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Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.
Number 421, 2020
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Article Number | 9 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020003 | |
Published online | 07 February 2020 |
Research Paper
Mass appearance of the Ponto-Caspian invader Pontogammarus robustoides in the River Tisza catchment: bypass in the southern invasion corridor?
Apparition massive de l'envahisseur Pontogammarus robustoides dans le bassin versant de la Tisza : contournement du couloir d'invasion sud ?
1
University of Pécs, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Hydrobiology, Ifjúság útja 6, 7624 Pécs, Hungary
2
MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Danube Research Institute, Karolina út 29, 1113 Budapest, Hungary
3
University of Lodz, Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
4
University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1, Canada
* Corresponding author: csabai@gamma.ttk.pte.hu
Received:
25
November
2019
Accepted:
14
January
2020
The river Danube is the backbone of the ‘southern invasion corridor’, one of the most important passages for the spread of Ponto-Caspian invaders in Europe. However, not all of these species used the passive or active upstream movement in the main channel to reach the upper sections and tributaries, some found detours. Mass occurrences of the Ponto-Caspian peracarid, Pontogammarus robustoides (Sars, 1894) were recorded at 17 sites along the entire Hungarian section of the River Maros, for the first time in the River Tisza catchment and also in Hungary. Those populations are found ca. 707 km upstream from the closest known and confirmed locality in the lower Danube section. We confirmed their identity by DNA barcoding and showed that all individuals fit in with the lower Danube population, thus identifying the source of this introduction. The most likely vector allowing the jump dispersal of the species is fish stocking in the Romanian section of the River Maros, which − combined with downstream drift to the Serbian Danube section and the relatively busy ship traffic between Belgrade and Vienna − might provide the opportunity to bypass the dispersal barrier represented by the unregulated Middle Danube and open the way towards Western Europe.
Résumé
Le Danube est l'épine dorsale du “corridor d'invasion sud”, l'un des passages les plus importants pour la propagation des envahisseurs ponto-caspiens en Europe. Cependant, toutes ces espèces n'ont pas fait un déplacement passif ou actif vers l'amont dans le chenal principal pour atteindre les sections supérieures et les affluents, certaines ont trouvé des détours. Des occurrences massives du péracaride ponto-caspien Pontogammarus robustoides (Sars, 1894) ont été enregistrées sur 17 sites le long de toute la section hongroise de la rivière Maros, pour la première fois dans le bassin versant de la rivière Tisza et également en Hongrie. Ces populations se trouvent à environ 707 km en amont de la localité connue et confirmée la plus proche dans le bassin versant du Danube inférieur. Nous avons confirmé leur identité par un barcoding ADN et montré que tous les individus correspondent à la population du Danube inférieur, ce qui permet d'identifier la source de cette introduction. Le vecteur le plus probable permettant la dispersion par saut de l'espèce est le déversement de poissons dans la section roumaine du fleuve Maros, qui − combiné à la dérive aval vers la section serbe du Danube et au trafic maritime relativement intense entre Belgrade et Vienne − pourrait permettre de contourner la barrière de dispersion que représente le Danube moyen non régulé et d'ouvrir la voie vers l'Europe occidentale.
Key words: Amphipoda / DNA barcoding / alien species / River Maros / Hungary
Mots clés : Amphipode / DNA barcoding / espèces exotiques / Rivière Maros / Hongrie
© Z. Csabai et al., Published by EDP Sciences 2020
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