World of Crayfish™: a web platform towards real-time global mapping of freshwater crayfish and their pathogens

Bibtex

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title = "World of Crayfish™: a web platform towards real-time global mapping of freshwater crayfish and their pathogens",
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, nonnative 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-todate. 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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author = "Mihaela Ion and Caitlin Bloomer and Tudor Barascu and Francisco Oficialdegui and Nathaniel Shoobs and Bronwyn Williams and Kevin Scheers and Miguel Clavero and Frédéric Grandjean and Marc Collas and Thomas Baudry and Zachary Loughman and Jeremy Wright and Timo Ruokonen and Christof Chucholl and Simone Guareschi and Bram Koese and Zsombor Banyai and James Hodson and Margo Hurt and Kartin Kaldre and Boris Liptak and James Fetzner and Tommaso Cancellario and Andreas Weiperth and Janis Birzaks and Theodora Trichkova and Milcho Todorov and Maksims Balalaikins and bogna Griffin and Olga Petko and Ada Acevedo-Alonso and Guillermo D'Elia and Karolina Sliwinska and Anatoly Alekhnovich and Henry Choong and Josie South and Nick Whiterod and Katarina Zoric and Peter Haase and Ismael Soto and Daniel Brady and Phillip Haubrock and Pedro Torres and Denis Sadrin and Pavel Vlach and Cüneyt Kaya and Sang Woo Jung and Jin-Young Kim and Xavier Vermeersch and Maciej Bonk and Radu Guiasu and Muzaffer Harlioglu and Jane Devlin and Irmak Kurtul and Dagmara Blonska and Pieter Boets and Hossein Masigol and Paul Cabe and Japo Jussila and Trude Vralstad and David Beresford and Scott Reid and Jiri Patoka and David Strand and Ali Tarkan and Frederique Steen and Thomas Abeel and Matthew Harwood and Samuel Auer and Sandor Kelly and Ioannis Giantsis and Rafal Maciaszek and Maria Alvanou and Önder Aksu and David Hayes and Tadashi Kawai and Elena Tricarico and Adroit Chakandinakira and Zanethia Barnett and Stefan Kudor and Andreea Beda and Lucian Vilcea and Alexandru Mizeranschi and Marian Neagul and Anton Licz and Andra Cotoarba and Adam Petrusek and Antonin Kouba and Christopher Taylor and Lucian Parvulescu",
year = "2024",
month = oct,
day = "01",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18229",
language = "English",
publisher = "Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek",
address = "Belgium,
type = "Other"
}

Authors

Mihaela Ion
Caitlin Bloomer
Tudor Barascu
Francisco Oficialdegui
Nathaniel Shoobs
Bronwyn Williams
Kevin Scheers
Miguel Clavero
Frédéric Grandjean
Marc Collas
Thomas Baudry
Zachary Loughman
Jeremy Wright
Timo Ruokonen
Christof Chucholl
Simone Guareschi
Bram Koese
Zsombor Banyai
James Hodson
Margo Hurt
Kartin Kaldre
Boris Liptak
James Fetzner
Tommaso Cancellario
Andreas Weiperth
Janis Birzaks
Theodora Trichkova
Milcho Todorov
Maksims Balalaikins
bogna Griffin
Olga Petko
Ada Acevedo-Alonso
Guillermo D'Elia
Karolina Sliwinska
Anatoly Alekhnovich
Henry Choong
Josie South
Nick Whiterod
Katarina Zoric
Peter Haase
Ismael Soto
Daniel Brady
Phillip Haubrock
Pedro Torres
Denis Sadrin
Pavel Vlach
Cüneyt Kaya
Sang Woo Jung
Jin-Young Kim
Xavier Vermeersch
Maciej Bonk
Radu Guiasu
Muzaffer Harlioglu
Jane Devlin
Irmak Kurtul
Dagmara Blonska
Pieter Boets
Hossein Masigol
Paul Cabe
Japo Jussila
Trude Vralstad
David Beresford
Scott Reid
Jiri Patoka
David Strand
Ali Tarkan
Frederique Steen
Thomas Abeel
Matthew Harwood
Samuel Auer
Sandor Kelly
Ioannis Giantsis
Rafal Maciaszek
Maria Alvanou
Önder Aksu
David Hayes
Tadashi Kawai
Elena Tricarico
Adroit Chakandinakira
Zanethia Barnett
Stefan Kudor
Andreea Beda
Lucian Vilcea
Alexandru Mizeranschi
Marian Neagul
Anton Licz
Andra Cotoarba
Adam Petrusek
Antonin Kouba
Christopher Taylor
Lucian Parvulescu