Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Joe Chilton

Master's
Email: tjcdft@mail.missouri.edu

Biography

I am currently studying the Freckled (Cambarus maculatus) and Belted (O. harrisoni) crayfish in the Meramec River drainage. I will be performing occupancy modeling on these two rare species of crayfish.

Research Publications Publication Date
Chilton, J., A.E. Rosenberger, and R.J. DiStefano. 2020. Habitat associations and distributions of two endemic crayfishes, Cambarus (Erebicambarus) maculatus (Hobbs & Pflieger, 1988) and Faxonius (Billecambarus) harrisonii (Faxon, 1884) (Decapoda: Astacoidea: Cambaridae), in the Meramec River drainage, Missouri, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa033 | Abstract | Download May 2020
Presentations Presentation Date
Chilton, J., Rosenberger, A.E., & DiStefano, R.J. 2018. Habitat associations of endemic crayfishes in the Meramec River drainage: the Freckled Crayfish (Cambarus maculatus) and Belted Crayfish (Faxonius harrisonii). International Association of Astacology, Pittsburgh, PA. July 2018
Chilton, J., A.E. Rosenberger, and R.J. DiStefano. 2018. Habitat associations of endemic crayfishes in the Meramec River drainage: the Freckled Crayfish (Cambarus maculatus) and Belted Crayfish (Faxonius harrisonii). Poster presentation at the American Fisheries Society Annual Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 2018. August 2018
Chilton, J., A.E. Rosenberger, and R. DiStefano. 2019. Habitat associations and distributions of endemic crayfishes in the Meramec River Drainage. Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Osage Beach, MO. February, 2019. February 2019
Chilton, J. and A.E. Rosenberger. 2018. Habitat associations of endemic crayfishes in the Meramec River drainage: the Freckled Crayfish (Cambarus maculatus) and Belted Crayfish (Faxonius harrisonii). Missouri Natural Resources Conference, Osage Beach, Missouri, February 2018. February 2018
Chilton, J. and A.E. Rosenberger, 2017. The Detectability of Two Rare Crayfish Species in the Meramec River Drainage: the “Vulnerable” Freckled Crayfish and Belted Crayfish. Poster Presentation for the Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Tampa, FL. August 2017