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Figure 5 in It's a Trap! An evaluation of different passive trap types to effectively catch and control the invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in streams of the Santa Monica Mountains
Figure 5. Mean crayfish counts by size (cm) class across twelve trap types with standard error bars.
Figure 2 in It's a Trap! An evaluation of different passive trap types to effectively catch and control the invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in streams of the Santa Monica Mountains
Figure 2. Six standard, base trap types used in this study; a = Steel silver Gee Minnow trap, b = Vinyl coated black Promar Minnow trap, c = Mountain Restoration Trust custom design pyramid trap, d = Collapsible red square mesh Promar 501 trap, e = Colapsible cylindrical black mesh Promar 503 trap, and f = Mountain Restoration Trust custom PVC tube/refuge traps. Specific modifications to these traps to create the 12 types tested are provided in Table 1.
Figure 1 in It's a Trap! An evaluation of different passive trap types to effectively catch and control the invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in streams of the Santa Monica Mountains
Figure 1. Placement of traps compared in study in Las Virgenes Creek within Malibu Creek State Park. Inset shows specific study location within a regional context. Section locations were selected based on their representativeness of habitat types occurring over the entire reach (i.e. amount of riffle, runs and pools being comparable) and presence of suitable habitat for trap placement and visual observance of crayfish, tadpoles and native chub.
Figure 7 in It's a Trap! An evaluation of different passive trap types to effectively catch and control the invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in streams of the Santa Monica Mountains
Figure 7. Mean catches by stream habitat type. Differences in mean catches between stream Pools vs. Runs was evaluated using Wilcoxon rank-sum tests. * P-value <0.05.
Figure 3 in It's a Trap! An evaluation of different passive trap types to effectively catch and control the invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in streams of the Santa Monica Mountains
Figure 3. Mean catch per trap type with standard errors. Letters indicate significantly different mean counts within groups.
Figure 6 in It's a Trap! An evaluation of different passive trap types to effectively catch and control the invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in streams of the Santa Monica Mountains
Figure 6. Mean chub counts by size class across twelve trap types with standard error bars. Size classes include small as ≤ 60mm, medium as 61–89 mm, and large as 89–150mm as described by O'Brien et al. (2011).
Figure 3 in Management of invasive, plague-carrying signal crayfish by physical exclusion barriers
Figure 3. Discharge of the Bottwar stream (blue line) since construction of the barriers (daily means measured in the lower course of the stream, obtained from the "Umweltinformationssystem (UIS) der LUBW Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg"). The horizontal hatched line corresponds to the stream discharge at which the 1st, flow-based barrier (B1) was effective to exclude signal crayfish during the in-situ assessment of barrier efficacy (date highlighted by vertical line). The red ticks beside the time axis indicate days with a stream discharge lower than 0.95 x this threshold, i.e., conditions at which barrier functionality has been presumably compromised by low stream flow. Please note the marked increase in duration and intensity of extreme low-flow conditions since 2018.
Figure 2 in Management of invasive, plague-carrying signal crayfish by physical exclusion barriers
Figure 2. Distribution of native and invasive crayfish species in the study area from 2011 to 2020, as indicated by monitoring data of the Fisheries Research Station (2011–2014) and the intensive crayfish surveys in 2017 and 2020 (this study; Table S2 and Figure S2). The signal crayfish distribution prior to 2013 remains unknown, as indicated by the question mark in the top left panel. Dots represent the exclusion barriers implemented in 2014 (numbered in direction of upstream signal crayfish spread; fill color indicates barrier functionality with pink = flow-based and yellow = waterfall-based). Detail maps in the lower panels show the fine-scale signal crayfish distribution at B1.
Figure 1 in Management of invasive, plague-carrying signal crayfish by physical exclusion barriers
Figure 1. Overview of the study area and the known crayfish distribution in 2014 (A, B), and location and pictures of the three exclusion barriers (modified pipe culverts; panel C; please note the rotated map); fill color indicates barrier functionality with pink = flow-based and yellow = waterfall-based barriers. Blue arrows indicate the direction of stream flow. The red arrow in A denotes the study area.
Linked collectors and determiners for: eDNA‑based detection of the invasive crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus in streams with a LAMP assay using dependent replicates to gain higher sensitivity.
