DOCSLIB.ORG

LIFE+ Nature & Biodiversity Projects 2012

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
LIFE+ Nature & Biodiversity Projects 2012 Nature & Biodiversity LIFE PROJECTS 2012 LIFE Nature Environment Introduction to LIFE+ Nature & Biodiversity 2012 LIFE+ Nature & Biodiversity 2012: Commission funds 92 nature conservation and biodiversity projects in 24 countries with €139.3 million The European Commission has approved funding for 92 new nature conservation and biodiversity projects in 24 countries under the LIFE+ Nature & Biodiversity programme 2012. These projects will tackle a wide range of problems affecting species, habitats and biodiversity in Europe. The projects are led by ‘beneficiaries’, or project promoters, based in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden and the UK. They represent a total investment of €247.4 million, of which the EU will provide some €139.3 million. LIFE Nature & Biodiversity in 2012 project proposals per year. LIFE+ Nature & Biodiversi- ty is one of three thematic components under the LIFE LIFE+ Nature & Biodiversity projects aim to improve programme. The other two components, LIFE+ Envi- the conservation status of endangered species and ronment Policy & Bio¬diversity and LIFE+ Information habitats. Of the 258 proposals received under the & Communication, focus respectively on supporting 2012 call for proposals, the Commission selected 92 pilot projects that contribute to the development of projects for funding. These projects will be carried innovative policy ideas, technologies, methods and out by partnerships of conservation bodies, govern- instruments; and on disseminating information and ment authorities and other parties located across 24 raising the profile of environmental issues, or provid- Member States. In total, they represent an investment ing training and awareness-raising for the prevention of €247.4 million, of which the EU will provide some of forest fires. €139.3 million. The majority (82) are Nature projects, contributing to the implementation of the Birds Directive and/or the Habitats Directive and the Natura 2000 network. The other 10 are Biodiversity projects, a LIFE+ project cat- egory for pilot initiatives that tackle wider biodiversity issues. The total amount invested in Biodiversity pro- jects will be €24.2 million. Background LIFE is the EU’s financial instrument to support envi- ronment and nature conservation projects throughout More information on each LIFE+ project is available at: the EU, and in certain non-EU countries. Since 1992, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/ index.cfm LIFE has co-financed some 3 900 projects, contrib- uting approximately €3.1 billion to the protection of Contact details for the relevant national authorities the environment. LIFE+ is the European financial in- can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/ strument for the environment with a total budget of contact/national-contact/index.htm €2 143 billion for the period 2007-2013. During this period, the Commission is launching one call for LIFE+ Index of Nature & Biodiversity projects selected in 2012 Location Project number Title of project AUSTRIA LIFE12 BIO/AT/000143 Reason for Hope - Reintroduction of Northern Bald Ibis in LIFE Northern Bald Ibis Europe LIFE12 NAT/AT/000321 Natural wood lands, bogs and habitat network around LIFE Ausseerland Aussee BELGIUM LIFE12 NAT/BE/000166 Restoration of natural habitats for critically endangered Life - OZON species by defragmentation of the Sonian Forest LIFE12 NAT/BE/000252 Grassland restoration in the East Coast polders LIFE Oostkustpolders LIFE12 NAT/BE/000438 Grote NeteWoud: wilderness on a human scale LIFE Grote NeteWoud LIFE12 NAT/BE/000596 Habitat Restoration of alluvial forests and creeks within LIFE+SCALLUVIA the flood controlled Scheldt estuary site Kruibeke-Bazel- Rupelmonde LIFE12 NAT/BE/000631 