ISI Web of Science papers

Pârvulescu L, Livadariu D, Mizeranschi AE, Chețan MA, Lamoly AM, Ion MC, Neacă A-M, Mészáros MS, Molnar A, Mocioacă E, Satmari A, Fusu L, Panaiotu C, Clavero M, Palcu Rolier DV (2025) Toward Scientific Clarity in the Evolutionary Puzzle of Austropotamobius Crayfish. Journal of Biogeography 52, e70059

Ács AR, Ion MC, Miok K, Laza AV, Pitic A, Robnik-Šikonja M, Pârvulescu L (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, Guiaşu R, Harlioğlu MM, Devlin J, Kurtul I, Błońska D, Boets, 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, Vîlcea L, Mizeranschi AE, Neagul M, Licz A, Cotoarbă AD, Petrusek A, Kouba A, Taylor CA, Pârvulescu L (2024) World of Crayfish™: A web platform towards real-time global mapping of freshwater crayfish and their pathogens. PeerJ 12: e18229

Bonassin L, Pârvulescu L, Boštjančić 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, Pârvulescu L (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, Pârvulescu L (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, Pârvulescu L (2023) Headwater refuges: Flow protects Austropotamobius crayfish from Faxonius limosus invasion. NeoBiota 89: 71–94

Masigol H, van West P, Taheri SR, Grandes JMF, Pârvulescu L, 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

Dornik A, Ion MC, Chețan MA, Pârvulescu L (2021) Soil-related predictors for distribution modelling of four European crayfish species. Water 13: 2280

Pârvulescu L, 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

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Bonassin L, Rutz C, Boštjančić LL, Francesconi C, Schardt L, Greve C, Ben Hamadou A, Baranski D, Gerheim C, Wollenweber TE, Feldmeyer B, Ploch S, Kress A, Passarinho PPA, Pârvulescu L, Zenker A, Lecompte O, Theissinger K (under review) From DNA extraction to long read sequencing: Workflow challenges of giant genomes of two non-model decapod species. BMC Genomics

Miok K, Škrlj B, Robnik-Šikonja M, Pârvulescu L (under review) Hybrid decision tree–language model framework for explainable species distribution modelling. Ecology and Evolution

Laza AV, Miok K, Bonassin L, Livadariu D, Pârvulescu L (under review) Population size challenge in endemic freshwater species: Field and spatial modelling of the Idle Crayfish. Freshwater Biology

Miok K, Laza AV, Škrlj B, Robnik-Šikonja M, Pârvulescu L (under review) Language-Grounded Multivariate Pseudo-Absence Sampling for Freshwater Networks. Diversity and Distributions

Masigol H, Grossart HP, Schmidt-Posthaus H, Pisano SRR, Pourmoghadam MJ, Shokati R, Tavakolian B, Laza AV, Pârvulescu L (under review) Crayfish plague in focus: Six decades of Aphanomyces astaci research with lessons for biosecurity. Aquaculture

Bonassin L, Boštjančić LL, Rutz C, Francesconi C, Schardt L, Baranski D, Greve C, Pârvulescu L, Maguire I, Mlinarec J, Besendorfer V, Theissinger K, Lecompte O (under review) The extraordinary satellitome diversity of freshwater crayfish: a driver of genome evolution. Mobile DNA

Pârvulescu L, Smaranda JS, Moș AM, Ács AR, Crandall KA, Sayer CA, Adam C (under review) Overcoming taxonomic anxiety in conservation: A roadmap from the Idle Crayfish case. Conservation Science and Practice

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Conferences

2023, 2-4 November – Ecology and Ecosystems Protection, XIV-th Edition, organized by ”Vasile Alecsandri” University, Bacău, Romania
Presentations:
- Towards protecting an endemic crayfish species in Romania: distribution, conservation status and threats

2023, 5-8 September – CrayfIT A regional European IAA meeting, organized by Life CLAW, Pavia, Italy
Presentations:
- Conservation genomics of endemic crayfish species Austropotamobius bihariensis populations using reduced representation sequencing slide show >>

- Reference genomes for non-model invertebrates: Giant genome sequencing of the endangered Austropotamobius bihariensis view pdf >>

- Contrasting endemic and cosmopolitan patterns in the evolution of Austropotamobius crayfish lineages view pdf >>

- Towards protecting an endemic crayfish species in Romania: distribution, conservation status and threats view pdf >>

2022, 12-14 October – The International Scientific Communications Session of the „Țării Crișurilor” Museum Complex, Oradea. Interferences. Past, Present, Future, organized by „Țării Crișurilor” Museum Complex, Oradea, Romania
Presentation:
- Hidden in plain sight: A journey on plate tectonics of the Apuseni Mountains revealed a new European crayfish species slide show >>

2022, 20-25 June – IAA23 – Symposium of the International Association of Astacology, organized by University of South Bohemia, Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
Presentations:
- Towards real-time global mapping of crayfish species and crayfish plague occurrence slide show >>

- Force and boldness a side-by-side comparison of native narrow-clawed crayfish (Pontastacus leptodactylus) and invasive spiny-cheek crayfish (Faxonius limosus) slide show >>
- Mapping the scientific research on crayfish behaviour: A bibliometric analysis view pdf >>
 

2021, 15 April – Weekly Seminar, organized by Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology Department, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Presentation:
- Hidden in plain sight slide show >>

2021, 10 December – 61th Annual Session of Scientific Communications, organized by Institute of Biology, Bucharest, Romanian Academy
Presentation:
- Ecology and Ethology of some crayfish species (Decapoda: Astacidea) slide show >>  (in Romanian)

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