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The effects of invasive crayfish Orconectes rusticus on local freshwater ecology Anthony Bonifonte Mentor Angie Roles Rusty native range Rusty invasive range Species # of Species Standard Number of present deviation sites rusty 42


  1. The effects of invasive crayfish Orconectes rusticus on local freshwater ecology Anthony Bonifonte Mentor Angie Roles

  2. Rusty native range Rusty invasive range

  3. Species # of Species Standard Number of present deviation sites rusty 42 11.83 8 sanborn 51.3 5.1 9 p= .0483 Macroinvert. species richness 1998 60 50 # species present 40 rusty 30 sanborn 20 10 0 rusty sanborn

  4. Species # of Species Standard Number of present deviation sites rusty 50 3.46 3 sanborn 43.2 19.6 9 p=.5796 Macroinvert. species richness 2002 60 50 # species present 40 rusty 30 sanborn 20 10 0 rusty sanborn

  5. Present only at sanborn sites Species % of san. sites present at Erpobdella punctata (leech) 38.9 Optioservus (riffle beetles) 38.9 Parametriocnemus (midges) 33.3 Chrysops (deer/horse flies) 50 Present only at rusty sites Species % of rusty sites present at Neoperla clymene (stoneflies) 45.5 Petrophila (moths) 45.5 Telopelopia okoboji (midges) 45.5

  6. Snails 10 species total Species # of species present St. dev. N rusty 1.36 1.206 11 sanborn 2.11 1.08 18 p=.0938 Mollusks 23 species total Species # of species present St. dev. N rusty 2.45 1.206 11 sanborn 4.06 1.08 18 p=.1101

  7. Percent Sanborn Composition Site 2007 2008 2009 2010 Downstream LLB 12 25 5 7 HRM 30 49 19 31 HWB n/a 73 47 48 HTR 73 80 72 86 Upstream HML n/a 100 100 100

  8. Sanborn % LLB 0.3 0.25 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.05 0 2007 2008 2009 2010

  9. Sanborn % HRM 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 2007 2008 2009 2010

  10. Sanborn % HWB 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 2007 2008 2009 2010

  11. Thank you!!

  12. Acknowledgements I would like to thank my mentor Angie Roles for all her guidance and support; OCRF and Randal Doane for making this research possible; professor Roger Laushman for leading field studies and assistance; Dennis Mishne at the Ohio EPA for sending me data files and answering questions; and Marta Robertson, Sierra Zuber, Katherine Muller, Catherine Durkin, and Sarah Bolinger for assisting in collecting field samples.

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