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Everglades Study

Critter Types

CRITTER Common NameScientific Name
AB AbedusAbedus
AMEE American EelAnguilla rostrata
AR ArumArum
AZ FernAzolla
BA Beady Algae 
BETI Blue TilapiaTilapia aurea
BLCR Black CrappiePomoxis nigromaculatus
BLKI Bluefin KillifishLucania goodei
BLUE BluegillLepomis macrochirus
BOW BowfinAmiidae calva
BRBU Brown BullheadAmeiurus nebulosus
BS Large BoatmanBellastomatia
BT Beetle 
CA Caterpillar 
CAL Calanoids 
CD Copepods 
CH Chironomid 
CHL Chironomid LargeChironomus crassicaudarus
CHS Chironomid SmallChironomus crassicaudarus
CI Cichlid 
CL Cladocerans 
CM Clam Muscle 
Cmusc Crayfish MuscleProcambarus alleni
CO Coon Tail 
CP Cyclopoids 
CPIK Chain PickerelEsox niger
CR CharaChara
CS Chub SuckerErimyzon
CT CattailTypha domingensis
CX Water BoatmanCorixidae
D Detritus 
DIC Dissolved Inorganic Carbon 
DM Damselfly Naiad 
DOSU Dollar SunfishLepomis marginatus
DP Duck PotatoSagittaria latifolia
DR Dragonfly NaiadLibellulid
DRA Dragonfly Adult 
DW Duckweed 
DY DytiseidaeDytiseidae
EE Eel Grass 
EL SpikerushEleocharis
EPI Algal Epiphyton 
F Particulate (filter) 
FE Fern 
FGAR Florida GarLepisosteus platyrhincus
FLAG FlagfishJordanella floridae
FLC Floc 
FM Filamentous Mat 
FR Polywog (Tadpole) 
G MosquitofishGambusia holbrooki
GAM GammarusGammarus
GAR GarLepisosteus spp.
GATOR Alligator 
GD Green Dipteran 
GF Gator Flea 
GOSH Golden ShinerNotemigonus crysoleucas
GOTO Golden TopminnowFundulus chrysotus
GP Green Periphyton 
GY WhirligigGyrinid
H ScudsHyalella azteca
HA HydrillaHydrilla
HC Hyacinth 
HP HemipteraHemiptera
HY HyssopsBacopa
J Jade Plant 
LACH Lake ChubsuckerErimvzon sucetta
LCH Leech 
LEKI Least KillifishHeterandria formosa
LI Lily PadNymphaea
LMB Largemouth BassMicropterus salmoides
M Mites 
MF May flyCaenis
NA PondweedNajas
NIT NitellaNitella
OLI WormOligocheate
OM Orange Mites 
OSCA OscarAstronotus ocellatus
OST Ostracods 
P Periphyton 
PG PodomogetanPodomogetan
PH PhragmitesPhragmites
PI Water LettucePistia
PLC PlecostomusPlecostomus
PO PickeralweedPontederia agapanthus
PSU Pygmy SunfishClassoma
PY PennywortHydrocotyle bonariensis
R Rinse 
RED Redeared SunfishLepomis microlophus
RPIK Redfin PickerelEsox americanus
SAL Salamander 
SAMO Sailfin MollyPoecilia latipinna
SC Scirpus 
SCP Water Scorpian 
SE Snail Eggs 
SEED Seed 
SEKI Seminole KillifishFundulus seminolis
SG Saw GrassCladium jamaicense
SHmusc Shrimp MusclePalaeomenetes paludosus
SL Spider LilyHymenocallis
SN Snail 
SNAK Snake 
SP Spider 
SPON Sponge 
SPSU Spotted SunfishLepomis punctatus
STL Spotted Tilapia 
SWDA Swamp DarterEtheostoma fusiforme
TL TilapiaTilapia
TR Caddis FlyTrichoptera
UT BladderwortUtricularia
V ValisneriaValisneria
WACA Walking CatfishClarias batrachus
WAR WarmouthLepomis gulosus
WD Wood 
WK Walking Stick 
WS Water Strider 
YEBU Yellow BullheadAmeiurus natalis
ZOO Zooplankton 
Updates
Everglades studies
2003 Fingernail analysis
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This page was last changed in August 2003.
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