Table 1

Sterilisation methods (abbreviations in parentheses) for male signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus in captive conditions and the mean lengths of both males and females used subsequently in their copulation trials.

Mean carapace length in trials (mm)
Group Sterilisation method n Sampling date(s) Female Male
1 Not sterilised (control/CTRL) 24 Sept. 2019 42.2 ± 2.6 43.5 ± 3.0
2 Cutting whole gonopods (cut/CWG) 24 Sept. 2019 41.8 ± 1.4 42.8 ± 1.6
3 Pulling whole gonopods (pulled/PWG) 24 Sept. 2019 41.8 ± 1.0 42.5 ± 1.0
4 One year regeneration (trimmed once/R1T1) 12 Sept. 2018 43.8 ± 3.7 49.5 ± 1.2
5 One year regeneration (trimmed twice/R1T2) 7 Sept. 2016 (n = 2) Sept. 2017 (n = 5) 45.8 ± 8.5 51.7 ± 9.1

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