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Knowl. Managt. Aquatic Ecosyst.
Number 401, 2011
European Crayfish: food, flagships and ecosystem services
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Article Number | 03 | |
Number of page(s) | 12 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2010036 | |
Published online | 21 February 2011 |
The assessment of the habitat and water quality requirements of the stone crayfish (Austropotamobius torrentium) and noble crayfish (Astacus astacus) species in the rivers from the Anina Mountains (SW Romania)
L’évaluation de l’habitat et des exigences de qualité de l’eau de l’écrevisse des torrents (Austropotamobius torrentium) et de l’écrevisse à pieds rouges (Astacus astacus) dans les rivières des montagnes d’Anina (sud-ouest de la Roumanie)
(1)
West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Dept. of
Biology,
16A Pestalozzi St., 300115
Timisoara,
Romania,
parvulescubio@cbg.uvt.ro
(2)
Roehampton University, School of Life Sciences, Center for Research in Ecology,
Holyborne Avenue, SW15 4JD, London, UK,
O.Pacioglu@roehampton.ac.uk
(3)
National Administration “Romanian Waters”, Department of Water
Resources Management, 6 Edgar
Quinet St., Bucharest, Romania,
carmen.hamchevici@rowater.ro
Received: 22 September 2010
Revised: 28 November 2010
Accepted: 6 December 2010
The species Austropotamobius torrentium and Astacus astacus are two species known in the EU directives to require deeper understanding of their autecologic requirements before any sustainable conservation effort could be successfully applied. Therefore, the paper aims to analyze the occurrence of these two species of crayfish in the Anina Mountains (Romania) in relation to several physical-chemical indicators measured on site. The results suggest that the anthropogenic impacts registered in some of the sampling sites (e.g. organic pollution and river bed modification) might have triggered the disappearance of both species from the areas of the water sheds situated downstream villages and towns, deforestation sites and sewage treatment plants. The analysis suggest that both species might have similar ecologic requirements, with a BMWP score of 8 (out of a possible 10), therefore good indicators of pristine aquatic environments and with a possible toleration to pollution but only up to a moderate level. Nevertheless, the lack of cohabitation of the populations of both species at a local scale was discussed along with two possible explaining hypotheses: behavioral exclusion or different times and/or modalities of dispersal history.
Résumé
Austropotamobius torrentium et Astacus astacus sont deux espèces de l’UE reconnues comme nécessitant une meilleure compréhension de leurs besoins autécologiques avant qu’aucun effort de conservation durable puisse être appliqué avec succès. Par conséquent, l’article vise à analyser la présence de ces deux espèces d’écrevisses dans les montagnes d’Anina (Roumanie) par rapport à plusieurs indicateurs physico-chimiques mesurés sur les sites. Les résultats suggèrent que les impacts anthropiques enregistrés dans certains des sites d’échantillonnage ont pu influencer la disparition de ces deux espèces. Elles présentent des exigences écologiques similaires, ce qui suggère que l’espèce A. astacus est plus résistante à la pollution organique que A. torrentium. Néanmoins, l’absence de cohabitation des populations de ces deux espèces est également discutée.
Key words: Astacus astacus / Austropotamobius torrentium / crayfish / distribution
Mots clés : Astacus astacus / Austropotamobius torrentium / écrevisses / distribution
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