The aquarium pet trade as a source of potentially invasive crayfish species in Serbia

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41210/23:96206

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01347-0" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01347-0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01347-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11756-023-01347-0</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The aquarium pet trade as a source of potentially invasive crayfish species in Serbia

Original language description

The aquarium pet trade is a source of potentially invasive crayfish species, which can be subsequently intentionally or unintentionally introduced into new environments. This can lead to biological invasions that represent a threat to native biodiversity and, in particular, freshwater ecosystem functioning. In global terms, Europe is the most affected region, and invasive crayfish species are increasing in number, establishing their populations and expanding their ranges. Despite being similarly affected, the situation in Serbia (SE Europe) has remained overlooked in this regard. A survey of the aquarium pet trade in this country revealed six different crayfish species traded as ornamentals. Marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalisLyko, 2017, a well-known invader, was traded in more than half of the studied towns and cities in Serbia and is commonly available both in pet shops and through e-commerce (online selling). Other potentially invasive crayfish include the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) and the Florida crayfish Procambarus alleni (Faxon, 1884), both of which are already established in some European inland waters. The presence of invasive species in the aquarium pet trade in Serbia could theoretically lead to their occurrence in the wild. Given that, in terms of cost and feasibility, the best defence against biological invasions is prevention. A rapid response to the findings discussed here could be the key to prevent future invasions of Serbian freshwater ecosystems by non-native crayfish species.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40202 - Pets

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biologia

ISSN

0006-3088

e-ISSN

1336-9563

Volume of the periodical

78

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

2147-2155

UT code for WoS article

000936696800002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85148078145