Freshwater Crustaceans (Malcostraca) in Connecticut
Including Some Notes Regarding Their Re-Population in Connecticut After the Ice Age
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature
More than 850 freshwater crustacean collections were done since 1959 by a number of researchers including me. All the crustaceans in this paper consist of isopods, amphipods, crayfish and freshwater shrimp were identified to species and their collection localities were marked on a map of Connecticut, one map per species. In addition the paper includes some information on their re-colonization in the state since the last glacier, and some ecology facts pertaining to water quality of freshwater crustaceans.
More than 850 freshwater crustacean collections were done since 1959 by a number of researchers including me. All the crustaceans in this paper consist of isopods, amphipods, crayfish and freshwater shrimp were identified to species and their collection localities were marked on a map of Connecticut, one map per species. In addition the paper includes some information on their re-colonization in the state since the last glacier, and some ecology facts pertaining to water quality of freshwater crustaceans.