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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/)

Figure 2

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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