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Dataset for sequencing and de novo assembly of the European endangered white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) abdominal muscle transcriptome [PDF]

Data in Brief, 2020
The white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) is an endangered species in Europe with limited genomic information. Despite its conservation status there is no transcriptomic data available for A. pallipes in public databases.
Frederic Grandjean, Han Ming Gan, Bouziane Moumen, Isabelle Giraud, Skander Hatira, Richard Cordaux, Christopher M. Austin   +6 more
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Better Alone Than in Bad Company: Trophic Ecology of Co‐Occurring Invasive and Native Crayfish [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
The North American signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus, is one of the most successful invasive crayfish species in Europe. Its broad trophic niche and ability to exploit various food sources across different trophic levels, coupled with the spread ...
Daniela Ghia, Gianluca Fea, Annagiulia Murtas, Martina Ventimiglia, Tiziano Bo, Andrea Basso, Tobia Pretto, Roberto Sacchi, Fabio Ercoli   +8 more
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Endangered White‐Clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) eDNA Detection Suggests Agriculture May Exert Significant Pressure on the Species

Environmental DNA
The white‐clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) is IUCN Red‐Listed as globally endangered being in unfavorable (bad) status in both the UK and Ireland.
Neil Reid, Chris Troth, Lauryn Jewkes, Kendrew Colhoun, Lisa Maddox   +4 more
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Welfare considerations during a conservation translocation of white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes): Proof of concept [PDF]

Animal Welfare
Translocations are a conservation method used to establish or supplement self-sustaining populations. However, research regarding the welfare implications of this strategy is limited, particularly in recipient wild populations.
Imogen Crowe, Oliver Heley, Alice Dancer, Ricardo Lemos de Figueiredo, Nicola Cooke, Jen Nightingale, Sarah Richdon   +6 more
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Not Only Environmental Conditions but Also Human Awareness Matters: A Successful Post-Crayfish Plague Reintroduction of the White-Clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) in Northern Italy

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
In Europe, invasive freshwater crayfish are not only changing freshwater ecosystems, but they are also leading to local extinctions of native freshwater crayfish.
Raoul Manenti, Raoul Manenti, Benedetta Barzaghi, Alessandro Nessi, Sara Cioccarelli, Mauro Villa, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Gentile Francesco Ficetola   +7 more
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Investigation of the first recent crayfish plague outbreak in Ireland and its subsequent spread in the Bruskey River and surrounding areas

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2022
White-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) is a keystone species found in western European freshwater bodies, where it has suffered drastic declines due to pathogens, competition with non-indigenous crayfish species (NICS) and habitat ...
Mirimin Luca, Brady Daniel, Gammell Martin, Lally Heather, Minto Cóilín, Graham Conor T., Slattery Orla, Cheslett Deborah, Morrissey Teresa, Reynolds Julian, White Samantha, Nelson Brian   +11 more
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Narrow-clawed crayfish in Finland: Aphanomyces astaci resistance and genetic relationship to other selected European and Asian populations

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2020
The narrow-clawed crayfish (Pontastacus leptodactylus) is an alien species in Finland with only a few populations reported from the southeastern region during the last century.
Jussila Japo, Maguire Ivana, Kokko Harri, Tiitinen Vesa, Makkonen Jenny   +4 more
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How Raccoons Could Lead to the Disappearance of Native Crayfish in Central Italy

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
The white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes complex populations are decreasing in the Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona and Campigna National Park (Central Italy), due to several factors, including illegal poaching, predatory fishes, drought ...
Elena Tricarico, Paola Ciampelli, Laura De Cicco, Sandro Aurelio Marsella, Lorenzo Petralia, Barbara Rossi, Antonio Zoccola, Giuseppe Mazza   +7 more
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Data on optimisation of a multiplex HRM-qPCR assay for native and invasive crayfish as well as the crayfish plague in four river catchments

Data in Brief, 2018
The data presented here corresponds to the research paper “Simultaneous detection of invasive signal crayfish, endangered white-clawed crayfish and the crayfish plague using environmental DNA”.
Chloe Victoria Robinson, Tamsyn M. Uren Webster, Sofia Consuegra   +2 more
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Update on the distribution of freshwater crayfish in Croatia

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2011
Four indigenous European and two non-indigenous American freshwater crayfish species inhabit Croatian freshwater habitats. Generally, the noble crayfish (Astacus astacus), the narrow-clawed crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus) and the stone crayfish ...
Maguire I., Jelić M., Klobučar G.
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