Spread of the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards) in Continental Europe: analysis of a historical data set

@article{Herborg2004SpreadOT,
  title={Spread of the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards) in Continental Europe: analysis of a historical data set},
  author={Leif-Matthias Herborg and Stephen P. Rushton and Anthony S. Clare and Matthew G. Bentley},
  journal={Hydrobiologia},
  year={2004},
  volume={503},
  pages={21-28}
}
The Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis(H. Milne Edwards), is an invasive species that lives as an adult predominantly in freshwater but migrates seawards to breed. It has spread via ballast water and/or intentional introduction to Continental Europe, Southern France, U.S.A. (San Francisco Bay) and the United Kingdom. Analysis of detailed historic data from the outbreak in Europe was digitised and analysed using Geographical Information Software. This revealed that there were two separate… 
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Invasion routes, current and historical distribution of the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853) in Sweden
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Genetic Analysis of the Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) Introduced to the North American Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway
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Analysis of mitochondrial haplotype frequencies and shipping patterns suggests that E. sinensis has been introduced to the Great Lakes from Europe, although it is unable to preclude native Asian populations as putative sources.
Biological Synopsis of the Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
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The results showed a heterogeneous distribution of the mitten crabs in the Guadalquivir Estuary, concentrated in the Sevilla port area, and the catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) in traps was significantly higher in October-April, thus reducing the dispersal potential to neighbouring areas.
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There is some evidence that female crabs move later in the migration period than males and that peaks in numbers of both male and female crabs are associated with full moon periods; peak numbers demonstrating significant lunar periodicity.
The potential for mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Brachyura) invasion of Pacific Northwest and Alaskan Estuaries
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Analysis of ecological conditions that define the mitten crab’s native and introduced range suggests that large stable estuaries with long flushing times are necessary to sustain significant populations, and an application of a temperature based larval development rate to near-shore and estuary sea surface temperatures suggests that estuary in Oregon and Washington have sufficient thermal regimes to support larvalDevelopment.
First record of the invasive Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae) from Singapore
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The introduced Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis H. sinensis from Singapore is reported; the first record of this species in the wild from the tropics.
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