Publications

Meng, X., Z. Gu, M. Liao, R. Hu, C. P. Bonvillain, K. Yu, Z. Xu, Y. Li, X. Li, X. Luo, G. Huang, D. Zhang, L. Quan, Z. Xu, J. Wang, Y. Yuan, and S. Zhao.  In review.  The genome sequence of red swamp crayfish reveals a gene repertoire for its rapid invasive spread.  Molecular Ecology Resources.

Logarbo, J. R. and C. P. Bonvillain.  2020.  Thermal stress responses of two sympatric crayfishes in Louisiana, Procambarus clarkii Girard, 1852 and Procambarus zonangulus Hobbs & Hobbs, 1990 (Decapoda: Astacoidea: Cambaridae).  Journal of Crustacean Biology 40(6):734-738. link

Vargas-Lopez, I., W. E. Kelso, C. P. Bonvillain, R. F. Keim, and M. D. Kaller.  2020.  Influence of water quality, local knowledge, and river-floodplain connectivity on commercial wild crayfish harvesting in the Atchafalaya River Basin.  Fisheries Management and Ecology 27(4):417-428. link

Bonvillain, C. P. and Q. C. Fontenot.  2020.  The annual flood pulse mediates crayfish as a major diet constituent of carnivorous fishes in South Louisiana.  Freshwater Crayfish 25(1):69-75. pdf

Budnick, W. R., C. P. Bonvillain, S. Lott, and M. D. Kaller.  2020.  Breaking the Mississippi River barrier:  range extensions of Faxonius palmeri subspecies and overlap with rare crayfish species in Louisiana.  Southeastern Naturalist 19(1):151-159. pdf

LaFleur Jr., G., A. M. Ferrara, Q. C. Fontenot, C. P. Bonvillain, and E. LeBlanc.  2019.  Celebrating heroes of Louisiana’s coastal communities:  the tou-lou-lou salut.  Louisiana Folklore Miscellany 29:96-101.

Kong, L. M., A. R. Ballinger, and C. P. Bonvillain.  2019.  Flood pulse characteristics and physicochemical influences on harvested Procambarus clarkii and Procambarus zonangulus populations in the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana.  Freshwater Crayfish 24(1):23-32.  pdf

Mestre, A., R. K. Butlin, W. E. Kelso, R. Romaire, C. P. Bonvillain, J. S. Monrós, and F. Mesquita-Jones.  2016.  Contrasting patterns of genetic diversity and spatial structure in an invasive symbiont-host association.  Biological Invasions 18(11):3175-3191. link

Bonvillain, C. P., D. A. Rutherford, and W. E. Kelso.  2015.  Effects of environmental hypoxia on population characteristics of red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii in the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana.  Hydrobiologia 743:309-319.  link

Bonvillain, C. P., D. A. Rutherford, W. E. Kelso, and C. E. Murphy.  2013.  Biotic and abiotic influences on population characteristics of Procambarus clarkii in the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana.  Freshwater Crayfish 19(2):125-136.  pdf
 
Bonvillain, C. P., D. A. Rutherford, W. E. Kelso, and C. C. Green.  2013.  Evaluation of hand-held meters for determination of hemolymph lactate and protein concentrations in red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii.  Journal of Crustacean Biology 33(6):894-897.  pdf
 
Bonvillain, C. P., D. A. Rutherford, W. E. Kelso, and C. C. Green.  2012.  Physiological biomarkers of hypoxic stress in red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii from field and laboratory experiments.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 163(1):15-21.  link
 
Bonvillain, C.P., B.T. Halloran, K.M. Boswell, W.E. Kelso, A.R. Harlan, and D.A. Rutherford.  2011.  Acute physicochemical effects in a large river-floodplain system associated with the passage of Hurricane Gustav.  Wetlands 31(5):979-987.  pdf

Bonvillain, C.P., A.M. Ferrara, and Q.C. Fontenot.  2008.  Relative abundance and biomass estimate of a spotted gar population in a seasonally connected large river floodplain lake.  Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 62:177-182.  pdf

Boopathy, R., C. Bonvillain, Q. Fontenot, and M. Kilgen.  2007.  Biological treatment of low-salinity shrimp aquaculture wastewater using sequencing batch reactor.  International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 59:16-19.  pdf

Fontenot, Q., C. Bonvillain, M. Kilgen, and R. Boopathy.  2007.  Effects of temperature, salinity, and carbon:nitrogen ratio on sequencing batch reactor treating shrimp aquaculture wastewater.  Bioresource Technology 98:1700-1703.  pdf