(Continued from page 23) ISSN 1023-8174 LITERATURE OF INTEREST TO crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from ASTACOLOGISTS North Carolina. Proceedings of the Bio- logical Society of Washington, 114: 152- Bubb, D. H., Thom, T. J. & Lucas, M. C. 161. (2004). Movement and dispersal of the inva- Cooper, J.E. (2000).Cambarus (Cambarus) sive signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus Vol.26 No.4 December 2004 in upland rivers. Freshwater Biology, 49: 357- davidi, a new species of crayfish The official newsletter of the International Association of Astacology (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from North 368. Carolina. Proceedings of the Biological Parkyn, S. M.& Collier, K. J. (2004). Interaction Society of Washington, 113: 431-442. of press and pulse disturbance on crayfish Tasmanian Giant Freshwater Lobster populations: flood impacts in pasture and Cooper, J. E. (2000). A new species of forest streams, Hydrobiologia, 527: 113-124. crayfish of the genus Cambarus, subge- Kawai, T., Mitamura, T. & Ohtaka, A. (2004). (Astacopsis gouldi) Recovery Effort Update nus Cambarus (Decapoda: Cambaridae), The taxonomic status of the introduced North from the Broad River basin of North American signal crayfish, Pacifastacus Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell leniusculus (Dana, 1852) in Japan, and the Scientific Society, 116: 1-12. source of specimens in the newly reported Cooper, J. E. & Cooper, D. G. (2003). A population in Fukushima prefecture. new crayfish of the genus Cambarus Crustaceana, 77: 861-870. Erichson, 1846 (Decapoda: Cambaridae) Trontel, J. P., Machino, Y. & Sket, B. (2004). Phylogenetic and phylogeographic relation- from the Cape Fear River basin in the ships in the crayfish genus Austropotamobius Sandhills of North Carolina. Proceed- inferred from mitochondrial COI gene se- ings of the Biological Society of Wash- quences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolu- ington, 116: 920-932. tion, 34: 212-226. Cooper, J. E. & Schofield, K. A. (2002). Cambarus (Jugicambarus) tuckasegee, a RECOMMENDED PAPER: new species of crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Little Tennessee Edgerton, B. F., Henttonen, P., Jussila, J., River basin, North Carolina. Proceed- Mannonen, A., Paasonen, P., Taugbol, T., ings of the Biological Society of Wash- Edsman, L. & Souty-Grosset, C. (2004). ington, 115: 371-381. Understanding the causes of disease in Cooper, J. E. & Skelton, C. E. (2003). A European freshwater crayfish. Conserva- new burrowing crayfish of the genus tion Biology, 18: 1466–1474. Cambarus Erichson, 1846 (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the lower Flint River Abstract: in the Dougherty Plain of Georgia, with Native European freshwater crayfish IAA Member Todd Walsh holding a very nice Astacopsis gouldi. notes on C. (D.) harti Hobbs, 1981. Pro- (Astacida, Decapoda) are under severe ceedings of the Biological Society of pressure from habitat alteration, the intro- Hi Crayfish people: will happen under a new scheme called Washington, 116: 827-838. duction of nonindigenous species, and epi- Protected Environmental Values; areas zootic disease. Crayfish plague, an acute There has been some movement to with a high biodiversity significance will In addition, the following unpublished disease of freshwater crayfish caused by the widen buffer zones for Astacopsis gouldi; be given higher protection under this reports are available electronically in fungus-like agent Aphanomyces astaci, was we are hoping to have 30m buffer zones on scheme. It is hoped that many areas which response to e-mail requests: introduced into Europe in the mid- all stream classes (at present the smallest were recommended for higher protection 1. A report on adventive crayfishes in nineteenth century and is responsible for streams have 10 and 20m buffers where A. for A. gouldi by the Giant Freshwater Lob- North Carolina ongoing widespread epizootic mortality in gouldi is found). There is still a push to ster Recovery Team will be duplicated 2. Crayfishes occurring in North Carolina native European populations. We reviewed have large tracts of subcatchments pro- under this scheme. (annotated list). (Continued on page 18) tected from land clearing, this hopefully (Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 13) IAA Newsletter 26 (4): 24 IAA Newsletter 26 (4): 1 OTHER LITERATURE Pagé, M.