Sturgeon biodiversity and conservation (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Birstein, Vadim J.; Bemis, William E.; Waldman, John R.

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Produktbeschreibung

Selected, reviewed and revised papers from the International Conference on Sturgeon Biodiversity and Conservation held at The American Museum of Natural History in New York on 28-30 July 1994

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 438
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780306468544
• Artikelnr.: 44171512

Inhaltsangabe

Diversity and evolution of sturgeons and paddlefishes.- An overview of Acipenseriformes.- Osteology and phylogenetic interrelationships of sturgeons (Acipenseridae).- Phylogeny of the Acipenseriformes: Cytogenetic and molecular approaches.- How many species are there within the genus Acipenser?.- Prelude to sturgeon biodiversity and conservation.- Biology and status reports on sturgeons and paddlefishes.- Sturgeon rivers: An introduction to acipenseriform biogeography and life history.- Past and current status of sturgeons in the upper and middle Danube River.- Endangered migratory sturgeons of the lower Danube River and its delta.- Present status of commercial stocks of sturgeons in the Caspian Sea basin.- Species structure, contemporary distribution and status of the Siberian sturgeon, Acipenser baerii.- Endemic sturgeons of the Amur River: Kaluga, Huso dauricus, and Amur sturgeon, Acipenser schrenckii.- Biology, fisheries, and conservation of sturgeons and paddlefish in China.- Biology and life history of Dabry's sturgeon, Acipenser dabryanus, in the Yangtze River.- Observations on the reproductive cycle of cultured white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus.- Contemporary status of the North American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula.- Life history and status of the shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus.- The status and distribution of lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec: A genetic perspective.- Lake sturgeon management in the Menominee River, a Wisconsin-Michigan boundary water.- Life history, latitudinal patterns, and status of the shortnose sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum.- Status and management of Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus, in North America.- Atlantic and shortnose sturgeons of theHudson River: Common and divergent life history attributes.- Biological characteristics of European Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, as the basis for a restoration program in France.- Sturgeon biodiversity and conservation: An introduction.- Controversies, conservation and summary.- Sturgeons and the Aral Sea ecological catastrophe.- Threatened fishes of the world: Pseudoscaphirhynchus spp. (Acipenseridae).- Molecular analysis in the conservation of sturgeons and paddlefish.- Sensitivity of North American sturgeons and paddlefish to fishing mortality.- Alternatives for the protection and restoration of sturgeons and their habitat.- Threatened fishes of the world: Scaphirynchus suttkusi Williams & Clemmer,1991 (Acipenseridae).- Threatened fishes of the world: Scaphirhynchus albus (Forbes & Richardson,1905) (Acipenseridae).- Sturgeon poaching and black market caviar: A case study.- The threatened status of acipenseriform species: A summary.- Leo Semenovich Berg and the biology of Acipenseriformes: A dedication.

Rezensionen

`This is a landmark volume. ... do have your library order the volume if they have not done so.'
COPEIA, 4 (1999)

`This is a landmark volume. ... do have your library order the volume if they have not done so.'
COPEIA, 4 (1999)