FLemish And North-French Dunes REstoration Life FLANDRE LIFE12 NAT/BE/001098 To get heath restored Life Together BULGARIA LIFE12 NAT/BG/000572 Enhance conservation of globally threatened imperial LIFE for safe grid eagle in Bulgaria by reducing mortality caused by power lines LIFE12 NAT/BG/001011 Conservation and restoration of rheophilic fish species LIFE FREE FISH and their migratory routes in key SCIs in Bulgaria LIFE12 NAT/BG/001218 Preserve Key Forest Habitats of the lesser spotted eagle LIFE for Eagle’s Forest (Aquila pomarina) in Bulgaria CYPRUS LIFE12 NAT/CY/000758 Improving the conservation status of the priority habitat LIFE-RIZOELIA types *1520 and *5220 in Rizoelia National Forest Park CZECH REPUBLIC LIFE12 ENV/CZ/000629 Preservation of species-rich Nardus grasslands in pSCI LIFE Beskydy Beskydy DENMARK LIFE12 NAT/DK/000183 Raised Bog Restoration in Eastern Denmark LIFE: Eastern Bogs LIFE12 NAT/DK/000803 Restoration of Wet Habitats in the Jerup Beach Ridge Plain LIFE WETHAB LIFE12 NAT/DK/001073 Restoration of Danish Coastal Habitats REDCOHA-LIFE ESTONIA LIFE12 NAT/EE/000860 Conservation and restoration of petrifying spring habitats LIFE Springday (code *7220) in Estonia LIFE12 NAT/EE/000871 Restoring the integrity of fresh water habitats in Alam- LIFE HAPPYRIVER Pedja Natura 2000 area – bringing the River Laeva back to life FINLAND LIFE12 NAT/FI/000367 Safeguarding the Saimaa ringed seal LIFE Saimaa seal Location Project number Title of project FRANCE LIFE12 NAT/FR/000107 Integrated habitat management for birds of Community LIFE des Alpilles interest in the Alpilles area LIFE12 NAT/FR/000538 Networking nesting habitats along the French Mediter- LIFE+ ENVOLL ranean coastline for conservation of colonial Charadrii- formes LIFE12 BIO/FR/000979 Alsace Life hamSTER: Demonstration project to preserve LIFE FRENCH BIODIVERSITY European biodiversity in Alsace ALISTER GERMANY LIFE12 NAT/DE/000091 Heathland alliance: Biodiversity and habitat network in LIFE Heide-Allianz Nördlinger Ries and in the Wörnitz Valley LIFE12 NAT/DE/000093 Bogs, flowing waters and nardus grasslands in the Bavar- LIFE+Nationalpark BayWald ian Forest National Park LIFE12 NAT/DE/000133 Rhine bend in Orsoy in the bird sanctuary “Lower Rhine Life Orsoyer Rheinbogen Area” LIFE12 NAT/DE/000136 Conservation and restoration of raised bogs in southern LIFE-Projekt Egge Moore Egge mountains LIFE12 NAT/DE/000144 LIFE sand grasslands in the area Dahme-Seengebiet LIFE Sandrasen GREECE LIFE12 NAT/GR/000275 Sustainable management and financing of wetland biodi- LIFE-Stymfalia versity – The case of Lake Stymfalia LIFE12 NAT/GR/000539 Restoration and Conservation of Priority Habitat Type LIFE JunEx *9562 Grecian Juniper Woods in Prespa National Park LIFE12 BIO/GR/000554 Good practices to minimize impacts of wind farms on bio- LIFE WINDFARMS & diversity in Greece WILDLIFE LIFE12 NAT/GR/000688 CYCLADES: “Integrated monk seal conservation in North- CYCLADES Life ern Cyclades” LIFE12 NAT/GR/000784 Conservation actions for improving conditions of human- LIFE ARCPIN bear coexistence in Northern Pindos HUNGARY LIFE12 NAT/HU/000593 Restoration and conservation of Alluvial forests with Alnus KASZO-LIFE glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior in Kaszo LIFE12 NAT/HU/001028 Conservation of dry grasslands in Central Hungary HUGRASSLANDSLIFE LIFE12 NAT/HU/001188 Restoration of Pannonic sodic wetlands in the Kiskunság LIFE sodic wetlands IRELAND LIFE12 NAT/IE/000995 The sustainable management of the priority Habitats Di- LIFE Aran rective Annex 1 habitats of the Aran Islands ITALY LIFE12 BIO/IT/000213 Control and eradication of the invasive exotic plant spe- LIFE Alta Murgia cies Ailanthus altissima in the Alta Murgia National Park LIFE12 BIO/IT/000231 Development of an innovative and user-friendly indicator AQUALIFE system for biodiversity in groundwater dependent ecosys- tems