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

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

doi:10.7717/peerj.18229

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

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 HurtKartin 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

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	PeerJ
Number of pages	31
ISSN	2167-8359
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18229
Publication status	Published - Oct-2024

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Invasive species

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Crayfish (Astacidea)

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Ion, M., Bloomer, C., Barascu, T., Oficialdegui, F., Shoobs, N., Williams, B., Scheers, K., Clavero, M., Grandjean, F., Collas, M., Baudry, T., Loughman, Z., Wright, J., Ruokonen, T., Chucholl, C., Guareschi, S., Koese, B., Banyai, Z., Hodson, J., ... Parvulescu, L. (2024). World of Crayfish™: a web platform towards real-time global mapping of freshwater crayfish and their pathogens. PeerJ. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18229

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AU - Harwood, Matthew

AU - Auer, Samuel

AU - Kelly, Sandor

AU - Giantsis, Ioannis

AU - Maciaszek, Rafal

AU - Alvanou, Maria

AU - Aksu, Önder

AU - Hayes, David

AU - Kawai, Tadashi

AU - Tricarico, Elena

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AU - Barnett, Zanethia

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AU - Beda, Andreea

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AU - Mizeranschi, Alexandru

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