PeerJ (Oct 2024)
World of Crayfish™: a web platform towards real-time global mapping of freshwater crayfish and their pathogens
- Mihaela C. Ion,
- Caitlin C. Bloomer,
- Tudor I. Bărăscu,
- Francisco J. Oficialdegui,
- Nathaniel F. Shoobs,
- Bronwyn W. Williams,
- Kevin Scheers,
- Miguel Clavero,
- Frédéric Grandjean,
- Marc Collas,
- Thomas Baudry,
- Zachary Loughman,
- Jeremy J. Wright,
- Timo J. Ruokonen,
- Christoph Chucholl,
- Simone Guareschi,
- Bram Koese,
- Zsombor M. Banyai,
- James Hodson,
- Margo Hurt,
- Katrin Kaldre,
- Boris Lipták,
- James W. Fetzner,
- Tommaso Cancellario,
- András Weiperth,
- Jạnis Birzaks,
- Teodora Trichkova,
- Milcho Todorov,
- Maksims Balalaikins,
- Bogna Griffin,
- Olga N. Petko,
- Ada Acevedo-Alonso,
- Guillermo D’Elía,
- Karolina Śliwińska,
- Anatoly Alekhnovich,
- Henry Choong,
- Josie South,
- Nick Whiterod,
- Katarina Zorić,
- Peter Haase,
- Ismael Soto,
- Daniel J. Brady,
- Phillip J. Haubrock,
- Pedro J. Torres,
- Denis Şadrin,
- Pavel Vlach,
- Cüneyt Kaya,
- Sang Woo Jung,
- Jin-Young Kim,
- Xavier H.C. Vermeersch,
- Maciej Bonk,
- Radu Guiaşu,
- Muzaffer M. Harlioğlu,
- Jane Devlin,
- Irmak Kurtul,
- Dagmara Błońska,
- Pieter Boets,
- Hossein Masigol,
- Paul R. Cabe,
- Japo Jussila,
- Trude Vrålstad,
- David V. Beresford,
- Scott M. Reid,
- Jiří Patoka,
- David A. Strand,
- Ali S. Tarkan,
- Frédérique Steen,
- Thomas Abeel,
- Matthew Harwood,
- Samuel Auer,
- Sandor Kelly,
- Ioannis A. Giantsis,
- Rafał Maciaszek,
- Maria V. Alvanou,
- Önder Aksu,
- David M. Hayes,
- Tadashi Kawai,
- Elena Tricarico,
- Adroit Chakandinakira,
- Zanethia C. Barnett,
- Ştefan G. Kudor,
- Andreea E. Beda,
- Lucian Vîlcea,
- Alexandru E. Mizeranschi,
- Marian Neagul,
- Anton Licz,
- Andra D. Cotoarbă,
- Adam Petrusek,
- Antonín Kouba,
- Christopher A. Taylor,
- Lucian Pârvulescu
Affiliations
- Mihaela C. Ion
- Institute of Biology Bucharest, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
- Caitlin C. Bloomer
- Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, Champaign, IL, United States of America
- Tudor I. Bărăscu
- Qtibia Engineering, Râmnicu-Vâlcea, Romania
- Francisco J. Oficialdegui
- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Vodňany, Czech Republic
- Nathaniel F. Shoobs
- Museum of Biological Diversity, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America
- Bronwyn W. Williams
- Research Laboratory, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC, United States of America
- Kevin Scheers
- Unit Freshwater habitats, Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Brussels, Belgium
- Miguel Clavero
- Estación Biológica de Doñana–CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
- Frédéric Grandjean
- Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions - UMR CNRS 7267, Laboratoire EBI - Equipe Ecologie Evolution Symbiose - Batiment B31, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
- Marc Collas
- Office Français de la Biodiversité, Epinal, France
- Thomas Baudry
- Laboratoire Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions - UMR CNRS 7267, Laboratoire EBI - Equipe Ecologie Evolution Symbiose - Batiment B31, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
- Zachary Loughman
- Department of Organismal Biology, Ecology, and Zoo Science, West Liberty University, West Liberty, WV, United States of America
- Jeremy J. Wright
- New York State Museum, Albany, NY, United States of America
- Timo J. Ruokonen
- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland
- Christoph Chucholl
- Fisheries Research Station Baden-Württemberg, Langenargen, Germany
- Simone Guareschi
- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Bram Koese
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands
- Zsombor M. Banyai
- Doctoral School of Environmental Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gödöllő, Hungary
- James Hodson
- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
- Margo Hurt
- Chair of Aquaculture, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
- Katrin Kaldre
- Chair of Aquaculture, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
- Boris Lipták
- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Vodňany, Czech Republic
- James W. Fetzner
- Section of Invertebrate Zoology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America
- Tommaso Cancellario
- Balearic Biodiversity Centre, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
- András Weiperth
- Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
- Jạnis Birzaks
- Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Department of Biodiversity, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia
- Teodora Trichkova
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Milcho Todorov
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Maksims Balalaikins
- Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Department of Biodiversity, Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia
- Bogna Griffin
- Fish Health Unit, Marine Institute, Galway, Ireland
- Olga N. Petko
- Crayfish Research Centre, Institute for Advanced Environmental Research, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
- Ada Acevedo-Alonso
- Independent Researcher, Tunja-Boyacá, Colombia
- Guillermo D’Elía
- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
- Karolina Śliwińska
- Scientific and Practical Center for Biological Resources of the National Academy of Science of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
- Anatoly Alekhnovich
- Scientific and Practical Center for Biological Resources of the National Academy of Science of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
- Henry Choong
- Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Josie South
- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, South Africa
- Nick Whiterod
- Nature Glenelg Trust, South Australia, Australia
- Katarina Zorić
- Department of Hydroecology and Water Protection, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- Peter Haase
- Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Ismael Soto
- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Vodňany, Czech Republic
- Daniel J. Brady
- Branch for Bioresources, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Gießen, Germany
- Phillip J. Haubrock
- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Vodňany, Czech Republic
- Pedro J. Torres
- Biology Department, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, United States of America
- Denis Şadrin