LIFE12 NAT/IT/000370 SPIN Strategy for the Implementation of Natura 2000 in SPIN4LIFE Sicilia LIFE12 NAT/IT/000395 Ligurian Invasive Fauna Eradication pro indigenous Emys LIFEEMYS orbicularis restocking Location Project number Title of project ITALY LIFE12 NAT/IT/000416 Protection of the largest population of Puffinus yelkouan LIFE Puffinus Tavolara on Earth and containment and eradication of invasive al- ien species LIFE12 BIO/IT/000556 Techniques to reduce the impact of ghost fishing gear and LIFE Ghost to improve biodiversity in North Adriatic coastal areas LIFE12 NAT/IT/000807 Wolf in the alps: implementation of coordinated wolf con- LIFE WOLFALPS servation actions in core areas and beyond LIFE12 NAT/IT/000818 Semi-natural dry-grassland conservation and restoration LIFE Xero-grazing in Valle Susa through grazing LIFE12 NAT/IT/000937 Reduction of sea turtle mortality in commercial fisheries TARTALIFE LIFE12 NAT/IT/000940 Trout population RecOvery in central ITAly LIFE+TROTA LIFE12 NAT/IT/001052 Conservation of the last Italian peninsula population of LIFE+ Tetrax Tetrax tetrax LIFE12 NAT/IT/001122 An integrated approach to the conservation of intertidal LIFE VIMINE salt marshes in the Venice lagoon LIFE12 NAT/IT/001185 Land-And-Sea Actions for Conservation of Caretta Caret- LIFE Caretta Calabria ta in its most important Italian Nesting Ground (Ionian Calabria) LATVIA LIFE12 NAT/LV/000118 Restoration of Bittern habitats in two coastal lakes in Lat- LIFE COASTLAKE via LIFE12 NAT/LV/000509 Improving of the conservation status of specially protect- LIFE Birds in Adazi ed bird species in Natura 2000 site “Adazi” LIFE12 BIO/LV/001130 Alternative use of biomass for maintenance of grassland LIFE GRASSSERVICE biodiversity and ecosystem services LITHUANIA
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Classical and Molecular Cytogenetic Characterization of Allochthonous European Bitterling Rhodeus Amarus (Cyprinidae, Acheilognathinae) from Northern Italy
    Genes Genet. Syst. (2008) 83, p. 417–422 Classical and molecular cytogenetic characterization of allochthonous European bitterling Rhodeus amarus (Cyprinidae, Acheilognathinae) from Northern Italy Angelo Libertini1, Luciana Sola2*, Massimiliano Rampin1, Anna Rita Rossi2, Koji Iijima3 and Takayoshi Ueda3 1Institute of Marine Sciences, National Council for Research, Castello 1364/a, Venice 30122, Italy 2Department of Animal and Human Biology, “La Sapienza” Rome University, Via A. Borelli 50, Rome 00161, Italy 3Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Utsunomiya University, 350 Mine, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan (Received 23 July 2008, accepted 10 September 2008) A cytogenetical study was carried out on 34 specimens of the European bitter- ling Rhodeus amarus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Acheilognathinae) from four rivers of the Venice district (NE Italy). This allochthonous fish species was accidentally introduced in the North-East of Italy about 20 years ago and is now rapidly spreading all over the rivers of the Northern part of the country. All the studied specimens are characterised by the same karyotype (2n = 48: 8M + 20SM + 20ST), i.e., the typical one of the native populations of the species. However, a polymor- phism in the number of NOR bearing chromosomes has been found. In fact, in addition to the main species-specific NORs, on the short arms of chromosome pair 7, two to five additional 18S rDNA sites have been revealed by FISH in different specimens. Sequential staining with silver nitrate, chromomycin A3 and DAPI revealed that most of the additional sites are inactive and CMA3-positive. Data herein reported confirm that in spite of an overall morphological karyo- logical conservativeness, significant differences for the finer cytogenetic features can be found within the Acheilognathinae with the 2n = 48 and NF = 76 karyotype.
