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Aquatic and benthic fauna in burrows and ponds of the red swamp crawfish, Procambarus clarki near East Baton Rouge Parish (Louisiana) in February 1969
Citable as data publication
Jaspers E.; Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College: USA; (2015): Aquatic and benthic fauna in burrows and ponds of the red swamp crawfish, Procambarus clarki near East Baton Rouge Parish (Louisiana) in February 1969. https://doi.org/10.14284/71
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Description
Densities of observed species of water and soil in burrows of red swamp crawfish (Procambarus clarki) and in adjacent ponds or ditch during the burrowing period sampled in February 1962 all situated at The Ben Hur Farm near the Mississippi River. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Jaspers, E. (1969). Environmental conditions in burrows and ponds of the red swamp crawfish, Procambarus clarki (Girard), near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. MSc Thesis. Louisiana State University: Baton Rouge. 47 pp. more

Fauna present in burrow water consisted mainly of planktonic Crustaceans. In general, the animal groups in burrows were similar to those present in the adjacent pond or ditch but fewer species and numbers occurred in the burrows. The benthic fauna in the burrows were dominated by Oligochaetes whereas aquatic insect larvae, mainly Diptera dominated in the ponds and ditch.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Invertebrates
Keywords:
Brackish water, Aquatic fauna, Benthic fauna, Burrows, Ditches, Ponds, ASW, USA, Louisiana, ASW, USA, Louisiana, Mississippi R., Crustacea, Diptera, Oligochaeta, Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852)

Geographical coverage
ASW, USA, Louisiana [Marine Regions]
ASW, USA, Louisiana, Mississippi R. [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
2 February 1969

Taxonomic coverage
Crustacea [WoRMS]
Diptera [WoRMS]
Oligochaeta [WoRMS]
Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) [WoRMS]

Parameters
Density
Total length

Contributors
Louisiana State University (LSU), moredata creator
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager

Publication
Based on this dataset
Jaspers, E. (1969). Environmental conditions in burrows and ponds of the red swamp crawfish, Procambarus clarki (Girard), near Baton Rouge, Louisiana MSc Thesis Louisiana State University: Baton Rouge. 47 pp., more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2013-05-16
Information last updated: 2016-07-01
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