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Temporal variation in the prevalence of the crayfish plague pathogen, Aphanomyces astaci, in three Czech spiny-cheek crayfish populations

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    0365162 - BÚ 2012 RIV FR eng J - Journal Article
    Matasová, K. - Kozubíková, E. - Svoboda, J. - Jarošík, Vojtěch - Petrusek, A.
    Temporal variation in the prevalence of the crayfish plague pathogen, Aphanomyces astaci, in three Czech spiny-cheek crayfish populations.
    Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems. -, č. 401 (2011), s. 1-9. ISSN 1961-9502. E-ISSN 1961-9502
    R&D Projects: GA MŠk LC06073
    Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
    Keywords : crayfish plague * molecular methosd * dominance
    Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
    Impact factor: 1.520, year: 2011

    Crayfish from three populations shown previously to be infected to different extents (high, intermediate and low), were repeatedly sampled in different years (2004−2010) and seasons. The presence of A. astaci in the soft abdominal crayfish cuticle was tested by specific amplification of the pathogen DNA. There was no substantial temporal variation in pathogen prevalence in the highly and very lowly infected populations. However, a significant long-term as well as seasonal decrease was found in the intermediately infected population. This decline could be related to a decrease in population density over the studied years, and to crayfish seasonal moulting, respectively. A reliable estimate of pathogen prevalence in American crayfish populations thus requires repeated monitoring over years, preferably during the same season before the main period of crayfish moulting.
    Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0200468

     
     
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