    [Show full text]
  • Crayfish As Trophic Agents: Effect of Austropotamobius Torrentium On
    Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems (2011) 401, 22 http://www.kmae-journal.org c ONEMA, 2011 DOI: 10.1051/kmae/2011039 Crayfish as trophic agents: Effect of Austropotamobius torrentium on zoobenthos structure and function in small forest streams M. Weinländer(1),L.Füreder(1) Received November 12, 2010 Revised February 4, 2011 Accepted April 22, 2011 ABSTRACT Key-words: Crayfish are among the largest and most threatened invertebrates in fresh- indigenous water habitats. Due to their size, behaviour and feeding activity they may invertebrate, affect structure and function of aquatic ecosystems and their organisms. ecosystem Despite their importance in many freshwaters and available information on engineer, their ecology for several species little is known about the European cray- headwaters, fish Austropotamobius torrentium. In order to evaluate the potential effects aquatic of indigenous crayfish presence on the structural and functional compo- insects, sition of the zoobenthic community, we measured population size and functional densities of three A. torrentium populations and compared macroinver- feeding guilds tebrate assemblages and physicochemical parameters in three streams with and three without crayfish. The experimental setup considered cray- fish effects at a large scale in defined reaches of pristine headwaters in as- sociation with the whole benthic fauna under natural conditions. Presence of A. torrentium significantly affected zoobenthic abundance, diversity and the relative proportions of functional feeding groups. In crayfish streams, especially Trichoptera and collector gatherers were more abundant and di- verse, while sites without crayfish had significantly higher abundances and diversities of shredders and wood feeders. Our study provided strong ev- idence that the presence of the indigenous crayfish A.
    [Show full text]
  • Summary Report of Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5
    Summary Report of Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 Summary Report of Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 Prepared by: Amy J. Benson, Colette C. Jacono, Pam L. Fuller, Elizabeth R. McKercher, U.S. Geological Survey 7920 NW 71st Street Gainesville, Florida 32653 and Myriah M. Richerson Johnson Controls World Services, Inc. 7315 North Atlantic Avenue Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 Prepared for: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 4401 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203 29 February 2004 Table of Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………... ...1 Aquatic Macrophytes ………………………………………………………………….. ... 2 Submersed Plants ………...………………………………………………........... 7 Emergent Plants ………………………………………………………….......... 13 Floating Plants ………………………………………………………………..... 24 Fishes ...…………….…………………………………………………………………..... 29 Invertebrates…………………………………………………………………………...... 56 Mollusks …………………………………………………………………………. 57 Bivalves …………….………………………………………………........ 57 Gastropods ……………………………………………………………... 63 Nudibranchs ………………………………………………………......... 68 Crustaceans …………………………………………………………………..... 69 Amphipods …………………………………………………………….... 69 Cladocerans …………………………………………………………..... 70 Copepods ……………………………………………………………….. 71 Crabs …………………………………………………………………...... 72 Crayfish ………………………………………………………………….. 73 Isopods ………………………………………………………………...... 75 Shrimp ………………………………………………………………….... 75 Amphibians and Reptiles …………………………………………………………….. 76 Amphibians ……………………………………………………………….......... 81 Toads and Frogs
    [Show full text]
  • A Morphological and Genetic Analysis of the European Bitterling Species Complex
    Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 95, 337–347. With 4 figures A morphological and genetic analysis of the European bitterling species complex SHAMA A. H. ZAKI1,2, WILLIAM C. JORDAN2, MARTIN REICHARD3, MIROSŁAW PRZYBYLSKI4 and CARL SMITH1* 1Department of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK 2Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 7RY, UK 3Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno 60365, Czech Republic 4Department of Ecology & Vertebrate Zoology, University of Łódz´, Łódz´ 90-237, Poland Received 21 January 2007; accepted for publication 2 January 2008 Bitterling fishes lay their eggs on the gills of living freshwater mussels and are valuable models in behavioural and evolutionary ecology. We used morphological and genetic data to resolve the taxonomic relationships of bitterling in Europe. Previous studies have suggested the European bitterling is either a single species with a wide but discontinuous geographic distribution, or a complex of species. Morphometric and meristic data identified differ- ences between three putative species; with a clear distinction between the eastern Asian Rhodeus sericeus, western European bitterling Rhodeus amarus, and colchian bitterling, Rhodeus colchicus. Polymorphism in the mitochon- drial DNA control region was predominantly due to insertion/deletion events, making phylogenetic inference difficult, but the single haplotype found in R. sericeus populations was detected at low frequency (one of 24 individuals) in R. amarus and R. colchicus populations. Eight control region haplotypes were found in R. amarus populations, which were distinct from the two haplotypes in a R. colchicus population. Cytochrome b data produced a phylogeny with strongly-supported differentiation between a clade of two R.
