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Spiny-cheek crayfish Orconectes limosus (Rafinesque, 1817) on its way to the open coastal waters of the Baltic Sea Cover

Spiny-cheek crayfish Orconectes limosus (Rafinesque, 1817) on its way to the open coastal waters of the Baltic Sea

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies
Volume 46 (2017): Issue 4 (December 2017)
By: Anna Szaniawska,  Aldona Dobrzycka-Krahel and  Joanna Jaszczołt  
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|Dec 2017

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Records of spiny-cheek crayfish in the Polish coastal zone of the Baltic Sea in 2002-2014 based on the literature data and personal communications (for details see text)
Records of spiny-cheek crayfish in the Polish coastal zone of the Baltic Sea in 2002-2014 based on the literature data and personal communications (for details see text)

Figure 2

Food preferences of Orconectes limosus in experimental conditions based on four selected food sources (based on Staszak & Szaniawska 2006)
Food preferences of Orconectes limosus in experimental conditions based on four selected food sources (based on Staszak & Szaniawska 2006)

Figure 3

Osmotic concentrations of Orconectes limosus at different salinities (based on Michalowska et al. 2002)
Osmotic concentrations of Orconectes limosus at different salinities (based on Michalowska et al. 2002)

Figure 4

Carapace length (CL), total body length (TL) and wet weight (w.w.) for five groups of juvenile (one-month old) crayfish from 3 PSU and 7 PSU (based on Jaszczołt & Szaniawska 2011)
Carapace length (CL), total body length (TL) and wet weight (w.w.) for five groups of juvenile (one-month old) crayfish from 3 PSU and 7 PSU (based on Jaszczołt & Szaniawska 2011)

Figure 5

Frequencies of increase in carapace length of juvenile crayfish at salinities of 3 PSU and 7 PSU in the different length classes (based on Jaszczołt & Szaniawska 2011)
Frequencies of increase in carapace length of juvenile crayfish at salinities of 3 PSU and 7 PSU in the different length classes (based on Jaszczołt & Szaniawska 2011)

Maximum total lengths of spiny-cheek crayfish in Polish and other waters

LocalityMaximum length (mm)Author
Vistula Lagoon (Poland)118.0Author’s own study
Lakes in Pomerania (Poland)109.5Śmietana 2013
Lakes in Western Pomerania (Poland)100.2Śmietana 2008
Lakes in Warmia (Poland)110.0Kossakowski 1966
Lake Pobłędzie (northern Poland)107.0Krzywosz et al. 2006
Poland121Chybowski 2000
lentic waters (Czech Republic)116.5Ďuriš et al. 2006
Central lakes (Germany)107.0Lieder 1959, after Śmietana 2013
North-eastern lakes (Germany)110.0Pieplow 1938
Delaware River (USA)110.0Holdich & Black 2007
Lakes in New England (USA)109.0Momot 1984
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2017-0044 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X
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Language: English
Page range: 451 - 463
Submitted on: Mar 23, 2017
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Accepted on: May 29, 2017
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Published on: Dec 12, 2017
Published by: University of Gdańsk
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Orconectes limosus,
distribution,
food preferences,
osmoregulation,
reproduction
Related subjects:
Chemistry,
Chemistry, other,
Geosciences,
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Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

© 2017 Anna Szaniawska, Aldona Dobrzycka-Krahel, Joanna Jaszczołt, published by University of Gdańsk
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