Invasive crayfish and disease-host ecology

Invasive crayfish and disease-host ecology

Examining how a novel invasive predator may alter snail host populations and overlap with freshwater disease landscapes.

Project angle

This work connects invasive species, predator-prey relationships, freshwater community change, and schistosomiasis host ecology.

Methods and outputs

• Field-informed ecological models
• Predator-prey impact analysis
• Habitat suitability and spread mapping
• Overlap with disease-host systems

Publications / outputs

• Temperature affects predation of schistosome-competent snails by a novel invader, the marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis. Faiad et al. PLOS One, 2023.