    [Show full text]
  • (Crustacea: Malacostraca) from Anina Mountains
    „Babeş–Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca Faculty of Biology and Geology THE STUDY ON THE AQUATIC COMMUNITIES OF THE MALACOSTRACA (CRUSTACEA: MALACOSTRACA) FROM ANINA MOUNTAINS – Thesis summary – Scientific coordinator: Prof. Nicolae Tomescu, PhD PhD candidate: Lucian Pârvulescu Cluj-Napoca 2010 CONTENT INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 3 Brief Characterization of the Anina Mountains ….............................................................. 5 The characterization of the sampling stations for biological and chemical tests ................ 5 The quality of the surface waters from the Anina Mountains, according to the measured chemical factors …………………….................................................................................. 7 MATERIALS AND METHODS …………........................................................................ 9 Methods used for capturing decapods ................................................................................. 9 Methods used for capturing and collecting aquatic amphipods and isopods ...................... 10 The collection of biometric data ......................................................................................... 10 The measurement of the environmental parameters ........................................................... 10 The laboratory research ....................................................................................................... 11 Data processing and interpretation .....................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • The Role of the European Bitterling (Rhodeus Amarus, Cyprinidae) in Parasite Accumulation and Transmission in Riverine Ecosystems
    Aquat Ecol (2011) 45:377–387 DOI 10.1007/s10452-011-9361-0 The role of the European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus, Cyprinidae) in parasite accumulation and transmission in riverine ecosystems Martina Da´vidova´ • Radim Blazˇek • Teodora Trichkova • Emmanuil Koutrakis • O¨ zcan Gaygusuz • Ertan Ercan • Marke´ta Ondracˇkova´ Received: 23 December 2010 / Accepted: 30 May 2011 / Published online: 17 June 2011 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 Abstract In aquatic ecosystems, fish play a key role showed significantly higher proportions of allogenic in parasite accumulation and transmission to preda- parasites in comparison with autogenic. The sup- cious animals. In the present study, realized on seven posed co-occurrence of parasite species with identical populations of a small cyprinid fish species, the final host groups showed only a weak association. European bitterling Rhodeus amarus, we investigated The adjacent reservoir areas were a significant (1) the role of the European bitterling as a potential determinant of both the total and infracommunity intermediate or paratenic host, (2) the ability of the parasite species richness and for the mean parasite fish to accumulate parasites with similar final host abundance. No relationship between the distance of group, and (3) its significance as a potential source of sampling site from the adjacent reservoir and parasite parasite infection in the ecosystem in respect to community characteristics was found. As a small- habitat characteristics. A total of 36 parasite species sized fish with a wide distribution range and high were recorded; 31 species (90% of all parasite local abundances, the European bitterling can repre- specimens) were classified as endoparasites.
    [Show full text]
  • The White-Clawed Crayfish Austropotamobius Pallipes an Endangered Species the White-Clawed Crayfish Austropotamobius Pallipes an Endangered Species
    The white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes an endangered species The white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes an endangered species LIFE08 NAT/IT/000352 Conservation and Recovery of Austropotamobius pallipes in Italian Natura2000 Sites - CRAINat Editors Bruna Comini, Gherardo Fracassi Texts Gianluca Fea, Daniela Ghia Translation Claire Madeleine Archibald Photographic archives ERSAF Università degli Studi di Pavia Thank you to the ERSAF tecnical assistants Giuseppe De Franceschi, Battista Ghidotti, Avelino Lombardi, Umberto Panizza Editorial assistant Gherardo Fracassi Graphic design TaDoll International srl Published Artigianelli S.p.A. (BS) - 2014 © ERSAF - all rights reserved 03 Project partners: Protected areas in Lombardy partecipating in the project: PARCO REGIONALE Scientific collaboration: LABORATORIO ACQUE INTERNE DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE DELLA TERRA CRAINat E DELL’AMBIENTE UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA The Nature 2000 The project network The aims of the LIFE08 “Conservation and Recovery of Austropotamobius pallipes in Project partners and the Life Programme Provincia di Chieti, Ente Regionale Italian Natura2000 Sites” CRAINat NAT/IT/000352 (2010-2014) are to protect and per i Servizi all’Agricoltura e alle Natura2000 is the European Union name for a net- boost populations of the native freshwater crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) by Foreste (ERSAF) - Regione Lom- work of areas - sites of community Interest (SCI), Spe- monitoring local habitats and carrying out conservation projects within the Natura bardia, Regione Abruzzo, Fondazi- cial Areas of conservation (SAC) and special protec- 2000 network in Italy. one Mario Negri Sud, Parco Nazion- tion areas (SPA) - set up to conserve local biodiversity, ale Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga, that taken together can be thought of as a European How did the project come about? Provincia di Isernia.
