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Spiny-cheek crayfish Orconectes limosus (Rafinesque, 1817) on its way to the open coastal waters of the Baltic Sea

Anna Szaniawska

Anna Szaniawska

Department of Experimental Ecology of Marine Organisms, Institute of Oceanography, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of GdańskGdynia, Poland
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Aldona Dobrzycka-Krahel

Aldona Dobrzycka-Krahel

Department of Experimental Ecology of Marine Organisms, Institute of Oceanography, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of GdańskGdynia, Poland
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Joanna Jaszczołt

Joanna Jaszczołt

Department of Experimental Ecology of Marine Organisms, Institute of Oceanography, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of GdańskGdynia, Poland
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Dec 12, 2017
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Article Category: Review paper
Published Online: Dec 12, 2017
Page range: 451 - 463
Received: Mar 23, 2017
Accepted: May 29, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2017-0044
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Figure 1

Records of spiny-cheek crayfish in the Polish coastal zone of the Baltic Sea in 2002-2014 based on the literature data and personal communications (for details see text)
Records of spiny-cheek crayfish in the Polish coastal zone of the Baltic Sea in 2002-2014 based on the literature data and personal communications (for details see text)

Figure 2

Food preferences of Orconectes limosus in experimental conditions based on four selected food sources (based on Staszak & Szaniawska 2006)
Food preferences of Orconectes limosus in experimental conditions based on four selected food sources (based on Staszak & Szaniawska 2006)

Figure 3

Osmotic concentrations of Orconectes limosus at different salinities (based on Michalowska et al. 2002)
Osmotic concentrations of Orconectes limosus at different salinities (based on Michalowska et al. 2002)

Figure 4

Carapace length (CL), total body length (TL) and wet weight (w.w.) for five groups of juvenile (one-month old) crayfish from 3 PSU and 7 PSU (based on Jaszczołt & Szaniawska 2011)
Carapace length (CL), total body length (TL) and wet weight (w.w.) for five groups of juvenile (one-month old) crayfish from 3 PSU and 7 PSU (based on Jaszczołt & Szaniawska 2011)

Figure 5

Frequencies of increase in carapace length of juvenile crayfish at salinities of 3 PSU and 7 PSU in the different length classes (based on Jaszczołt & Szaniawska 2011)
Frequencies of increase in carapace length of juvenile crayfish at salinities of 3 PSU and 7 PSU in the different length classes (based on Jaszczołt & Szaniawska 2011)

Maximum total lengths of spiny-cheek crayfish in Polish and other waters

Locality Maximum length (mm) Author
Vistula Lagoon (Poland) 118.0 Author’s own study
Lakes in Pomerania (Poland) 109.5 Śmietana 2013
Lakes in Western Pomerania (Poland) 100.2 Śmietana 2008
Lakes in Warmia (Poland) 110.0 Kossakowski 1966
Lake Pobłędzie (northern Poland) 107.0 Krzywosz et al. 2006
Poland 121 Chybowski 2000
lentic waters (Czech Republic) 116.5 Ďuriš et al. 2006
Central lakes (Germany) 107.0 Lieder 1959, after Śmietana 2013
North-eastern lakes (Germany) 110.0 Pieplow 1938
Delaware River (USA) 110.0 Holdich & Black 2007
Lakes in New England (USA) 109.0 Momot 1984
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