http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/crops_livestock/aquaculture/crawfish/forages+forage+management/index.htm The LSU AgCenter exists to develop and deliver practical, useful, life-enhancing information to the citizens of Louisiana. LSU AgCenter CMS Stager Copyright2009, LSU AgCenter 180 webmaster@agcenter.lsu.edu (Linda Benedict) web@agcenter.lsu.edu (Sam Razi) en-us Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.lsuagcenter.com/images/agcenter-logo.gif http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/crops_livestock/aquaculture/crawfish/forages+forage+management/index.htm http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/crops_livestock/aquaculture/crawfish/Forages+Forage+Management/Crawfish+Production+Production+Systems+and+Forages.htm Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:29:12 GMT Crawfish aquaculture relies on control of pond hydrology to simulate optimal wet and dry conditions occurring in natural riverine and wet-land habitats. Crawfish grow and mature during the wet or flooded cycle and survive the dry periods by digging burrows. http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/crops_livestock/aquaculture/crawfish/Forages+Forage+Management/Crawfish+Production+Production+Systems+and+Forages.htm RMcClain@agcenter.lsu.edu (W. Ray McClain) http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/C014974F-67D7-4492-8BDB-28DAE4079146/19089/crawfish_prod_systems_forages1.jpg http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/crops_livestock/aquaculture/crawfish/Forages+Forage+Management/Forages+and+Forage+Management.htm Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:53:58 GMT Pond inundation, or flooding, begins the chain of events that establish the environment from which crawfish obtain most of their nutrients. Put simply, the forage crop serves as the fuel for a food web, with crawfish at the top of the food web. This document is Chapter 5 in the Louisiana Crawfish Production Manual. http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/crops_livestock/aquaculture/crawfish/Forages+Forage+Management/Forages+and+Forage+Management.htm GLutz@agcenter.lsu.edu (C. Greg Lutz) http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/F24B500D-0992-4F26-8C42-45F765C82F75/41525/chapter6.jpg