Major
Environmental Science
Anticipated Graduation Year
2022
Access Type
Open Access
Abstract
This presentation highlights research done to improve the removal of invasive crayfish from the North Shore Channel of the Chicago Area Waterway System. Invasive crayfish disrupt the ecosystems of native species by changing food webs, altering ecosystem services, and causing biodiversity loss. Continued research to improve the removal of invasive species is necessary to reduce this harm. My results show that modifying standard traps increases the efficiency of invasive crayfish trapping.
Faculty Mentors & Instructors
Reuben Keller, Associate Professor, School of Environmental Sustainability & Rachel Egly, Research Associate, School of Environmental Sustainability
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Improving trapping methods to manage invasive crayfish in the Chicago Region
This presentation highlights research done to improve the removal of invasive crayfish from the North Shore Channel of the Chicago Area Waterway System. Invasive crayfish disrupt the ecosystems of native species by changing food webs, altering ecosystem services, and causing biodiversity loss. Continued research to improve the removal of invasive species is necessary to reduce this harm. My results show that modifying standard traps increases the efficiency of invasive crayfish trapping.