A5082740815- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and fisheries research
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Environmental Science and Water Management
- Morphological variations and asymmetry
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Aquatic life and conservation
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
University College Dublin
2025
University of Zagreb
2015-2024
Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje
2021
University of Łódź
2021
Opća Bolnica Varaždin
2021
Université de Poitiers
2021
Écologie et Biologie des Interactions
2021
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2021
Deakin University
2021
Native European crayfish conservation was triggered by invasion of plague disease agent, Aphanomyces astaci , starting 1860s in Northern Italy. Resulting epidemics quickly spread over Continental Europe, then to Finland, Sweden and finally, after running amok around A. discovered also Iberian Peninsula, Norway, Ireland, United Kingdom 1970s 1980s. By that time significant proportion native stocks had been lost, while were still recorded, industrialization waterways construction causing...
Summary 1. This study examines phylogeography and phylogeny of the threatened stone crayfish, Austropotamobius torrentium , in order to elucidate role Dinaric Karst geology shaping evolutionary history genetic diversity aquatic fauna western Balkans. Mitochondrial 16S rRNA COI genes were partially sequenced from 188 159 respectively, sampled 70 localities. Phylogenetic relationships reconstructed using four methods phylogenetic inference. Divergence times between phylogroups estimated a...
The aim of this work is to explore the current distribution and dispersal rates two nonindigenous crayfish species (NICS) recorded in Croatia: signal (Pacifastacus leniusculus) spiny-cheek crayfish(Orconectes limosus). Both NICS have been Drava River basin, with spreading downstream from north-west along Drava's tributary Mura River, upstream east Danube throughout River. Signal has up 3 km confluence Based on literature data front, rate was between 18 24.4 km·yr−1. Spiny-cheek 15 mouth into...
Summary Reconstructing the phylogeographic history of a species can aid in defining areas conservation priority. For freshwater species, historical river structure plays significant role explaining genetic differentiation and population structure. However, human‐induced translocations erase natural structure, especially for commercial interest such as noble crayfish ( A stacus astacus ). Our aim was to reconstruct current endangered central E urope identify refugial that are hotspots...
The Oomycete Aphanomyces astaci is an obligate crayfish parasite that co-evolved with American species, and they therefore generally live in a balanced relationship. On the contrary, European native are highly susceptible to A. astaci, infestation it causes development of lethal disease termed plague. Until now, 5 strains have been described from freshwater present Europe. In this study we aimed investigate occurrence pathogen Croatian non-native populations, as well genotype established...
Austropotamobius torrentium is a freshwater crayfish species native to central and south-eastern Europe, with an intricate evolutionary history the highest genetic diversity recorded in northern-central Dinarides (NCD). Its populations are facing declines, both number size across its entire range. By extanding current knowledge on of this species, we aim assist conservation programmes. Multigene phylogenetic analyses were performed using different divergence time estimates based...
Abstract The noble crayfish, Astacus astacus, is an indigenous European freshwater species. Its populations show significant declines caused by anthropogenic pressure on its habitats, climate change and the spread of invasive Diminishing populations’ trends loss genetic diversity highlight need for effective conservation that will ensure their long-term survival. We combined population genetics species distribution modelling (SDM) to reveal impact guide future programs current populations....
ABSTRACT Cyberlindnera sylvatica is a member of the clade in order Phaffomycetales. We present genome sequence C. . The sequenced strain, UCD1060, was isolated from soil Wicklow, Ireland. This 13.5 Mb and assembled into seven chromosome-sized contigs plus mitochondrial contig.
Four indigenous European and two non-indigenous American freshwater crayfish species inhabit Croatian habitats. Generally, the noble (Astacus astacus), narrow-clawed leptodactylus) stone (Austropotamobius torrentium) are distributed in water bodies of Black Sea drainage while white-clawed pallipes) inhabits rivers Adriatic drainage. However, a few records populations exist. Non-indigenous signal (Pacifastacus leniusculus) spiny-cheek (Orconectes limosus) northern Croatia, Recently,...
Narrow-clawed crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823 species-complex) is one of five European freshwater species. Even though widely distributed, it hasn’t been frequently studied and its taxonomy systematics are unresolved. The results a recent comparative morphometric character study revealed that morphometry Asian populations differ significantly. In this research, for the first time, mitochondrial molecular markers (16S rRNA COI) were used with aim elucidating phylogenetic...
Species-specific differences in dynamics of agonistic interactions may influence the outcome interspecific competition and potentially contribute to competitive advantage one species over another. In this study, we compared most successful crayfish invaders European freshwater ecosystems, signal (Pacifastacus leniusculus) widespread native currently undergoing range expansion Croatia Europe, narrow-clawed (Astacus leptodactylus). Comparisons between P. leniusculus pairs A. leptodactylus...
Pontastacus leptodactylus is a native European crayfish species found in both freshwater and brackish environments. It has commercial importance for fisheries aquaculture industries. Up till now, most studies concerning P. have focused onto gaining knowledge about its phylogeny population genetics. However, little known the chromosomal evolution genome organization of this species. Therefore, we performed clustering analysis low coverage genomic dataset to identify characterize repetitive...
Analysis of Croatian freshwater crayfish populations, aiming to gather new distributional data and complement previous surveys (2005–2011), was performed during 2014–2016, within the frame Natura 2000 Integration Project. The research included different waterbodies across whole Croatia, harbouring both indigenous non-indigenous species (ICS NICS, respectively). Field work conducted in 117 grid squares with dimensions 10 × km, up four were surveyed per square, making a total 450 studied...
Abstract The narrow-clawed crayfish Pontastacus leptodactylus is a large native European astacid species distributed in the drainage area of Azov, Black and Caspian Seas. shows immense morphological diversity across its range. Various subspecies have been described and, recently, eight two were confirmed updated classification freshwater crayfishes. However, genetic studies are scarce, mostly from limited geographical areas. Therefore, we aimed to analyse this using mtDNA nuDNA their...
Abstract In invasion processes, both abiotic and biotic factors are considered essential, but the latter usually disregarded when modeling potential spread of exotic species. framework set theory, interactions between ( B ), A movement‐related M ) in geographical space can be hypothesized with BAM diagrams tested using ecological niche models ENM s) to estimate areas. The main aim our survey was evaluate (climatic) (host availability) for symbionts (i.e., non‐free‐living species), techniques...
The stone crayfish Austropotamobius torrentium (Schrank, 1803) is a native European species distributed in central and southeastern Europe. Recent molecular phylogenetic research has shown that at least seven distinct monophyletic phylogroups exist within A. torrentium, with the highest genetic diversity found northern-central Dinaric (NCD) region Croatia. Genetic divergence for some of these was sufficiently large to suggest they might actually represent cryptic species. Our studied...
Abstract This study reports on the chromosome number and karyological characteristics of endangered species European crayfish, Astacus astacus A. leptodactylus (Decapoda, Astacidae), both native to Croatian freshwater habitats. The karyotype consists 2n = 176 180 chromosomes, respectively. haploid complement 52 metacentric, 35 metacentric-submetacentric, 1 acrocentric chromosomes. Fluorochrome staining with 4,6-diamino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) has revealed that karyotypes are characterized by...