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(2025) Community-Driven IUCN Red List Assessments for European Crayfish: A Call to Action. Freshwater Crayfish 30: 61–71
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Haubrock PJ, Tarkan AS, Błońska D, Gora A, , Kouba A, Soto I (2025) Prioritising non-native crayfish species for management in the Rhine-Main Observatory using the Dispersal-Origin-Status-Impact (DOSI) scheme. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 35, e70191
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Ács AR, Ion MC, Miok K, Laza AV, Pitic A, Robnik-Šikonja M, (2025) Threats assessment of the endemic Idle Crayfish (Austropotamobius bihariensis Pârvulescu, 2019): Lessons from long-term monitoring. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 35, e70033
Ion MC, Bloomer CC, Bărăscu TI, Oficialdegui FJ, Shoobs NF, Williams BW, Scheers K, Clavero M, Grandjean F, Collas M, Baudry T, Loughman Z, Wright JJ, Ruokonen TJ, Chucholl C, Guareschi S, Koese B, Banyai ZM, Hodson J, Hurt M, Kaldre K, Lipták B, Fetzner JW, Cancellario T, Weiperth A, Birzaks J, Trichkova T, Todorov M, Balalaikins M, Griffin B, Petko ON, Acevedo-Alonso A, D'Elía G, Śliwińska K, Alekhnovich A, Choong H, South J, Whiterod N, Zorić K, Haase P, Soto I, Brady DJ, Haubrock PJ, Torres PJ, Șadrin D, Vlach P, Kaya C, Jung SW, Kim J-Y, Vermeersch XHC, Bonk M, Guiașu R, Harlioğlu MM, Devlin J, Kurtul I, Błońska D, Boets P, Masigol H, Cabe PR, Jussila J, Vrålstad T, Beresford DV, Reid SM, Patoka J, Strand DA, Tarkan AS, Steen F, Abeel T, Harwood M, Auer S, Kelly S, Giantsis IA, Maciaszek R, Alvanou MV, Aksu Ö, Hayes DM, Kawai T, Tricarico E, Chakandinakira A, Barnett ZC, Kudor ȘG, Beda AE, Vâlcea L, Mizeranschi AE, Neagul M, Licz A, Cotoarbă AD, Petrusek A, Kouba A, Taylor CA, (2024) World of Crayfish®: A web platform towards real-time global mapping of freshwater crayfish and their pathogens. PeerJ 12: e18229
Jiménez-Mejías P, Manzano S, Gowda V, Krell FT, Lin MY, Martín-Bravo S (…), (…), Sánchez-Mata D (2024) Protecting stable biological nomenclatural systems enables universal communication: A collective international appeal. BioScience 74: 467–472
Bonassin L, , Boštjančič LL, Francesconi C, Paetsch J, Rutz C, Lecompte O, Theissinger K (2024) Genomic insights into the conservation status of the Idle Crayfish Austropotamobius bihariensis Pârvulescu, 2019: Low genetic diversity in the endemic crayfish species of the Apuseni Mountains. BMC Ecology and Evolution 24, 78
Ion MC, Ács AR, Laza AV, Lorincz I, Livadariu D, Lamoly AM, Goia B, Togor A, Iorgu EI, Ștefan A, Popa OP, (2024) Conservation status of the idle crayfish Austropotamobius bihariensis Pârvulescu, 2019. Global Ecology and Conservation 50, e02847
Neculae A, Barnett ZC, Miok K, Dalosto MM, Kuklina I, Kawai T, Santos S, Furse JM, Sîrbu OI, Stoeckel J, (2024) Living on the edge: Crayfish as drivers to anoxification of their own shelter microenvironment. PLoS ONE 19, e0287888
Satmari A, Miok K, Ion MC, Zaharia C, Schrimpf A, (2023) Headwater refuges: Flow protects Austropotamobius crayfish from Faxonius limosus invasion. NeoBiota 89: 71–94
Masigol H, van West P, Taheri SR, Grandes JMF, , McLaggan D, Bliss TT, Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa R, Grossart HP, Pourmaghadam MJ (2023) Advancements, deficiencies, and future necessities of studying Saprolegniales: a semiquantitative review of 1073 published papers. Fungal Biology Reviews 46, 100319
