Archives of Biological Sciences 2013 Volume 65, Issue 1, Pages: 353-358
https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1301353S
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Invasiveness assessment of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) in the Serbian section of the river Danube
Škraba Dubravka (Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Belgrade)
Tošić Ana 
(Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Belgrade)
Miličić Dragana (Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Belgrade)
Nikolić Vera (Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Belgrade)
Simonović P. (Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Belgrade)
The Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis is listed in The Global Invasive
Species Database and the IUCN Register as one of “100 of the world’s worst
invasive alien species”. It has been reported in Serbia since 1995 in the
Danube River, suggesting a predominantly human-aided dispersal. The risk of
invasiveness posed by the Chinese mitten crab to aquatic ecosystems in
Serbia, assessed using the FI-ISK (Freshwater Invertebrate Invasiveness
Scoring Kit, v1.19), revealed a final score of 37. This shows a high
potential of invasiveness, mainly due to its versatile ecological and
biological features in a climate similar to that in the donor area. FI-ISK
assessment revealed the alleged environmental impact of Chinese mitten crab
in Serbia to be of much greater impact on aquaculture than previously
assumed.
Keywords: Eriocheir sinensis, Serbia, Danube River, invasiveness risk, biological contamination rate