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cje ›› 2010, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (01): 124-132.

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Research progress in invasion ecology of Procambarus clarkia.

CAI Feng-jin1, WU Zheng-jun1, HE Nan1|NI Lei1;HUANG Cheng-ming1,2   

  1. 1Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection of Ministry of Education, and the Guangxi Key Laboratory of Enviro
    nmental Engineering, Protection and Assessment, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, Guangxi, China;2Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Scienc
    es, Beijing 100080, China
  • Online:2010-01-08 Published:2010-01-08

Abstract: Procambarus clarkii is native to southern USA and northern Mexico,and regarded as one of the well-known invasive species. As one of the fishery economic resources, it has spread around the world. Owing to its wide habitat adaptability, rapid growth, and high reproduction rate, P. clarkii can establish wild populations rapidly. The studies in recent decade indicated that P. clarkii invasion had given great threat on the survival of native aquatic plants, amphibian, and aquatic invertebrate, and decreased the local biodiversity via predation and resource competition. Since P. clarkii is one kind of importan
t fishery species, it will continue to spread with the help of human. In order to understand and to decrease the ecological impact of P. clarkii’s invasion
 on local habitats, following studies are urgent: 1) ecological damage of P. clarkia in China, 2) population regulation and control of P. clarkia, and 3) ecological restoration on damaged habitats by P. clarkii.

Key words: Aphis gossypii, Erigonidium graminicola, Spatial pattern, Geostatistics