Macroscopic Invertebrates Guidebook of Pontchartrain Estuary Available

An Identification Guide to the Macroscopic Invertebrates of the Lake Pontchartrain Estuary has been published by Louisiana Sea Grant.

 A copy of the guide can be downloaded from www.laseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/Macroscopic-Invertebrates-ADA-copy.pdf. A limited number of printed copies are available from Louisiana Sea Grant offices in Baton Rouge, the Covington LSU AgCenter office and the University of New Orleans (UNO).

The guide was authored by the late Michael Poirrier who spent 34 years at UNO in the Department of Biological Sciences. Louisiana Sea Grant and LSU AgCenter extension agent Carol Franze, who worked with Poirrier, edited his rough draft into the completed guide. Illustrations were done by former students of Poirrier.

The guide was prepared to facilitate the identification of invertebrates from the Lake Pontchartrain estuary. It also should be useful in identifying invertebrate fauna of similar estuaries of the northern Gulf of America.

To obtain a hard copy of the book, visit the Louisiana Sea Grant Building on Louisiana State University’s Baton Rouge campus, or email rkron@lsu.edu. Copies can also be obtained from Franze at the AgCenter’s offices at 1301 N. Florida Street, Covington; or at UNO from Jeanne Guimond at jguimond@uno.edu.