Detailed project information for Study Plan Number 09024-01

Branch :	Conte Anadromous Fish Laboratory
Study Plan Number :	09024-01
Study Title :	Biological studies of shortnose and other sturgeons
Starting Date :	10/01/1994
Completion Date :	09/30/2002
Principal Investigator(s) :	Kynard, Boyd & Kieffer, Micah
Primary PI :	Kynard, Boyd
Telephone Number :	(413) 863-3803
Email Address :	bletcher@usgs.gov
SIS Number :	5002637
Primary Program Element :	Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Second Program Element :	Fish and Aquatic Habitats
Status :	Active
Abstract :	Although sturgeons are an important fisheries resource in North American (and worldwide in the northern hemisphere) most basic aspects of their biology are poorly understood. Information is particularly scarce on early life history, long-term population dynamics, habitat selection, migration, and reproductive ecology. Besides overharvest, damming rivers is the second greatest anthropogenic impact on sturgeon worldwide. Despite this, little is known about how to pass any sturgeon in a fish passage facility. The research addresses each of the biological aspects previously mentioned and fish passage Emphasis is placed on using shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum, a small species in the northeast United States, as a model species to develop conceptual models of various life history traits, then testing the generality of the model using foreign species. Spawning habitat requirements of shortnose sturgeon were determined in two US rivers.
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