Francesconi C, Pârvu M, Schrimpf A, Schulz R, , Theissinger K (2021) Mating strategies of invasive versus indigenous crayfish: Multiple paternity as a driver for invasion success? Freshwater Crayfish 26: 89–98
Dornik A, Ion MC, Chețan MA, (2021) Soil-related predictors for distribution modelling of four European crayfish species. Water 13: 2280
, Stoia DI, Miok K, Ion MC, Puha AE, Sterie M, Vereș M, Marcu I, Muntean MD, Aburel OM (2021) Force and boldness: Cumulative assets of a successful crayfish invader. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9, 581247
Maiakovska O, Andriantsoa R, Tönges S, Legrand C, Gutekunst J, Hanna K, , Novitsky R, Weiperth A, Sciberras A, Deidun A, Ercoli F, Kouba A, Lyko F (2021) Genome analysis of the monoclonal marbled crayfish reveals genetic separation over a short evolutionary timescale. Communications Biology 4, 74
, Iorgu EI, Zaharia C, Ion MC, Satmari A, Krapal AM, Popa OP, Miok K, Petrescu I, Popa LO (2020) The future of endangered crayfish in light of protected areas and habitat fragmentation. Scientific Reports 10, 14870
Ungureanu E, Mojžišová M, Tangerman M, Ion MC, , Petrusek A (2020) The spatial distribution of Aphanomyces astaci genotypes across Europe: introducing the first data from Ukraine. Freshwater Crayfish 25: 77–87
Pacioglu O, Strungaru SA, Ianovici N, Filimon MN, Sinitean A, Iacob G, Barabas H, Acs A, Muntean H, Plavan GI, Schulz R, Zubrod J, (2020) Ecophysiological and life-history adaptations of Gammarus balcanicus (Schäferna, 1922) in a sinking-cave stream from Western Carpathians (Romania). Zoology 139: 125754
Ion MC, Puha AE, Suciu T, (2020) Get a grip: unusual disturbances drive crayfish to improvise. Behaviour 157: 101–120
Pacioglu O, Theissinger K, Alexa A, Samoilă C, Sîrbu OI, Schrimpf A, Zubrod JP, Schulz R, Pârvu M, Lele SF, Jones JI, (2020) Multifaceted implications of the competition between native and invasive crayfish: a glimmer of hope for the native's long-term survival. Biological Invasions 22: 827–842
Pacioglu O, Ianovici N, Filimon MN, Sinitean A, Iacob G, Barabaș H, Pahomi A, Acs A, Muntean H, (2019) The multifaceted effects induced by floods on the macroinvertebrate communities inhabiting a sinking cave stream. International Journal of Speleology 48: 167–177
Pacioglu O, Zubrod JP, Schulz R, Jones JI, (2019) Two is better than one: combining gut content and stable isotope analyses to infer the diet and trophic interactions of a native and an invasive crayfish species. Hydrobiologia 839: 25–35
(2019) Introducing a new Austropotamobius crayfish species (Crustacea, Decapoda, Astacidae): A Miocene endemism of the Apuseni Mountains, Romania. Zoologischer Anzeiger 279: 94–102
Lele SF, (2019) Crayfish chelae usage suggests predominantly ambidextrous habitude. Crustaceana 92: 257–267
Șandric I, Satmari A, Zaharia C, Petrovici M, Câmpean M, Battes KP, David DC, Pacioglu O, Weiperth A, Gál B, Pârvu M, Muntean H, Neagul M, Spătaru A, Toma CG, (2019) Integrating catchment land cover data to remotely assess freshwater quality: A step forward in heterogeneity analysis of river networks. Aquatic Sciences 81: 26
, Pérez-Moreno JL, Panaiotu C, Drăguț L, Schrimpf A, Popovici ID, Zaharia C, Weiperth A, Gál B, Schubart CD, Bracken-Grissom H (2019) A journey on plate tectonics sheds light on European crayfish phylogeography. Ecology and Evolution 9: 1957–1971
Panteleit J, Keller NS, Diéguez-Uribeondo J, Makkonen J, Martín-Torrijos L, Patrulea V, Pârvu M, Preda C, Schrimpf A, (2018) Hidden sites in the distribution of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci in Eastern Europe: Relicts of genetic groups from older outbreaks? Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 157: 117–124
