Prairie Research Institute

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2023)

BSc. University of St. Andrews, U.K. (2018)

Astacology, ecology, biogeography, conservation biology, applied management

International Association of Astacology

The Crustacean Society

The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections

American Fisheries Society

Association for Fire Ecology

Bloomer, C. C., Miller, C. M., DiStefano, R. J., & Taylor, C. A. (2024). Midwest prairie management practices benefit the non-target prairie crayfish. Fire Ecology, 20(1), 11. 

Bloomer, C. C., Taylor, C. A., & Wagner, B. K. (2022). Resource Use by the Slenderwrist Burrowing Crayfish, Fallicambarus petilicarpus. Freshwater Crayfish, 27(1), 1-8. 

Bloomer, C. C., & Taylor, C. A. (2022). Habitat suitability modelling of primary burrowing crayfishes, with a new state record for Procambarus liberorum Fitzpatrick, 1978 (Decapoda: Astacidea: Cambaridae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 42(1), ruac008. 

Bloomer, C. C., Taylor, C. A., & Distefano, R. J. (2022). Integrating burrowing crayfish and waterfowl conservation management on moist-soil wetlands. Environmental Conservation, 49(2), 130-135. 

Bloomer, C. C., DiStefano, R. J., & Taylor, C. A. (2021). A global review of life history studies on burrowing crayfish. Crustaceana, 94(3), 357-379.