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The role of abiotic and biotic factors in interspecific competition of Polish crayfish – comprehensive literature review Cover

The role of abiotic and biotic factors in interspecific competition of Polish crayfish – comprehensive literature review

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|Nov 2020

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Figure 1

First observation (black dots) and distribution (red dots) of invasive crayfish in Poland in January 2020; A – P. leniusculus (signal crayfish), B– F. limosus (spiny-cheek crayfish), C– P. clarkii (red swamp crayfish), D– P. virginalis (marbled crayfish) (http://geoserwis.gdos.gov.pl/)
First observation (black dots) and distribution (red dots) of invasive crayfish in Poland in January 2020; A – P. leniusculus (signal crayfish), B– F. limosus (spiny-cheek crayfish), C– P. clarkii (red swamp crayfish), D– P. virginalis (marbled crayfish) (http://geoserwis.gdos.gov.pl/)

Figure 2

Symptoms of the plague on dead noble crayfish (after Jiří Svoboda)
Symptoms of the plague on dead noble crayfish (after Jiří Svoboda)

Optimum water temperature and tolerance range of crayfish

SpeciesTemperature (°C)
OptimumRangeReferences
A. astacus20.01.0–28.0Strużyński 2007; Reynolds & Souty-Grosset 2011
P. leptodactylus17.0–21.04–32.0Karimpour et al. 2011; Reynolds & Souty-Grosset 2011; Kozák et al. 2015 after Svobodová et al. 1987
P. leniusculus13.0–23.01.0–33.0Holdich 2002; Reynolds & Souty-Grosset 2011
F. limosusc. 20.0from 10.0Pieplow 1938; Dubé & Portelance 1992; Kozák et al. 2015
P. clarkii21.0–29.0to 34.0–35.0Arrignion et al. 1990; Holdich 2002; Reynolds & Souty-Grosset 2011
P. virginalis18.0–25.0*Seitz et al. 2005; Pârvulescu et al. 2017

Optimum pH and tolerance range of crayfish

SpeciespH
OptimumRangeReferences
A. astacus7.8–8.04–11Pârvulescu et al. 2011; Kozák et al. 2015 after Svobodová et al. 1987
P. leptodactylus7–96.8–7.8Mazlum et al. 2010; Kozák et al. 2015 after Svobodová et al. 1987
P. leniusculus7.8–8.07.2–9.1Hesni et al. 2008; Dobrzycka-Krahel et al. 2017
F. limosus*6.7–9.1Kozák et al. 2005; Ďuriš et al. 2006
P. clarkii*6.5–8.6Smart et al. 2002; Scalici et al. 2009
P. virginalis7.5–8.0*Velisek et al. 2014

Body parameters and life expectancy of crayfish

SpeciesTotal length (mm)Maximum mass (g)Maximum age (years)References
A. astacus200–250> 20025Collins et al. 1983; Strużyński 2007
A. leptodactylus150–20015020–25Trouilhé 2006; Strużyński 2007
P. lenisculus200> 20020Mastyński & Andrzejewski 2005; Strużyński 2007
F. limosus122 (female); 111 (male)*5Kulmatycki 1936; Pieplow 1938
P. clarkii150> 200*Paglianti & Gherardi 2004; Loureiro et al. 2015
P. virginalis103> 30.1*Vogt et al. 2015

Optimum water oxygen content and tolerance range of crayfish

SpeciesOxygen content (mg l−1)
OptimumRangeReferences
A. astacus8.0–9.0from 3.2Mastyński & Andrzejewski 2005; Reynolds & Souty-Grosset 2011
P. leptodactylus8.0–9.0from 2.0Mastyński & Andrzejewski 2005; Kozák et al. 2015 after Sládeček 1988
F. limosus*from 4.7Babović et al. 2011
P. clarkii*from 3.0Souty-Grosset et al. 2006
P. virginalis*from 2.9Lőkkös et al. 2016

Maximum water salinity tolerance in adult individuals

SpeciesWater salinity (PSU)
RangeReferences
A. astacusto 14.0Rasmussen & Bjerregaard 1995
P. leptodactylusto 20.8Susanto & Charmantier 1999; Kozák et al. 2009
P. leniusculusto 21.0Rutledge & Pritchard 1981; Holdich et al. 1997
F. limosusto 7.0Jaszczołt & Szaniawska 2011
P. clarkiito 35.0Bissattini et al. 2015; Dörr 2020
P. virginalisto 0.0Veselý et al. 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2020-0038 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X
Language: English
Page range: 428 - 441
Submitted on: Mar 5, 2020
Accepted on: May 15, 2020
Published on: Nov 26, 2020
Published by: University of Gdańsk
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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