Natural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "eDNA‑based detection of the invasive crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus in streams with a LAMP assay using dependent replicates to gain higher sensitivity". Claims or attributions were made on Bionomia by volunteer Scribes, <a href="https://bionomia.net/dataset/ea16e238-4e23-41fb-9eee-c1ea4f0caa63">https://bionomia.net/dataset/ea16e238-4e23-41fb-9eee-c1ea4f0caa63</a> using specimen data from the dataset aggregated by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, <a href="https://gbif.org/dataset/ea16e238-4e23-41fb-9eee-c1ea4f0caa63">https://gbif.org/dataset/ea16e238-4e23-41fb-9eee-c1ea4f0caa63</a>. Formatted as a Frictionless Data package.
Data from: Limiting burrowing activity and overland dispersal of the invasive alien red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii by sophisticated design of watercourses
<p>Two datasets belonging to the paper "Limiting burrowing activity and overland dispersal of the invasive alien red swamp crayfish <i>Procambarus clarkii</i> by sophisticated design of watercourses" published in Ecological Engineering (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106787), are provided here. </p><p> </p><p>The first dataset "Burrow data from Limiting burrowing activity and overland dispersal P. clarkii.csv" contains data from an inventory of crayfish burrows in three watercourses in the municipality of Horssen (Province of Gelderland), the Netherlands. These data were collected during a lowering of the water level in these watercourses, which takes place annually in the winter period to prevent nuisance from excessively high phreatic groundwater in agricultural areas. The sites were located up to 5 km apart. On each bank, red swamp crayfish burrows with tunnel openings in banks below the shoreline were counted from the opposite bank of the watercourse using binoculars. This field survey was performed in March 2019 when the water level was lowered for the maintenance of the watercourses. The chance of overlooking burrows was very low as the vegetation cover was low in this period. Three sites with 'natural-like' banks (banks rehabilitated to a natural profile during rehabilitation projects, in the dataset referred to as 'natural' banks) were chosen in the area with a lowered water level and presence of red swamp crayfish. At site 1, 2 and 3, a total of 125, 46 and 18 bank transects respectively, each one 10 metres long, were surveyed. Banks were categorized as follows: (a) non-natural (steep, <i>viz</i>. > 40°, and barely vegetated; n = 77), (b) semi-natural (steep with some vegetation; n = 50), and (c) natural (gentle sloping, <i>viz</i>. < 25°, with a diverse, well-developed submerged and emergent vegetation; n = 62). See the paper for schematic cross-sections of three bank types.</p><p>The second dataset "Inclination experiment data from Limiting burrowing activity and overland dispersal P. clarkii.csv" contains data of an inclination experiment to relate frequencies of overland movement of the red swamp crayfish to several inclinations and substrate types. For this purpose, a wooden plate of 120 x 180 cm with a 10 cm thick layer of soil was used as a base on which three lanes of 40 cm wide and 180 cm long were constructed with one substrate type each: a) bare sandy soil, b), species-poor grassland with low (2-5 cm) vegetation and c) tall (40-50 cm) herbaceous-rich grassland. Inclinations applied for this experiment were 0°, 10°, 20° and 30°. Individuals were randomly selected for each treatment and placed in the middle of a lane and oriented perpendicular to the lane. After each trial, the crayfish was placed back in the water container and replaced by another crayfish. There was a minimum period of at least one hour between each trial for each crayfish. Each crayfish was used once for each substrate type and inclination test, and the treatment order was randomised for each animal. A crayfish was placed in the middle of the lane and could freely move around for a period of three minutes. Hereafter, by the change of its position on the lane after 3 minutes it was recorded whether an individual moved up (or left in case of 0°), down (or right in case of 0°), or did not move. In total, 273 trials were conducted. Trial numbers differ between treatments due to mortality of three animals during storage.</p><p> </p><p>Abstract</p><p> </p><p>Invasive alien crayfish species pose major ecological and hydrological risks globally. The red swamp crayfish (<i>Procambarus clarkii</i>) is one of the most widespread crayfish species worldwide. Its impacts arise from burrowing activities and lead to mobilization of soil nutrients, water safety risks by instability of dikes and erosion of banks. Increased sediment load demands additional dredging of drainage ditches and canals to ensure their water discharge capacity. Sustainable methods for limiting burrowing in banks and dispersal behaviour of crayfish were not yet available. Therefore, a field study was performed to determine whether the number of burrows and overland movement of crayfish were related to a particular bank type. Burrows were counted in three watercourses during a water-level decline. The number of burrows was significantly lower in natural banks than in non-natural and semi-natural banks. The construction of natural-like banks along watercourses may significantly reduce sediment load, erosion and the collapse of banks by burrowing activities of crayfish. An inclination experiment mimicking various types of terrestrial dispersal barriers elucidated that steepness, soil type and vegetation structure of small embankments near watercourses were significant factors for manipulating overland movement of crayfish. Crayfish were taken out of the water for this purpose and placed on small experimental embankments varying in slope and types of vegetation. The lowest frequencies of upward movement were recorded at inclinations of 20° and 30° on bare sandy soil and short and species-poor grassland substrates. This implies that crayfish crawling out of the water will return to the watercourse when encountering such a dispersal barrier. Therefore, a sophisticated design of embankments along watercourses can be a tool to reduce colonization risk of nearby located, hydrologically isolated water bodies with high nature values. </p>
Figure 4 in It's a Trap! An evaluation of different passive trap types to effectively catch and control the invasive red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in streams of the Santa Monica Mountains
Figure 4. Mean crayfish catch per trap by sex. Bars indicate standard error.
