Nathan Sylte
Factors Influencing Crayfish Distributions in Streams
During the summer of 2016 Evan Ziperski and I performed at regional crayfish study under the supervision of Dr. Todd Wellnitz. We were interested in examining how physio-chemical factors in streams, such as calcium levels, substrate size, and stream flow/size influenced crayfish distributions. This project began the first week of June with field work coming to an end during the last week of August. Lab, data analysis, and presentation work lasted through the semester. Our findings suggest that a streams physical factors are the best predictor of crayfish presence. While on the other hand a streams chemical makeup does not seem to strongly influence crayfish presence.
Below is a picture of the poster that Evan and I generated. This poster highlights our research findings and will be included in CERCA this spring.
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