The freshwater crayfishes are a group of decapod crustaceans that have played a critical
role in a diversity of biological studies, from physiology, to ecology, neurobiology …

For more than a century, the coal-mining industry has been a major economic force and
employer in the Appalachian region of eastern USA. As national and global energy …

Rivers and streams of Appalachia harbor some of the most biologically diverse, endemically
rich, freshwater faunas in the world. Many aquatic species, however, are threatened by a …

Our comparative assessment is the first study to investigate microplastic body burden in
native (Cambarus appalachiensis) and non-native (Faxonius cristavarius) crayfish along a …

Organismal invasions have repeatedly been cited as a driving force behind the loss of
biodiversity. Unlike many other impacts of invasion, the effect of invasion on native symbiont …

Cambarus polypilosus sp. nov. is a stream-dwelling crayfish endemic to tributaries in the
Buffalo and lower Duck River drainage, and a reach of the lower Tennessee River in the …

The disjunct distribution of Cambarus monongalensis has led to speculation about its
taxonomic status. An Appalachian Plateau population occurs in northern and central West …

We used existing collection records to summarize the current understanding of freshwater
crayfish diversity in Virginia. Virginia includes both Atlantic slope drainages and tributaries of …

Cambarus acuminatus was described by Walter Faxon in 1884 from three specimens
collected from the Saluda River in northwestern South Carolina, USA. Cambarus …

Organismal invasions have repeatedly been cited as both a driving force behind global
change and beneficiaries of that change. Although many drivers of these invasions have …