, Togor A, Lele SF, Scheu S, Șinca D, Panteleit J (2017) First established population of marbled crayfish Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870) f. virginalis (Decapoda, Cambaridae) in Romania. BioInvasions Records 6: 357–362
Lele SF, (2017) Experimental evidence of the successful invader Orconectes limosus outcompeting the native Astacus leptodactylus in acquiring shelter and food. Biologia 72: 877–885
Pacioglu O, (2017) The chalk hyporheic zone: a true ecotone? Hydrobiologia 790: 1–12
, Zaharia C, Groza MI, Csillik O, Satmari A, Drăguț L (2016) Flash-flood potential: a proxy for crayfish habitat stability. Ecohydrology 9: 1507–1516
, Pârvu M, Moroșan LG, Zaharia C (2015) Plasticity in fecundity highlights the females' importance in the spiny-cheek crayfish invasion mechanism. Zoology 118: 424–432
Pârvu M, Zaharia C, Satmari A, (2015) Spatial ecology of Hydropsyche incognita (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) in the Carpathians. European Journal of Entomology 112: 106–113
Copilași-Ciocianu D, Grabowski M, , Petrusek A (2014) Zoogeography of epigean freshwater Amphipoda (Crustacea) in Romania: fragmented distributions and wide altitudinal variability. Zootaxa 3893: 243–260
Schrimpf A, Theissinger K, Dahlem J, Maguire I, , Schulz HK, Schulz R (2014) Phylogeography of noble crayfish (Astacus astacus) reveals multiple refugia. Freshwater Biology 59: 761–776
, Zaharia C (2014) Distribution and ecological preferences of noble crayfish in the Carpathian Danube basin: biogeographical insights into the species history. Hydrobiologia 726: 53–63
, Zaharia C, Satmari A, Drăguț L (2013) Is the distribution pattern of the stone crayfish in the Carpathians related to karstic refugia from Pleistocene glaciations? Freshwater Science 32: 1410–1419
, Zaharia C (2013) Current limitations of the stone crayfish distribution in Romania: Implications for its conservation status. Limnologica 43: 143–150
Schrimpf A, , Copilași-Ciocianu D, Petrusek A, Schulz R (2012) Crayfish plague pathogen detected in the Danube Delta – a potential threat to freshwater biodiversity in southeastern Europe. Aquatic Invasions 7: 503–510
, Schrimpf A, Kozubíková E, Cabanillas Resino S, Vrålstad T, Petrusek A, Schulz R (2012) Invasive crayfish and crayfish plague on the move: first detection of the plague agent Aphanomyces astaci in the Romanian Danube. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 98: 85–94
Schrimpf A, Schulz HK, Theissinger K, , Schulz R (2011) The first large-scale genetic analysis of the vulnerable noble crayfish Astacus astacus reveals low haplotype diversity of Central European populations. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 401, 35
, Pacioglu O, Hamchevici C (2011) The assessment of the habitat and water quality requirements of the stone crayfish (Austropotamobius torrentium) and noble crayfish (Astacus astacus) species in the rivers from the Anina Mountains (SW Romania). Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems 401, 03
, Hamchevici C (2010) The relation between water quality and the distribution of Gammarus balcanicus Schaferna 1922 (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) in the Anina Mountains. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences 5(2): 161–168
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Papers currently submitted or under peer review. Where available, preprint links are provided.