-P. & Cooper, R.L. (2004). Novel- President’s Corner ty stress and reproductive state alters Information received from IAA Member responsiveness to sensory stimuli and Dear IAA members: Robin Cooper 5-HT neuromodulation. (In Press - The International Association of Astacology (IAA), Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A). founded in Hintertal, Austria in 1972, is dedicated This is the time of the year in which we Middle school science project with to the study, conservation, and wise utilisation of are more willing to become introspective. crayfish: Ann-Simone Cooper (8th grade) Abstract: freshwater crayfish. Any individual or firm Introspection inevitably leads to the desire interested in furthering the study of astacology is and her dad (Robin L. Cooper) just pub- Sensory stimuli can produce varied responses eligible for membership. Service to members of self-improvement and to the ritual of lished a note on growth of cave crayfish. depending on the physiological state of an ani- include a quarterly newsletter, membership making resolutions: What kinds of "Growth of Stygobitic (Orconectes aus- mal. Stressors and reproductive stage can result directory, bi-annual international symposia and resolutions are we making this New Year? tralis packardi) and Epigean (Orconectes in altered biochemical status that changes the publication of the journal Freshwater Crayfish. Certainly we will help our Association responsiveness of an animal to hormones and cristavarius) Crayfishes Maintained in grow and be healthy and wealthy. That neuromodulators which affects whole animal Secretariat Laboratory Conditions" is to appear in the behavior in relation to sensory stimuli. Crayfish The International Association of Astacology has a should be our priority for 2005, and we will next issue of the Kentucky Academy of work hard and do our best. But we need the serve as a model for examining the effects of permanent secretariat managed by Bill Daniels. Sciences. neuromodulators at the neuromuscular junctions Address: IAA Secretariat, Room 123, Swingle Hall, collaboration of all the members to keep (NMJs) and for alterations in stereotypic behav- Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, this promise. We expect them to be more iors for particular stimuli. Thus, we used cray- Auburn University, AL 36849-5419, USA. Abstract: proactive in participating in the Association This study reports on maintenance and growth fish to examine the effect of novelty stressors in Tel: (+1 334) 8449123 matters and more readily available in of the cave crayfish, Orconectes australis pack- males and the effect of being gravid in female Fax: (+1 334) 8449208 providing their responses and precious crayfish to exogenous application of serotonin E-mail: [email protected] ardi, and the epigean crayfish, Orconectes cris- feedbacks to our requests. tavarius, within laboratory conditions for 1 and (5-HT). The responsiveness of neuromuscular Web page: Besides, we all need to communicate 2 years. The O. a. packardi survived well com- junctions to 5-HT revealed that stressed as well http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/IAA/ our findings and ideas to the other members pared to the O. cristavarius within captivity. as gravid crayfish have a reduced response to 5- Webmaster: James W. Fetzner Jr. of the Association and strive to develop The poor survival of the epigean species was HT at NMJs. The stressed crayfish were not E-mail: [email protected] probably due to unsuitable conditions. The fatigued since the basal synaptic responses are fruitful collaborations. Crayfish News is an large and still showed a pronounced response to Officers: epigean as well as the cave crayfish molted and ideal vector of information transfer. grew in captivity, but without any significant 5-HT. Using intact animals to examine a tail • Francesca Gherardi, President, Department of Conferences and workshops are difference in molt frequency between species. flip behavior we showed that the rate of ha- Animal Biology and Genetics, University of fundamental venues for the exchange of In the first year of the study, total body length bituation in tail flipping to a strong repetitive Florence, via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze, Italy ideas and are instrumental to the discovery stimulus on the telson is reduced in stressed E-mail: [email protected] was obtained to assay growth whereas in the of new research directions. Don’t forget second year the more accurate measure of post- males. Gravid females show no tail flipping • Catherine Souty-Grosset, President-elect, that next year we will have several orbital carapace length was used. The ability of behavior upon telson stimulation. Laboratoire de Génétique et Biologie des opportunities to confront our positions with O. a. packardi to be maintained well in captiv- Populations de Crustacés, University of Poitiers, ity is likely due to their lower metabolic rate Sparks, G. & Cooper, R.L. (2004). 5-HT UMR CNRS 6556, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France other communities. Finally, as our last resolution, we will and ability to handle hypoxic stress better than offsets homeostasis of synaptic transmis- E-mail: [email protected] epigean species. disseminate the passion for crayfish to a sion during short-term facilitation. Jour- • Elizabeth Watson,