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Title: Freshwater decapod crustaceans (Palaemonidae, Cambaridae) of the Savannah River Plant, South Carolina

Abstract

Decapod crustaceans (specifically crayfishes and freshwater shrimps) are quite numerous in the drainages of the southeastern United States and occupy an extremely important niche in aquatic systems. As predators they act as disturbance components on benthic freshwater communities and may serve an integral position in the early stages of detrital decomposition. They constitute an important prey item in the diets of a wide variety of terrestrial and aquatic vertebrate predators, including game fishes, such as Micropterus salmoides (La Crepede) and other centrarchids. Researchers at the Savannah River Plant (SRP) employ these crustaceans in studies of the effects of thermal and heavy metal pollution on survival and behavior, as well as in investigations of the fates of heavy metals and radioactive pollution in freshwater environments. A common problem to these studies is the uncertainty of species determinations, and it is our intent to present an illustrated dichotomous key to the decapod crustaceans found in the aquatic habitats of the SRP. In addition, each species is treated separately with reference to specific taxonomic characters, ecology, life history, color patterns, etc. A brief discussion of collecting techniques, preservation and preparation and equipment needed for identification also is presented.

Authors:
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Research Org.:
Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Plant
OSTI Identifier:
7328007
Report Number(s):
SREL-7
DOE Contract Number:  
E(07-2)-1; E(38-1)-0819
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; CRUSTACEANS; TAXONOMY; METALS; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; THERMAL POLLUTION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CONTAMINATION; FISHES; FOOD CHAINS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ELEMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; POLLUTION; US AEC; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; VERTEBRATES; 520400* - Environment, Aquatic- Thermal Effluents Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 520200 - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989); 520300 - Environment, Aquatic- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1989)

Citation Formats

Hobbs, III, H H, Thorp, J H, and Anderson, G E. Freshwater decapod crustaceans (Palaemonidae, Cambaridae) of the Savannah River Plant, South Carolina. United States: N. p., Web.
Hobbs, III, H H, Thorp, J H, & Anderson, G E. Freshwater decapod crustaceans (Palaemonidae, Cambaridae) of the Savannah River Plant, South Carolina. United States.
Hobbs, III, H H, Thorp, J H, and Anderson, G E. . "Freshwater decapod crustaceans (Palaemonidae, Cambaridae) of the Savannah River Plant, South Carolina". United States.
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abstractNote = {Decapod crustaceans (specifically crayfishes and freshwater shrimps) are quite numerous in the drainages of the southeastern United States and occupy an extremely important niche in aquatic systems. As predators they act as disturbance components on benthic freshwater communities and may serve an integral position in the early stages of detrital decomposition. They constitute an important prey item in the diets of a wide variety of terrestrial and aquatic vertebrate predators, including game fishes, such as Micropterus salmoides (La Crepede) and other centrarchids. Researchers at the Savannah River Plant (SRP) employ these crustaceans in studies of the effects of thermal and heavy metal pollution on survival and behavior, as well as in investigations of the fates of heavy metals and radioactive pollution in freshwater environments. A common problem to these studies is the uncertainty of species determinations, and it is our intent to present an illustrated dichotomous key to the decapod crustaceans found in the aquatic habitats of the SRP. In addition, each species is treated separately with reference to specific taxonomic characters, ecology, life history, color patterns, etc. A brief discussion of collecting techniques, preservation and preparation and equipment needed for identification also is presented.},
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