    [Show full text]
  • And a Description of a New Species, Rhodeus Colchicus, from West Transcaucasia
    ISSN 0206-0477. NEW CONTRIBUTIONS TO FRESHWATER FISH RESEARCH ST. PETERSBURG, 2001 (PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, VOL. 287) РОССИЙСКАЯ АКАДЕМИЯ НАУК ТРУДЫ ЗООЛОГИЧЕСКОГО ИНСТИТУТА САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ, 2001, ТОМ 287 SOME NEW DATA TO MORPHOLOGY OF RHODEUS SERICEUS (CYPRINIDAE: ACHEILOGNATHINAE) AND A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES, RHODEUS COLCHICUS, FROM WEST TRANSCAUCASIA N.G. Bogutskaya*, A. M. Komlev** *Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences Universitetskaya nab., 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia **St. Petersburg State University Universitetskaya nab., 7, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia Rhodeus sericeus is revised with a use of new characters – cephalic sensory canal pattern, configuration of infraorbitals, and vertebral structure along with some traditional ones. No characters were found which clearly confirm the specific status of R. sericeus amarus. Rhodeus colchicus, new species, is described from the rivers in West Transcaucasia, Georgia. It is distinguished from congeners by a suite of characters which includes large scales (34 to 37, commonly 35, in the lateral row), a low number of vertebrae (33 to 36, commonly 35, total, and 16 to 18, commonly 17, in the abdominal region), a deep shortened 2nd infraorbital, a broad 4th infraorbital and a well developed 5th one with a widened lamellate portion. Introduction The Amur common bitterling was described as Cyprinus sericeus by Pallas (1776) from River Onon (Upper Amur system) and the European bitterling, Cyprinus amarus, some years later by Bloch (1782) from River Elbe. They were considered to be close or conspecific by many authors, for example, Dybowski (1869, 1877) and Warpachowski (1887). The study by Svetovidov and Eremeyev (1935) showed that European and Asian bitterlings are slightly different in some characters and proposed to give them a rank of subspecies of one and the same species.
    [Show full text]
  • Austropotamobius Torrentium As an Indicator for Habitat Quality in Running Waters?
    Bull. Fr. Pêche Piscic. (2005) 376-377 : 743-758 — 743 — AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS TORRENTIUM AS AN INDICATOR FOR HABITAT QUALITY IN RUNNING WATERS? M. PÖCKL (1), F. STREISSL (2) (1) Vienna Ecology Center, Department of Freshwater Ecology, University of Vienna; and State Government of Lower Austria, Experts for the Conservation of Nature, Landhausplatz 1, A-3109 St. Pölten, Austria. E-Mail: [email protected] (2) Sturzgasse 25/1/7, 1150 Wien, Austria. E-mail: [email protected] Reçu le 9 novembre 2004 Received November 9, 2004 Accepté le 4 janvier 2005 Accepted January 4, 2005 ABSTRACT In the present study we tried to quantify the indication value of A. torrentium referring to habitat quality. This variable is expressed as the availability of appropriate refuge stones on the bottom and banks of running waters. The brooks occupied by the indigenous stone crayfish in Lower Austria show a high variability in the current velocity and substrate heterogeneity. Having some experience in hand searching we assumed that the distribution pattern of the crayfish on the stream bed is strongly correlated with the distribution of cobble and pebbles within a certain grain size. The aim of our study was to quantify the dependence of the shelter requirements for A. torrentium on grain size and water velocity, as well as the seasonal mobility of the crayfish. Shelters where velocity exceeded 25 cm s-1 were not occupied. Pebbles with a bearing surface greater than 300 cm2 were preferred, and the probability of crayfish occupation rose quickly as the stone’s bearing surface increased up to 900 cm2.