Data from: Influence of warming on the functional responses of invasive omnivores, Procambarus crayfishes
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Invasive crayfish: drivers or passengers of degradation in freshwater ecosystems?
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Data from: Combining geostatistical and biotic interactions modelling to predict amphibian refuges under crayfish invasion across dendritic stream networks
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Stable resource polymorphism along the benthic littoral-pelagic axis in an invasive crayfish
<p>Although intraspecific variability is now widely recognized as affecting evolutionary and ecological processes, our knowledge on the importance of intraspecific variability within invasive species is still limited. This is despite the fact that quantifying the extent of within-population morphological divergences associated with the use of different trophic or spatial resources (i.e. resource polymorphism) can help to better predict their ecological impacts on recipient ecosystems. Here, we quantified the extent of resource polymorphism within populations of a highly invasive species, Procambarus clarkii, in 16 lake populations by comparing their trophic (estimated using stable isotope analyses) and morphological characteristics between individuals from the littoral and pelagic habitats. Our results first demonstrated that crayfish occur in both littoral and pelagic habitats of 7 lakes and that the use of pelagic habitat was associated with increased abundance of crayfish in the littoral habitat. We then found that individuals from littoral and pelagic habitats displayed significantly different body and chelae morphology and origin of resource use (i.e. reliance on littoral carbon). These results demonstrate the existence of resource polymorphism in invasive populations. There was no genetic differentiation between individuals from the two habitats, implying that this resource polymorphism was stable (i.e. high gene flow between individuals). Finally, we demonstrated that a divergent adaptive process was responsible for the morphological divergence in body and chela shapes btween habitats while difference in origin of the resource use neutrally evolved under genetic drift. These findings demonstrated that invasive P. clarkii can display strong within-population phenotypic variability in recent populations, and this could lead to contrasted ecological impacts between littoral and pelagic individuals.</p>
Data from: Monitoring a Norwegian freshwater crayfish tragedy - eDNA snapshots of invasion, infection and extinction
1.The European Noble crayfish (Astacus astacus) is threatened by crayfish plague caused by the oomycete Aphanomyces astaci, which is spread by the invasive North American crayfish (e.g. signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus). Surveillance of crayfish plague status in Norway has traditionally relied on the monitoring survival of cage‐held noble crayfish, a method of ethical concern. Additionally, trapping is used in crayfish population surveillance. Here we test whether environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring could provide a suitable alternative to the cage‐method, and a supplement to trapping. 2.We took advantage of an emerging crayfish plague outbreak in a Norwegian watercourse following illegal introduction of disease‐carrying signal crayfish, and initiated simultaneous eDNA‐monitoring and cage‐based surveillance, supplemented with trapping. A total of 304 water samples were filtered from several sampling stations over a four year period. eDNA data (species‐specific qPCR) for the presence of A. astaci, noble and signal crayfish within the water samples were compared to cage mortality and trapping. 3.This is the first study comparing eDNA‐monitoring and cage‐surveillance during a natural crayfish plague outbreak. We show that eDNA‐monitoring corresponds well with the biological status measured in terms of crayfish mortality and trapping results. eDNA analysis also reveals the presence of A. astaci in the water up to 2.5 weeks in advance of the cage‐method. eDNA estimates of A. astaci concentration and noble crayfish numbers increased markedly during mortality, and vanished quickly thereafter. eDNA provides a snapshot of the presence, absence or disappearance of crayfish regardless of season, and constitutes a valuable supplement to the trapping‐method that relies on season and legislation. 4.Synthesis and applications. Simultaneous eDNA‐monitoring of Aphanomyces astaci (crayfish plague) and relevant native and invasive freshwater crayfish species is well‐suited for early‐warning of invasion or infection, risk assessments, habitat evaluation and surveillance regarding pathogen and invasive/native crayfish status. This non‐invasive, animal‐welfare friendly method excludes the need for cage‐held susceptible crayfish in disease‐monitoring. Further, eDNA‐monitoring is less likely to spread A. astaci than traditional methods. This study resulted in the implementation of eDNA‐monitoring for Norwegian crayfish plague and crayfish surveillance programmes, and we believe other countries could improve management strategies for freshwater crayfish using a similar approach.
