Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to Crayfish Surveys & Conservation

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. American Signal Crayfish: A Losing Battle?

      FREE PREVIEW

    1. Planning Your Crayfish Survey

    2. Homework Assignments

    3. Planning Your Crayfish Survey Q&A

    4. Planning Your Crayfish Survey Quiz

    1. Undertaking Your Crayfish Survey

    2. Undertaking Your Crayfish Survey Q&A

    3. Undertaking Your Crayfish Survey Quiz

    1. Crayfish Conservation & Management

    2. Crayfish Conservation & Management Q&A

    3. Crayfish Conservation and Management Quiz

    1. Signal Crayfish Virtual Symposium

    2. American Signal Crayfish: England Case Study

    3. Can Fish Help Us Control Signal Crayfish?

    4. Barriers to Stop the Spread of Invasive Crayfish

    5. Genetic 'Immunisation' of Invasive Species

About this course

  • £30.00
  • 5.5 hours of video content

Checklist

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  • Understand how to plan crayfish surveys by evaluating objectives, habitats, legislation, and appropriate survey methods.

  • Explore best-practice approaches to conducting crayfish surveys, including trapping techniques, data collection, and biosecurity protocols.

  • Interpret crayfish survey data to inform conservation planning and management of native and invasive species.

  • Compare invasive crayfish control methods through case studies to support evidence-based decision-making in conservation.

Ecology tutor

Nicky Green

Crayfish Specialist

Dr Nicky Green has been working with crayfish since 2003 and has recently completed a PhD on the control of American signal crayfish. As well as white-clawed crayfish survey and conservation work she researches practical and effective methods to control invasive crayfish. Nicky has worked with white-clawed crayfish in Devon since 2003 and on Exmoor and elsewhere since 2015 trialling new and innovative techniques.

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