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Background Austropotamobius pallipes is a species of crayfish mainly associated with fast-moving waters such as small mountain streams and the springs of large rivers. The species is intolerant to any kind of water pollution and it needs water temperatures below 25°C, with quite high concentrations of oxygen. For this reason it is considered a good biolo ...

Background This project targeted the white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) and was implemented over a wide area of the eastern side of the central Apennines. In the last decades the range of this species, which is present in several other European countries and is considered of community importance, has generally contracted. The species had be ...