- Crayfish Research Centre, Institute for Advanced Environmental Research, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
- Pavel Vlach
- Center of Biology, Geosciences and Environmental Education, Faculty of Education, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic
- Cüneyt Kaya
- Faculty of Fisheries, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey
- Sang Woo Jung
- DASARI Research Institute of BioResources, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Jin-Young Kim
- Research Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology, Yeongyang, Republic of Korea
- Xavier H.C. Vermeersch
- Department Nature and Biodiversity, Brussels Environment, Brussels, Belgium
- Maciej Bonk
- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
- Radu Guiaşu
- Biology Program, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Muzaffer M. Harlioğlu
- Fisheries Faculty, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
- Jane Devlin
- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
- Irmak Kurtul
- Marine and Inland Waters Sciences and Technology Department, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
- Dagmara Błońska
- Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland
- Pieter Boets
- Provincial Centre of Environmental Research, Ghent, Belgium
- Hossein Masigol
- Crayfish Research Centre, Institute for Advanced Environmental Research, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
- Paul R. Cabe
- Biology Department, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, United States of America
- Japo Jussila
- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Trude Vrålstad
- Department of Aquatic Animal Health, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Ås, Norway
- David V. Beresford
- Biology and Trent School of the Environment, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
- Scott M. Reid
- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
- Jiří Patoka
- Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
- David A. Strand
- Department of Aquatic Animal Health, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Ås, Norway
- Ali S. Tarkan
- Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland
- Frédérique Steen
- Unit Freshwater habitats, Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Brussels, Belgium
- Thomas Abeel
- Agro- and Biotechnology, Odisee University of Applied Sciences, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
- Matthew Harwood
- Water@Leeds, School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Leeds, United Kingdom
- Samuel Auer
- Blattfisch e.U., Wels, Austria
- Sandor Kelly
- University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States of America
- Ioannis A. Giantsis
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece
- Rafał Maciaszek
- Department of Animal Genetics and Conservation, Institute of Animal Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- Maria V. Alvanou
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, Greece
- Önder Aksu
- Department of Aquaculture of Fisheries Faculty, Munzur University, Tunceli, Turkey
- David M. Hayes
- Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, United States of America
- Tadashi Kawai
- Hokkaido Research Organization, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Yoichi Hokkaido, Japan
- Elena Tricarico
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Adroit Chakandinakira
- Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, Kariba, Zimbabwe
- Zanethia C. Barnett
- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, Clemson, SC, United States of America
- Ştefan G. Kudor
- “Simion Mehedinţi - Nature and Sustainable Development” Doctoral School, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
- Andreea E. Beda
- Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
- Lucian Vîlcea
- Department of Economic Informatics and Cybernetics, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
- Alexandru E. Mizeranschi
- Crayfish Research Centre, Institute for Advanced Environmental Research, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
- Marian Neagul
- Crayfish Research Centre, Institute for Advanced Environmental Research, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
- Anton Licz
- Information Technology & Communications Department, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
- Andra D. Cotoarbă
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology, Geography, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
- Adam Petrusek
- Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Antonín Kouba
- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Vodňany, Czech Republic
- Christopher A. Taylor
- Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, Champaign, IL, United States of America
- Lucian Pârvulescu
- Crayfish Research Centre, Institute for Advanced Environmental Research, West University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18229
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12
p. e18229
Abstract
Freshwater crayfish are amongst the largest macroinvertebrates and play a keystone role in the ecosystems they occupy. Understanding the global distribution of these animals is often hindered due to a paucity of distributional data. Additionally, non-native crayfish introductions are becoming more frequent, which can cause severe environmental and economic impacts. Management decisions related to crayfish and their habitats require accurate, up-to-date distribution data and mapping tools. Such data are currently patchily distributed with limited accessibility and are rarely up-to-date. To address these challenges, we developed a versatile e-portal to host distributional data of freshwater crayfish and their pathogens (using Aphanomyces astaci, the causative agent of the crayfish plague, as the most prominent example). Populated with expert data and operating in near real-time, World of Crayfish™ is a living, publicly available database providing worldwide distributional data sourced by experts in the field. The database offers open access to the data through specialized standard geospatial services (Web Map Service, Web Feature Service) enabling users to view, embed, and download customizable outputs for various applications. The platform is designed to support technical enhancements in the future, with the potential to eventually incorporate various additional features. This tool serves as a step forward towards a modern era of conservation planning and management of freshwater biodiversity.
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