies …

Severe weather events, such as long‐term droughts, are challenging for many freshwater
species. To survive drought, freshwater crayfish tend to inhabit shelters or burrows where …

Burrowing crayfish represent 15% of total crayfish species and 32% of imperilled species.
Few life history studies exist for these species and more information is needed regarding …

Floodplain ecosystems host diverse surface‐water habitats (eg, lotic, lentic, ephemeral) and
groundwater features that support high levels of species diversity. Our understanding of …

Most crayfish species are capable of constructing underground burrows. Burrow
construction provides crayfishes the potential to actively engineer microhabitat and optimize …

Burrowing crayfish are potentially important ecological links between terrestrial and aquatic
systems, but little is known about what drives their local distribution patterns. We …