    [Show full text]
  • A Technical Manual for Monitoring White-Clawed Crayfish Austropotamobius Pallipes in Irish Lakes
    A technical manual for monitoring white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes in Irish lakes Irish Wildlife Manuals No. 45 A technical manual for monitoring white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes in Irish lakes Julian Reynolds 1, William O’Connor 2, Ciaran O'Keeffe 3 & Deirdre Lynn 3 1 115 Weirview Drive, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin 2Ecofact Environmental Consultants Ltd., Tait Business Centre, Dominic Street, Limerick City. 3National Parks and Wildlife Service, 7 Ely Place, Dublin 2 Citation: Reynolds, J.D., O’Connor, W., O’Keeffe, C. & Lynn, D. (2010) A technical manual for monitoring white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes in Irish lakes. Irish Wildlife Manuals, No 45, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin. Cover photo: White-clawed crayfish (Eddie Dunne) Irish Wildlife Manuals Series Editors: F. Marnell & N. Kingston © National Parks and Wildlife Service 2010 ISSN 1393 – 6670 Technical manual for monitoring lake crayfish _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1 1.1 CONSERVATION STATUS OF WHITE -CLAWED CRAYFISH IN IRISH LAKES ....................................................... 1 2. ECOLOGY OF THE WHITE-CLAWED CRAYFISH ..............................................................................2 2.1 DIET ...........................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • European Crayfish (Astacus Astacus) Ecological Risk Screening Summary
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service European Crayfish (Astacus astacus) Ecological Risk Screening Summary US Fish and Wildlife Service, April 2014 Revised, June 2015 Photo: © Michal Maňas from EOL (2014). 1 Native Range, and Status in the United States Native Range From CABI (2014): “is widely distributed in Europe, extending from France in the southeast to Russia in the east, and from Italy, Albania and Greece in the south to Scandinavia in the north (Cukerzis et al., 1988; Holdich et al., 1999).” Status in the United States This species has not been reported in the United States. Means of Introductions in the United States This species has not been reported in the United States. Remarks From Edsman et al. (2010): “Common Name(s): English – Noble Crayfish, Red-footed Crayfish, European Crayfish, Broad-clawed Crayfish, Red-clawed Crayfish, Broad-fingered Crayfish, River Crayfish” 2 Biology and Ecology Taxonomic Hierarchy and Taxonomic Standing From ITIS (2014): “Kingdom Animalia Subkingdom Bilateria Infrakingdom Protostomia Superphylum Ecdysozoa Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea Class Malacostraca Subclass Eumalacostraca Superorder Eucarida Order Decapoda Suborder Pleocyemata Infraorder Astacidea Superfamily Astacoidea Family Astacidae Genus Astacus Species Astacus astacus Taxonomic Status: Valid” Size, Weight, and Age Range From Edsman et al. (2010): “Anecdotal measures of longevity indicate this species may live for up to 20 years.” “It is known that noble crayfish females reach sexual maturity at a size which ranges from 6.2 cm total length in localities with early maturity or slow growth to 8.5 cm total length in localities 2 with late maturity or fast growth. Males become mature at a size of 6.0-7.0 cm total length (Skurdal & Taugbøl 2002).” Environment From Edsman et al.
    [Show full text]
  • No Effect of Recent Sympatry with Invasive Zebra Mussel on The
    Hydrobiologia (2017) 794:153–166 DOI 10.1007/s10750-017-3089-3 PRIMARY RESEARCH PAPER No effect of recent sympatry with invasive zebra mussel on the oviposition decisions and reproductive success of the bitterling fish, a brood parasite of unionid mussels Veronika Barta´kova´ . Martin Reichard Received: 11 August 2016 / Revised: 2 January 2017 / Accepted: 4 January 2017 / Published online: 10 January 2017 Ó Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017 Abstract The presence of non-native species can preferred to oviposit into non-infested unionid hosts. affect coevolved relationships. However, rapid recip- However, neither bitterling population completely rocal changes in coevolutionary associations provide avoided oviposition into infested unionids and three the potential to quickly respond to a new situation. We ovipositions into zebra mussels were observed. Over- studied a system where bitterling fish (Rhodeus all, there was a clear negative relationship between the amarus) parasitize unionid mussels by laying their number of zebra mussels on unionid host shells and the eggs onto their gills. This association is affected by the number of juvenile bitterling emerging from the infestation of unionid shells by the non-native zebra mussels. Our study demonstrated a lack of rapid mussel (Dreissena polymorpha). In a series of exper- evolutionary response to adaptively modulate ovipo- iments under experimental, semi-natural and natural sition choice after recent zebra mussel invasion. conditions, we compared the behavioural response to zebra mussel infestation of unionid shells, its effect on Keywords Ecological naivety Á Population oviposition decisions and their population conse- consequences Á Rapid adaptation Á Unio Á Unionida quences between bitterling populations naı¨ve to zebra mussels and those recently sympatric with zebra mussels.
    [Show full text]