Open AccessPOPULATION TREND OF THE INVASIVE BLUE CRAB CALLINECTES SAPIDUS RATHBUN,1896 IN PATOKU LAGOON.
Author(s) -
Ermira Milori,
Stela Ruci,
Sajmir Beqiraj
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
paripex indian journal of research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/paripex/7510913
Subject(s) - callinectes , fishery , population , decapoda , biology , geography , crustacean , medicine , environmental health
The blue crab Callinectes sapidus is one of the 23 marine alien species reported for the Albanian coast so far (Beqiraj etal., 2012; Katsanevakis et al., 2011). The first scientific report on the presence of this species in the Albanian coast is in2009, in Patoku Lagoon. The blue crab population in Patoku Lagoon had grown significantly by 2009 and the blue crabhad started to be traded. The data collected in that year showed that this species is assessed to be established in thePatoku Lagoon (Beqiraj & Kashta, 2010). Special attention has been paid to the study of blue crab population in thefollowing years during 2010 - 2015. The aim of this study is to evaluate the development and population trend of bluecrab in the Patoku Lagoon referring to the data collected throughout years of study.