Freshwater Biology, Volume 70, Issue 2, February 2025.ABSTRACT Allochthonous organic matter is an essential resource of aquatic food webs, and freshwater amphipods, particularly species of the genus Gammarus, play a significant role in leaf litter decomposition. However, this important ecological function may be affected by the invasion of alien amphipods such as Dikerogammarus villosus, which has been ...
Tomislav Kralj +5 more
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Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2006 The tendency of population decline of the indigenous crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes, in Navarra was reduced by the implementation of a plan of restoration in 1996. Recently, a new drop in population numbers has been noticed.
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To signal or not to signal? Chemical communication by urine-borne signals mirrors sexual conflict in crayfish [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Sexual selection theory predicts that females, being the limiting sex, invest less in courtship signals than males. However, when chemical signals are involved it is often the female that initiates mating by producing stimuli that inform ...
Berry, Fiona C., Breithaupt, Thomas
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Experimental approach for studying structural changes in axonal membrane upon nerve excitation [PDF]
, 2011 The Hodgkin and Huxley (HH) model of action potential has become a central paradigm of neuroscience. Despite its ability to predict action potentials with remarkable accuracy, it fails to explain several biophysical findings related to the initiation and
Ahokas, Lauri Juhani
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Baseline Distribution of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern [PDF]
, 2016 A current EU geographical distribution of spatial information for the 37 Invasive Alien Species (IAS) of Union concern (IAS Regulation 1143/2014) is set, based on the best available knowledge, resulting from an assessment of data aggregated through the ...
ADDAMO ANNA +6 more
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BIOCIDE TREATMENT OF PONDS IN SCOTLAND TO ERADICATE SIGNAL CRAYFISH
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2006 This trial aimed to eradicate illegally introduced signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus in the North Esk catchment, Scotland. Sites treated were (1) an isolated gravel-pit (c. 9,000 m3), with crayfish present for 6 years; (2) three dammed ponds, (c.
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Responses of signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus to single short-term pulse exposure of pesticides at environmentally relevant concentrations. [PDF]
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2023 Malinovska V +4 more
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Movement and interaction of two exotic crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus and Procambarus clarkii) using PIT telemetry in experimental conditions [PDF]
, 2009 The coexistence of two exotic crayfish species (Procambarus clarkii and Pacifastacus leniusculus) was observed in a stretch of Rio Maçãs (Douro basin, Northeast of Portugal). The red swamp crayfish, P.
Bernardo, J.M. +3 more
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Lectins and cytokines in celomatic invertebrates: two tales with the same end
Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2009 The paper presents the principle data regarding the presence and the roles of lectins and cytokines in invertebrates. The former have been described in the main invertebrate taxa, such molluscs, annelids, arthropods, echinoderms and tunicates, while ...
D Malagoli, S Sacchi, E Ottaviani
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Effect of Escherichia coli endotoxin on Archachatina marginata haemolymph coagulation system [PDF]
, 2010 The effect of _E. coli_ endotoxin on the heamolymph coagulation response of _Archachatina marginata_ was studied. Heamocyte Lysate(HL), Haemocyte Lysate Supernatant(HLS) and Haemocyte Lysate Debris (HLD) were exposed to _Escherichia coli_ endotoxin ...
Adenike Oladiji +4 more
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