Red Swamp Crawfish: Biology and Exploitation |
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abdomen adult age classes alligator weed animals appendages aquatic areas artery arthropods Atchafalaya Basin bait behavior body branchial chamber burrow calcium called cambarid Cambarus carapace catch cells cephalothorax chelae claws color craw crawfish culture Crawfish Farming crustaceans Decapoda detritus developed distal dorsal drained eggs endocuticle epicuticle exocuticle exoskeleton eyestalks feeding female fish flooding Freshwater Crayfish ganglion gastroliths gills gonopods green glands growth habitats harvest hemolymph hepatopancreas hormones Huner inches intermolt J. W. Avault juvenile levees levels Louisiana crawfish ponds male mature maxillipeds meat molt muscles ND ND nerve nervous system normally old shell ommatidium organisms oxygen pairs percent pigment plants pleopod ppm NM predacious predator Procambarus clarkii produce protein protopodite red crawfish red swamp rice segments setae small mesh traps south Louisiana species sperm Stage statocyst Substage surface swimmerets temperatures thorax uropods vegetation ventral walking legs young crawfish young-of-the-year