: No creation is satisfactorily ex nihilo: a biological reframing of authorship in the age of AI. AI & Society submitted
: Biodiversity data against ecological reality: a framework for spatial overlap analysis anchored in dynamic baselines. Ecological Solutions and Evidence submitted
: Biodiversity knowledge through web design: the World of Crayfish® platform. Frontiers of Biogeography submitted preprint
, Everts T, Haubrock PJ, Sousa R, Vilizzi L, Soto I: Recursive technological selection and the evolution of human epistemic systems. PNAS Nexus submitted
Haubrock PJ, Kouba A, Soto I, Abreo NAS, Vilizzi L, Błońska AD, Tarkan S, De Santis V, Sousa R, Nogueira AB, Heeren S, Garrido Nogueira J, Cano-Barbacil C, Cremella B, Strubbe D, Pereira da Silva J, Poloni R, Deschepper P, Thoré ESJ, Misteli B, Sun J, Panisi M, Dudgeon D, Stamatiadou V, Galib SM, Maes C, Baso NC, Beukema W, Števove B, Záhorský E, Kurtul I, Kaur D, Huber AF, Halabowski D, Padilha JAG, Balzani P, Kaya C, Bayçelebi E, Mugnai M, Ahmed DA, Saç G, Aksu S, Kaya BM, Ciftcioglu M, Jiang X, Rodríguez-Rey M, Martín-Forés I, Gonçalves Leles S, , Pergl J, Rossetto F, Wei H, Kirichenko NI, Everts T: Contemporary Academic Structures Suppress Originality and Hold Back Next Generations. Nature Human Behaviour under review
Bâcu VI, Nandra CI, Ștefănuț TT, Sabou A, Miok K, Patoka J, Graham Z, Hartzell SM, Lieb DA, Huber AF, D'Elía G, Kim J-Y, Whiterod N, Livadariu D, : From raw occurrence records to accessible knowledge: Transforming biodiversity infrastructure through evidence-manifesting design. Ecological Informatics under review preprint
Livadariu D, Bâcu VI, : Local extinction as information: toward dynamic, reality-aware biodiversity mapping. Ecography under review preprint
, Livadariu D, Bâcu VI, Nandra CI, Ștefănuț TT, Sabou A, WoC® Contributors: cheCkOVER: A generalizable framework for transforming species occurrence data into standardized knowledge products. Methods in Ecology and Evolution under review preprint
Bonassin L, Rutz C, Boštjančič LL, Francesconi C, Schardt L, Greve C, Ben Hamadou A, Baranski D, Gerheim C, Wollenweber TE, Feldmeyer B, Ploch S, Kress A, Passarinho PPA, , Zenker A, Lecompte O, Theissinger K: From DNA extraction to long read sequencing: Workflow challenges of giant genomes of two non-model decapod species. BMC Genomics under review
Miok K, Škrlj B, Robnik-Šikonja M, : Hybrid decision tree–language model framework for explainable species distribution modelling. Ecology and Evolution under review
Laza AV, Miok K, Livadariu D, : Population size challenge in endemic freshwater species: Field and spatial modelling of the Idle Crayfish. Scientific Reports under review
Miok K, Laza AV, Škrlj B, Robnik-Šikonja M, : Environmentally Grounded Pseudo-Absence Sampling for Species Distribution Models: A Language Guided Framework. Diversity and Distributions under review
Masigol H, Grossart HP, Schmidt-Posthaus H, Pisano SRR, Pourmoghadam MJ, Shokati R, Tavakolian B, Laza AV, : Crayfish plague in focus: Six decades of Aphanomyces astaci research with lessons for biosecurity. BMC Veterinary Research under review
Bonassin L, Boštjančič LL, Rutz C, Francesconi C, Schardt L, Baranski D, Greve C, , Maguire I, Mlinarec J, Besendorfer V, Theissinger K, Lecompte O: The extraordinary satellitome diversity of freshwater crayfish: a driver of genome evolution. Mobile DNA under review preprint
, Grubb B, Haubrock PJ, South J, Oficialdegui FJ, Vlach P, Furse JM, Ion MC, Livadariu D, Nandra CI, Ștefănuț TT, Sabou A, Gorgan D, Barnett ZC, Kaldre K, Whiterod NS, Tarkan AS, Kouba A, Lipták B, Brady DJ, Kalogianni E, D'elía G, Karaouzas I, Kurtul I, Soto I, Birzaks J, Crandall KA, Scheers K, Boets P, Guiașu R, Pelin A, Weiperth A, Kaya C, Grandjean F, Giantsis IA, Patoka J, Harlioğlu MM, Alvanou MV, Błońska D, Bâcu VI: Time to unleash the full power of nature databasing for next-generation knowledge and action. npj Biodiversity under review