TABLE 24. Species list and relative abundance of crayfish species collected in the Headwater Diversion Basin, Missouri. (From MDC NaturalHeritage data base)
Crayfish Species Number of crayfish collected Basin Totals
Castor River White-Water River Crooked River Hubble Creek Hawker Creek Clubb Creek No. % Comp
Cambarus diogenes 1 1 0.2
Orconectes luteus 246 5 50 8 309 77.4
O.palmeri   3 23 6 32 8.0
O.virilis 3 3 6 1.5
O.punctimanus 13   1   7 21 5.3
Procambarus acutus 4 2 3 9 2.3
P.clarkii 1 1 0.2
P. viaeveridus 13 13 3.3
Fallicambarus fodiens 7 7 1.8
Total numbers sampled 284 11 76 20 1 7 399 100
No. of sample sites 7 1 4 3 1 1
Total effort (hrs) 9.7 0.5 4.4 1.1 0.4 0.4 16.5
Catch rate 29.3 22.0 17.3 18.2 2.5 17.5 24.2

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