Data from: Genetic diversity and parasite facilitated establishment of the invasive signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) in Great Britain
Successful establishment of non‐native species is strongly influenced, among other factors, by the genetic variation of founding populations, which can be enhanced by multiple introductions through admixture. Coexisting pathogens can also facilitate the establishment of non‐native species by detrimentally impacting on the native fauna acting as novel weapons. The signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) is a highly invasive species, which has caused mass declines of native crayfish in Europe through displacement and transmission of the oomycete Aphanomyces astaci (crayfish plague), which is typically lethal to native European crayfish. However, whether Aphanomyces astaci may have facilitated the invasion of the signal crayfish is not known. We estimated the genetic diversity at microsatellite DNA loci, effective population size, and potential origins of seven infected and noninfected signal crayfish populations in Europe and one founder population in North America. Approximate Bayesian computation analysis and population structuring suggested multiple host introductions from diverse source populations, as well as higher heterozygosity among infected than uninfected populations, which could reflect a fitness advantage. Low effective population size, moderate heterozygosity, and lack of isolation by distance suggest that some invasive signal crayfish populations may not be fully established or that their genetic diversity may have been reduced by eradication attempts.
Data from: Environmental DNA (eDNA) detects the invasive rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) at low abundances
Early detection is invaluable for the cost-effective control and eradication of invasive species, yet many traditional sampling techniques are ineffective at the low population abundances found at the onset of the invasion process. Environmental DNA (eDNA) is a promising and sensitive tool for early detection of some invasive species, but its efficacy has not yet been evaluated for many taxonomic groups and habitat types. We evaluated the ability of eDNA to detect the invasive rusty crayfish Orconectes rusticus, and to reflect patterns of its relative abundance, in upper Midwest, USA inland lakes. We paired conventional baited trapping as a measure of crayfish relative abundance with water samples for eDNA, which were analysed in the laboratory with a qPCR assay. We modelled detection probability for O. rusticus eDNA using relative abundance and site characteristics as covariates, and also tested the relationship between eDNA copy number and O. rusticus relative abundance. We detected O. rusticus eDNA in all lakes where this species was collected by trapping, down to low relative abundances, as well as in two lakes where trap catch was zero. Detection probability of O. rusticus eDNA was well-predicted by relative abundance of this species and lake water clarity. However there was poor correspondence between eDNA copy number and O. rusticus relative abundance estimated by trap catches. Synthesis and applications. Our study demonstrates a field and laboratory protocol for eDNA monitoring of crayfish invasions, with results of statistical models that provide guidance of sampling effort and detection probabilities for researchers in other regions and systems. We propose eDNA be included as a tool in surveillance for invasive or imperilled crayfishes and other benthic arthropods.
Data from: Habitat explains patterns of population decline for an invasive crayfish
Invasive non-indigenous species are defined by their impacts: they substantially change native communities or ecosystems. Accordingly, invasive species might transform their habitats in ways that eventually become unfavorable to them, causing population declines or even extirpations. Here we use over 40 years of systematically collected data on the abundance of the invasive rusty crayfish Faxonius rusticus from 17 lakes in northern Wisconsin, USA to explore if population declines of this invader are related to the prevalence of rocky habitat, which shelters crayfish from predators and is unchanged by crayfish. We predicted that lakes with rock-dominated substrates would be resistant to F. rusticus population declines, whereas lakes lacking rock-dominated substrates would experience F. rusticus declines due to crayfish destruction of shelter-providing macrophytes. We found that in nearly half (47%) of the study lakes, F. rusticus experienced population declines over the study time period, and these lakes had significantly lower proportions of rock substrate than lakes that did not experience population declines. We recommend that more studies should investigate the potential for invasive species-mediated community or ecosystem feedbacks to eventually contribute to their own population declines.
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